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Summary: Get your vomit-bags ready!
Review: Ok ok... the plot is fine but not incredible, the acting is shocking, the special effects are ridiculous if compared to today...why 5 stars then? IT'S TOTAL FUN! When a prostitute hurts herself with a mask exposed inside an old - fashioned, gloomy cinema in Germany, she realizes something unbelievable: the actors in the movie she is watching hurt themselves with the same mask, turning in a couple of minutes into horrible, blood-thirsty demons...
The atmosphere is claustrophobic, blood and insides are not left hidden, everybody is everybody's enemy...one bite is enough...to turn your friend into a demon. Apocalyptical ending. Great experience.
The film has a widescreen presentation (1.66:1) in English DS 5.1, always clean and almost flawless. Exhaustive audio commentary by Lamberto Bava, Sergio Stivaletti (special effects) and journalist Loris Curci. The extra features comprise a behind-the-scene segment and a theatrical trailer. Two thumbs up for Anchor Bay. Pick it up, it's total entertainment!
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Summary: This is so bad...
Review: Well, i must say i bought this one cos i saw a teaser when i was a kid and was scared to death... but when i saw it now (28) i must say i was real disappointed. If you like quality horror stuff (re-animator, day of the dead...) go away. There's nothing here that could be taken seriously. Really, i was ready to have a scary evening and this din't even make me laugh ! Oh boy, when they gonna stop about those italian so-called masters...
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Summary: A kick [rear] horror flick!
Review: Demons has to be one of the single most craziest horror films I've seen in a long time. I was always curious to find out as to what this film was all about, since it was branded as one of the single most scariest film films since Nightmare on Elm Street or any other horror flick for that matter.Although this has been cited more as a Dario Argento film it is really Lamberto Bava who also deserves to be credited as well since serving as director and Argento as producer. The film does leave you with bit of clustraphobic feeling since the action centers within a cinema complex. Many disregard this film as being a low rate sleazy euro trash horror flick that only seemed to capitalize on the success of the genre since horror became a thing of the 80's. It's interesting that many underrated horror films are making a bit of a comeback since the launch of DVD back in 1998 with a string of banned horror films such as these and many others presented uncut for the first time. I would most definitely recommend this as collector's edition providing that you're an Argento fan like myself. The audio commentary from the director himself and make-up artist Sergio Stivilati really does help the viewers to fill in the blanks about the whole film making concept and a few awkwared scenes that didn't seem to make any sense (i.e. the helicopter crashing through the cinema). This films also does pack quitea few nice babes too: Natasha Hovey as the "damsel in distress" type Cheryl and Fabiola Toledo as one of the doomed prostitutes (also last seen in Bava's A Blade In The Dark). Check out Dario Argento's daughter (no I'm not refering about Asia Argento), but his older daughter Fiore Argento as one of the nicer girls, who gets anasty surprise in the shaft. All in all, not a bad film at all, just remember not to take it too seriously...
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Summary: Dude..that zombie has sharp teeth!!!
Review: Lambero Bava is a classic example of how some guys have all of the potential in the world and it goes to waste. We all know who his pop was...Mario? Just kidding. And as an Argento protege (assistant director on TENEBRAE), ol' Lamberto STILL couldn't make a great film if he tried. While A BLADE IN THE DARK and MACABRE were okay offerings, Lamberto put on a different hat and took a shot at this weird take on zombies. Since zombies were old news, they are substituted for demons that look like them and threw in some nonsense by making their existance relevant. Not too many people have read Nostrodamus' book 'Centuries' but I have a good idea that Nostrodamus wouldn't have predicted that a Bava would make a movie this hilarious. The effects are decent and the 'demon' mask was an inventive touch but I couldn't take this movie as seriously as it was intended to be. Goblin returned to add a film score (due to Dario Argento's connections, no doubt) but also in the soundtrack are popular 80's metal bands like Accept. 'Fast as a Shark' is a good song but listenting to it while watching DEMONS just makes for a few laughs. For all of the Italio-purists, I would tell them to buy this film to complete your DVD collection. For people who have no clue about Lamberto Bava's work, I recommend this film as a late night movie to watch with your buddies and laugh at in a drunken stupor. For more laughs, check out Demons 2.
