Night of the Demons (2009)

Plot: A group of kids go to a Halloween party, only to have to face down a group of demons.

Ok, another remake of one of my favourite films. The original film is reviewed on this site but this is the 2009 remake but is it any good? Well, lets see. The story is pretty much the same. Kids are having a halloween party in an old abandoned mansion. Cops bust the party and a group of teens are left alone in the building. What do they do? They head off to the basement to unleash a demon of course. What happens next? They all die in grisly ways.

A goat? No, this is a demon!

The cast is ok....ish. It does at times get a little bit Beverly Hills 90210 because they all look tanned, toned and fake, but over look this and they all do ok. There is a nice little cameo by the great scream queen, Linnea Quigley, who was the star of the original, and she's wearing the same outfit. This is a nice touch and shows the filmakers cared about the source material. The rest of the cast are the usual group of tarts, idiots and cutesy girl who you know is gonna make it to the end.

Linnea's looking a bit old now.

The effects are of course much better compared to the original, although they were very good for their time, and the blood and guts come thick and fast. All of the different demons are great to look at but are they scarey? No, they arn't, but this is not a scarey movie, it's a homage to 80's horror and it does this well.

I'd still kiss it.

The famous lipstick scene is back, but this time of course the filmakers go one step further and for me it was a step to far. Pushing a lipstick through your nipple is one thing, having it pop out the other end, along with a bucket full of glop is another and I don't think the scene needed it. It comes across as the filmakers trying to "out do" the original which is silly because they dont succeed, it's just shock cinema and we see that everywhere nowadays.

Hide the lipstick, a great party game.

There is nudity, just like the original, there is gore, just like the original but there is something not as good as the original. The first one had a real edge to it, a great visual style, this one is a hollywood horror. Barbie dolls with plastic boobies and Beverly Hills attitudes. I didn't not like this film, but I loved the original. I would watch the first one if it was on TV tonight, if this came on I would turn over to Night Cops (which is great by the way). The one true dissapointment was the stupid hollywood ending.

All in all a pretty decent horror movie to watch on a sunday morning with a hangover. Nothing on the original and if that had never been made this may have come across a bit better, but it was made and it was made a thousand times better then this one so there's no point saying what if it hadn't been made, cos it was.......ummmm, I'm getting confused now. Lets just say it's alright..............but the first one is better..by miles..........and that's that.

Kelly did not watch this movie. Probably ironing.

Summary:

 Great because:

• Effects are great

 Crap because:

• Isn't as good as the original. (think we know that now)
• Hollywood ending, why do they do it?

Hamster Rating: 3

Gore: 4

Scares: 1.5