Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information. Told in flashbacks by the sole survivor.

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Complete credited cast:
Edward Connell ...
David Fielding
Barbara Hewitt ...
Susan Turner
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Jim Hudson (as Frank Boers Jr.)
Robin Christopher ...
Vicki
Jack Woods ...
Asmodeus
James Phillips ...
Reporter Sloan (as Jim Phillips)
Fritz Leiber Jr. ...
Dr. Arthur Waterman (as Fritz Leiber)
Patrick Burke ...
Branson
Jim Duron ...
Orderly
Sharon Gray
Louis Clayton
Norvelle Brooks
Irving L. Lichtenstein
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Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information. Told in flashbacks by the sole survivor. Written by Todd Schoonover

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Film debut of Frank Bonner (Herb Tarlick from WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)). See more »

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Jim is shown wearing, then not wearing a belt, throughout the movie. See more »

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David Fielding: Susan? Susan! Su - !
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On the final blackout the words "THE END" appear and are then faded out to be replaced by a "?" See more »

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Drive-in classic from the '70s. Give these guys a break!
20 November 2001 | by (North Hemis) – See all my reviews

Come on, people! This was a zero-budget student film, for God's sake! You can't assess this movie like you would the latest big-budget studio blockbuster. This was an earnest effort of some FX-crazed kids, who did their damnedest to get some cool stop-motion monster sequences on film as a showcase of their talents. Dennis Muren went on to STAR WARS fame and many Oscars, and the late lamented David Allen enlivened many a crappy Charles Band flick (that's actually a redundancy) with superb effects that always belied the pitiful budget he was given to work with. All I know is, my younger brother and I, both stop-motion fans, saw the trailer for EQUINOX at some long-ago Saturday matinée and KNEW we had to see this film. And when we finally did we thought it was COOL! I'd rather see a continuity-challenged, amateur FX effort like this than any multimillion-dollar CG crapfest like VAN HELSING any day of the week!


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