Cinema Corona #02: Night Of The Demons

It's time for another gem from Cinema Corona, our little online place to gather, hang out, and enjoy some Halloween- and horror-related goodies from across the internet. A place to pass the time as we quarantine and socially distance ourselves in order to stay safe in these crazy times.

Tonight, we're headed back to the demon-possessed late 80s with another smash cult classic!

Night Of The Demons (1988)

Again, reviews for this 80s demon classic are all over, so there's no need for a full review here. It's the classic "bored teenagers break into an abandoned funeral home to party on Halloween night, accidentally awaken demon spirits who then possess the partygoers, and all hell then proceeds to break loose" horror film. But it's soooooo good! And the visual effects are pretty damn awesome, too. 

Look for everybody's favorite scene - Linnea Quigley's game of "hide the lipstick" - and let's not forget my favorite scene, where Angela does her fireplace strippy-demon-possession-under-a-strobe-light dance to the tune of Bauhaus' Stigmata Martyr. And of course, every single scene with ol' Stooge is pure 80s gold.

Equal parts scary and fun, this one is a great time. Enjoy!!

Bauhaus - "Stigmata Martyr"

Matt-suzaka over at Chuck Norris Ate My Baby had a hilarious post last week, revisiting the dance scene from the 80s horror classic, Night of the Demons. And while most people simply remember Linnea Quigley's un-be-lievable "hide the lipstick" scene, possessed Angela's sexy dance should also be remembered. (Alas, poor Stooge...)

A boombox, covered in awesome Fear and T.S.O.L. stickers, turns itself on and provides the soundtrack to her fireside dance. What I didn't remember from this scene was the actual track that was playing: Stigmata Martyr by Bauhaus. After watching the dance scene at CNAMB, I went back and revisited the track itself. A great, early goth classic that went back to the top of the Halloween playlist.

Be sure to go check out Possessed Angela's dance of seduction over at Chuck Norris Ate My Baby!! I can't wait to see what comes up next in his SlashDance series (how about Crispin Glover's spazz-dance scene from Friday the 13th Part III???).