Night of Death

Night of Death has a cosily uneasy atmosphere characteristic of gothic horror films from Europe. There’s a clear perception that the main heroine is alone in this adventure, with no one to help her. What’s more, Isabelle Goguey’s performance in the main role has a very friendly aspect to it, despite her character being predominantly naive. In contrast, the screenplay reveals all its secrets too early, so you learn everything about the nature of the local evil forces during the first twenty minutes, then have to endure a never-ending hour (in which almost nothing happens), waiting for some strong outcome which, finally, doesn’t bring anything new. Unfortunately, that middle part of the film felt to me like the week before receiving your paycheck, and managed to make me sleepy. Those 95 minutes were quite exhausting and it wouldn’t hurt to somehow thicken the sauce of the storyline. (08/10/2020)

The horror film Night of Death is a nice little find that you stumble upon more by chance if you're lucky. But it's a nice example of what was being filmed in Europe in the early 80s. It's bloody, although not excessively so - still, there's one scene that gets you - it has atmosphere, and in the end, it also has an actress you'll enjoy watching because she's so pretty, natural, and not artificial. (02/04/2016)