| Uniform Title |
Night of the demon (Motion picture : 1957) |
| Title |
Night of the demon. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Shock Entertainment, 2020. |
| ©1957. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (82 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued for container. |
| Shock Entertainment : KAL5297. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. |
| This British film was retitled Curse of the Demon for the US market. |
| Based on the short story Casting The Runes by M.R. James. |
| Credits |
Directed by Jacques Tourneur. |
| Performers |
Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, Athene Seyler, Liam Redmond, Reginald Beckwith, Ewan Roberts, Peter Elliott, Rosamund Greenwood, Brian Wilde, Richard Leech, Lloyd Lamble, Peter Hobbes, Charles Lloyd Pack. |
| Summary |
American psychologist John Holden (Dana Andrews) arrives in England to discover that his colleague, Henry Harrington (Maurice Denham), has suddenly died following his efforts to discredit notorious occultist Julian Karswell (Niall MacGinnis). The cynical Holden dismisses Karswell's warnings as supernatural nonsense, even when he and Harrington's niece, Joanna (Peggy Cummins), are confronted by a series of bizarre and inexplicable events. Holden discovers that Karswell has slipped him a parchment featuring ancient runic symbols a sign that, like Harrington before him, he has been marked for imminent destruction by a fire-breathing demon. As the night of his threatened demise draws nearer, the fearful Holden begins to suspect that Karswell has been telling the truth all along... |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification: PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby audio 2.0 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; aspect ratio 1.75:1. |
| Subjects |
James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936 -- Film adaptations |
| Psychologists -- England -- Drama |
| Demonology -- Drama |
| Occultists -- Drama |
| Signs and symbols -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Motion pictures, British |
| Genre |
Horror films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Tourneur, Jacques, 1904-1977 director. |
| Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992 actor. |
| Cummins, Peggy, 1925-2017 actor. |
| Denham, Maurice, 1909-2002 actor. |
| MacGinnis, Niall, 1913-1977 actor. |
| James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936. Casting the runes Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Added titles |
Curse of the demon (Motion picture : 1957) |
| Series |
Cinema cult |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992 .
- Cummins, Peggy, 1925-2017 .
- Denham, Maurice, 1909-2002 .
- James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936. Casting the runes .
- MacGinnis, Niall, 1913-1977 .
- Tourneur, Jacques, 1904-1977 .
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