Curse Of The Demon

1958 • 81 minutes

About this movie

American Psychologist in London, upon learning that an ancient parchment brings death to it's holder, secretly plants it on a devil cult leader. There are some unforgettably nightmarish sequences, including a children's birthday party; Holden's walk through the woods; and the climax, in which Karswell chases a sacred parchment as it is blown down some gloomy railroad tracks. (c) 1957 , renewed 1985 Columbia Pictures Industries , Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Ratings and reviews

Night of the Demon, a brilliant British fifties horror film but ... Although the original plan was not to show a literal demon, producer Chester inserted a monster over the objections of the writer, director and star Dana Andrews. To accelerate the pace, the film was trimmed down to 83 minutes (and retitled Curse of the Demon) in the US where it played the second half of a double feature bill with both The True Story of Lynn Stuart and The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958). In the UK it is still Night/demon

JUST ABOUT THE BEST HORROR MOVIE EVER. With the scariest nastiest monster ever forget all those acne scarred creeps i n Friday the 13th part umteenth stumpling zombies and asorted space vermin this is horror at its best

... this is the US version and lacks around 12 minutes. Get the UK version if you can.