The missing link between The Legend Of Boggy Creek (1972) and The Blair Witch Project (1999), Night Of The Demon follows an academic who leads his class on an expedition to find Bigfoot. Instead, they encounter a creature that resembles Lou Ferrigno covered in yak hair, who proceeds to tear them apart one by one. Yes, its another unintentionally funny exploitation movie that found its way onto the Video Nasties list, but its never dull and worth watching for the sheer insanity on display. When Bigfoot isnt killing girl guides by banging their heads together, hes tearing off a urinating motorcyclists penis or romancing Crazy Wanda, the local hermit who bears his offspring. (Yes, you read that right). Released on video in June 1982, Night Of The Demon was banned as a Video Nasty in October 1983 and remained unavailable until 1994. Shortened by 1 m 41 s, this release was missing a disembowelment, a face being burned on a stove and the previously mentioned castration sequence.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
