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Cameron's Closet is a fine slice of 80's horror. It stars Scott Curtis as a young boy with telekinetic powers who accidentally summons an ancient demon who dwells in his closet. The film (written by Gary Brandner of The Howling fame) has some truly inspired moments and even some decent scares. Many of the death scenes are quite memorable. The closet decapitation, Bob flying through the window, and the maniacal ceiling fan are my favorite bits. Carlo Rambaldi (E.T., Dune) is handling the effects and they are well done for the most part. The only area of the film that is lacking is the ending. It was very weak and the film suffers for it. The demon just doesn't do too much after he finally comes out of the closet (pun intended). Also, I felt the explanation as to how this kid conjured the demon was a little vague. Surely they could have elaborated a bit more. Cotter Smith is quite good here and so is the kid as far as child actors go.
Cameron's Closet is a fine slice of 80's horror. It stars Scott Curtis as a young boy with telekinetic powers who accidentally summons an ancient demon who dwells in his closet. The film (written by Gary Brandner of The Howling fame) has some truly inspired moments and even some decent scares. Many of the death scenes are quite memorable. The closet decapitation, Bob flying through the window, and the maniacal ceiling fan are my favorite bits. Carlo Rambaldi (E.T., Dune) is handling the effects and they are well done for the most part. The only area of the film that is lacking is the ending. It was very weak and the film suffers for it. The demon just doesn't do too much after he finally comes out of the closet (pun intended). Also, I felt the explanation as to how this kid conjured the demon was a little vague. Surely they could have elaborated a bit more. Cotter Smith is quite good here and so is the kid as far as child actors go.