Night of the Demon 1957 - A Chat with Doctor Bobo
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- This is a lengthy clip, and a bit slow, but hey. It was the 50s. This is a really fun conversation between our hero, and the villain of the the original Night of the Demon movie.
Yes, the bad guy spends his spare time as a genial man in the country, and entertaining kids. The clip has a decent payoff, at least. And how often will I get to share a bit of a movie where the bad guy actually calls himself Doctor Bobo?!
Niall MacGinnis is utterly superb here. A calm understated reading of a very unpleasant and dangerous character. When not acting, MacGinnis was a Doctor, a General Practitioner. That wonderful warm voice of his must have been very calming to worried patients.
Such a great performance here - he barely raises his voice anywhere in the movie, which makes him even more menacing.
'Night Of The Demon' is my all-time favourite movie.
Love it 🙂👍
Just googled him, he gave up acting and went back into the medical profession. Only 63 when he died
Mt. MacGinnes was a marvelous actor; almost unknown... Gorgeous voice, excellent diction, and great presence....Dominates his scenes, with understated delivery.... Very suave, and extraordinarily dangerous..... Very enjoyable actor....
And if I recall correctly, didn't he also play 'Zeus' in "Jason and The Argonauts"?
Indeed he did British war movies too
Yes great presence , brill film .love it .scared me to death when I first seen it at 10 yrs old .
I remember watching this as a kid in the 70s and found it terrifying, as an adult I think it’s brilliant still frightening
Yes same here 👹😈
A truly fantastic film one of my favorites and easily in my top ten favorite films of the 50s.
One of my top films too .as he stood there as a clown , smiling with the wind blowing and the music , great stuff , scared me to death as a young lad in the 70s , then it got scarier , when that weird eerie demon sound brrrrrr ! Oooooerrr blimey ! 👹 one of my favourites. I'd love to watch it again right now 🙂😈🤡🌬⚡️
Night of the Demon has a 7.6 out of 10 rating on IMDB but I gave it 10 out of 10
@ NO!!!! PERFECT AS IS.
@ Thanks.
10 out of 10. A stunning film.
great film
Such a Classic that so many have not even heard of....
I came home from work one Friday evening and watched this film, and
I had a very sleepless nights rest.
This film has a scare factor which gets
into your mind , outstanding horror movie 👍
One of my favorite movies.
Great film. I hope one day Hollywood doesn’t try a remake !
Drag me to hell by Sam Raimi is a (sort of) remake. A pretty good one i.m.o.
Terrified me as a child and still menacing to this day when you have imagination
It was frightening then....but after watching the Exorcist ..it's quite tame !
An excellent scene from an excellent movie.
One of Dana Andrews best films.
Scary scenes and the demon is
A great creature.three stars. Film
Critic.
This film truly is one of the best ever
Another one of those movies where the villain is actually more likeable than the hero.
the villain actually shows remorse and is scared of the power he has discovered.
The Holden character is wholly unlikeable. Karswell is a legend.
Yes.
He plays Karswell very sympathetically and you can't help wondering if Karswell is in over his head and constantly fearful of what he has become involved with. Apparently the director hated the way that Niall McGuinness played the part but I think it was a perfect performance which showed other sides of Karswell.
Karswell's mother was another superb performance, played by Athene Seyler. I mean what other film plots have "I have just raised the Devil mother". "That's nice dear, how about a game of cribbage" :)
This is one of my favorite atmospheric horror movies it's not a bit slow at all....of course im a bit older lol
Great movie...age is irrelevant xx
People of younger generations grow into liking older films. I know I did, and I know many others who did as well. The search for quality leads all to the great films (and other works).
I remember watching this film at a friend's place. It was on a mild windy night in early October. I had to walk home. I remember whistling and walking rather briskly on the way home. I also kept watching the tops of the trees.
My favourite horror film!!! Being shown on talking pictures tv!!! Watch out for listings!!
What a great film of the 50s, I remember my brother going to watch this,him coming home and at the time he'd walked home after watching it and of all nights it was really windy ha!. I won't repeat what he said🤔
@SharkAttack ha!
@SharkAttack Yes your right Dracula and Wolfman had there regular spots on tv Hammer studios I think,always looked forward to watching them,when I look at some of them now I have to smile and grin to think these scared the s**t out of me ha!. Also my brother who loved N.O.T.D, used to always frighten us with stupid things,there was one I think it's right "The beast with five fingers" ha! I can see clips of that in my head.
@SharkAttack 👍
This is a very good movie. I've liked it since the 1960s when I saw it on TV.
this scared me to death when I was young lol
+paul eggins Still one of the scariest of all time.
Me too
Great fil,. This scene always scared me. Still does!
Why am I just finding out about this film? Lol
This was a film that Ray Harryhausen was offered but turned down . He had worked with the film's producer Hal E. Chester on The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms in 1953 , and Chester would have wanted Ray to bring his animation skills to the demon . Columbia Pictures suggested Ray for the creature's realisation on screen , but Ray was already underway with The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and didn't want to divide his attention . In the US , the film was released under the title Curse of the Demon .
