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Night of the Demon

  • 1980
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
2.7K
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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
    2.7K
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    • Director
      • James C. Wasson
    • Writers
      • Mike Williams
      • Jim L. Ball
    • Stars
      • Michael Cutt
      • Joy Allen
      • Bob Collins
    • 76User 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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    DJ Inferno

    Don´t go in the woods... alone!

    Another film that is something like an urban legend: being banned in countries like Germany or Norway and also very hard to find the reputation of "Night of the Demon" is much more interesting than the movie itself!

    The story is simple: a professor and some students travel to the dark forests to investigate some cruel murders which were caused by a Bigfoot-like monster that looks like Chewbacca from "Star Wars". A feeble minded woman who lives in a lonely hut plays an important role in the solution of the mystery...

    Well, the acting is bad, the F/X are pretty cheesy and only the many murders featured in this flick will keep you away from falling asleep! These deaths however are pretty are gory and violent, so fans of splatter movies won´t be disappointed! And also people who like priceless trash should check it out, because "Night of the Demon" is well-done for a movie which was shot without any money! I´d give 6 out of 10...

    If you like semi-professional no budget-productions like Peter Jackson´s "Bad Taste", Jörg Buttgereit´s "Nekromantik", J.R. Bookwalter´s "The Dead Next Door" or Bill Hinzman´s "Zombie Nosh" this one´s exactly the right film for you!
    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.
    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.
    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.
    cjay50244

    Noone's mentioned the best scene!!

    Find another bigfoot movie that has a guy getting his dick yanked off by a Sasquatch! I nearly pulled a hamstring running to shut the TV off when I saw that scene! The red stuff flows throughout the film. Ol' Bigfoot even uses a guy's entrails as an offensive weapon. "Legend of Boggy Creek" will always be #1 to this Bigfoot fan, but "Night of the Demon" is the Bigfoot film genre's "weird uncle that nobody likes to talk about". I suggest you haunt your local video stores until you find a copy. I believe it was last released in the US in the late 80's on the Gemstone Entertainment budget label.

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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
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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