Night of the Demon (1957) | |
| Director(s) | Jacques Tourneur |
| Producer(s) | Hal E. Chester (executive) |
| Top Genres | Horror |
| Top Topics | Supernatural |
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Night of the Demon (1957) was a Horror - Black-and-white Film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Hal E. Chester.
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Classic Films in Focus: NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957)
By Jennifer Garlen on Oct 2, 2012 From Virtual ViragoJacques Tourneur, who had made his mark on horror directing Val Lewton's Cat People (1942), also helmed Night of the Demon (1957), and he had certainly learned a lot from his time with Lewton at RKO. Tourneur wanted to make another horror film in the same vein as Lewton's pictures, where the audienc... Read full article
Night of the Demon (aka: Curse of the Demon)
By Barry P. on Apr 7, 2012 From Cinematic Catharsis(1957) Directed by Jacques Tourneur; Written by Charles Bennett and Hal E. Chester; Based on the story "Casting the Runes" by Montague R. James; Starring: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis; Available on DVD Rating: **** “But where does imagination end and reality begin? What is ... Read full article
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Dr. Julian Karswell: Do I believe in witchcraft? What kind of witchcraft? The legendary witch that rides on the imaginary broom? The hex that tortures the thoughts of the victim? The pin stuck in the image that wastes away the mind and the body?
Dr. John Holden: Also imaginary.
Dr. Julian Karswell: But where does imagination end and reality begin? What is this twilight, this half world of the mind that you profess to know so much about? How can we differentiate between the powers of darkness and the powers of the mind?
Joanna Harrington: You could learn a lot from children. They believe in things in the dark, although we tell them it's not so. Maybe we've been fooling them.
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This film was mentioned in the opening song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show ("Science Fiction Double Feature"): "Dana Andrews said prunes gave him the runes, but passing them used lots of skill".
Jacques Tourneur originally planned to shoot the movie without directly showing the monster, but the studio pressured him to add it for commercial reasons towards the end of filming.
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