Night Of The Demon 1957 DivX-NvadR

Rightly regarded as a genuine high point in both British

horror and British cinema, Night (or Curse) Of The Demon

is that rarest of rare things - an actually scary horror film.



Forget the monster (it's as crap as everyone says it is).

It doesn't matter. From the opening scenes - where a man

is chased by something through a spooky dark wood - to

the shock ending on the railway station, this film is a classic

in every sense of the word.



The makers of tripe like The Sixth Sense could do worse

than looking at this for chills - there's not a drop of blood to

be seen, there's few shock-horror sudden leapings at the

camera, just a sense of unease that permeates through

everything - and all caused by a little slip of paper. Brilliant.



Watch in terror as our hero is pursued through a house

by an unseen person, then attacked by a ghostly cat.

Cower in fear as Foggie from Last Of The Summer Wine

jumps to his death through a window. Cheer in bewilderment

as our hero refuses to believe that the baddy has any special

powers - despite being treated to his own personal hurricane

on an otherwise balmy summer's day.



Then go and make a cup of tea or something in a bid to miss

the vaguely comical monster. Shooting was too good for the

bloke who decided that was what this otherwise brillo film

needed.



You have been warned - watched in the right mood, Night Of

The Demon could be the scariest film you've ever seen. But

whatever way you look at it, it's a fantastic vindication of your

love of old Brit horror.



And remember, once you've seen it, you can regail bored friends

with tales of exactly where Kate "Mad As A Box Of Frogs" Bush

sampled "It's in the trees... it's coming!" from.