Demon Wind

1990 "It'll Blow You Away"
4.8| 1h36m| en
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The strange and brutal deaths of Cory’s grandparents has haunted him for years. Determined to discover the truth, he has returned to the desolate region where they lived, along with a group of friends, to try and uncover the mystery. Ignoring warnings from the locals that the area is cursed, Cory and his friends soon realize that the legend is true, as the Demon Wind, possesses and destroys them, one by one, turning them into monsters from hell.

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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie
Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Uwontlikemyopinion In 1931, two grandparents fight to survive a demon-infested farmhouse. One grandparent gets possessed who frequently vomits and the other drops a snow globe which blows up the entire farmhouse. Cut to the "Present day," where Cory is plagued by awkward dreams and demands answers about the death of his grandparents. Cory and his obnoxious friends set out to the farmhouse to find answers.The landscape cinematography is nice. The gross special makeup effects are effective. One of the most confusing and idiotic "Evil Dead" wannabes ever seen, in addition "Demon Wind" is filled with nonstop cheesiness and one-liners. For instance, one of Cory's friends stabs a demon in the eye. The demon reverts back to human form, then becomes a teenage, then a baby, and finally a dove. What!? Moments like this are throughout the movie. This "so-bad-it's-good" movie is quite indescribable.
BA_Harrison Of all of the Evil Dead rip-offs I have seen, Demon Wind is perhaps the most blatant, its basic plot, setting, characters, sound effects and atmosphere all clearly fashioned after Sam Raimi's 1982 horror classic. Director Charles Philip Moore is no Raimi though, and the result is a haphazard mess packed with random, oddball WTF moments and cheap gore effects, albeit one that demands to be seen (by avid fans of trashy horror, at least) just to be believed.For starters, the group of twenty somethings that are attacked by ancient demons in a remote run down cottage includes a high-kickin' karate magician—you don't get many of them in horror films; then there's the human remains packing a supernatural charge, and the trio of superhuman, supernatural ghost girls who turn one victim into a doll (!?!); and let's not forget about the bird's egg that cracks open to reveal maggots, the mysterious fog that repeatedly prevents the group from escaping, the assorted mouldy, wisecracking zombies, the topless female demon, and the satanic altar comprising of a human skeleton and animal skull with whiplash tongue that chomps on a girl's head!
BuffaloWilder Wow. I just saw Demon Wind a little while ago, and I don't think I'll ever be the same. It has the power to inspire nightmares, but for all the wrong reasons, actually.Never before has humanity seen such a gratuitous change in make-up, for no damn reason. Or, similarly, so much bad zombie (?) makeup that makes you hungry for those Halloween green marshmallows.Or so much naked old lady, for that matter. But then, there was "The Shining."The plot here is so amateurish that it actually almost holds a little bit of charm, as does the dialog. The last shot of the film is just so silly that its beyond description. It's like some drunk college student got together with some pals and decided to throw Bruce Willis type dialog together with (I guess?) teenybopper dialog from some Elm Street film. The result is jarring, and it'd be truly funny if it was intended that way.Ah, what the hey. I'll laugh anyway.Hell, get together with your friends and watch this. But make absolutely sure you're drunk first. Or, you may go insane. Particularly if you're a college film student.Cheers.
violencegang Question: When is The Evil Dead not The Evil Dead? Answer: When it's Demon Wind. I can only assume neither Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert or Bruce Campbell has seen this movie because, if they had, they would have sued the producers. Let's look at the evidence. The Evil Dead has a group of teenagers driving to an isolated cabin. So does Demon Wind. Evil Dead's storyline involves demons being resurrected. So does Demon Wind. Evil Dead features a character discovering a book with spells in it that resurrected said demons. Demon Wind.., well, you get the idea. There's even a sequence where two characters attempt to get away, only to find their path to freedom blocked by mysterious forces. To compound the Evil Dead plagiarism, this scene then features a female character who appears normal when glimpsed from behind, but when she turns around, she's been possessed by the demons. The only difference in Demon Wind is that the climatic demon assault on the cabin is derivative of Evil Dead's most obvious inspiration, Night of the Living Dead than it is of Sam Raimi's classic.The major difference is that while Evil Dead is a classic, Demon Wind is a distinctly average horror yarn, with a hero who's barely Hal Delrich, never mind Bruce Campbell. The bit with the demonic cattle skull that eats the girl's head is mildly amusing, though