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Night of the Demon

Who will be the next in line to defy the curse?

7.0(326)19571h 36m4

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.

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English
  • england
  • professor
  • investigation
  • animal attack
  • black magic
  • psychologist
  • black and white
  • electrocution
  • demon
  • witchcraft
  • skeptic
  • occult

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR82-minute version30 May 1958
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG82-minute version9 Nov 1957
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical28 Feb 1958
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical96-minute version14 May 1959
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PhysicalDVD23 Feb 2011

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Night of the Demon was released on 9 November 1957.

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    John Chard

    2/25/2015

    9/10

    You know, the devil has something here. Very pleasant. Dr. John Holden arrives in England to attend a paranormal convention where the recently deceased Professor Harrington had intended to expose Dr. Julian Karswell as being the leader of satanic cult. Upon learning of Harrington's death, Holden finds that the only link to the mysterious death and Karswell's alleged cult is an accused murderer called Rand Hobart, …

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    FolknHell

    8/25/2026

    8/10

    *Night of the Demon* commits what ought to be a fairly serious horror-film mistake almost immediately: it shows us the demon. Not a shadow, not an uncertain shape in the trees, but the great medieval-looking brute itself. That means when John Holden arrives determined to explain away witchcraft, curses and Julian Carswell’s occult practices, we already know he is wrong. His professional scepticism occasionally become…

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