If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Even the opening credits are shown over a background of Stonehenge. Dana Andrews is american John Holden, skeptical student of the occult. He has come to Great Britain, and right away has a curse put on him by Mr. Karswell. Holden decides to break into Karswell's house, which is always a bad decision, but gives us a plot. A black cat, who may have turned into a leopard and attacked him. Close-up camera angles on the cat, and loud, sudden noises, which probably scared the theater-goers out of their seats. Peggy Cummins is "Joanna", the neice of the man recently killed by "the demon", and she teams up with Holden to figure out what happened. This one is also known as "Night of the Demon", and is directed by Jacques Tourneur. We see the demon monster right near the beginning, and it's a bit cheesy, like a cardboard godzilla. as others have pointed out, sometimes it's better not to actually show the monster. It's pretty good. shown occasionally on Turner Classics.

I have watched this film many times and it just gets better.Fantastic set pieces such as the seance scene and also in the lunatic asylum.Niall MacGinnis absolutely steals the show as the sinister Dr Karswell.Ok the demon itself is a bit 'rubber bands and bits of string' (hell, it was made 60 years ago) but that absolutely does not matter as the film is pure atmosphere from start to finish.If you haven't seen it already you're in for an absolute treat!

Night Of The Demon its a British films that deals with subjects such as witchery, satanism, skepticism and more, the film relies on suspense and its chilling atmosphere rather than having a monster killing people , actually the monster appears at the very beginning, many people say that they showed it too early, but I think that it makes the movie better, because for the rest of the film you are waiting for him to appear at the final act and the payoff its great.The movie its actually very chilling at some points, I am not scared of any movie but this one make me cringe a bit at the very end, when the demon looks kinda of real for a second.The film says a lot about superstitions and skepticism, subjects I found to be very interesting.Overall, the film works at many levels, it shows the monster at the beginning but it actually uses that to its benefit, the characters are very likable, the acting its great and the effects are great too.Definitely recommended.

This horror certainly has good atmosphere. But when you think the real visual horror sequences of the demon actually harm the movie more than improve it, that's not good. Holden, the skeptical scientist is dull as dishwater, seriously lacking chemistry with Joanna Harrington. I think with her as the lead character it might have been more fun. It doesn't sound right that I actually had more sympathy for Doctor Karswell who is supposed to be the villain and would not have been disappointed had Holden died. Despite the plot or main character couldn't grab me I really liked the séance and hypnosis scene. Thanks to those scenes and the character of Karswell it the movie escapes a failure.