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A
removal of a tree that was struck
by a lightning bolt causes a big
hole in the ground of a family's
backyard. The youngest child of
the family named Glen (Stephen
Dorf) has nightmares about it and
is also wondering what is down
there. He digs it up and finds a
boulder of some sort so he keeps
it in his room.
Then his parents leave for the
weekend so his stuck up sister
named Al (Christina Denton)
decides to bring over her friends
to have a party.
Meanwhile, Glen and his friend
Terry (Louis Tripp) has a
sleepover so they open up the
boulder and find a sheet of
spells as they both read it out
loud. Then afterwards strange
events starts to occur.
Terry listens to his new heavy
metal record titled Sacrifice as
there's a booklet inside that
summons demons if you play the
record backwards along with the
words that are printed in the
booklet.
He reads it and the demons arise
from the hole in Glen and Al's
backyard which was a gateway from
hell.
The demons begin to invade the
house trying to use
hallucinations and other deadly
devices to terrorise everyone in
the house.
They are only wanting one thing,
a sacrifice for their leader
which involves two people in
order to do it.
An exciting 80's
horror film with lots of twists
and turns along with plenty of
neat and fun touches. Great
effects.
Michael Nankin was very
imaginative with his writing as
whenever you see the hole, you
wonder what could possibly be
down there whenever smoke arises
from it in the very beginning of
this film.
Almost resembles to Ghoulies
with the tiny demons but a far
more better motion picture in
every aspect and less humoress.
Awesome film to watch on
Halloween night.
The acting is very
well done with these young and
talented people. We have a very
young Stephen Dorf who
was born in Georgia but unlike
most local actors there, he
pursued his career in Hollywood
and in other big US cities. He
was great with his energetic
performance and the same with Christa
Denton who played his older
sister Al.
There's a dead dog
(Not really gory).
A disguised fathers face is torn
with liquid pouring out and then
his head falls off.
Also a zombie's eye is stabbed
with the legs of a Barbie doll.
Tibor
Takács is marvellous with
his direction throughout the film
and keeps it from lacking in any
way.
He was good with the shots of a
zombie coming out of the wall and
attacking the kids making it
convincingly scary as well as the
shots of the effects of the
powerful beams from out the hole
shooting into the sky.
The giant demon crashing through
the middle of the house floor is
another bonus too.
He keeps the action going
extremely well.
The composing by Michael
Hoening, J.
Peter Robinson and an
uncredited Vincent Carlucci and
John Paul Young is also in
terrific taste especially with
the suspenseful and creepy
moments.
There's
also a bitchin soundtrack by many
80's pop artists like Eva
Everything with their hit
"No Pleasure" and other
music involved in this film too
which is just as good.
Terrence
'Terry' Chandler: May the old
devils depart! May they burn in
the fires of their own damnation!
May they freeze in the infinite
golden darkness of their own
hideous creation!
Glen: Isn't that kind of
insulting?
Terrence 'Terry' Chandler:
I guess it's supposed to be. I
mean, we're trying to get rid of
them.
Dad:
[as demon]
[shouts]
Dad: You’ve…
been… bad!
Terrence
'Terry' Chandler: We
accidently summoned demons who
used to rule the universe to come
and take over the world.
Glen: Yeah, we found out
about it from, uh, one of Terry's
albums.
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