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Stephen Campbell
29Dec10
Very good occult film from master director Jacques Tourneur which still offers up some good scares
Knut Morte
23Dec10
HAHAHHAAHA, I see Raimi's basis for "Drag Me To Hell" here. Drag Me To Hell is much funnier though.
necroflesh
29Nov10
Great film , just watched it last night for the first time. ' It's in the trees, it's coming!'
erlend
8Aug10
The flaw that makes this film into less than a horror classic, isn't the Ed Wood-esque special effects nor the story as such, it's the illogic of the mundane parts. There are simply too many conversations and situations poorly constructed and edited; annoying and all-too-obvious continuity blunders. I like the pace of the storytelling, though, quite clearly made after the principle: get to the point, then move on.
MR. E. COOPER
22Jun10
Gran película, a pesar de la muy conocida historia de las desavenencias entre director y productor. El demonio de plástico, si bien un estorbo según Tourneur, resulta icónico a pesar de todo. Como thriller, funciona de maravilla. Como película de horror, resulta una interesante reflexión sobre El Miedo. Directo a mi lista de favoritas.
Daniel S.
6Jun10
Forget all the nonsensical Hollywood amusement park horror movies of the last 30 years. Here's a film that has always frightened me. Not because of the two apparitions of the plastic demon but because it calls to mind our most intimate and bestial fears that don't wait for a second call to bubble under the surface of our minds. For instance, I saw last night Roman Polanski's TESS, a film whose last scene takes places at Stonehenge and today I decided to see Jacques Tourneur's NIGHT OF THE DEMON whose first sequence takes also place at Stonehenge. Pure coincidence are you going to say with a little grin. Maybe. Maybe not. MASTERPIECE.
Hunter Duesing
1Apr10
Being a fan of Jacques Tourneur, I was excited to see this movie, despite reports that the studio screwed the pooch by forcing in close-up monster footage. What Tourneur made was a good, scary movie in the vein of his work with Val Lewton, unfortunately the added monster footage really does prevent this movie from being great. The movie features the demon killing someone early in the movie, and the rest of the film is spent with a character who doesn't believe in the supernatural, and the whole movie is spent with the audience waiting on him to get on the same page as us, rather than following him on a suspenseful supernatural mystery. Fans of DRAG ME TO HELL should check this one out, as it borrows substantially from this movie, but DRAG ME TO HELL is a better take on this material (and I say that knowing I'll probably be crucified by old-school horror fans). It's a movie with near-fatal flaws, but Tourneur's touch makes it fun to watch.
Zebedee Franklin
14Feb10
Pleased to see this film in the list, enjoyed moments of The Omen but there is something dark and supernatural about Night of the Demon and Niles McGuinness
Weena Eloi
3Feb10
This is an unbelievably frightening horror film that was way ahead of its time and has been paid homage to (I refrain from calling it 'ripping off') by many directors numerous times, including, most recently, Sam Raimi (with "Drag Me To Hell").
Pierluigi Puccini
8May09
Jacques Tourneur was a master of suggestion, his flawless and impressive mise-en-scene shines all over, as well as the job done by the whole cast. doesn't matter satan itself looks dated, it still keeps an eerie and menacing atmosphere.