Night Of The Demons is a supernatural horror film directed by Kevin S. Tenney. The plot sees a group of teens head to Hull House for a Halloween party, once the music gets going and the drinks start flowing, things take a turn for the worse as one by one the teens are possessed by demons and the possessed and the non-possessed must do battle and only one can survive.
This is peak 1980’s horror, it is gory, scary and ridiculously over the top. It reminded me in a lot of ways of other 80’s horror films like Evil Dead and Fright Night. I think that one of the things that 80’s horror films do better than a lot of horror films now is they focus on atmosphere rather than cheap jump scares.
The atmosphere of Night Of The Demons is harsh and oppressive, but it also has an underlying campiness that seemed to underscore every horror film released in the 1980’s. What’s more the choice to have it all take place in the funereal home and not allow the characters to leave adds a nice sense of claustrophobia to the film.
Like many other 80’s films this film takes its more adult themes to an extreme the gore, the nudity, the horror are all constant and frequent, so if you’re easily offended maybe don’t watch this. I enjoyed this aspect of the film, it reminded me of B movies, which makes it great genre fun.
As well as the atmosphere, there are quite a few good scares in this film that help to offset some of the comedic aspect and push this firmly into the horror category. There are moments in this film that are genuinely haunting.
Overall, this might not be to everyone’s test, but if you like cheap B movie esque horror fun than it is more than worth the watch. A more extreme Evil Dead!
Pros.
80’s horror fun.
It has a great atmosphere.
It has some genuinely great scares.
B movie charm.
Cons.
A bit gratuitous at times.
4/5
Reviewed by Luke.
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