Curse of the Demon
Often described as a Hitchcockian monster movie, Curse of the Demon is best remembered as the culmination of director Jacques Tourneur’s work—a shrewdly constructed and perfectly cast horror-noir, this 1958 chiller is the equal to Tourneur’s Cat People and I Walked with a Zombie. Dana Andrews gives one of his most incisive performances as a smug skeptic who has his bubble burst by a bat-winged demon, but it’s Niall MacGinnis as an affable warlock with mother issues who walks away with the picture.
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About Joe Dante
Joe Dante is a lifelong film buff who turned his obsession into a career. He got his start cutting trailers for Roger Corman and later directed the hit movie Gremlins, as well as Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace and Small Soldiers for producer Steven Spielberg. His feature films include The Howling, Piranha, Matinee, The ‘burbs , Looney Tunes Back in Action, The Hole (first winner of the 3D Persol Award at the Venice Film Festival) and the zom-com Burying the Ex. His TV directing work includes: Police Squad, Amazing Stories, the HBO film The Second Civil War, the Masters of Horror titles Homecoming and The Screwfly Solution, and episodes of Eerie, Indiana, CSI: NY, Hawaii 5-0, Witches of East End, Legends of Tomorrow and Salem. His most recent big screen credit is an episode of the anthology film Nightmare Cinema. He’s currently consulting producer on the Amblin Television/Warner Bros. Animation hit, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.
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Thank you so much for this! This movie scared the hell out of me as a child and was the beginning of my love for the films of Jacques Tourneur and Val Lewton´s RKO horror cycle.
If you can please also do a commentary on Franju´s “Eyes Without A Face”. And of course I´d love to one day buy another (now bonus filled) disc of your wonderful “The Second Civil War” …
I just noticed Sam Hamm already did Franju´s classic ten years ago (thanks!). But I think Jack Gold´s “The Medusa Touch” & George Armitage´s “Miami Blues” are still orphaned on TFH. Just sayin´… 😉
Hello Patrick, I have been looking for your short film “Gegenschuß” for a very long time. Is there a way to get the short film? Feel free to contact me via email if you read this. 🙂 🙂 psykodelicore@gmail.com
Hi Andy, I think there is. I just sent you an email. Thanks for you interest!
Here’s the missing “r”.
I remember seeing a scene from it in a documentary about horror movies on TV when I was eight. I saw the movie itself when I was thirteen.