Night of the Demons III (1996)

A group of kids are off to a Halloween party but on their way they pick up two girls who's car broke down on a corner and then they arrive at a corner store.
At the store one of the troublemaking kids named Larry (Larry Day) tries to buy a six pack of beer and then a gun shooting occurs causing that kid to be shot.
They leave the store and they all try to find a place to hide.
One of the kids suggest the Hull House as the place is apparently deserted but one of the girls heard about all the terrible stories of that place.
When they arrive there the Hull House looks like a house like any normal house with a resident living there.
That resident is of course Angela (Amelia Kinkade) who makes out at first that she is an innocent resident but then she kills them off one by one and turning them into her people which are of course demons like her until there are only two left which they struggle to break free from the Hull House as much as they can.

It was as if part 2 never happened and very much like a remake of the first one but still is based after the first two.
Of course Kevin S. Tenney returned to write the third installment of the Night of the Demons trilogy but according to him it was rewritten by someone else once they got into pre-production.
No where as exciting as the first two but still enjoyable to watch. Of course there's some sequences from the first flick with the crematory oven opening and the camera zomming in the hallways along with Angela floating in a hallway but all of this was at a quicker pace. The Hull House also looked extremely different compared to the first tow and it had a country farmhouse look to it to top it all off. Not gloomy at all which seems to destroy the chemistry for the settings on it. It really makes you wonder why it looks completely opposite.
The effects are still good and I loved the ending when the Hull House lit up and Angela cackles saying "Happy Halloween". It left a door open for another sequel but sadly that never happened. Oh well at least they made a trilogy out of this which is better than nothing.

The cast are Canadians but of course this was shot in Quebec, Canada. The actors all do a fine job.
Amelia Kinkade of course went up to Quebec too to play Angela for the third time and does a good job pretending to play an innocent resident of the Hull House and still has what it takes to play Angela. She's very slick and brings on a good evil charm too like always.
Larry Day played a believable punk in the film and one of the best actors too. He brought out a nice insane attitude as well as acting violent and menacing. Plus had the perfect looks to play this kind of a role which is a total bonus.
Gregory Calpakis was also good as a boy next door type of person who can be tough when he needs to be. He had the nice looks and brought a ton of energy to his part with his aggressions when he needed to while trying to struggle in order to survive.
Stephanie Balder seemed at times too plain but she did seem to pull of her character not too bad at the same time. She proved herself worthy after her first taste of acting in the children's sketch comedy series You Can't Do that On Television so I will give her credit for that.
Tara Sloane certainly knew how to get into character as an insecure one in the film showing good expressions as well as acting as slick as a cat after she turns into a possessed demon really proving herself to be versatile with her performance.
Patricia Rodriguez came across nicely as a sleazy delinquent in the film showing a great tough girl attitude and nasty behavior too. She looked great for the part too and reminds you as one of those troublemaking party animal types.
Christian Tessier also proved himself worthy after his fame in YCDTOTV as an insecure wimpy type in the film showing a nice nervousness to his part and really knew how to act very tense too for when he needed to be that way.
Joel Gordon really brought terrific intense energy to his part as someone who acts very outgoing and ready to party and then acting opposite after he's nearly bleeding to death and knew how to have a shrieky attitude.

Two girls played by former YCDTOTV actress Stephanie Baulder (Shocker folks) and Tara Sloane gets undressed to get ready for a Halloween party and even have a butt shot too as well as exposing ther breasts.
Sloane exposes her breasts after she is posessed making out with a juvenile delinquent.
Two juvenile delinquents are making out and his girlfriend is topless for a long time played by Patricia Rodriguez.

Lots of bloody gunshots.
A police officers head is cut open exposing his brain.
A punks eye is shot out.
Angela melts to her skeletal body when the sun rises.

Jim Kaufman does a two thumbs up job on his actors and his location shots.
He made sure that supporting actors Larry Day and Patricia Rodriguez played off well as two nasty teenage couples wanting nothing but trouble and fun wioth good shots on them smooching and making out.
Also it looked great when Day was being brutal towards Christian Tessier's character while driving the van to make him apologise for insulting his girlfriend but however when he puts his hand on his neck it doesn't look too convincing that he's trying to choke him.
We see lots of action at a corner store with Day's aggressive reactions towards bit part actor Ian McDonald as a Quicky Mart store clerk especially during the hold up at the store as well as a good shot on Day shooting the shotgun towards bit part actor Richard Zeman as a macho cop through a glass window as this looked very adventureous and nicely done.
Joel Gordon shows terrific reactions to being in pain after being shot and screaming in pain while he's in the van which looked almost disturbing the way it was directed.
We spot some nice shots on Day demanding everyone to get into the Hull House pointing his shotgun as well as a nice shot on him whacking Gregory Calpakis in the head with it when he refuses.
There's a great shot on Day shouting out in the Hull House to see if anyone is around. There's also another good shot on him quickly turning in shock pointing his shotgun and then a nice close up shot on Amelia Kinkade on a staircase giving him a look of evil charm to him.
Kinkade did well with a scene by turning on some music and then dancing towards Tessier and then a great close up shot on her taking his gun and sucking onto it and then spitting out bullets as if she were doing a blow job to someone. Then there's a nice moment with her making out that she was going to seduce him by kissing him. Then the terror happens to him but won't say what. It almost makes you jump though with a nice camera shot focusing on the back of Tessier's head.
There's a nice close up shot on Kinkade speaking to Tara Sloane in a barn and tempting her to make her more popular which looked nicely done as well as a good close up shot on Sloane herself. Then there's a good shot on the two of them about to kiss one another and then Sloane pushing her down with a good shot on Kinkade not facing her as you can tell Kinkade is about to show her demonic side. There's a screaming reaction on Sloane but it sounded very fake which is hard to tell due to a lack of the acting or on how it was directed. I'd say a bit of both.
There's a nice violent reaction between Patricia Rodriguez who showed great nasty aggressions against Tara Sloane in a barn by hitting her with a nice pussycat sleazy and deadly attitude on Sloane's part showing a nice cat like possession towards her. There's also a nice close up shot on Sloane's hand when claws appear and strikes towards Rodrigues. Rodrigues does well running away screaming in terror with good shots on her running in the Hull House as well as her trying to find a way to escape too which was one of the strongest moments on the direction with this film.
I enjoyed Kaufman's direction when the possessed kids surround the two survivors played by Calpakis and Stephanie Baulder as it has a total living dead feel to it. There's a good temptation with Kinkade towards both of them telling them she needs a virgin and no harm will come.
There's great close up shots on the possessed kids in the windows going nuts inside the Hull House.

Dennis Michael Tenney recompsed the music like he did in the first one and still has the touch to it. Raymond C. Fabi also composed the music. There's some neat ghostly synthesizer music during some scene's of the film plus there's adventureous keyboard playing during the terrors that happen with the demons trying to attack.

Lois: What's the matter??? Cat got your tongue???