Night of the Demons (1988)

AKA: Halloween Party

Film details

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DirectorKevin Tenney
Year1988
CountryUSA
TypeMovie
Runtime90m
CastHal Havins, Allison Barron, Alvin Alexis, Harold Ayer, Billy Gallo, Cathy Podewell, Karen Ericson, Lance Fenton, Donnie Jeffcoat, Linnea Quigley

Review

""Night of the Demons" doesn't have anything of importance to say and offers no deep messages. Instead, it's got violence, sex, nudity and a good-humored script. There are all different types of genre films, and this one was purely made to entertain. Its technical and creative ingenuity is but a plus on the scorecard, and its wraparound sequence, involving a grouchy old man who has the tables turned on him when he slips razorblades in the trick-or-treaters' apples, is a bewitchingly grim capper. "Night of the Demons" isn't free of flaws, but it is practically dripping with the blood, sweat and tears of those who set out to make a genuinely good party movie, and did exactly that." - Dustin Putnam, The Movie Boy

Ranking history

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