I'll be the first to say that a remake of "Night of the Demons" is pointless. While it is considered a mild classic among horror geeks who remember the video age, that's about as far as we can go from calling it a classic. It's a fun party movie. This inane 2010 remake is more brand name exploitation than a remake. Sure it's called "Night of the Demons," and features some rather forgettable nods to the original (Diora Baird does a memorable variation of the lipstick-nipple scene, though), but it's not entirely a remake. In the end though even admirers of the original 1988 horror film (all five of you!) may be able to gladly place this as a companion piece to the original and have some fun with its eighties trash horror comedy style that is never afraid to poke fun at itself but is also never above creeping the audience in to submission. While many will groan at the self-aware story, I just couldn't help but dip my toes in the gore and watch the breakneck carnage with a smile. Much like the original, "Night of the Demons" is a party movie. It has hammy performances, zero characterization, a raucous score, and some plot holes, but in the end it's merely a Halloween party favor. You watch it, you have a laugh and you move on. And of course you can never go wrong with Diora Baird and Bobbi Sue Luther as cats.

This all comes to a mix when the party is shut down by the police, and the seven friends are left behind, locked inside the house. After discovering mysterious skeletons on the floor in the basement, Angela's brief moment of greed grants her a mean bite on the finger, and soon Angela's transformation prompts an all out orgy of gore, sexual carnage, and mischief that keeps Maddie and two other survivors at the mercy of the monsters. The rub is they have to wait until dawn until they can leave. Can they outwit and outrun the demon horde until then? As previously stated, "Night of the Demons" is just a ninety minute party, one meant to indulge in the excess and sexually explicit and nothing more. There is lengthy exposition in to the demons involving completing a specific number of possessions, their delight in sexual pain, and their overall ability to will things and fool their human victims.

Hey, I'll agree this remake is absolutely unnecessary and redundant, but in the end it's less a remake and more exploiting a familiar title. Whether it's the gruesome special effects, the creepy monsters, the excellent soundtrack, the sharp direction, or Diora Baird and Bobbi Sue Luther in skimpy cat costumes, this is a fun movie and one worthy of your time with some friends and a few beers.