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| 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[]
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.
- Production on Night of the Demons began on April 8th, 1987. Principal filming concluded on May 31st, 1987.
- Night of the Demons is not to be confused with Night of the Demon, also known as Curse of the Demon, which is a British film directed by Jacques Tourneur and released in 1957.
- Scenes from this movie were filmed in South Central Los Angeles, California.
- Director 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.
- Night of the Demons was released on DVD in Region 1 format in 2004 by Anchor Bay Entertainment. A Blu-ray/DVD combo-pack was released by Scream Factory on February 4th, 2014.
- Director Kevin Tenney is credited as Kevin S. Tenney in this film.
- Actor Billy Gallo is credited as William Gallo in this film.
- Actor Donnie Jeffcoat is credited as Donnie Jeffcoat, Jr. in this film.
- Actress Amelia Kinkade is credited as Mimi Kinkade in this film.
- 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.
- This film was remade in 2009 as Night of the Demons and was written and directed by Adam Gierasch and co-written by Jace Anderson.
- This is Kevin Tenney's second feature film as a director, and his second horror film. He previously directed Witchboard in 1986. He will go on to direct Witchtrap in 1989, which also features actor Hal Havins from Night of the Demons.
- Actress Linnea Quigley makes a cameo appearance in the 2009 remake film as a ballerina lady.
- Actors Hal Havins and Linnea Quigley also starred together in Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama, which was also released in 1988.
- Actress Jill Terashita is also known for playing a slasher victim named Arab in the 1989 film sequel Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland.
- Per the rules of this film, the signs of a demonic presence include: a loud howling sound, a horrific smell, and an intensely cold chill.
See also[]
Recommendations[]
1980s horror films
External Links[]
- Night of the Demons at AMG
- Night of the Demons at IMDB
- Night of the Demons at Letterboxd.com
- Night of the Demons at Themoviedb.org
- Night of the Demons at Rotten Tomatoes
References[]
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