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My Demon Lover

  • 1987
  • PG-13
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
1.8K
YOUR RATING
Michele Little and Scott Valentine in My Demon Lover (1987)
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Dark ComedyComedyFantasyHorror

A homeless street musician becomes a demon when sexually aroused.A homeless street musician becomes a demon when sexually aroused.A homeless street musician becomes a demon when sexually aroused.

  • Director
    • Charlie Loventhal
  • Writer
    • Leslie Ray
  • Stars
    • Scott Valentine
    • Michele Little
    • Robert Trebor
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Charlie Loventhal
    • Writer
      • Leslie Ray
    • Stars
      • Scott Valentine
      • Michele Little
      • Robert Trebor
    • 25User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Trailer 1:28
    My Demon Lover

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    Scott Valentine
    Scott Valentine
    • Kaz
    Michele Little
    Michele Little
    • Denny
    • (as Michelle Little)
    Robert Trebor
    Robert Trebor
    • Charles
    Gina Gallego
    Gina Gallego
    • Sonia
    Alan Fudge
    Alan Fudge
    • Phil Janus
    Calvert DeForest
    Calvert DeForest
    • Man in Health Food Store
    Arnold Johnson
    Arnold Johnson
    • Fixer
    Donovan Baker
    • Burly Cop
    Teresa Bowman
    • Well Dressed Woman in Subway
    Dan Patrick Brady
    • Chip
    David S. Cass Sr.
    David S. Cass Sr.
    • Grady's Partner
    Eva Charney
    • Grady
    Betsy Chasse
    • Bibi
    Marsha Clark
    • Reporter #2 in Police Station
    Frank Colangelo
    • Bum on Danny's Street
    Ellen Gerstein
    Ellen Gerstein
    • Policewoman
    James Gleason
    • Alert Cop
    Steven Hutchins
    • Young Kaz
    • Director
      • Charlie Loventhal
    • Writer
      • Leslie Ray
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    User reviews25

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    ProMovieBuff

    Campy but cool.

    This is your basic, 80's, campy horror movie -- so be warned. If you watch this movie, prepare to face EXTREME campy-ness. Complete with somewhat impressive special effects, entertaining scenes, a little comedy, and bad acting -- "My Demon Lover" delivers a top-knotch performance in the field of 80's, horror movie campy-ness! I'd check it out. But serious horror movie-goers beware...
    5gridoon

    Trivial but entertaining.

    An entertaining premise, adequately handled, with some amusing (if not always top-of-the-line) special effects. The picture is nothing more than a trivial time-killer, but it has a nice spirit. Initially you may be turned off by the behavior of the leading character, but he grows more appealing as the film goes along. On the other hand, Michelle Little plays one of the nicest persons who ever appeared in an 80s film! (**)
    LennyNY

    Somehow, it works...

    I'm apparently the 2nd person to see this movie. In 2 years. But I'm not sorry. It's obviously very low-budget; silly--well, actually, this is one of those movies I describe as "silly, but it *knows* it's silly"; cliched, intentionally (I hope) improbable characters, but somehow it all hangs together. If, like me, you can excuse, or embrace, the schlockiness & deal w/it on its own terms, "My Demon Lover" is very entertaining. If you're looking for a richly detailed plot, laden w/metaphoric symbolism & carefully crafted layers of meaning, complex, realistic-yet-larger-than-life characters on an eternal quest for ever-deepening layers of moral enlightenment, you've obviously wandered in here accidentally--faulty link or something--and ... what? ... no, no, that's alright ... it happens, no prob ... sure ... you have yourself a nice day, now, y'hear? Some very funny lines just cruise right by, all the more effective for being underplayed. The cinematography is frequently very well done, lighting & colors in scene settings used to maximum advantage. Coming from someone who's lived in or near New York City his whole life: they've definitely captured the aura of NYC street scenes. So, anyway, I liked it.
    CharlieMJ

    Classic 80's

    The film's song "Let Go" is by the band Intimate Strangers. The song also appears on their album "Charm".

    Looking back on it, the film is rather cheesy and the special effects and makeup are pretty cheap, but in its day, it wasn't that bad. I'm not sure if that means I've grown up or the movies made back then were pretty bad...I guess a little of both. Nevertheless, I really liked the song "Let Go" from the film, wondered who the band was that play it, and how I could get the full version of the song. Finally after researching online I found more information about the song and wanted to post it here for other fans of it. I hope this helps someone.
    mack3175

    FRIGHTINGLY FUNNY.

    This movie was very entertaining. It was funny has well as weird. I found it more entertaining then The Monster Squad, at least this movie did'nt have campy dialog. It was nice to see Scott Valentine break away from Family Ties for a little while. The story is about Denny(played with a lot of sweetness by Michelle Little) who seems to have bad luck with romance, that all changes when she meets Kaz(played comicaly well by Scott Valentine) they start out has friends, but little does Denny know that when Kaz gets turned on by women, he becomes monster, Valentine and Little are charming. This is one of my favorite 80's movie.

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Chosen for review on "How did this get made?" podcast 17 July 2020.
    • Goofs
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Quotes

      Kaz: Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! I am called... Kaz. I come from the planet Venus and *this* is our language.

    • Connections
      Featured in Intimate Strangers: Let Go (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Let Go
      Performed by Intimate Strangers

      From the album "Charm" (1986)

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    • Release date
      • April 24, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mi novio es un demonio
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • New Line Cinema
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,922,273
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,815,583
      • Apr 26, 1987
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,922,273
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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