THE DANMAN CAN

Night Of The Demons (1988) definitely feels like a riff on the  Evil Dead  and  Nightmare On Elm Street   franchises . I t 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 some fun to be had and it has a scrappy quality that I can't help but admire. 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?

Witchboard  (1986) has soap opera level acting, alternately shirtless or open-shirted lead males, Tawny Kitaen both naked and  possessed, psychic humor, and most importantly—"progressive entrapment". It's not particularly good but it's particularly fun and funny with an audience.