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Night of the Demon

  • 1980
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
2.8K
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Night of the Demon (1980)
B-HorrorSlasher HorrorHorror

An anthropologist and his students attempt to track down a Bigfoot responsible for a rash of violent murders, only to uncover something even more sinister.An anthropologist and his students attempt to track down a Bigfoot responsible for a rash of violent murders, only to uncover something even more sinister.An anthropologist and his students attempt to track down a Bigfoot responsible for a rash of violent murders, only to uncover something even more sinister.

  • Director
    • James C. Wasson
  • Writers
    • Mike Williams
    • Jim L. Ball
  • Stars
    • Michael Cutt
    • Joy Allen
    • Bob Collins
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    2.8K
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    • Director
      • James C. Wasson
    • Writers
      • Mike Williams
      • Jim L. Ball
    • Stars
      • Michael Cutt
      • Joy Allen
      • Bob Collins
    • 77User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Michael Cutt
    Michael Cutt
    • Prof. Nugent
    • (as Michael J. Cutt)
    Joy Allen
    • Classmate
    Bob Collins
    • Roy
    Jody Lazarus
    • Linda
    • (as Jodi Lazarus)
    Rick Fields
    • First Victim - Carla's Father
    • (as Richard Fields)
    Michael Lang
    • Pete
    Melanie Graham
    Melanie Graham
    • Wanda
    Shannon Cooper
    • Carla Thomas
    Paul Kelleher
    Paul Kelleher
    • Sheriff
    Ray Jarris
    • Gary
    William F. Nugent
    • Lou Carlson
    Lynn Eastman-Rossi
    Lynn Eastman-Rossi
    • Susan Nugent
    • (as Lynn Eastman)
    Dix Turner
    • Townsperson
    Bunny Bernhardt
    • Townsperson
    Fred Owens
    • Townsperson
    Heather Eide
    • Townsperson
    Virginia English
    • Townsperson
    Mark Olay
    • Townsperson
    • Director
      • James C. Wasson
    • Writers
      • Mike Williams
      • Jim L. Ball
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    4maxwelldrake

    A Bigfoot Slasher-style B-movie

    If jaws had you afraid to get into the water, this film will make you afraid to pee in the woods.

    This is probably the roughest entry you'll find in the classic cinema-de-sasquatch genre. While it doesn't manage to be very creepy, or overtly scary, it does manage to be gory (if you can get your hands on the uncut version). Frankly, it is what it is, and if you like B-horror films of this time period, or are a Bigfootiphile, you'll enjoy it. however, if you are looking to truly be frightened, I'd move on.

    With themes like castration and bestiality, it deserves a remake!
    hamburger

    graphic Bigfoot-on-the-loose flick!

    NIGHT OF THE DEMON is just one of the my favorites from 1980. As far as I can tell this is the only gory bigfoot movie ever made, and it's a shame too. This sub-genre could have been very prolific (ahaha probably not). The story is about a college professor and his students who venture off into the woods looking for the myth that is Bigfoot. The professor tells his students in flashback about the numerous unexplained murders that are being committed (yes, the yokel who gets his you-know-what ripped off is a definite highlight) until they themselves are stalked by the beast. There's also a bizarre sub-plot involving a disturbed woman, who as a child, was raped by the monster; had his baby and was then forced to kill it by her father!

    A crazy, gory, cheesy B-movie that is worth at least a rental.
    vanity6fan

    I LOVE this!!

    This film says 1980, but I'm willing to say it's older than that. The music during the opening credits sounds like Room 222. Lots of gore, bad acting, some nudity, a bigfoot/humanoid baby and the low budget makes this an enjoyable viewing treat for all drive-in movie/ bigfoot fans!! It's hard to find so check Ebay. If you think Sasquatch: The Untold was great, then this baby will blow your mind!! Two thumbs up.
    NODAK-3

    So bad it's good...

    I can't imagine a movie worse technically than this, and I doubt that the producers took themselves seriously making this movie. It is so bad that it'll have you in fits of laughter. It tries to have a little sub-plot about a strange romance between the monster and a woman in a secluded cabin, but that could have been left out. The monster swings somebody's intestines around, picks a camping bag up and swings it around to impale it on a pole...and best of all, he rips a guy's member off...how could you not laugh?? if this were all done in a more realistic manner (if something that macabre could be realistically at all), maybe it wouldn't have been. But if you like bad movies and you're one of those that likes to watch movies with friends and family only to make fun of them, pick this one up. It's hard to find however.
    5lastliberal

    Bigfoot comes knocking when the vans a rocking.

    Night of the Demon is one of the infamous video nasties that was banned in Britain. It was finally released in 1994 with 1 minute and 41 seconds cut. It became most famous for its depictions of castration, dismemberment, stabbings and disemboweling.

    The description tells you this is a gory version of Bigfoot. What it doesn't tell you is how funny it can be. In the second attack, two people are going at it in their van in the woods when Bigfoot pulls the man out of the van and bloodies him up. The girl (Jennifer West) is all naked and screaming at the sight of her bloodied lover. I swear her screams sounded like she was having an orgasm.

    Bigfoot grabs another camper, still in his sleeping bag, and twirls him round and round before throwing him into a tree with a broken branch.

    You might want to watch where you whip it out to relieve yourself. You never know what's in the bushes, and you might lose some valuable equipment.

    They find Crazy Wanda (Melanie Graham), who was raped by Bigfoot, and had it's baby. Of course Bigfoot came by and the real carnage began.

    Picture is fuzzy most of the time, and the acting is not that great. Music is irritating, but there is a lot of blood for the nasty fans.

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    Related interests

    Bridget Hoffman in The Evil Dead (1981)
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    • Trivia
      Most of the kill scenes in the film were shot and added into the film by the producer, Jim L. Ball, unbeknownst to director James C. Wasson at the time, whose original version contained little to no gore.
    • Goofs
      Professor Nugent's face is bandaged in the opening sequence, and the rest of the movie is a flashback to how his face became mutilated. In the beginning scenes, his face is bandaged so that the entire upper half of his face looks normal. However, when we see the actual incident where his face gets burned, his entire face is burned to the point of causing death by trauma and dehydration.
    • Quotes

      Crazy Wanda: I burned him. I burned him because he killed my baby. And to save its father.

    • Alternate versions
      The version televised on the UK's Zone Horror channel was complete and uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)

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    • Release date
      • October 31, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Code Red DVD (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Teufel tanzt weiter
    • Filming locations
      • Valencia, California, USA(forest)
    • Production company
      • Aldan Company
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    • Budget
      • $70,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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