Whorticulture.com reviews Night of the Demons (2009), starring Shannon Elizabeth and the guy who ate Edward Furlong
The closing night event at the International Horror and Sci Fi Film Festival was the remake of possibly my favorite horror movie ever, Night of the Demons.
I didn't really know what to expect from it, I just wanted lots of boobs and gore. I wasn't thrilled with Shannon Elizabeth playing Angela...but I was willing to overlook it. Plus, Tiffany Shepis was going to be there. Granted, she only has about 4 minutes of screen time (she plays Diana, the door bitch who steals all the money and books it out ALIVE when the cops come). She's in a bunch of my favorite Troma movies, so I was pretty jazzed.
The movie is EXCELLENT. It's not very close to the original. First off, this new mansion they're in wasn't ever a funeral home. The background story isn't nearly as cool as the one in the original - this one is about some woman pining for a man to love her and basically calls upon the help of some demons who (gasp) trick her. These demons were kicked out of Hell and now seek to take over the world by possessing 7 people on Halloween night. Okay, so it's not Shakespeare, but it doesn't really matter. We just want tits and blood!
Dear God, did we get a lot of tits and blood. Not even Shannon Elizabeth's tits, which I was personally grateful for. We get both Diora Baird and Bobbi Sue Luther's tits, which are excellent. We get demon anal rape (Tiffany Shepis seemed extra excited about that one - and it was pretty awesome). We get a chick's tits and face being ripped off. We even get a cameo from Linnea Quigley (this basically made the movie for me right there) basically bringing her character Suzanne back from the dead just to warm my heart.
Oh, AND we get a tribute to Linnea Quigley's cinematic masterpiece - the lipstick scene. Check out my previous post on that here.
The remake captured the pure cheese essence of the original, but brought it up to date for more modern audiences. I could have gone without seeing Edward Furlong - or really, the guy who ATE Edward Furlong in all of his bloated New Jersey Housewife glory. That poor bastard.
Anyway, it comes out on DVD and Blu ray tomorrow (October 19th), so PLEASE check this one out! Thankfully I already picked mine up - complete with an autograph from Tiffany Shepis. It's a really fun time. And if you haven't, GODDAMMIT go pick up the original! You are missing cinema brilliance with that one!
I give the remake an 8/10. It's pure cheese, and it's got the 3 B's (boobs, blood, and beasts)!
