Bigfoot gone crazy!

When I recently heard about this crazy Bigfoot film from 1980 and all the hype surrounding it I knew I had to see it, and it definitely lived up to all the hype. This film (not to be confused with Jacques Tourneur's film of the same name from the 1950's) was one of the three Bigfoot films to end up on the video nasties list of the 80's. Written by Mike Williams and directed by James c. Wasson, this campy little flick may have been low on budget but scores high on the gore scale.

When missing people's bodies start turning up mutilated in the woods, Professor Nugent leads his students into the deep woods to try and uncover the mystery. Along the way the Professor tells the tales of what happened to the victims, and we get a series of short scenes showing how the crazed Sasquatch killed his victims and the hilarity ensues. There is a ton of POV shots (red lens)from the Bigfoot lurking in the woods and hunting it's victims. We get scene after scene of pure early 80's cheese. There is a great scene involving an unlucky hiker who meets his demise in his sleeping bag, another when a poor biker decides to pee in the wrong bush, and many, many more. Then the story goes way over the edge when Professor Nugent and the students come across crazy Wanda's cabin deep in the woods. When she finally lets them in and after some serious coaxing, she tells her tale of being raped by the Bigfoot and giving birth to it's offspring. Wanda's father was so upset he killed the child, sending the Bigfoot on a bloodthirsty rampage of revenge. Will the professor and his students make it out of the woods alive?

Vipco released a heavily cut DVD of Night of the demon, that is now hard to find just like the VHS. This film has been lost into obscurity and I am pretty sure we are not going to be getting a special edition DVD anytime soon.

Some people hate this film and some love it, I think it's all about what kind of horror fan you are and weather or not you get a kick out of really cheese ball low-budget flicks or if you are a more serious fan and only like serious films, because that is really the only thing you can take away from this film, it's not really scary in any way. The score to the film is god awful but I think once again it works because it is like another piece to this demented puzzle. I am personally the kind of horror fan that enjoys films like this, and although it is slow at times I think it was cheap, gory, strange, and a hell of a lot of fun, every horror fan should see it once.

Rating:C

Review by Jason