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Dèmoni (Demons) (1985)

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Italian horror auteur Dario Argento produced and co-wrote (with director Lamberto Bava) this gory, nightmarish horror film set almost entirely within the "Metropol," a huge, cathedral-like Berlin cinema showing an invitation-only screening of a rather lame slasher film. The difference, of course, is that the cheap scares on the Metropol's screen are child's play compared to the horrors which soon emerge to lay hold of the unsuspecting filmgoers: when a young woman is scratched by part of a

R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Art House & International, Horror

Mar 16, 1999

Ascot Films

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (5) | DVD (6)

A movie that can support the descriptions "awesome!" and "stupid!" in equal measure.

October 31, 2011 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
Antagony & Ecstasy

A classic party movie that you have to watch with friends and a load of beer because you will not be bored at all...

May 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Cinema Crazed

...the film's performances, dialogue, and storyline all [suffer] from an unmistakable vibe of incompetence.

October 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

Demons is probably Lamberto's best film, not because it approaches Mario's work, but because it's so ludicrously entertaining.

October 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

The 80s called. They want their movies back.

September 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Horror.com | Comment (1)

In many ways, Demons is a zombie flick without the social commentary or biological backdrop.

September 19, 2007 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment
DVDTalk.com

It's repetitive and borderline pretentious, without the over-the-top looniness that distinguishes the better Italian splatter.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

It doesn't make a lot of sense, but it's not wanting for gore and creepiness.

November 24, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A guy on a motorcycle careening through a cinema, wielding a katana blade and lopping off heads to the sound of 'Killers on the Attack.' It doesn't get any better than this.

November 11, 2002 Comment
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Intentionally over-the-top, unintentionally funny and literally oozing with cultish je ne sais quoi.

January 21, 2009
flixsterman
Randy Tippy

Super Reviewer

Fantastic movie, it's both scary and funny, it's a lot like zombie movies of the time, but it's about demons instead. The overall story is brilliant, the special effects are disturbingly realistic, and the movie is very exciting. The ending is typical, I expected a little more, but it's fine. I loved this movie, and

April 15, 2011
ajv2688

Super Reviewer

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