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Demon of Paradise
1987 horror film
Demon of Paradise is a 1987 horror film shot in the Philippines and directed by Cirio H. Santiago.
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| Demon of Paradise | |
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| Directed by | Cirio H. Santiago |
| Written by | Frederick Bailey C.J. Santiago |
| Produced by | Cirio H. Santiago Rodman Flender Leonard Hermes Matt Leipzig |
| Starring | Kathryn Witt William Steis Laura Banks Nick Nicholson |
| Cinematography | Ricardo Remias |
| Edited by | Gervacio Santos |
| Music by | Ding Achacoso |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Concorde-New Horizons Shout Factory (DVD) |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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The film is set in Hawaii and features fire-twirling women who participate in rituals to appease the awakened monster. The hunters become the prey when illegal dynamite fishing prematurely ends the hibernation of a mythological beast known as Akua which lives in the lake. The owner of the local resort, whose patrons have become the prey of the monster, and a woman herpetologist join forces with the sheriff to save the tourists from succumbing to the fury of the beast.
- Kathryn Witt as Annie
- William Steis as Keefer
- Laura Banks as Cahill
- Frederick Bailey as Ike
- Leslie Scarborough as Gabby
- Henry Strzalkowski as Shelton
- Nick Nicholson as Langley
- Liza Baumann as Luisa
- David Light as Snake
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The film was released on VHS by Warner Home Video in the 1990s.[citation needed] It was later released on DVD and Blu-ray by Shout! Factory in 2011 as a double feature alongside the similar Up From the Depths.[1]
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Paul Ryan from Digital Retribution, who had previously given the film's predecessor Up from the Depths a negative review, gave this film a more positive review stating, "Better made and directed than its predecessor, Demon of Paradise is, while entirely unmemorable, at least easier to sit through."[2]
- "Demon of Paradise (1987) - Cirio Santiago". AllMovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- Ryan, Paul. "Up From the Depths/Demon of Paradise DVD Review". Digital Retribution.com. Paul Ryan. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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