The Date: February
8
The Movie: Night of the Demon (1955)
What Is It?: Wonderful
Jacques Tourneur flick about a Satanist who whips up wind storms and curses
colleagues at the flick of a wrist is no less great because the studio insisted
on depicting the title demon as a slightly hokey looking kaijū monster. Bonus
points for inspiring Kate Bush’s “The Hounds of Love”!
Why Today?: On
this night in 1855, mysterious cloven depressions known as the Devil’s
Footprints appeared in the Exe Estuary in East and South Devon, England. We’re
still waiting for Kate Bush’s song about that.
