"Night of the Demons" Reviews/Discussion - 2010 Horror Challenge: Day 31
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"Night of the Demons" Reviews/Discussion - 2010 Horror Challenge: Day 31
Night of the Demons (1988)
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These "October Horror Movie Challenge" threads are for the discussion of the films in the 31 Films in 31 Days Subset.
Main Discussion Thread | The List Thread
The plan is for everyone to watch this film on the October day in the thread title, and to start discussing it the morning of the following day.
You may start discussion early if you want, but the preferred plan is for this to be as much of a group exercise as possible, with all of us viewing it "together" and discussing after.
Of course, you are totally encouraged to participate in these threads even if you haven't watched the movie on the designated day.
Even if you haven't watched it in years, or are not participating in the Horror Challenge, please feel free to chime in.
Spoiler tags are unnecessary in these discussion threads, so if you have yet to see the film BEWARE OF SPOILERS.
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10-13-10, 08:42 PM
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I'll be getting the remake that's being released next week, looking forward to it.
10-31-10, 12:20 PM
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I will be watching this one tonight. October just doesn't feel right if I don't roll this movie. It's fantastically fun.
10-31-10, 04:22 PM
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Re: "Night of the Demons" Reviews/Discussion - 2010 Horror Challenge: Day 31
More spooky atmosphere than any 5 modern remakes. It's the horror movie equivalent of watching demonic faces in a roaring fire.
10-31-10, 09:18 PM
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Like most teen films of this era, this movie doesn't do much for me. I love the premise, but find the acting pretty bad, and most importantly, all of the characters unlikable. I didn't care about anyone in the film.
But compared to the sequels, it's Citizen freaking Kane.
But compared to the sequels, it's Citizen freaking Kane.
10-31-10, 10:37 PM
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Gotta love the ditzy blonde that is Judy and Stooge, well, he's easily the obnoxious equivalent of Franklin from TCM. A classic. Well, not really, but oodles of fun nonetheless.
I found Part 2, aside from Nunchucks nun, actually exceeded my expectations for a DTV sequel. Part 3 was a train wreck.
I found Part 2, aside from Nunchucks nun, actually exceeded my expectations for a DTV sequel. Part 3 was a train wreck.
10-31-10, 11:07 PM
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Linnea, Linnea, Linnea. Oh yeah, the movie. I hadn't seen this in so long that I really started to think I hadn't seen it before until the scene where they couldn't find the gate in the wall. Still, as typical as the story is, the makeup effects are still pretty cool. You gotta give it to the late 70's through the 80's make up, because as bad as most of the cheap horror movies were, modern cgi still has a tough time with photorealism. Of course you don't need zombies or makeup or computers when you have a fireplace and Linnea! Just keep the camera rolling.
11-01-10, 02:53 AM
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I liked this a lot. Not much to it, but it worked for what it is. The gore is great as well.
But what the heck happened at the end? That seemed to come out of nowhere to me, unless I missed something.
But what the heck happened at the end? That seemed to come out of nowhere to me, unless I missed something.
11-02-10, 10:11 PM
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11-02-10, 10:48 PM
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I usually like prologues/epilogues but agree with Dick the bit in Night of the Demons always seemed too over-the-top and nonsensical to be effective.
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11-03-10, 12:43 AM
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^--Are you sure? I was under the impression that the old man put the razor blades in and gave them to kids all night and had left overs which his wife baked into a pie.
11-04-10, 08:13 PM
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Although if there were blades in the apple the wife would surely have noticed making the outcome intentional; but the whole thing is just so off it's anybody's guess.
11-04-10, 10:36 PM
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They should have let end with the survivors walk at the end.
11-04-10, 11:21 PM
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I have seen the movie many, many, many, many times because I think it is just great, and I never once thought anything else than
because she was tired of his grumpy shit. Warms my heart every time i see it.
I miss October already.
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I miss October already.
