A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.
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Film Cast:
- George: Urbano Barberini
- Cheryl: Natasha Hovey
- Ken: Karl Zinny
- Hannah: Fiore Argento
- Kathy: Paola Cozzo
- Carmen: Fabiola Toledo
- Ingrid, the usherette: Nicoletta Elmi
- Frank: Stelio Candelli
- Rosemary (as Geretta Giancarlo): Geretta Geretta
- Tony: Bobby Rhodes
- Nina: Bettina Ciampolini
- Edith, woman in tent (Horror Film) (as Eliana Hoppe): Eliana Miglio
- Nancy (Horror Film): Jasmine Maimone
- Bob (Horror Film): Marcello Modugno
- Baby Pig: Peter Pitsch
- Ripper (as Pasqualino Salemme): Lino Salemme
- Man in Black / Jerry (Horror Film): Michele Soavi
- Jeep Driver (uncredited): Goffredo Unger
- Kirk (uncredited): Giovanni Frezza
- 1st Man Exiting Subway (uncredited): