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Night Visitor
Night Visitor
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rupert Hitzig
Written by	Randal Viscovich
Produced by	Alain Silver
Starring	Richard Roundtree; Elliott Gould; Shannon Tweed; Michael J. Pollard; Derek Rydall; Allen Garfield
Cinematography	Peter C. Jensen
Edited by	Glenn Erickson
Music by	Parmer Fuller
Production; companies	United Artists; Premiere Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	MGM/UA Communications Co.
Release date	1989;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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Night Visitor (produced under the title Never Cry Devil) is a 1989 American thriller film directed by Rupert Hitzig, produced by Alain Silver, and starring Richard Roundtree, Elliott Gould, Allen Garfield, and Derek Rydall.

Plot

High school student Billy Colton (Derek Rydall) is spying on his attractive new neighbor (Shannon Tweed) when he witnesses her being murdered by a man in a robe, and he recognizes the man as his unpopular history teacher Zachary Willard (Allen Garfield). Because he has a history of pranks and conflict with Willard, the police do not believe him. Threatened by Willard and his deranged brother Stanley (Michael J. Pollard), who are cultists and serial murderers, Billy convinces retired investigator Ronald 'Ron' Devereaux (Elliott Gould) to help him find hard evidence.

Cast

Richard Roundtree as Captain Crane
Elliott Gould as Ronald "Ron" Devereaux
Michael J. Pollard as Stanley Willard
Allen Garfield as Zachary Willard
Derek Rydall as Billy Colton
Henry Gibson as Jake
Shannon Tweed as Lisa Grace
Bruce Kimmel as Townsend
Brooke Bundy as Mrs. Colton
Kathleen Bailey as Dolan
Scott Fults as Sam Loomis
Teresa Vander Woude as Kelly Fremont
Michael Jason Rosen as Bernstein (credited as Michael Rosen)
Jovanni Brascia as Tony
Alain Silver as Thornhill (credited as Alain Joel Silver)
Amy Waddell as Annie Hayworth
Ann Dane as Theresa
Nancy McLendon as Reporter
Teri Weigel as Victim In Cellar
Kathryn Kimler as Second Victim

Reception

The movie was briefly released by MGM/UA on 200 screens (none of which were in New York or Los Angeles) and garnered mixed reviews, many of which expressed humorous appreciation for a basement confrontation between Gould's Devereaux and Pollard's Stanley, while others disparaged the sequence as "a badly choreographed fight between a chainsaw wielding Pollard and a shotgun toting Gould that probably read really well in the script, but looks terrible on film."^[1] A later reviewer was more favorably disposed: "Combine Rear Window with late 80s Satanic conspiracy theories and this is the result. Not as bad as it sounds, Night Visitor is an unfairly obscure movie about Satanism in suburbia."^[2]

External links

Night Visitor at IMDb
Night Visitor at Rotten Tomatoes

References

^ Charles Tatum (December 4, 2002). "Talk About a Bad Night". Retrieved 2019-08-10.
^ Jedadiah Leland (October 24, 2017). "A Movie A Day #289". Retrieved 2019-08-10.

[1] Charles Tatum (December 4, 2002). "Talk About a Bad Night". Retrieved 2019-08-10.

[2] Jedadiah Leland (October 24, 2017). "A Movie A Day #289". Retrieved 2019-08-10.

