Night Of The Demons (1988) ***

"Eat a bowl of fuck! I am here to PARTEEE!"

Night Of The Demons (1988) definitely feels like a riff on the Evil Dead and Nightmare On Elm Street franchises. It was released a year after Evil Dead II [review] and a few months after A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [review]. NOTD is not as good as either of those films—it's slow to get going, it meanders, and its characterization is thin. But there is fun to be had, and it has a scrappy quality that I can't help but admire. There are some nicely shot scenes, the makeup effects are decent, this track by director Kevin Tenney's brother Dennis (who scored the film) is a ripper, and Linnea Quigley...need I say more?