This part rules so much.
Niall MacGinnis was a very much under-rated actor. Over the years I've seen in several films, versatile and very relaxed in his roles, even in the more hammy Hollywood ones with wooden scripts with Robert Taylor. This though I think was his best. He stole every scene he was in and helped to flesh out what is a very two dimensional character in the book. They say he very loosely based it on Crowley, though that sounds a little apocryphal to me.
I agree,one of the greatest actors and one of his best performances.Unfortunately the nearest thing he got to big fame was as friar tuck in Robin Hood.A great performance even in that.He completely embodied his part,totally real and a great film.
I particularly love his voice,reminds me a little of Patrick Mcnee.
I am trying to copy his voice but finding it impossible to get the tonal resonance from the chest.I think his looks held him back,he was very difficult to place,not a leading man,not the uncle,grandpa,brother,he would have been fine to cast as a bumbling fool but he had far too much authority,difficult.As you are very much cast on your picture,face and look,your voice and acting ability is looked at second.
Another great actor with similar quality was both Sidney green street and,oh I can't remember,I will have to look him up.They were all,what is called 'king' actors e.g.they play the 'King' part in a movie,however without the right look it's quite tough.Orsonne Wells was a King actor,he just could not play anything else however he had the looks to go with it,rather like Sean Connery,another King actor.A great great loss.Just listen alone to how he says ' emphasises the word 'darkness' .
S Totally agree about Niall McGuiness... Besides Harryhausen's effects in JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS , McGuiness ,as Zeus ,is a perfect king of the gods..His scenes with Honor Blackman as Hera really made the mythology believable...
I think we are all entertainment for the gods ..
I found it intriguing that Niall MacGinnis retired from acting and went back to the profession he had been trained for: medicine. He became a country doctor.
Imagine having seen this film and then visiting him for a consultation.
@@KeithDec25 THAT WAS THE GUY WHO PLAYED ZEUS?! Well how cool is that?!
Niall is great with voice and character
Great Jacques Torneur
a true great movie scary I bet Ozzy loved it
One of Roky Erickson's favorite flicks.
I believe this character (the bad guy, Karswell) is based on Aleister Crowley. Any comments, anybody?
Yeah and no. It loosely based on what we know of Crowley and not what crowley was able or not able to do. Crowley was able to consume a large number of drugs and think he could talk to the dead. If anybody took as much heroin or opium as Crowley We all would think we was able to chat to the dead .Also it was different times when Crowley was alive, As England was very religious heavy so to go against the grain of popularity would make anything subversive..Crowley was bought up into a house who believed that a heaven or a god existed , Crowley didnt like his parents that much so it was his form of rebellion. With the amount of people who followed his teachings since Crowley death . shouldn't we be knee deep in 12ft egyption headed demons. But as that hasn't happened i can assure you what crowley believed in was total guff. And nothing more than a sense of blind faith and self belief. Also with his large fortune & inheritance im sure that opened up doors than if the guy had no money. Most of Crowley followers was bought by the idea through wealth.
Niall MacGinnis
I believe his character mentions Aleister Crowley
Definitely. Definitely.
The film is based on the story Casting of the runes by M R James, the English ghost/supernatural author, published in 1911. The film is quite faithful to the story but with a few differences to update the story for the 1950's.
A fine caper.
A classic caper, if you will.
'Masterpiece'
Yesterday I saw “Curse of the Demon” mentioned in a online article, today this video appears in my RUclips feed. I call this synchronicity.
Americans had a similar game. We called it chutes and ladders.
Cole
America took this from the original "Snakes and Ladders" game. America likes to change names etc, just like they did with the title of this film!
@@redblade8160 Thanks. I saw that movie. The Demon effect was pretty scary at the time I saw it.
@@coleparker
I wonder what would have happened if Karswell stayed on the carriage and did not know that Holden had slipped the parchment into his coat pocket, would the demon rip open the train roof and kill Karswell and Holden?
@@redblade8160 I often wondered what became of the parchment ? Did someone else eventually pick it up ? What would have happened - if days or months later -
somebody had picked it up, thinking it was just a piece of litter ? ( I know the "litter" campaign didn't start in the U.S. until the early 70's ) But this
story may have been the basis for an ongoing series. However, it would be tough to beat this particular film !
@@urbanurchin5930
Didn't you watch the film properly? The parchment always self-destructs by burning into flames on the stroke of the allotted time of the victim's demise.
If only they had got someone other than Dana Andrews. He is outclassed by everyone around him.
those kids are grandmas now
The trees further away are not swaying in the cyclone if you notice!
Movie Mysticism @ it's Best 😎
My favourite cinematic Satanist, even the late Charles Grey as Mocata pales in comparison.
A good loser? I'm not you know, not a bit.
For today's youth with attention spans of 30 seconds, yes, this is "a bit slow" But this is a tremendous film, directed by a VERY talented director, Jacques Tourneur. He also directed the original Cat People, I walked with a Zombie and Out of the Past, three all time great noirs. Only wish the whole Night of the Demon could be viewed on youtube. But this scene is terrific. Too bad it couldn't run just a bit longer showing the screaming children running from the party on the lawn.
