Night of the Demons *2007 review
My old review from thirteen years ago:
A group of kids decide to have a party in old Hall manor on Halloween which was the location of a massacre by the proprietor many years previous. They decide to turn it up a notch for the sake of holiday spirit and have a séance using a mirror which could hold everyone's reflection. What they don't know is that their little séance DOES unleash a demonic force of some kind that enters through the mouth of slutty Suzanne(Linnea Quigley who is scorching)who then spreads it to goth pal Angela(Amelia Kinkade who has a show-stopping "dance of the damned" sequence in the film). Soon the slaughter begins with various characters running for their lives through this frigid, ancient, decrepit manor trying to flee those taken over by demons. Rodger(Alvin Alexis)and Helen(Allison Barron)ultimately become the prey. Helen is the stereotypical pure and innocent virgin.
In the vein of films like CHOPPING MALL, acting and dialogue this bad(..over-expressed, heightened emoting with extra emphasis on delivering corny dialogue loudly)had to be intentional and encouraged. You don't even know the meaning of obnoxious until you've seen Hal Havins' very annoying, boisterous character Stooge. I thought it was very reminiscent of THE EVIL DEAD, especially the creepy demonic make-up work and how the camera travels(the camera represents the demonic force which enters Quigley much the same way as that force which attacks Bruce Campbell at the end of THE EVIL DEAD)through doors and down halls. The manor, full of cobwebs, dust & darkness with hints of dense light, makes up quite an effectively eerie place and there's enough gruesome bits to provide the thirst of starving gore-hounds.
The film's saving grace is that it never takes itself seriously.
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