I rented "The Demon" expecting it to be sort of lame. (I know, you wonder, why would I rent it if I thought it was lame?) Well, I wanted to just give it a chance, anyhow. And I was quite surprised.
A man only known as the demon to the viewer stalks and kills various women. There are three real plots to this. One is the one that starts in the beginning. A family is attacked by the demon, leading to the mother attempted to be killed, and the teenage daughter captured. After that, the demon begins to stalk a young school teacher named Mary. She seems him various places, but at times, he disappears right before her eyes, and then is back again. She begins to get more agitated when she starts getting creepy phone calls, and the neighbor sees someone creeping around outside her home.
Meanwhile, an old Marine colonel with ESP (which I usually am not interested in, but liked) tries to find where the daughter is, and further more, where the killer may be. The only clue is perhaps the hotel the demon lives.
During that time, there are about two attack scenes that don't fit in. One is a pretty scary one with a woman in an alley, which is then added to by two motorcyclists that come by and happen to upset the demon. A really great scene. The other is at the hotel, and made even less sense. But let it slide.
Mary's cousin begins seeing a man, and another plot is formed. It worked well, because the characters actually had something to them, and they were more than cannon fodder. And the demon begins watching the cousin, too.
There is one murder you never expected. It's between the mother of the captured teenage girl and the colonel. A very good scene and great twist.
The end is an exciting and quite innovative climax. And then it all ends rather abruptly, but in a good way. The climax is long, but the end of it just seems to end it. Though, the end is one of the best. A reminder of the ending to "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or "Eaten Alive" (Tobe Hooper), with constant screaming and terror.
A quite good movie. It probably takes an aquired taste to really like it. I'm sure many would find this bad. But I suggest giving it a good chance. You may be pleasantly surprised.
A man only known as the demon to the viewer stalks and kills various women. There are three real plots to this. One is the one that starts in the beginning. A family is attacked by the demon, leading to the mother attempted to be killed, and the teenage daughter captured. After that, the demon begins to stalk a young school teacher named Mary. She seems him various places, but at times, he disappears right before her eyes, and then is back again. She begins to get more agitated when she starts getting creepy phone calls, and the neighbor sees someone creeping around outside her home.
Meanwhile, an old Marine colonel with ESP (which I usually am not interested in, but liked) tries to find where the daughter is, and further more, where the killer may be. The only clue is perhaps the hotel the demon lives.
During that time, there are about two attack scenes that don't fit in. One is a pretty scary one with a woman in an alley, which is then added to by two motorcyclists that come by and happen to upset the demon. A really great scene. The other is at the hotel, and made even less sense. But let it slide.
Mary's cousin begins seeing a man, and another plot is formed. It worked well, because the characters actually had something to them, and they were more than cannon fodder. And the demon begins watching the cousin, too.
There is one murder you never expected. It's between the mother of the captured teenage girl and the colonel. A very good scene and great twist.
The end is an exciting and quite innovative climax. And then it all ends rather abruptly, but in a good way. The climax is long, but the end of it just seems to end it. Though, the end is one of the best. A reminder of the ending to "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or "Eaten Alive" (Tobe Hooper), with constant screaming and terror.
A quite good movie. It probably takes an aquired taste to really like it. I'm sure many would find this bad. But I suggest giving it a good chance. You may be pleasantly surprised.