W Totally agree with you Jacques Tourneur was a VERY, VERY talented director...Sadly neglected today...LEOPARD MAN 1943 (part of the RKO group) is not bad especially when the girl has to walk under the trestle to reach the store and go back home and there is the escaped big cat of the title...Westerns, costumers, etc Tourneur was an accomplished filmmaker
Found out he headed the second unit /directed the storming of the Bastille sequence in 1935 version of A TALE OF TWO CITIES...
hey Keith, thanks for your comment. Nice to know there's another who appreciates this very talented man. Recently saw Experiment Perilous from 1944 and that is excellent too. Cat People and I Walked With a Zombie are two of my very favorite films. I've commented on the amazing swimming pool scene in Cat People which has been posted on youtube.
WLE.. Also.In CAT PEOPLE when Irena's rival makes it to the Central Park bus stop and the bus door opens and the relief of the tension-CLASSIC!..Use of unseen horrors and you can force the audience to use their imaginations...Tourneur also had a way with actors too since Hedy Lamarrr is good in EXPERIMENT PERILOUS...Someone posted APPOINTMENT IN HOUNDURAS on RUclips and it is a familiar escape in the jungle adventure but you can tell there is a sure hand guiding Glenn Ford and Ann Sheridan...Lastly if you can ever catch up with STARS IN MY CROWN a gentle western that Joel McCrea requested J Tourneur to direct-nice character development...Tourneur deserved better...He did some tv-classic TWILIGHT ZONE with Gladys Cooper which was creepy and a devil worship episode of THE CAT(trying to track this one down)...
Don't think I've ever seen Stars in My Crown and will check out Honduras on youtube.
BTW do you happen to know if that bus sequence was filmed here in NYC?
It is the spitting image of the traverse in Central Park. I grew up 1/2 block away from it and in fact I'm using some shots i filmed there in a movie I've been making for quite a while now. The zoo part also reminds me of the Central Park zoo.
I like Tourneur because he can combine horror with poetry, quite an unusual talent. The last sequence in Zombie on the beach is one of the most beautiful and poetic moments I've ever seen in a film. Something about Tourneur that really touches me deeply.
WLE...I Wow-good question!..I know the interiors were old O Welles sets from CITIZEN KANE and MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS- especially the staircase..Possible that they filmed in NYC because when II have walked /rode through Central Park you are so right you recognize the area. .. Unless the RKO craftsmen really did their homework and recreated that section? So many of RKO early 30's films take place in Manhattan(KING KONG, Astaire and Rogers, Irene Dunne , etc) Perhaps there was a left over set? Almost forgot the other part of the bus stop scare-when the wind whips through the tree branches or did the panther just move away to another part of the tree?..I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE is very poetic and reminds you of JANE EYRE but we are in the West Indies and there is voodoo...Besides the famous walk I remember those glowing fish and Tom Conway destroying the beautiful illusion for Frances Dee (who probably told her husband McCrea about Tourneur's skill?) The scripts of the Tourneur RKO horror films were very , very well written not just horror for horror's sake..As you said W poetry and not always a "happy" ending...
foenix13.
The dialog is not "slow" at all. It's interesting!
This is part of the reason - why - I enjoy so many classic films. The extended dialogue draws the viewer in and really helps connect with the characters.
Probably why so many modern movies rely on stuff blowing up or sex or idiotic chase scenes rather than actual "story". Glad I have come to realize the
value of watching so many older, well-made films.
@@urbanurchin5930
People in general were more mature back then and spoke like adults compared to the adolescent behaviour that we see in so-called adults today.
Ahh i see that Dr Bobo is a Know..."The Wood grows around the walls of the Mansus. As any student of Histories knows, the Mansus has no walls." Although he has yet to pass the Peacock Door...indeed within the The Red Church the Names of the Grail are labouring to birth a new desire which until today has no name at all. Once morning comes, we will all be sticky with the memory of it...
1:46 hah...a subtle threat if I ever hear one!
Doctor Bobo, another creepy clown!
For most people, this is a very old fashioned horror movie. For me it's almost historical renactment. Crowley wasn't funny. He was extremely dangerous. Raising a "fire 🔥 demon" costs a great many innocent human lives.
I can't take him seriously with the clown makeup lol
Maybe this is where Stephen King got his idea for the clown that's actually a monster...
Did anyone else come here from Githyanki?
Niall MacGinnis a masterclass here, Dana Andrews not so much
Dana Andrews was Dana Andrews. Solid, dependable, a bit stiff.
@@GypsyFairy85 Dana Andrews was Dana Andrews?
@@GypsyFairy85 He spent most of this movie smoking!
But it adds to his stuffy academic pessimism, that slowly gets away, piece by piece...
@@GypsyFairy85 He was a good actor in The Best Years of Our Lives ( 1946 ) but by the time he was in Hot Rods to Hell ( 1966 ) his star had started to fade.