Night of the Demons III (1997)

That was an excellent one.

Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Purely Joyful Movie!

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

The first 2 NOTD films are stylish, moody, gory horror films with a heavy emphasis on teenage drama. Pt 3 might be the strongest in that last department. The writer/director of Pt 1 wrote its script so its totally in keeping with the lore and story elements of the original. Pt 3 starts with one of the BEST first acts of any film of this genre, setting up great character tension and believable world. The film is cast and directed very well and could've been as good as the original if not better if it weren't for the budget. The film suffers in the special effects and action department. The film has such a strong buildup but the payoffs don't match up, especially the deaths and demon makeups. I was won over by the primitive but highly developed CGI. This is the darkest and most serious film of the trilogy and maybe it should've embraced its camp more to cover its cheapness. But this is a very good low budget horror movie.

On the night of Halloween, the hoodlums Vince (Kris Holdenreid), his vulgar girlfriend Lois (Tara Stone) and their friends Nick (Gregory Calpakis) and Reggie (Joel Gordon) are driving around in the van of Orson (Christian Tessierare). They see the cheerleader Holly (Stephanie Bauder) trying to fix her car and they offer a ride to Holly and her friend Abbie (Patricia Rodriguez).They stop in a convenience store to buy beer and the clerk suspects of the group and points a shotgun to them but Vince takes the weapon and dominates the situation. But two police officers come to the place and Vince accidentally shots one of them when the clerk grabs his hair. The other policeman shots Reggie in the stomach, but they succeed to escape from the store. But the van is shot on the gas tank and Vince decides to stop the vehicle in the infamous Hull House, considered a cursed place, instead of taking Reggie to the hospital, using the shotgun to force Nick and the other teenagers to follow him. But the place is not abandoned and the demon Angela (Amelia Kinkade) meets them in an human form. Meanwhile, the officer was wearing bulletproof vest and was not wounded and the veteran Lieutenant Dewhurst (Vlasta Vrana) discovers that the clerk is lying after watching the surveillance tape. Dewhurst track them down while the group discovers the truth about the Hull House. "Night of the Demons III" is flawed, but not as bad as indicates many reviews. I saw this movie for the first time on 24 February 2000 on VHS and I have just seen it again. The story has a poor development of the characters and it is difficult to understand why Nick hangs around with Vince, Lois and Orson. The fate of Abbie, Lieutenant Dewhurst and Reggie are not fair since they are not evil like Vince, Lois and Orson. But the movie entertains considering the budget. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "A Casa do Diabo" ("The Demon House")

Third outing in the series and , amazingly, nobody has thought of demolishing the house and having a priest pee all over the foundations (or something suitable that would destroy the evil).This time the house is visited by a van full of teens who are on the run from the law. Some of them are on from the law, at least, and some of them are just caught up in the middle of things. Unsurprisingly, Angela welcomes in the new blood with open arms.This has just as much fun with the gore and the death as the previous two movies but it takes a step down with the level of acting throughout. Almost everyone involved here is pretty poor and it's not surprising that you won't recognise any of the faces. What is surprising is that the third outing in this series is still almost as much fun just because of the freedom and opportunities provided by the central idea. This may be the one I'd not choose to watch again but I certainly wouldn't mind if it ever did appear on my TV and I was distracted by it.

Night of the Demons III starts late one Halloween night as a cop (Larry Day) on patrol drives up to the abandoned Hull house & is confronted by sexy demon Angela (Amelia Kinkade) who does some nasty things to him... Orson (Christian Tessier), Reggie (Joel Gordon), Nick (Gregory Calpakis) plus Vince (Kristen Holden-Reid) & his girlfriend Lois (Tara Slone) are driving around looking for some fun when they come across the broken down car of head cheerleader Holly (Stephanie Bauder) & her friend Abbie (Patricia Rodriguez) & offer them a lift. They all then stop at a gas station where thing get out of control & Vince shoots a police officer, in an ensuing shootout Reggie is shot but they all manage to make it back to the van & speed off. With Reggie badly injured & running low on petrol they have no option but to seek shelter & help at Hull house where they meet Angela who sets about killing them all & stealing their souls...Directed by Jim Kaufman Night of the Demons III is an OK horror film that I thought was fairly watchable, especially for fans of the genre who seem to have a high tolerance level for nonsense such as this. As of now this is the final entry in the Night of the Demons series of films & I have to say that I haven't seen either of the two previous instalment's so I can't compare them, in fact in the UK Night of the Demons III was renamed Demon House & marketed as an original film rather than part of a series. The script by Kevin Tenney moves along at a fair pace, it doesn't seem to take itself too seriously & doesn't try to do anything other than be a straight forward teen horror with lots of one-liners, nudity, sex & a decent amount of gore. For instance the first time we see Abbie & Holly they are both topless for no real apparent reason other to give the audience what they want, gratuitous nudity, & for that I salute Night of the Demons III. There's a fair amount of exploitation & all the ingredients that a low budget film such as this needs to make it watchable. The plotting isn't the best, the character's are somewhat clichéd & there isn't much to it but it's sort of fun on a dumb level, it's short enough not to become tedious & entertains.Director Kaufman does an OK job & while the film doesn't have a lot of style it has a reasonable atmosphere, a few reasonably effective scenes & he keeps the thing moving along. There are a few demons which look OK & some decent gore, a ripped out still beating heart, someone is shot in the eye, a melting demon & someone has a demon tongue shoot out the back of their head.Technically the film is alright, it's competent at least. The opening credits feature some poor computer graphics along with a pretty cool sounding theme tune. The acting varies between OK & downright poor.Night of the Demons III was OK, it's not a masterpiece but I honestly don't think it sets out to be. Personally I think it's well worth a watch if your a horror fan, other's should probably avoid it. Night of the Demons (1988) & Night of the Demons II (1994) were the previous entries.