Night of the Demon (1980)

Best movie of this year hands down!

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Gory tale of Bigfoot, this made the infamous Video Nasties list here in Britain in the mid 1980's. To date it has only since been released on disc heavily cut but I'm certain that in these more enlightened times it would now be passed by the BBFC uncut. This film is a guilty pleasure of mine. Yes, the acting is as wooden as the trees in the forest, the dialogue is cringe worthy & the effects certainly aren't very special (though plentiful). Bigfoot himself is obviously a big man dressed up in a hairy costume. But what I like is that the many gory deaths are quite imaginative (especially the poor biker who stops to take a pee, only to be deprived of his manhood - ouch!), it's fast paced, throws in some sex and black magic, has an eerie soundtrack & is just good fun. Certainly one of the more enjoyable "Nasties"

Night of the Demon (not to be confused with Night of the Demons from 1987) is one of those movies you either enjoy or despise. It's pretty typical of the multiple murders in the woods type movie the 80's had many of. There are no Oscar caliber performances here, though I'm sure the title alone will tell you that. Professor Nugent and several of his students set out into the woods in pursuit of a legendary creature said to prowl the area. Enter Bigfoot, some strange townspeople, some of whom worship the Bigfoot creature, and one hermit lady who had been raped years earlier by the creature.The whole story is told by the professor who, as it turns out, is the only survivor of Bigfoot's wrath besides Wanda the hermit lady. The doctors and the cops listen to his story and ultimately decide he's crazy.If you happen to be an aficionado of the 80's horror genre, you could do better than this, but you also do worse.

Usually I'm a sucker for early '80s horror films which take place in the woods. THE FOREST, THE PREY, THE WARNING, I love all of them in their cheap and cheerful glory. NIGHT OF THE DEMON is another such movie, yet despite gobbets of bloody gore and gristle, the resulting story is so ineptly played out that only the most ardent horror-lovers will find themselves having a good time. Amusingly consigned to the "video nasties" list due to the graphic nature of the special effects and thereafter sought by rabid horror veterans hungry for bloodshed, NIGHT OF THE DEMON is a disappointing exercise in fear whichever way you look at it. The confused narrative is partly at fault. Packed with flashbacks every five minutes and jumping about all over the place, the non-linear style makes for tough viewing.Every couple of minutes there are shots of trees and countryside, used to pad out the footage and add a little scene-setting to the movie. Over the action we get ultra-cheap music that sounds like it should belong to THE CLANGERS rather than a fully-fledged horror movie. James Watson's direction is flawed and hopeless and the editing also poor. The script is moronic, filled with ultra-cheesy dialogue, and the hilariously straight-faced performances from the cast are also remarkably poor. The monster itself is little more than a big guy with a mask and bits of a fur rug covering his body and his "red vision" stalking shots would look better in a science fiction film rather than a horror outing.Which leaves only the aforementioned special effects for the viewer to enjoy. Despite their diabolical cheapness, the gore shots are definitely in-your-face and go out of their way to be gruesome. My favourite is the opening murder of the fisherman, whose arm is torn from its socket by the hairy horror and proceeds to spurt blood, a scene over which the credits play out. This is just about the best-filmed shot of the entire movie and promises artistry that doesn't follow. The catalogue of murders consists of a young motorcyclist getting castrated, a guy in his sleeping bag getting impaled on a branch, a pair of girl scouts getting hacked to death (in rather bad taste, it has to be said), and a young Romeo getting bloodied on the roof of his van (leading to the worst display of mugging that I have ever seen from the girl playing his lover). However, the most outrageous scenes are left for the slow-motion climax, in which one young teenager has his entrails torn out. If this wasn't enough, the Bigfoot then proceeds to whip his colleagues with the aforementioned intestinal tract! Another guy has his face burnt off on a cooker and still others are impaled on pitchforks and sadistically slashed with broken glass. More of a film to laugh at than actually be scared by, NIGHT OF THE DEMON is a cheesy and badly-made nightmare of a movie.

This 1980 horror film stars Michael Cutt, Melanie Graham and Shane Dixon. Cutt plays college professor, Bill Nugent who has just survived a terrible ordeal. He tells his story to doctors about a Bigfoot (Dixon) that attacked him and his students in the wilderness. He also reveals there was a woman, Wanda McGinty (Graham) who was raped by the monster and had it's baby that her father killed after. This is like a bad student film about Bigfoot that I only give points for it's nice surroundings and bloody effects. The monster isn't scary, there's lousy acting and the film should've had a different title. I only recommend this if you're into cheesy horror or creature features.