Night Visitor (1989)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Rupert Hitzig

Writer:

Randal Viscovich (written by)

Release Date:

12 May 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

Demons. Hookers. Ritual killings. Billy has a very vivid imagination. But what is real and what isn't? Only Billy and his teacher know.

Plot:

A student known for telling stories witnesses a murder, the latest in a series of satanic killings of hookers. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Satanic Ritual | Teen | Peeping Tom | Retired Policeman

Cast

Kathleen Bailey	...	Dolan
Jovanni Brascia	...	Tony
Brooke Bundy	...	Mrs. Colton
Ann Dane	...	Theresa
Scott Fults	...	Sam Loomis
Allen Garfield	...	Zachary Willard
Henry Gibson	...	Jake
Elliott Gould	...	Ronald 'Ron' Devereaux
Bruce Kimmel	...	Townsend
Nancy McLendon	...	Reporter
Michael J. Pollard	...	Stanley Willard
Michael Jason Rosen	...	Bernstein (as Michael Rosen)
Richard Roundtree	...	Captain Crane
Derek Rydall	...	Billy Colton
Alain Silver	...	Thornhill (as Alain Joel Silver)

Also Known As:

Never Cry Devil

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Premiere Pictures Corporation

Soundtrack:

ROMANCE

satanists who are ordinary people make for a pretty ordinary horror movie

A pair of satanists drive around in an old black Cadillac, picking up hookers to sacrifice. A high school student who's always telling tall tales (I was late to school because my mother burned her hair when her hairdryer exploded!) tries to get closer to a female friend, and meets a sexy older woman who moves in next door.

The high schooler witnesses a murder, and even though when the police show up the body is there as described, murdered when and how he described, they don't believe him when he says who the killer is. I found that a bit hard to believe, even given his penchant for making up stories.

A bit randomly, his best friend is a smartass named Sam Loomis, like Donald Pleasance's character in Halloween.

The satanists (of which there are only two) kill some women in their car, and some in their house. They don't seem to actually have any satanic powers.

There's a few recognizable faces in the movie. Michael J. Pollard plays a sort of character he's played before, a man with the mind of a child. Henry Gibson shows up briefly as a police consultant on satanic crimes. Richard Roundtree plays a cop, as he has a thousand times. Elliot Gould is a family friend who the student tries to enlist.

The movie never really takes off at any point. The ending concludes things, and then follows with a musical montage and a freeze-frame which struck me as silly.