NIGHT OF THE DEMONSSub-Genre- Supernatural
Cast Members of Note- Shannon Elizabeth, Monica Keena, Diora Baird, Tiffany Shepis, Bobbi Sue Luther and... Edward Furlong! Oh boy.
What's it About?- Angela is a sexy, slutty DJ/Party Promoter, and she's throwing the Halloween bash of the year! $20 at the door will get you all of the drinks and eye candy you can handle. She even announces that everyone should get dunk, high, and fuck. What a nice girl.
Unfortunately for everyone invited, she's throwing her party in the fabled Broussard Masion, New Orleans most feared haunted hot spot. It seems as if there are some demons laying around in the basement waiting for some unsuspecting human to come along and jam a hand in their corpse mouths, thus reanimating them to wreak havoc once again.
Somehow the mansion ends up empty save for seven dumb ass partiers who don't get the hint to leave, and the demons begin to possess them one by one. They only have until dawn, so they have to work efficiently and quickly. Possessing stupid people always helps. I hate demons for the simple fact that they do not respect a good game of spin the bottle, and broke up some perfectly good girl kissing!
Can the hapless crew of dolts survive until morning? Will the demons possess all seven of them, and be free to roam the earth? Is there a good reason that these girls are not more naked than they are?!?!? I don't know about all of that, but I will tell you that yes, that lipstick came out of Diora Baird's cooter. Really.
The Good- As remakes go, this movie wasn't horrible, but it was rather disappointing If were being honest, the 1986 original was no tour de force of horror film making either, but it certainly had it's moments, as does this updated version.
Monica Keena is someone we love to watch do her thing (ever since the short-lived TV show Undeclared), and Diora Baird is always nice to just look at. That's pretty much the good stuff. I mean, the movie tried to do some good things, but just didn't push hard enough.
The Bad- Is it just me or does Edward Furlong look like he's one more hit of meth or a deep fried bacon doughnut away from having a massive coronary? Not only is he doughy and peaked, but has he ever been able to act? How does he keep getting work?
The Downright Horrendous- This movie wasn't as nasty as I thought it would be. Where as it could have pushed the envelope and given we jaded horror fans some supreme exploitation and sleaziness, it mostly just teased those things and then never delivered them. Where are the gratuitous tits and ass? Where's the body count and overtly bloody carnage? For a movie about blood thirty demons stalking a bunch of drunk party sluts, it's far too tame.
The Gory- Diora Baird gets killed by anal sex! Diora Baird jams a lipstick into her nipple, and kegels it out of her hoo-hoo! She gets pretty freaky in this one. There's some other blood and messy fun to be had throughout the movie, though not a ton, but Diora's bits were the best of it for us.
The Naked- There is far less nudity in this move than there should have been. Sure, we get a little bit of lesbian kissing, but there is just not enough skin shown by the bevvy of hot, curvy chicks in this movie. An absolute under use of resources.
Best Line- "Fix my whiskers."
The Master Says- C- (5.5/10) This remake of Night of the Demons is a slightly below average little horror flick; it's kinda fun, if a bit uneven and uninspired, and even a funny little cameo by Linnea Quigley... and yes, we get to see her panties again just like we did in the original. I can't explain the presence of Edward Furlong, and the lack of nudity was fairly disturbing, but all in all the movie was an alright way to spend 80 minutes. Maybe give it a rent on Oct. 19th when it hits DVD. Or maybe not. Either way, you'll live.Final Thoughts- It's always a good thing to see Monica Keena... always!
That's 32/100 movies watched so far, so we had better get back to it...
