Night of the Demon (1980)

Director:

James C. Wasson

Writer:

Mike Williams (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

An evil mutation embarks on a wave of brutal butchery.

Plot:

Professor Nugent and his students embark on a journey to locate Bigfoot believed to be responsible for countless deaths...

Plot Keywords:

Bigfoot | Student | Death | Ritual | Kissing

Cast

Joy Allen
Bob Collins
Barrett Cooper	...	Reverend McGinty
Michael Cutt	...	Prof. Dixon (as Michael J. Cutt)
Shane Dixon	...	Monster
Lynn Eastman-Rossi	...	Susan Nugent (as Lynn Eastman)
Rick Fields
Melanie Graham	...	Crazy Wanda
Paul Kelleher	...	Sheriff
Jody Lazarus
Jennifer West	...	Van girl (as Sally Swift)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Norway:(Banned) | USA:R | West Germany:(Banned) | UK:(Banned) | UK:18 (heavily cut)

Goofs:

Continuity: Professor Nugent's face is hideously burned on a hot stove from his eye area down, and the doctors say flesh is missing from the lower half of his face. But his speaking voice is perfectly normal, indicating that his lips are still intact, which is incongruous with what we see happen to him later in the film.

Quotes:

Crazy Wanda: I burned him. I burned him because he killed my baby. And to save its father.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Bloody Ape (1997) (V)

The goriest Sasquatch flick of 'em all.

The action opens at a hospital,where a bunch of doctors and a cop are talking to this guy with a cloth over his face to cover his hideous injuries.Apparently he's the only survivor of a recent massacre and the cop wants to know what happened.The guy on the hospital bed is a Professor Nugent from the local college and he tells of how he'd got interested in recent reports coming from the mountains-reports of bizarre murders linked with Bigfoot sightings.Intrigued he assembles a search party of willing nubile students to go with him and hunt for this Yeti.They go looking and the bloodbath ensues..."Night of the Demon" was originally banned in the UK,Germany and Norway due to its gore content.Sure,it offers lots of violence and gore including a notorious scene where a motorcyclist gets his penis graphically ripped off while urinating,but some of the murder scenes are downright hilarious.The film does have more than twice as many deaths as your average body-count flick.Overall,"Night of the Demon" is well made with reasonable acting,a competent storyline and an interesting monster.Give it a look.