Born in 1929 in Sèvres, Michel Caron was a French operatic tenor who transitioned to acting, leaving a mark in the cult film landscape. In Demon Is on the Island (1983), Caron brings his theatrical prowess to the screen, enhancing the film's eerie atmosphere with his distinctive performance. His background in operetta and stage productions, honed at the Conservatoire de Paris, uniquely positioned him to navigate the bizarre realms of exploitation cinema, making his role in this film a notable contribution to the genre.
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.
