| Demon of Paradise | |
| Director: | Cirio H. Santiago |
| Producer: | Cirio H. Santiago Rodman Flender Leonard Hermes Matt Leipzig |
| Starring: | Kathryn Witt William Steis Laura Banks Nick Nicholson |
| Music: | Ding Achacoso |
| Cinematography: | Ricardo Remias |
| Editing: | Gervacio Santos |
| Studio: | New Horizons Pictures |
| Distributor: | Concorde-New Horizons Shout Factory (DVD) |
| Runtime: | 87 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Demon of Paradise is a 1987 horror film shot in the Philippines and directed by Cirio H. Santiago.
The film is set in Hawaii and features fire-twirling women who participate in rituals to appease the awakened monster. The hunters become the prey when illegal dynamite fishing prematurely ends the hibernation of a mythological beast known as Akua which lives in the lake. The owner of the local resort, whose patrons have become the prey of the monster, and a woman herpetologist join forces with the sheriff to save the tourists from succumbing to the fury of the beast.
The film was released on VHS by Warner Home Video in the 1990s.It was later released on DVD and Blu-ray by Shout! Factory in 2011 as a double feature alongside the similar Up From the Depths.[1]
Paul Ryan from Digital Retribution, who had previously given the film's predecessor Up from the Depths a negative review, gave this film a more positive review stating, "Better made and directed than its predecessor, Demon of Paradise is, while entirely unmemorable, at least easier to sit through."[2]