We’ve had some real stinkers on this long countdown of terrible films, but this week’s selection really blows: 1990’s Demon Wind.
Demon Wind is another Shudder find (thanks again, Audre). One reason I love the service is that it is unapologetic about its commitment to preserving and propagating horror films: the good, the bad, the enigmatic. In this case, they’re also preserving some real garbage. But one port’s garbage is another’s cult classic, though I doubt Demon Wind has risen to that status.
The flick is essentially a slasher, with the usual cast of obnoxious teens going to the country on some dubious errand. The main character, Cory, is heading to the abandoned family farm with his girlfriend Elaine and a motley crew of annoying friends. There are all the tropes of the slasher genre: a grizzled old man warns them away from the farm; the kids are picked off one by one; and there’s the typical 80s meathead, Dell, who is so unreasonably combative, you’re kind of glad when he dies.
