Demons

Name: Demons
Genre: Horror
Released: May 30, 1986
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Fabiola Toledo, Fiore Argento, Geretta Geretta, Karl Zinny, Natasha Hovey

1986

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Ascot Elite Entertainment Group | Release Date: May 30, 1986 | Not Rated

Starring: Fabiola Toledo, Fiore Argento, Geretta Geretta, Karl Zinny, Natasha Hovey, Nicole Tessier, Nicoletta Elmi, Paola Cozzo, Stelio Candelli, Urbano Barberini

Summary: A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.

Director: Lamberto Bava

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Keith Phipps

It owes much too much to Argento pal George Romero's zombie movies, but without enough of the suspense or metaphorical weight. That said, it still has more imagination and style going for it than most horror films. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Demons is a coffee-table book of a horror movie, reveling in a purity of transcendent revulsion that marks it as something that’s really only suitable for the truest and most devoted of aficionados. It’s a snob’s objet d’art, disguised as a blood offering. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

If there's not much content -- and even less logic -- in Demons, there is a helluva lot of form. With its stark modern architecture and neon glare, West Berlin has a cold, hard atmosphere that's just right for the film, and the city has been captured gloriously by cinematographer Gianlorenzo Battaglia. [06 Sep 1986, p.13]

Walter Goodman

All the people and places in Demons seem imported. The dialogue is spoken in colloquial American and matches the lip movements, but it sounds dubbed. Nonetheless, there are some apt observations. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Regrettably, it's a mediocre slasher with a terrific gimmick. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

There's not an original thought in sight — the story is Evil Dead in a movie theater — and it doesn't pay to give much thought to the self-referential implications of the story: The demons and their gross-out antics are the main event. Read full review

Cleaver Patterson

Demons and Demons 2 are classic (if that’s the right term) examples of what happens when any pretence at style or subtlety goes out the window, in favour of in-your-face carnage which is so over-the-top that it is no longer remotely scary, but just plain nauseating. Read full review

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MattBrady99

Oct 31, 2021

Rosemarie: "Ow, **** I scratched myself."

Tony the Pimp: "That will teach you to touch things." This is pure gory trash of classic of Italian cinema, but I like the ironic joke of the blind man going to the cinema. But the humor gets more cruel when he gets his eyes gouged out. BloodyRosemarie: "Ow, **** I scratched myself."

Tony the Pimp: "That will teach you to touch things."

This is pure gory trash of classic of Italian cinema, but I like the ironic joke of the blind man going to the cinema. But the humor gets more cruel when he gets his eyes gouged out.

Bloody disgusting.

Happy Halloween everyone!… Expand

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HellHoleHorror

Feb 16, 2022

This is tacky Italian horror. It is one of the better Italian horror films although still sat down near the bottom of films in general. It just suffers badly from a god-awful production value. It also felt like they just shot as much as possible and then botched a film together with theirThis is tacky Italian horror. It is one of the better Italian horror films although still sat down near the bottom of films in general. It just suffers badly from a god-awful production value. It also felt like they just shot as much as possible and then botched a film together with their footage. The scripting is terrible. On the plus side it is nice and gory. Not particularly engaging. At times it was comical and at others dull. If it wasn't gory then this would be totally pointless. Mercifully fast pacing holds attention.… Expand

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