Day 4 may be the most fun movie so far and likely the most fun on the whole list. Night of the Demons is one of the best examples of 80's horror you can get. The back story or reason for anything happening is mostly irrelevant. The action is everything here along with the monsters and blood. I'd be lying if I said my hopes had been high for Night of the Demons upon looking at it, thankfully I was wrong.
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| Somebody got white girl wasted. |
Night of the Demons is about a group of teens that go up to an abandoned mortuary in town to have a Halloween party and be generally rowdy. The character types are plucked from all your favorite 80's archetypes, from fat bully to likable city kid. Just trying to have a good time the teens all hold a seance and unwittingly unleash a demon from the mortuary furnace. The teens are soon starting to be picked off and have to run, hide and fight for their lives against an evil that wants them mind, body and soul. I wouldn't say there is any stand out acting here, a lot of these actors I'm pretty sure were in other 80's horror movies and I don't think any of them were particularly well known. I'd have to say the guy doing the best job in my eyes was Alvin Alexis who played Rodger. I really cared about his character's well being so it got me invested.
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| "Hot n' Fresh light at Krispy Kreme!" |
What I will probably give the absolute most praise to in Night of the Demons is the main title sequence. It has one of the most cool credit sequences ever and I could just watch that on repeat for a while. It's an animated intro with an ominous synth tune playing that shows depictions of spirits floating through the sky, the mortuary on the hill, graveyards, and other spooky scenes. It's everything good and fun about horror movies and the Halloween season. A lot of Night of the Demons features monster effects and blood, which I can say is pretty decent to great in most uses. I'd hope it would be with how often the demons are on screen. The interior of the mortuary is awesome, the crew did great making it. In fact, the set dressing over all kicks ass.
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| She just heard the pumpkin spice latte was back. |
Looking back on it all, Night of the Demons is just so much fun. You don't have to think too hard to look for little clues or easter eggs in the movie. It plain and simple is what it is and that's why I like it. This is really in the same kind of field as Return of the Living Dead or Fright Night, two other kick ass 80's movies. This is one you can't go wrong with for a party or get together with friends because it's not hard to find moments to laugh, cheer or groan about what you're seeing. Night of the Demons won't open your mind to new lands of terror and horror, but you'll sure as shit have a great time.
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| Three more weeks til Halloween, Halloween. Three more weeks till Halloween, Sil-ver Shamrock! |
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