Night of the Demons

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Virginia P Dec 3 This remake is pure trash. It has nothing to do with the original Night of the Demons—all the charm, atmosphere, and creepy fun are gone. The acting is terrible across the board, and Shannon Elizabeth as Angela was especially disappointing. The original Angela was not only more beautiful but also a far better actress who carried the role with real presence. This remake feels hollow, uninspired, and unnecessary. This remake should've stayed buried—digging it up only proved some demons are better left dead. Save your popcorn for something worth chewing. See more 10/31/2024 15 years have gone by This was actually a decent remake! I was so worried that they were gonna screw this up Remakes are tricky for sure; they have to update the original story but also honor what worked the first time around without dismantling it The 1988 film became a cult hit over time even having 2 direct-to-video sequels Here director Adam Gierasch has a big cast of scream queen beauties from Monica Keena to Shannon Elizabeth to Diora Baird They’re no strangers to the genre and they’re also joined by Edward Furlong in a cast of newcomers like Bobbi Sue Luther and Michael Copon The premise is essentially the same with a woman Angela hosting the biggest Halloween party in town It’s being held in a house that supposedly was the work of several deaths 85 years ago; at the beginning of the movie we start with a flashback of a woman Evangeline Broussard during a Halloween seance She hangs herself to stop an evil presence from taking over In present day Angela, Maddie, Lily, and Suzanne arrive at the house for a night of fun But the festivities are shut down and they’re the only ones left about to fight for their lives when demons start taking them one by one These dominions of Satan got casted out of Hell breaking their rules and now they want to make Earth their playground It’s up to Maddie whoever is left standing to make it out alive The film is filled with the Halloween spirit making it a perfect annual viewing for the season, the actresses are beautiful and look like they’re having fun, there’s no shortage of gore and nudity, and at times it can be very funny I was actually laughing out loud during one part because of its hilarious absurdity Give Monica Keena credit too; she has the toughest job of delivering plot exposition and fighting these things covered in bloody clothes The soundtrack is cool too It can’t outdo the original film but it manages to still be an entertaining and frightening experience Don’t believe the bad word of mouth See more Craig H 10/11/2022 Pretty people wear sexy Halloween costumes to a haunted house and get possessed, slaughtered, etc. No one is very likeable, the story isn't real defined, but the movie is slick and the special effects help make it work. It's not the original, which was, actually, original for the time, but this update is almost worth the 90 or so minutes. See more 11/04/2021 Take everything you loved about the original "Night of the Demons", remove 90% of it, and that leaves Linnea Quigley bending over in ballerina skirt. And that's the only appeal of this bland, badly-acted, boring, cheesy remake, because Linnea shows up to do the same thing again in a brief cameo (no pun intended) and then promptly disappears to allow the younger primary cast members to play through the story she did so much better when she was their age. There's none of the charm of the original here. It's just crass and stupid from start to finish. Edward Furlong is even slumming it here, and he's fricking Edward Furlong. Shannon Elizabeth was way too good for this, and yet she's completely wasted in this film (and I mean she's utilized poorly in the story, not that she had to be drunk in order to do it). Everyone else is a "who?" that you'll likely stop caring about moments after you meet them because it's quite clear you're likely never going to see them again, in any movies, with perhaps the exception of Diora Baird whose career is basically about two things, and little else. (There's a reason WhatCulture ranked her the #3 actor who ruins any film she's in and referred to her as "film and TV's most popular rent-a-cleavage.") If you make it through the whole film, you're a stronger person than I. The true horror is that they spent $10 million to make this turkey, and it rightfully only earned $64,400 at the box office worldwide. At $10 a ticket, that's 6,440 people who showed up to see this in person. I'm willing to bet that to this day every one of them still pauses every once in a while, gets this feeling like they've had something stolen from them, and then shakes their head and goes on with their day not knowing what it was, exactly, that left this mental scar on their grey matter. Sadly, though, this wasn't the worst movie I've seen in the last decade or so. That honor goes to "Wonder Woman 1984", which is so bad that I'd consider watching an even worse remake of this horrible remake of "Night of the Demons" before watching Wonder Woman 1984 again. Still, "Night of the Demons" 2009 is the filmic equivalent of dipping your foot into the pool to see if it's warm enough to swim, and pulling it back suddenly because you realize the pool is full of warm bull semen. It's not actually going to hurt you, but you'll feel really gross if you go in there, and you definitely won't have any fun. One and one-half stars. The one star is for Linnea's cameo, because she's Linnea fricking Quigley. The half star is for the rest of the movie. See more 08/25/2019 Doesn't hold a candle to the original, of course, but none of the change upos that were decided on for this remake really hurt it too badly. The location's changed, most of the characters, but it's still a night, and there's still demons. Better that Night of the Demons III at least. See more 07/03/2018 It's a very well done remake of a cult classic but lacks the fun of the original. See more Read all reviews

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