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Night Of The Demon (1957)

Directed by Jacques Tourneur · Cinematography by Edward Scaife

Approved96 min63 frames

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What is Night Of The Demon about?

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.

Night of the Demon is a 1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis. It was produced by Hal E. Chester and Frank Bevis, and was adapted from the M. R. James story "Casting the Runes". The film's storyline concerns an American psychologist (Andrews) who travels to England to investigate a satanic cult suspected in more than one death.

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Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of Night Of The Demon leans on medium shots (50% of the sample) and wide compositions (31%). Cinematographer Edward Scaife keeps 55% of it in low-key light. Night and dusk account for 65% of the frames.

What is the color palette of Night Of The Demon?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Night Of The Demon (1957) are #030303, #8f8f8f, #303030, #6a6a6a, #cacaca, #494949 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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