La Nuit de la mort !

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 "La nuit de la mort!" is a nice excavation that you will come across 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 - nevertheless, one scene will get to you - it has atmosphere and in the end it also has an actress whom you will enjoy watching, because she's pretty, natural, and not artificial. (02.04.2016)