Demons is a straight-forward, in-your-face horror film. Period. It wastes no time in establishing that fact early and keeps it going until the very end. No boring sub plots, long character developments, or tedious misdirection. Just blood, gore, violence, and Hellish hordes of gut munching monsters. Perfect for a Friday night fear fest with friends and fiends alike.
A mysterious masked man walks the streets of Berlin handing out movie tickets to passers by. Later that night during the film at the Metropol, it becomes clear what masked dude's motive was. The movie they watch mirrors the impending fate of the unsuspecting theater goers. It's about an ancient evil unleashed upon mankind which turns them all into evil, flesh feeding demons. A small gash on the face of a hooker trying on a strange mask disguised as movie memorabilia in the theater lobby plants the seed for the demonic invasion. Stuck with nowhere to run, all hell breaks loose once the attack begins. With each dead body resurrected as a demon, the chance of escape for the few survivors is not very good. Nor will the Metropol theater contain such an outbreak very long.
There are plenty of memorable and colorful characters in Demons, including a pimp and his ladies, a crabby old couple, a group of coked-out punks, and the stars of the film, two girls and two guys who meet for the first time that night. The plot and the action are terrific; the effects are superb; and the soundtrack if filled with killer 80s heavy metal sounds by the likes of Motley Crue, Saxon, and Accept.
Produced by horror maestro Dario Argento and directed by Lamberto Bava (whose father, Mario, was the grand daddy of Italian horror, by the way), Demons is a total work of brilliance. It's a no-holds-barred fright flick of the highest caliber. If you're looking for great Euro horror, do not pass up the chance to watch Demons. You won't regret it, nor soon forget it.
A mysterious masked man walks the streets of Berlin handing out movie tickets to passers by. Later that night during the film at the Metropol, it becomes clear what masked dude's motive was. The movie they watch mirrors the impending fate of the unsuspecting theater goers. It's about an ancient evil unleashed upon mankind which turns them all into evil, flesh feeding demons. A small gash on the face of a hooker trying on a strange mask disguised as movie memorabilia in the theater lobby plants the seed for the demonic invasion. Stuck with nowhere to run, all hell breaks loose once the attack begins. With each dead body resurrected as a demon, the chance of escape for the few survivors is not very good. Nor will the Metropol theater contain such an outbreak very long.
There are plenty of memorable and colorful characters in Demons, including a pimp and his ladies, a crabby old couple, a group of coked-out punks, and the stars of the film, two girls and two guys who meet for the first time that night. The plot and the action are terrific; the effects are superb; and the soundtrack if filled with killer 80s heavy metal sounds by the likes of Motley Crue, Saxon, and Accept.
Produced by horror maestro Dario Argento and directed by Lamberto Bava (whose father, Mario, was the grand daddy of Italian horror, by the way), Demons is a total work of brilliance. It's a no-holds-barred fright flick of the highest caliber. If you're looking for great Euro horror, do not pass up the chance to watch Demons. You won't regret it, nor soon forget it.