 
A
troubled youth named Cory (Eric Larson)
tries to find out who he really is after
his father took his own life by slitting
his wrists when him and his friends are
on their way to a broken down farm that
his grandparents owned which was torn
apart by a demonic evil force which is in
the middle of nowhere many years ago.
Him
and his girfriend Elaine (Francine
Lapensee) stops at a cafe but Cory
dreamed about the cafe beforehand being
evil and has a bad feeling about it all.
He asks the owner where the rural farm is
located when he meets up with all of his
friends there but the owner tells all of
them to return to where they came from as
that place is evil and people were burned
alive by a demonic force.
They don't listen as Cory is convinced to
find out his background.
They
go to the area as it shows some skulls as
well as one being hung and another
decapitated.
They all go inside as the place shows a
kitchen with an uncooked meal and a
living room with a sentence written on
the wall.
One of Cory's friends named Bonnie
(Sherry Bendorf) reads it out loud and
the house shakes plus a kitchen knife
nearly stabs Cory. They try to leave the
place but their vehicles all stall.
They then try to hike back to the cafe
but a strange fog surrounds them and they
see themselves back at the rural farmland
and the demonic evil is unleashed.
One by
one, Cory and Elaine's friends are
turning into zombie demons.
Not only that, Cory finds out that his
Grandmother was a witch and finds a book
of spells to try and end this hellish
nightmare before it's too late to save
him and Elaine's souls while some of his
friends are caught by many temptations
and other evil events.
I loved this film.
Sure it was cheesy and low grade but so
what. This would be considered an Evil
Dead ripoff but a good one in my
books.
However, some of you may not agree to my
tastes for this one. It had great
suspenseful and adventurous events.
I loved the demonic voices (It was
nothing special but for what the film was
I still liked its edge to it).
If you love demonic Evil Dead,
Demons or even Night
of the Demons be sure to rent
this one.
I found the film very well done for a low
budgeter.
Many sources say that this was a
direct-to-video flick and it was
distributed by Prism which is noted to be
a direct-to-video company but during this
era lots of horror films went to video
instead of a theatrical release since
they did so much better at video rentals.
The acting is not
too bad. Eric Larson seems very
well focused on his character Cory and
the same with Francine Lapensee
who played his girlfriend Elaine.
Stephen Quadros was quite humourous
as the martial arts magician Chuck since
he is an expert at martial arts in
reality and his talents were used in many
other film and TV shows including his
memorable guest role in Walker
Texas Ranger with Chuck Norris.
We also have a good supporting role by Sherry
Bendorf as the freaked out Bonnie
and it's great to see her in another
horror film after Slaughterhouse.
Sherry is a natural too I found
in both films and should please her fans
as she freaks out just as much in this
one.
Wait... we also have a supporting role by
another actor named Richard Gabai
who also works as a writer and director
in many trashy T&A made for video
films. He performs well surprisingly if
you've seen his work in his other films
which just stinks.
Everyone worked very hard with their
performances for a low grader like this.
However, I will criticise some of them
for not seeming real when they freak out
whenever a terrifying events starts to
unravel.
There is an appearance by
porn actress Sandras Margot as
she plays a beautiful demon exposes her
breasts trying to tempt two teens to come
out of their hiding spots.
Also during a dream
sequence at the cafe there is a butt shot
by Eric Larson.
Yes, many gory
scenes and the effects are cool.
Lots of the demonic zombies look gruesome
too as well as drooling out goo.
A zombie's body melts as well as a head
being kicked off
An arm is ripped off
A decapitated head of Richard Gabai's
character is shown although it doesn't
look real
Sherry Bendorf's character is
eaten alive.
Charles Philip Moore seems
to do fine for a low budgeter like this
bringing alot of cheesy darkness to it.
He knows how to keep the audience glued
to the set especially during the fog
scene and his direction with the
possessed zombies.
There's a nice beginning to the film
showing what happened in the beginning
including a skeletal corpse burning at a
stake.
I loved the dream sequence too when
Eric Larson was naked at the cafe in
the dark with mist flying around and a
demon appears. The camera shots looked
perfect.
Stephen Quadros
does a great job with his magic
tricks and some karate kicking too by
kicking a can in the air.
There were pefect camera shots on the
main cast inside the old house looking
around and nice shots on the house
shaking with a kitchen knife about to hit
Larson.
There was a perfect setting with them
trying to hike back and are covered in
fog.
A nice shot on Sherry Bendorf
when she is grabbed Mindy McEnnon
as a demon girl grabbing her and a great
close up shot on Bendorf
screaming.
A good shot on both Jack
Forcinito and Quadros peeking
outside of the old house with a descent
dialogue with one another and then a
great shot on porn actress Sandras
Margot in some dark mist calling to
them as a beautiful demon.
There's another terrific shot on Bendorf
approaching outside in the glowing
mist with her arms out in the air calling
too.
There's a perfect speech by supporting
actor C.D.J. Koko summoning the
demons around him.
He directed the dialogue scene well
with Eric Larson and supporting
actor C.D.J. Koko as the head
demon.
Let alone Sherry Bendorf's intensity
when she is being eaten alive.
Charles also wrote the film so
he obviously knew what he was doing with
this film.
He pursued more of a writing career which
is what he's best at doing.
The music composed by Bruce
Wallenstein and did a fine job too
even if he hasn't been known for his work
in other floicks which he should have.
He was effective with conducting the
opening of the film as well as the
closing credits.
It was creepy/cheesy sounding almost like
the film done in Spain starring Alice
Cooper titled Monster Dog
or Night of the Demons.
[After
an extended kiss]
Dell: That's why I keep her
around.
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