A handful of teenagers decide to throw a rip-roaring Halloween party at a haunted mansion. But, as it turns out, the stories people tell about the mansion are real. It is haunted, and Halloween is the worst time to hang around that house.
With its straight-forward plot, Night of the Demons is one of those movies that should be an enjoyable horror B-movie. It has all the pieces!
A stalking camera, just like in Evil Dead!
Demon possession!
Even a bit of gore! (though, honestly, it's pretty tame in this department)
But it's all been done before...and way better...in other movies. The film isn't really bad, but it's not good either. And it certainly isn't so bad that it's good. It just kind of flatlines somewhere around the time you realize it's not going to live up to its potential (for me, that was when the first demon possession resulted in some lipstick face-painting).
After that, it just limps across the finish line.
Recommended only for 80s horror completionists. Otherwise, watch Evil Dead 2 and/or Cabin in the Woods for a better combination of campiness and high schoolers battling demons.
