I am a delicate fondue of Norse and Cajun stock, with the subtly, grace and refinement of a moonshine high colonic. Pen Pusher. Philosophizer. Procrastinator.
As an insult to his grandson Larnell (John Patrick Jordan), Cyril (Jacob Witkin) says, “You have a mind like a urinal cake.” This is also a warning to the viewers. Should you make it through the entirety of the film, your mind will be melted away like a cheap strip club urinal cake.
Demon Wind (1990) is mostly unremarkable. A run-of-the-mill horror flick representative of it’s time. What is remarkable: the subtitles, specifically those provided by Amazon Prime streaming.
During the big final boss fight, the main demon is monologuing menacingly. He says, “I will teach you agony before you die.” Now, I don’t know what was going on in the transcriber’s life, but this is what the subtitle reads:
How did this happen? Long hours? Bored to tears with the job? Brain dead from the movie? Itch to see if anyone is paying attention?
Even better, check out the very next shot:
His eyes say, “OH. DEAR. GOD. NO!”
And then the realization hit me. This demon is Kumon the Tutor! And Cory (Eric Larson) is the spitting image of the face in the Kumon logo. I was always curious why the little face looks so pathetic. Their tutors are demons!
While getting a glass of water for his dad, Craig (O’shea Jackson) drops an ice cube on the ground. This is a allusion to the West Coast rapper Ice Cube, not to be confused with Ice-T.