Jacques Tourneur, UK, 1958
Good old-fashioned black-and-white B-horror movie is long on atmosphere and short on plot. Dana Andrews plays a parapsychologist so dead set against believing in the rune-cast curse that you know from the start he’s either going to get his comeuppance or die trying. The demon, a cross between Godzilla and a large fire-breathing dog, makes a couple of effective appearances, but they should have stuck with the long shot. Night of the Demon is entertaining enough, but one of those films I know I’ll have trouble remembering whether I’ve seen it or not two years from now. [**1/2 out of 5]
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