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Night of the Demons
Night of the Demons
Credits
Title: Night of the Demons
Director: Kevin S. Tenney
Writers: Joe Augustyn
Producers: Walter Josten; Joe Augustyn; Jeff Geoffray; Michael Josten; Patricia Bando Josten; Rene Torres; Doug Yerkes
Composer: Dennis Michael Tenney
Cinematography: David Lewis
Editors: Daniel Duncan
Production
Distributed by: Blue Rider Pictures
Meridian Productions
Paragon International Pictures
Released: October 14th, 1988
Rating: R
Running time: 90 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
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Night of the Demons is an American independent horror film of the haunted house and demonic fiction subgenres of horror. It was directed by Kevin S. Tenney with a screenplay written by Joe Augustyn. It was produced by Blue Rider Pictures, Meridian Productions, and distributed through Paragon International Pictures. It received regional theatrical release in the United States and premiered on October 14th, 1988. The movie features an ensemble cast of young actors who decided to attend a party on Halloween night at Hull Houses - an old abandoned funeral home. When the group grows bored, they perform a séance, which awakens several demonic entities.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Hal Havins Stooge
Allison Barron Helen
Alvin Alexis Rodger
Harold Ayer Old man
William Gallo Sal
Cathy Podewell Judy
Karen Ericson Judy's mother
Lance Fenton Jay
Donnie Jeffcoat, Jr. Billy
Linnea Quigley Suzanne
James W. Quinn Clerk #1/Demon voices
Clark Jarrett Clerk #2
Mimi Kinkade Angela
Jill Terashita Frannie
Philip Tanzini Max
Marie Denn Old man's wife

Notes & Trivia[]

  • The tagline for this film is "Angela is having a party, Jason and Freddy are too scared to come. But You'll have a hell of a time."
  • There are a total of sixteen credited cast members in this film.
  • Dierctor Kevin Tenney makes an uncredited cameo appearance in the film as a customer in a convenience store.
  • On the movie review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Night of the Demons receieved a 36% Rotten Tomatometer rating based on eleven counted reviews. It has an audience score of 55% based on 12,786 user ratings.
  • Night of the Demons has a 3.2 fan rating on Letterboxd.
  • This film was followed by two sequels, Night of the Demons 2 in 1994, which received regional theatrical release, and Night of the Demons 3 in 1997, which was released direct-to-video.
  • Actress Linnea Quigley makes a cameo appearance in the 2009 remake film as a ballerina lady.

Recommendations[]

1980s horror films

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Broken neck | Cemetery | Coffin | Drinking beer | Eye injury | Female frontal nudity | Female topless nudity | Female rear nudity | Flamethrower | Funeral home | Halloween | Homosexuality | Impalement | Mask | Possession | Profanity | Seance | Severed limbs | Severed tongue | Transformation | Throat injury | Voyeurism

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