A Noite do Demônio

Título original: Night of the Demon

1957
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1 h 36 min

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Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummins in A Noite do Demônio (1957)

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshiper Julian Karswell.

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O professor americano John Holden chega a Londres para uma conferência de parapsicologia, apenas para se encontrar investigando as misteriosas ações do adorador do diabo Julian Karswell.O professor americano John Holden chega a Londres para uma conferência de parapsicologia, apenas para se encontrar investigando as misteriosas ações do adorador do diabo Julian Karswell.O professor americano John Holden chega a Londres para uma conferência de parapsicologia, apenas para se encontrar investigando as misteriosas ações do adorador do diabo Julian Karswell.

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Curiosidades
Jacques Tourneur never planned to show the monster but to leave it instead to the audience's imagination. However, the studio insisted that the monster be shown and added it in post-production, allegedly without Tourneur's consent, approval, or involvement. "The scenes where we really see the demon were shot without me. All except one: I shot the sequence in the woods where Andrews is pursued by this sort of cloud." [Tourneur himself in Midi-Minuit Fantastique 5.65]. He also said, "It should have been unveiled bit by bit without it ever really being shown." [in Cinefantsatique; '73]

Erros de gravação
At the beginning, when Professor Harrington is driving to Dr. Karswell's residence, the steering wheel is on the left, and the POV is from the passenger seat, looking at the right side of his face. On his way back to his home, it's a mirror image of the original (flipped shot).

Actually, the car is narrow, and it is an optical illusion that the steering wheel on the left. It is a right-hand drive vehicle as can be seen when he looks out the window at the Lufford Hall sign at the gate, as well as when he exits the car at the house.

Citações
Professor Henry Harrington: It's in the trees! It's coming!

Versões alternativas
This film exists in three English language versions: (1) The original British release under the title "Night of the Demon", (2) Columbia's edited version for release in the U.S. under the title "Curse of the Demon", and (3) over 20 years later, Columbia replaced their edited U.S. version with the original British version but with the title also changed to "Curse of the Demon". Columbia's DVD release contains both the edited and restored U.S. versions. Although the cover remains the same, Columbia's more recent copies of the their DVD release removes the U.S. version with the restored footage with a print of the original British release with the title "Night of the Demon".

Conexões
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: Curse of the Demon (1970)

Trilhas sonoras
Plain Song
(uncredited)
Music by Fela Sowande
Chappell Recorded Music Library

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9/10

It's not what you see, it's what you imagine.

"Curse of the Demon" might just be the best horror film I've ever seen. When I saw it for the first time as a teenager in the mid-sixties on television one night, it really frightened me. And even now, at my age, it still gives me goosebumps.

Dana Andrews plays the skeptical American psychologist investigating a devil worship cult in England led by Dr. Karswell, played by Niall MacGinnis. The acting is pretty weak once you get past the two main characters, but it's the craftsmanship of the director that really matters.

Jacques Tourneur manipulates light and shadow to create fear of the unknown in this tale of modern science colliding with ancient sorcery. The monster is pretty tame as far as it goes, but that's not the point. It's not what you see, it's what you imagine that gets to you.

Long, dark corridors ..... dancing shadows ..... strange sounds contrasted with eerie silences ..... the impending sense of doom and apprehension. This film touches our primal fears, like a child waking up during a thunder storm. Is nature an ordered world or can it be manipulated by evil forces?