![]() Hough had previously directed two superior horror pictures in the 1970s-TWINS OF EVIL (1971) and THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973). John Hough's INCUBUS (1981) starts off like one of those 'stalk and kill' flicks, but it soon becomes apparent there's something else going on altogether. All evidence leads to an ancient, unspeakable evil that's tied to a young and frightened young man whose demonic nightmares are linked to the rape-murders.ฤก981 was a banner year for horror cinema what with the slew of escaped maniacs and mad slashers stalking movie theaters across the nation. The small New England hamlet of Galen is disrupted by an ever growing string of violent rapes that leave the victims dead, or seriously traumatized from near bodily destruction. "Every time this kid has a dream, somebody in this town dies!" ![]() Despite the script going in different directions during the last half, INCUBUS is a surprisingly effective, well made and generally unpleasant pseudo-Gothic terror tale about demon rape and a small town with a dark secret. ![]() The Short Version: British director, John Hough helms this oft maligned and underrated, but minor Canadian horror footnote from 1981. Sam Cordell), John Ireland (Hank Walden), Kerrie Keane (Laura Kincaid), Duncan McIntosh (Tim Galen), Helen Hughes (Agatha Galen), Erin Flannery (Jenny Cordell) THE INCUBUS 1981 (on screen title: INCUBUS) ![]()
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