Night of the Demon
Directed by:
Jacques TourneurCinematography:
Edward ScaifeComposer:
Clifton ParkerCast:
Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, Athene Seyler, Percy Herbert, Reginald Beckwith, Rosamund Greenwoood, Walter Horsbrugh (more)Plots(1)
American psychologist John Holden (Dana Andrews) arrives in England to discover that his colleague, Henry Harrington (Maurice Denham), has suddenly died following his efforts to discredit notorious occultist Julian Karswell (Niall MacGinnis). The cynical Holden dismisses Karswell's warnings as supernatural nonsense, even when he and Harrington's niece, Joanna (Peggy Cummins), are confronted by a series of bizarre and inexplicable events. Holden discovers that Karswell has slipped him a parchment featuring ancient runic symbols a sign that, like Harrington before him, he has been marked for imminent destruction by a fire-breathing demon. As the night of his threatened demise draws nearer, the fearful Holden begins to suspect that Karswell has been telling the truth all along. (Mediumrare Entertainment)
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The essence of everything good that can be imagined under the term horror. That is, if you think of immersive atmosphere, escalating plot, detailed psychology of characters and not so much about hectolitres of blood, jump-scares, ripped eyeballs, perversions on naked babes and the highest possible bodycount.
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Night of the Demon is a precisely written, acted and directed horror moving that begins with a stunningly clichéd introduction of the characters and culminates in the absolute absorption of the viewer. The darkness, the mystery, the pessimistic curse on the protagonist and his struggle with his own belief in the non-existence of supernatural evil are the domains of this excellent film, which should not be overlooked by any fan of the genre. It’s not about the monster’s frightening visage, but rather the unease that comes with its believable existence. The effects with the monster are ridiculous, but they don’t do any harm to the overall impression of the film, which tastefully combines psychology with fantastical phenomena.
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