chris-3193 Review of The Demon

The Demon (1981)

This film couldn't stink more if it were the body target in a game of scat darts!

[1/10 · 25 January 2006]

I happened to stumble across this toss, oh I mean 'movie', while buying 'House on haunted hill' for 1.49 in my local Post Office with a buy one get one free sticker on it. After toying with the idea of coupling it with some ropey old feel-good b/w fare, I saw the rather vibrant and inviting cover of 'The Demon'. Over the years I have become quite enamoured with the 'Ropey Horror' genre and slipped it into the player with a "it can't be as bad as Camp blood 2" type comment dribbling from my mouth. Straight into the action and I was expecting at least some c grade monster but no, all it is is a rather tall, inbred, Cornish sex pest! I could go on to describe the film for you but other people on this page have already done that with way more skill and grace than I could ever dream.Comfort yourself with the thought that you have just watched the most badly produced horror film ever(and there's been some stiff competition over the years re:'Granny'. Dreadful script, acting, music, camera-work. In fact so desperate is the lighting man to disguise the fact that the 'Demon' has zero make up that half the set on some shots is black. This makes 'Nursie' look like a multiple Golden Globe winner and so awful that catching the deadliest Ebola virus seems appealing by comparison! Avoid this piffle at all cost's! -99 out of 10.