Caroline Silhol, born in Paris in 1949, is a French actress known for her compelling performances in both film and theater. In Demon Is on the Island (1983), she delivers a memorable performance that contributes to the film's cult status within the exploitation genre. Silhol's career began in the early 1970s, and she has worked with renowned directors like François Truffaut. Her diverse roles and strong presence in French cinema have solidified her place in the conversation around cult films.
Demon Is on the Island
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.
