Night of the Demon
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
From the archive
An American professor (Dana Andrews) travels to London for a parapsychology conference at which he intends to expose a demonic-cult leader (Niall MacGinnis), only to discover that the demonic curse is real. Based on the short story "Casting the Runes" by M.R. James Dana Andrews as John Holden Peggy Cummins as Joanna Harrington Niall MacGinnis as Doctor Julian Karswell Maurice Denham as Professor Henry Harrington Athene Seyler as Mrs. Karswell Liam Redmond as Mark O'Brien Reginald Beckwith as Mr. Meek this release re-titled "Night of the Demon" for the U.K. I colorized this using AI software that doesn't always get the colors right, but I think it looks fairly natural. Hopefully a more professional job will be done someday.
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- Director
- Jacques Tourneur
- Starring
- Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, Athene Seyler, Liam Redmond, Reginald Beckwith, Ewan Roberts
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