Night of the Demons

                                                           

 

       Oh, not tonight my boy, not tonight. Rest assured we got something wonderful

               planned for you, so much pain, so much sorrow!

 

On Halloween night, the odd Angela Franklin and her boy-crazy pal Suzanne are throwing a party at Hull House, a local mortuary that was abandoned years ago after the Hull family patriarch slew his entire family within its walls. This gathering consists of the following party goers; the class clown(Stooge), the resident tough guy(Sal), the token black guy(Roger), the preppy (Helen), the virginal heroine(Judy), her boyfriend(Jay), and two dim-witted idiots, (Max & Frannie)....all you need for a classic horror movie.

The group all make their way towards Hull House. At this point Angela reveals the plan is to scare everyone who attends into liking her, and Max explains what he knows about the mystery and rumours regarding the mansions prior living arrangements. Once they arrive they get out to see no one else has arrived and Max explains why there is a wall built in front of the property. It is rumoured to keep bad spirits from leaving the premises, with it being built over an underground stream....Eventaully the group members convene, and the party gets into the swing.

After losing the battery power for dancing, Angela decides to hold a seance as a party game. They all sit in front of a mirror and concentrate on the reflections, and it works because Helen sees her own dead body hitting the other side of the mirror. A demon is unleashed from the crematorium, which first possesses Suzanne. Meanwhile Roger, whose father is a preacher, does not wish to participate and wants to leave. Angela then reveals to her friends that the house is possessed by a demon, and that the seance could have possibly awoken it. No one believes her but Rodger refuses to take the chance and chooses to leave after hearing the news. Helen quickly follows, but neither have a car, so Suzanne gives them Angela's car keys, claiming since it is Angela's party she is not going to leave. Soon after Max and Frannie leave with Jay and Judy under the premise of exploring, however Jay has other ideas of what he wants to do with Suzy. The four depart, leaving Stooge, Suzanne, Sal and Angela alone. Suzanne invites Stooge to the bathroom but before she leaves, she shares a kiss with Angela, passing the demon onto her.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the house, the four departed friends find a room where Max begins to tell the story of Hull House, and the story behind its rumours. Outside Rodger and Helen continue to look for the Gate they drove through, but it is no longer there. After a brief argument between the two Helen vanishes leaving the cowardly Roger by himself, just as ghostly voices begin to call out his name. In a state of panic Roger gives up trying to find the gate yet has no desire to return to the house, so he hides inside Jay's car. Inside the house an argument between Jay and Judy continues over sexual tensions before Jay leaves her in the same room, not realizing that the door locks, keeping Judy trapped inside. Stooge continues to wait for Suzanne outside the bathroom while inside her face ages in the mirror, transforming into a hideously disheveled demon. After hearing what sounds like a mirror breaking, Stooge enters the bathroom only to find no trace of her around, discouraged over this he decides to head back to the main living room.

Back in the living room Sal sits waiting for others to return and watching Angela, slightly intrigued by how beautiful she has become. After asking her what exactly she was doing, she explains the day of atonement is at hand, then exhibits bizarre sexual behavior. Having never seen Angela exhibit such behaviour he realizes something is wrong but is too enchanted to leave. After she falls to the floor, she begins to crawl back to the fireplace, which upon her arrival the radio turns itself on. She begins to dance is some bizarre, ritualistic manner, as if summoning some being. Sal eventually pulls himself away, however Stooge rejoins the party and begins to take advantage of Angela's apparent distraction, only to be surprised when she tells him to kiss her. After throwing Stooge across the room he gets to his feet, his face covered in blood as Angela chews on then spits out his tongue, before killing him.  Sal finds Suzanne in a room covered in makeup, he realizes everyone is acting weird and leaves the room. Meanwhile Max and Frannie find another coffin in a room and decide to connsumate their relationship. The bizarre looking Suzanne entices jay in much the same manner, after inserting a lipstick inside her breast. Sal returns to the living room to tell Angela he is leaving only to have her respond by turning around with her hands on fire. Realizing that something is very wrong with the party and its host, Sal tries the door but finds it locked, and after hearing Angela's voice become deep and possessed he leaves the room.

The cowardly Rodger continues to hide in the car - however he is shocked when Helens dead body hits the windscreen, and soon return to the house. Suzanne meanwhile changes into a demon whilst having sex with Jay and rips his eyes out, and max and Frannie are interrupted by the now demonized Stooge, who breaks Frannie's neck and crushes Max's arm. After a close shave with Angela, Rodger teams up with Sal in the aim of getting away. After the duo stumble across Judy the three are split by Angela and the now possessed party friends, leaving Judy to find the re-animated dead freidns Frannie and Max. After a battle between the demonic Angela and Sal, the latter dies, leaving only Rodger and Judy, both of whom seem resigned to not escaping Hull House. They make the decision to climb the wall that seperates Hull House from the outside world....yet does this mean the two survivors will evade the demons, led by Angela????

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

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Directed by Kevin Tenney
Produced by Joe Augustyn
Written by Joe Augustyn
Starring Amelia Kinkade
Cathy Podewell
Linnea Quigley
Music by Dennis Michael Tenney
Distributed by International Film Marketing
Release date(s) October 14, 1988
Running time 90 mins.
Language English
Budget 1,200,000

 

 

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