Night of the Demons (1988)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Kevin Tenney

Writer:

Joe Augustyn (writer)

Release Date:

9 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Angela is having a party, Jason and Freddy are too scared to come. But You'll have a hell of a time.

Plot:

On the night of Halloween, 10 teens decide to go to a party at an abandoned funeral parlor. "Hull House"...

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Party | Demon | Halloween | Seance

Cast

Alvin Alexis	...	Rodger
Allison Barron	...	Helen
Lance Fenton	...	Jay Jansen
Billy Gallo	...	Sal Romero
Hal Havins	...	Stooge
Cathy Podewell	...	Judy Cassidy
Linnea Quigley	...	Suzanne
Philip Tanzini	...	Max
Jill Terashita	...	Frannie
Harold Ayer	...	Old Man
Marie Denn	...	Old Man's Wife
Karen Ericson	...	Mrs. Cassidy (Judy's Mother)
Amelia Kinkade	...	Angela Franklin (as Mimi Kinkade)
Don Jeffcoat	...	Billy Cassidy
James W. Quinn	...	Clerk #1 / Demon Voices

Also Known As:

Halloween Party

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

South Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Meridian Productions

Trivia:

Had the film opened nationwide with the numbers it earned in Detroit, it was projected to have earned $13 million domestically in its opening weekend - which would have ranked it amongst the top grossing horror films of its decade.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the convenience store, the repeated sounds from the arcade machine are actually from the Atari 2600 home version of Pac-Man.

Quotes:

Stooge: Ang, you can't really believe this place is posessed.
Sal: Nah, just reposessed!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Deadwood Park (2007)

Soundtrack:

Main Title Theme

Why didn't I get an invitation ?

This is a great horror film for people who don't want all that vomit-retching gore and sensationalism. This movie has equal amounts of horror, suspense, humor, and even a little light nudity, but nothing big. Linnea Quigley isn't over the top as she was in "Return of the Living Dead" where she danced naked on a crypt, but she is still essentially the same slutty character. Cathy Podewell is a virginal and chaste character before going on to "Dallas," and we are also introduced to Amelia [soon Mimi] Kinkade,the sexy and sinister would-be dark matron of the house. As she and Linnea are possessed and take over the house, they reanimate the bodies of their dead friends to scare the limits out of the survivors. I've heard a lot of people compare this movie to "The Evil Dead," but if anything, this movie is a rival to that one the same way Freddie rivaled Jason.This movie series though is far superior to that one !