10 Most Underappreciated '80s Horror Movies

8. Night Of The Demons

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Deciding to host a party in an abandoned funeral home on Halloween night, where you then opt to carry out a seance? What could possibly go wrong...

That's the loose premise of 1988's Night of the Demons, where a bunch of wasted, horned-up high-schoolers end up terrorised by a demonic presence that possesses them. Even more bothersome, of course, is that this possession usually takes place after a person has been killed by this demon.

From director Kevin S. Tenney, Night of the Demons so often goes a little under the radar when reflecting on great horror movies of the '80s. Sure, this is a film that has plentiful cliches of the genre - particularly from that period - present and accounted for, but Night of the Demons is a fun, somewhat silly picture that features some great effects work, including the memorable visual of that lipstick trick from Linnea Quigley's possessed Suzanne.

While Night of the Demons is absolutely worth hunting down - nowadays available on Prime Video - you could do far worse than also giving Night of the Demons 2 a go, too. The less said about Night of the Demons 3 and the 2009 Night of the Demons reboot, though, the better.

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