Night of the Demons (1988)

Directed by

Kevin S. Tenney

Genre

horror film, comedy horror

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 400 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of high school kids throw a Halloween party in an old funeral parlor. They accidentally free a demon from the crematorium, and it starts taking over their bodies one by one.

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What happens

Night of the Demons is a 1988 American supernatural horror film directed by Kevin S. Tenney, written and produced by Joe Augustyn, and starring Amelia Kinkade, Cathy Podewell, Linnea Quigley, Hal Havins, and Alvin Alexis. The plot follows a group of high school students who throw a party inside an isolated funeral parlor on Halloween night. While attempting a séance, they accidentally release a demon locked in the crematorium that begins to possess them one by one. Filmed in Los Angeles in 1987, Night of the Demons premiered in Detroit in September 1988, grossing $3.1 million at the box office. Though it received a mixed critical response, the film would later become a cult classic in the years since its release. It spawned a film series, as well as a 2009 remake of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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