Night of the Demon (1957)
Night of the Demon (1957)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Dana Andrews
John Holden
Peggy Cummins
Joanna Harrington
Niall MacGinnis
Doctor Julian Karswell
Maurice Denham
Professor Henry Harrington
Athene Seyler
Mrs. Karswell
Liam Redmond
Mark O'Brien
Reginald Beckwith
Mr. Meek
Ewan Roberts
Lloyd Williamson
Peter Elliott
Kumar
Cy Endfield
Writer
Brian Wilde
Rand Hobart
Rosamund Greenwood
Maggie Meek
Jacques Tourneur
Director
Richard Leech
Inspector Mottrarn
Lloyd Lamble
Detective Simmons
Charles Bennett
Writer
Hal E. Chester
Writer
Peter Hobbes
Superintendent
Charles Lloyd Pack
Chemist
M.R. James
Writer
Frank Bevis
Producer
John Salew
Librarian
Janet Barrow
Mrs. Hobart
Percy Herbert
Farmer
Clifton Parker
Composer
Lynn Tracy
Air Hostess
Edward Scaife
Cinematographer
Michael Gordon
Editor
John Harvey
Hobart's Brother
Robert Lennard
CastingDirector
Ken Adam
ProductionDesigner
George Blackwell
Special Effects
Wally Veevers
Special Effects
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Basil Keys
Assistant Director
S.D. Onions
Visual Effects Camera
Peter Glazier
Assistant Art Director
Arthur Bradburn
Sound Recordist
Charles Crafford
Sound Effects Editor / ADR & Dubbing
Betty Lee
Hairstylist
R. L. M. Davidson
Production Manager
Pamela Gayler
Continuity
Alan Beaton
Robert Brooks Turner
Bert Simms
Leonard Sharp
Terry Sartain
Anthony John
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 9, 1957
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
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Wiki.
Night of the Demon is a 1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis. It was produced by Hal E. Chester and Frank Bevis, and was adapted from the M. R. James story "Casting the Runes". The film's storyline concerns an American psychologist (Andrews) who travels to England to investigate a satanic cult suspected in more than one death.
Turbulent artistic differences arose between producer Hal E. Chester on one side, and director Tourneur and writer Charles Bennett on the other over Chester's plan to show the demon on screen, but Chester prevailed. To accelerate the pace and make the film more commercial, the 96-minute original feature was trimmed down to 82 minutes prior to its release in the United States. This shortened version was retitled Curse of the Demon, playing in June 1958 as the second half of a double feature with either The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958) or The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), depending on the local film market.Though not a significant commercial success on its initial release in 1957, Night of the Demon has been highly acclaimed by critics and filmmakers in retrospect, and is considered one of the greatest horror films of all time. At the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100%.