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Summary: It Brings Back Memories
Review: I saw this as a kid and it scared me.I saw it recently and it still is scary.Mainly I look for thought provoking and intelligent horror because usually that is the only horror with the abillity to scare me for example the great Cronenberg masterpiece The Brood.Now this is something else.Its not what you would call intelligent in terms of plot but its no stupid little slasher movie either!Yes bad dubbing and such abounds but you know Lamberto Bava does have some artistic talent because the atmosphere he sets with the gothic looking theatre,the theatre running itself,the demon transformation,the entrapment and horror of the moviegoers is absolutely relentless and terrifying.It is like a painting it does not rely on plot for effects it relys on images and images alone and that is just fine with me.So bad plot does not mean stupid!Now Scream or those stupid Nightmare on ElmStreets those were stupid.You do not find stupidity in Italian horror you just find stupid plots and dubbings the movies themselves are made to perfection.The demons are gruesome.The end has a hopeless quality to it.Infact it very well could have been seeing this film when I was a kid that set off my dark and nihlistic outlook on life.Do not believe the negative reviews,have fun and suspend sanity and reallity and watch this movie!
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Summary: One Of The Best Horror Films To Come Out Of Italy!
Review: Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava co-wrote this horror film, a huge European hit upon release. The film centers on two young girls who go to a brutal demon movie and begin to notice happenings in theater mirroring the action on screen. Soon, half of the audience have been turned into blood thirsty demons, forcing the remaining patrons to defend themselves from the unholy beasts. Stylish, gory, bleakly funny and reminiscent of George A. Romero's films, DEMONS is a hugely entertaining horror movie. Argento also produced and Bava, son of the legendary Mario Bava (BLACK SUNDAY), directed. I seen the original release of DEMONS about a year ago and liked it. Then I bought the new widescreen edition. It's still good, but some of the translater's voices are different and/or the same as the other characters. Still this is a great film, because it included some scenes that were cut out of the original release This has to be Italy's best horror film, because I've seen some of their other films and they had bad quality. DEMONS on the other hand was excellent. This is even considered a classic in Italy. The best scene in the film is the mutation of the character from human to demon. The special-effects are nasty and awesome. All I can say is DEMONS is a great Italian horror film ... The last twenty minutes of the film are unforgettable and unexpecting. So I suggest you rent this if you like horror a lot. I hope my review was helpful to you!
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Summary: the best horror movie
Review: i just love this movie i have been looking for this movie for years ever since my sister let her friend borrowe it so i never got to see it again. Im telling you get this movie you wont feel like you wasted your money.this is the only place i found this money after looking for 2 years. peace
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Summary: So bad it's not even funny.
Review: The Evil Dead is one of my favorite horror movies. I thought Night of the Demons was a very fun horror flick. Thus, I had been hoping to also similarly enjoy Demons, an Italian gore film with a similar plot to those aforementioned films. Well, let's just say it sucked big time. It doesn't have the great style, direction, and intensity of The Evil Dead and none of the fun "haunted house" type thrills of Night of the Demons. Instead, what we're given is a movie with a bunch of people trapped inside a theater with a bunch of people turning into Demons. The first 70 minutes are mostly boring, despite a lot of gory violence. So far, despite a plot that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, it wasn't getting any dumber than some other guily pleasure films I know. Well, in those last 20 minutes, it manages to get worse, featuring a guy and his new girlfriend getting on a motorbike and riding it all around the theater chopping and slicing up demons all the way. Then, the ultimate bad deus ex machina occurs, when the helicopter falls through the ceiling. The last several minutes feature an apocalyptic tone, and the end reveals that the heroine has become a demon (when she got scratched by one, I can't say). Well, what can I say. Fans of Italian horror will find this right up their alley, but it's so boring I can't possibly imagine why this film has such a large fanbase.
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Summary: Some old memories ...
Review: What can I say about this movie ??? I just love it !!! I mean, ok the acting is quite poor and the dialogue sounds like "cliché" but this movie is so cool !!! The movie atmosphere is really strange, something I can't explain. But something is sure, you like it or you don't like it, there's no in between. So if you have a chance to watch it don't hesitate, then you might choose to buy it or not ... If you're into movies like Scream, Urban legends or Blair Witch, don't buy this one, you'll be really disapointed ... But if you like 80's horror movies you won't regret your money. It's also funny to see the evolution of horror movies between the 80's and now ....
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Summary: trapped in a theate with the Demons!
Review: Corny at times but pretty creepy at others. Demons conjours the same clausterphobic feelings of fear that Dawn of the Dead and Zombi 2 bring about. trapped in a theatre by hordes of Demons a ragtag band of europeans fight to survive. Incredible coencidence allows just two to survive... well kinda survive. Look for a cameo from the annoying kid from House by the Cemetery!
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