Allison returns to her hometown to finally confront the boys, now men, who destroyed her life. However, those expecting the horror film that the box makes it out to be will be very disappointed.
Allison (Alexandra Paul) has returned to her hometown to bury her grandmother. She had been living abroad, but was only in Europe because she couldn’t stand the shame of being put in prison. When she was a girl, she and two other boys, K.C. and Quentin, were driving on the back roads and one of the boys caused the car to run over another boy. The two boys in the car ran away and formulated an alibi.
They pinned it all on Allison and she ended up in the clink. Now everyone is all grown up. Jeremy (Kevin Jubinville) is a respected doctor, Ray (Michael Woods) is the town sheriff, and K.C. (Rob Stewart) has a car dealership but is also running for Senate. Quentin (John Ralston) works at the local marina, but drowns his guilt over Allison’s getting all the blame in alcohol.
Allison has been stewing over the fact as well and is determined to make sure that the truth about the accident comes out. However, K.C. and his nasty wife want to make sure that his Senate campaign is not interrupted and is planning to use any means necessary to keep the truth from being revealed.
The front of the box makes it appear that the demons from Allison’s past might be more of the hellish kind. However, the demons are just a group of powerful men that have used their influence to keep the blame for the accident firmly on Allison. What you get though is a Lifetime Television film starring a former star of Baywatch.
Not a denizen of hell to be found in the whole thing, well unless you really hate these Lifetime films and they you may well thing that it comes from the pit. The result is more like a soap opera instead of the horror flick that the box seemingly promises. Everyone has enough makeup to warrant the effects crew of a horror film and their teeth are so white that if you look at them too long in the close-ups that you’ll go blind.
The story is rather pedestrian as these types of film go and it just seems like the average Lifetime movie.
Demons from her Past is presented in fullscreen as it was originally aired on Lifetime. There are no special features. They might’ve included a bonus horror movie that more approximates the terror promised by the cover (wide frightened eyes on cover) and back of the box art (old farm house and demonic looking photograph), but alas no.
Demons from her Past is just an average “avenging a wrong from the past” film. I can’t say that it plows any new ground as far as televisions movies go; in fact it’s a bit overly melodramatic. I guess that if these films are your cup of tea then you’ll enjoy this latest in a long line, but otherwise go and rent a horror film instead.
Demons from her Past is now available at Amazon . As of yet, there is not a release date for the UK. Visit the DVD database for more information.
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