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-{{Infobox Film
+{{Infobox film
-| name           = Night Visitor/Never Cry Devil/The Night Visitor
-| image          =
+| name           = Night Visitor
-| caption        =
+| image	         = Night Visitor FilmPoster.jpeg
+| caption        = Theatrical release poster
 | director       = [[Rupert Hitzig]]
-| producer       = [[Alain Silver]]<br>Tom Broadbridge (Executive Producer)<br>Shelley E. Reid (Executive Producer)<br>Richard Abramites (Associate Producer)
+| producer       = [[Alain Silver]]
-| writer         = [[Randal Viscovich]]
+| writer         = Randal Viscovich
-| starring       = [[Richard Roundtree]],<br>[[Elliott Gould]],<br>[[Shannon Tweed]],<br>[[Michael J. Pollard]],<br>[[Derek Rydall]],<br>[[Allen Garfield]]
+| starring       = [[Richard Roundtree]]<br>[[Elliott Gould]]<br>[[Shannon Tweed]]<br>[[Michael J. Pollard]]<br>[[Derek Rydall]]<br>[[Allen Garfield]]
 | music          = Parmer Fuller
-| cinematography = [[Peter C. Jensen]]
+| cinematography = Peter C. Jensen
 | editing        = Glenn Erickson
-| distributor    = [[United Artists Pictures]]/[[MGM/UA Home Entertainment]]/[[United Artists]]/[[Premiere Pictures Corporation]]
+| studio         = [[United Artists]]<br>Premiere Pictures Corporation
-| released       = [[1989 in film|1989]]
+| distributor    = [[MGM/UA Communications Co.]]
-| runtime        = 93 min
+| released       = {{Film date|1989}}
-| country        = [[USA]]
+| runtime        = 93 minutes
-| language       = [[English language|English]]
+| country        = United States
+| language       = English
 }}
-'''''Night Visitor''''' is a [[horror film]] directed by [[Rupert Hitzig]] and starring [[Richard Roundtree]], [[Elliott Gould]], [[Allen Garfield]], and [[Derek Rydall]].
+'''''Night Visitor''''' (produced under the title '''''Never Cry Devil''''') is a 1989 American [[thriller film]] directed by [[Rupert Hitzig]], produced by [[Alain Silver]], and starring [[Richard Roundtree]], [[Elliott Gould]], [[Allen Garfield]], and [[Derek Rydall]].
-==Synopsis==
+==Plot==
-High school student Billy Colton ([[Derek Rydall]]) is spying on his sexy neighbor ([[Shannon Tweed]]) one night when he witnesses her being murdered by a man in a robe and a demonic mask. Billy recognizes the man as his unpopular history teacher, but the police do not believe him because he has a history of pranks.
+High school student Billy Colton ([[Derek Rydall]]) is spying on his attractive new neighbor ([[Shannon Tweed]]) when he witnesses her being murdered by a man in a robe, and he recognizes the man as his unpopular history teacher Zachary Willard ([[Allen Garfield]]). Because he has a history of pranks and conflict with Willard, the police do not believe him. Threatened by Willard and his deranged brother Stanley ([[Michael J. Pollard]]), who are cultists and serial murderers, Billy convinces retired investigator Ronald 'Ron' Devereaux ([[Elliott Gould]]) to help him find hard evidence.
 ==Cast==
+* [[Richard Roundtree]] as Captain Crane
-{| class="wikitable"
+* [[Elliott Gould]] as Ronald "Ron" Devereaux
-|-
+* [[Michael J. Pollard]] as Stanley Willard
-! Actor / Actress
+* [[Allen Garfield]] as Zachary Willard
-! Character
+* [[Derek Rydall]] as Billy Colton
-|-
+* [[Henry Gibson]] as Jake
-| [[Richard Roundtree]]
+* [[Shannon Tweed]] as Lisa Grace
-| Captain Crane
+* [[Bruce Kimmel]] as Townsend
-|-
+* [[Brooke Bundy]] as Mrs. Colton
-| [[Elliott Gould]]
+* Kathleen Bailey as Dolan
-| Ronald 'Ron' Devereaux
+* Scott Fults as Sam Loomis
-|-
+* Teresa Vander Woude as Kelly Fremont
-| [[Michael J. Pollard]]
+* Michael Jason Rosen as Bernstein (credited as Michael Rosen)
-| Stanley Willard
+* Jovanni Brascia as Tony
-|-
+* [[Alain Silver]] as Thornhill (credited as Alain Joel Silver)
-| [[Allen Garfield]]
+* Amy Waddell as Annie Hayworth
-| Zachary Willard
+* Ann Dane as Theresa
-|-
+* Nancy McLendon as Reporter
-| [[Derek Rydall]]
+* [[Teri Weigel]] as Victim In Cellar
-| Billy Colton
+* Kathryn Kimler as Second Victim
-|-
-| [[Henry Gibson]]
+==Reception==
-| Jake
+The movie was briefly released by MGM/UA on 200 screens (none of which were in New York or Los Angeles) and garnered mixed reviews, many of which expressed humorous appreciation for a basement confrontation between Gould's Devereaux and Pollard's Stanley, while others disparaged the sequence as "a badly choreographed fight between a chainsaw wielding Pollard and a shotgun toting Gould that probably read really well in the script, but looks terrible on film."<ref>{{cite web |author=Charles Tatum |url=http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=6427&reviewer=325 |title=Talk About a Bad Night |date=December 4, 2002 |access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> A later reviewer was more favorably disposed: "Combine ''[[Rear Window]]'' with late 80s Satanic conspiracy theories and this is the result.  Not as bad as it sounds, ''Night Visitor'' is an unfairly obscure movie about Satanism in suburbia."<ref>{{cite web |author=Jedadiah Leland |url=https://unobtainium13.com/2017/10/24/a-movie-a-day-289-night-visitor-1989-directed-by-rupert-hitzig/ |title=A Movie A Day #289 |date=October 24, 2017 |access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>
-|-
-| [[Shannon Tweed]]
-| Lisa Grace
-|-
-| [[Bruce Kimmel]]
-| Townsend
-|-
-| [[Brooke Bundy]]
-| Mrs. Colton
-|-
-| [[Kathleen Bailey]]
-| Dolan
-|-
-| [[Scott Fults]]
-| Sam Loomis
-|-
-| [[Michael Jason Rosen]] (Michael Rosen)
-| Bernstein
-|-
-| [[Jovanni Brascia]]
-| Tony
-|-
-| [[Alain Silver]] (as Alain Joel Silver)
-| Thornhill
-|-
-| [[Ann Dane]]
-| Theresa
-|}
 ==External links==
-*{{imdb title|0100254|Night Visitor}}
+*{{IMDb title|0100254}}
+*{{Rotten Tomatoes|1015085_night_visitor}}
+==References==
-[[Category:1989 films]]
+{{reflist}}
-[[Category:American films]]
-[[Category:1980s horror films]]
-[[Category:Psychological thriller films]]
+[[Category:1989 films]]
-[[ru:Ночной гость (фильм, 1989)]]
+[[Category:1989 horror films]]
+[[Category:1980s psychological thriller films]]
+[[Category:American psychological horror films]]
+[[Category:United Artists films]]
+[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
+[[Category:1980s American films]]
+[[Category:English-language horror films]]