Night of the Demons

Freddy vs Jason veteran Monica Keena does well in this low rent remake of the 80s sex 'n' splatter classic, but it's Edward Furlong as a strung out gatecrashing drug dealer who steals the show. Bug-eyed and swollen, the former T2 actor looks like he's crawled out of his own career grave moments earlier to make the gig and brings some hardcore reality to an obviously daft plot that has the hordes of hell possessing the usual teenage suspects at an exclusive Halloween party in a New Orleans mansion with a dark history.

Despite the nudity, sex and some occasionally impressive gore this isn't nearly as extreme as the original and sags too often to stop a horror fan's attention wandering. But the cast are having a good time, Keena and the desperate Furlong especially, and it's hard to really dislike something so totally unafraid to be what it is: shameless horror trash. [Scotty McKellar]