Linnea Quigley folks. Need I say more?
Well, ya, probably. Fans of 80’s cheese fright (notice the web site name) will recognize Ms. Quigley (and her two best friends) immediately. Beyond that….don’t worry, you don’t know any of these people.
Standard 80’s horror fare, this time with demons. A group of teenagers hole up in an abandoned funeral home, for a halloween party. As the party dies down, they decide to try their hand at a seance to liven up the party! Soon, people are being posessed, people are being disembowled, yada yada yada.
Night of the Demons offers nothing over any other 80’s fright fest, (except Ms. Quigley’s breasts, which do in fact appear in a few other 80’s horror flicks) especially the classics a la Friday the 13th and Nightmare. Still, if that’s what you’re into, then it delivers. Fun and laughs, and not much to really be scared about. Except for the dissapearing lipstick. That was a little disturbing. Other than that, good times when your friend Al Green or Mary Jane are in town, and a good nostalgia romp for genre fans.
Just don’t come expecting Shakespeare folks 
I’ll give it 3 muenster’s out of 5
Touted by many across the internet, The Blind Dead is considered by many to be a fairly scary, good zombie flick.
With that in mind, I waited eagerly for the netflix mailer to show up in my mailbox.
Unfortunately, sometimes I’m faced with dissapointment.
Settling in to dig into The Blind Dead I had visions of zombie knights pillaging country sides, in a dark and macabe tale of gory brilliance. What I witnessed those, was an excercise in boredom.
Don’t get me wrong, I fully expect a movie considered terrifying in the early 70’s to be tame by today’s standards. However, the Blind Dead grows tedious at times. A slow start, and a good half hour before you see zombies, once they finally arrive, you’re forced to wait another 10 min. before they start to chase their prey. (I know zombies are slow and shambling, but c’mon!) Combine that with a myriad of corny characters clad in 70’s finery, and, well….it’s just not that good.
All that aside, the story is vaguely entertaining, and got me to sit through to the end to see the outcome. You see, way back when, during the crusades, there was a certain sect of the Knights Templar that, after raiding in the far east, came back worshiping satan and black magic. Once they were found out by the king to be kidnapping virgins for the sacrifices, they were strung up to die, while the crows plucked out their eyes. Buried in their castle, to wait the day for random spanish tourists to get mad at their boyfriends, jump off a train, and wander unwittingly into their smelly undead clutches. yah, that’s pretty much it.
So, in not so many words, I’m glad I finally saw it. I semi enjoyed it enough to watch it all the way through, but must say I was firmly let down, given all the hype.
I give it 2 Undead guys out of 5.
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