Quite effective horror film done in a very classic and classy style. Dana Andrews plays a skeptic investigating a "devil cult" that might be responsible for a murder or two. He meets the head of the cult who conjures up a windstorm to convince him. Pffff! That doesn't work on a hardened skeptic like Andrews. The atmosphere of this film is wonderful, with beautiful black and white cinematography with lots and lots of shadows and angles to coddle the viewer. The script is very intelligent as well with very little dumb motivational material. It's quite believable, too. Sure, they show the monster early on but it doesn't hurt the movie that much. The final shot of the demon is quite well done for the time period. Only one quibble...I couldn't find any difference between "Night of the Demon" and "Curse of the Demon." I'd mistakenly thought that "Curse..." was a remake but it's really just an edited version of "Night..." but I really didn't see what was different about it. Still...fine film. Fine film. Say it with me...fine film.
Review of Curse of the Demon
