Night of the Demons (1988)
AKA Halloween Party. Night of the Demons is a great late-eighties fx-heavy horror movie which is sort of a combination between Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and 5 and perhaps Demons and Demons 2, at least in the feel and look of the film. The plot of this one centers around a Halloween party at Hull House, an old funeral parlor that's been abandoned. The kids decide to hold a seance, but that brings forth the demons which infect various characters. As kids die, they invariably show up later in undead demon form, talking crazy. The film becomes more and more strange as it goes on, building an intensity as dawn, and safety, approaches.
The fx by Steve Johnson (fx on Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and also Linnea Quigley's ex-husband--they met on this film) are really a big highlight, but the direction by Kevin S. Tenney (who also did the great Witchboard) is also very professional. Some of the actors are perhaps the biggest drawback, but most of them do okay. Linnea Quigley does well as a rather unhinged demon. The movie was followed by two sequels, both with Angela, although it is unclear why the demons would choose to use that teen's body again rather than a fresh one. It's horror-movie logic, though, so who cares.
Tagline: Angela is having a party. Jason and Freddy are too scared to come... But You'll have a hell of a time.
Highlights: Linnea Quigley's use of lipstick and where she stores it. The gore effects. The scene enacted through cracked shards of a mirror. The eventual survivors.
The fx by Steve Johnson (fx on Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and also Linnea Quigley's ex-husband--they met on this film) are really a big highlight, but the direction by Kevin S. Tenney (who also did the great Witchboard) is also very professional. Some of the actors are perhaps the biggest drawback, but most of them do okay. Linnea Quigley does well as a rather unhinged demon. The movie was followed by two sequels, both with Angela, although it is unclear why the demons would choose to use that teen's body again rather than a fresh one. It's horror-movie logic, though, so who cares.
Tagline: Angela is having a party. Jason and Freddy are too scared to come... But You'll have a hell of a time.
Highlights: Linnea Quigley's use of lipstick and where she stores it. The gore effects. The scene enacted through cracked shards of a mirror. The eventual survivors.
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