Demon Is on the Island (1983): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1983, Demon Is on the Island is a horror film directed by Francis Leroi, running about 102 minutes. “Crazy appliances” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. An epidemic of appliance madness unrelated to discount sales strikes an island off the coast of France: the islanders are being murderously attacked by ovens and refrigerators acquired in the same department store. Enter the young Dr. Gabrielle Martin (Anny Duperey), who arrives here to escape her own personal tragedy and instead lands in the middle of the kitchen mania. She tracks down the cause of the rapidly spreading epidemic to another doctor on the island — quite as insane as any of the kitchen appliances (if the comparison could be made) — and finds that the villainous doctor and the appliances have a most unusual link. Graphic scenes of mutilation by an oven, as one example, leave nothing much to the imagination in this film, but the interpretations of actors Anny Duperey and Jean-Claude Brialy as the good and evil doctors are excellent.

Who’s in it. Demon Is on the Island stars Anny Duperey as Dr. Gabrielle Martin, Jean-Claude Brialy as Dr. Paul Henry Marshall, Pierre Santini as Richard and Gabriel Cattand as Henry Garland, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.7/10, Demon Is on the Island has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Demon Is on the Island page.

If you liked it. Fans of Demon Is on the Island tend to enjoy Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Shining and Alien.