NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988) – Episode 291 – Decades of Horror 1980s

“Damn rotten kids. They’ll get what they deserve. Yeah. They’ll get what they deserve tonight.” Well, if you’re thinking razor blades in apples for Halloween, your wife might have other ideas, which will include the question: “How do you like them apples?” Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss Night of the Demons (1988), a Halloween cult classic from Kevin Tenney. Now, where did I put that lipstick?

Decades of Horror 1980s
Episode 291 – Night of the Demons (1988)

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Synopsis: Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living Hell.

• Director: Kevin Tenney (credited as Kevin S. Tenney) 
• Writer: Joe Augustyn
• Special Makeup Effects Designer & Creator: Steve Johnson
• Selected Cast:
  • Hal Havins as Stooge
  • Allison Barron as Helen
  • Alvin Alexis as Rodger
  • Harold Ayer as Old Man
  • Billy Gallo as Sal (credited as William Gallo)
  • Cathy Podewell as Judy
  • Karen Ericson as Judy’s Mother
  • Lance Fenton as Jay
  • Donnie Jeffcoat as Billy (credited as Donnie Jeffcoat Jr.)
  • Linnea Quigley as Suzanne
  • James W. Quinn as Clerk #1/Demon Voices
  • Clark Jarrett as Clerk #2
  • Amelia Kinkade as Angela (credited as Mimi Kinkade)
  • Jill Terashita as Frannie
  • Philip Tanzini as Max
  • Marie Denn as Old Man’s Wife

Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. What could go wrong? It’s double-tap time again as the 80s Grue-Crew chew over the cult classic, Night of the Demons (1988), first covered six-and-a-half years ago in episode 144 by Christopher G. Moore and Vanessa Thompson. The current Crew finds Night of the Demons to be a tasty treat, especially once the film gets to Steve Johnson’s effects work. There is one brilliant gag after another as the demonic activity ramps up, with each effect better than the last. And, of course, the Crew is enamored of Linnea Quigley and Amelia Kinkade, especially Amelia’s dance scene and Linnea’s lipstick insertion scene, if you know what we mean, and unless you’ve seen this movie, we’re sure you don’t.

At the time of this writing, Night of the Demons (1988) is available to stream from Tubi, PlutoTV, Plex, Screambox, Shudder, AMC+, and Prime, as well as multiple PPV sources. It is available on physical media as a Collector’s Edition [4K UHD] from SHOUT! FACTORY.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Crystal, is The Unnamable (1988), a low-budget independent horror film with a Lovecraft pedigree. The Grue Crew always loves them some Lovecraft.

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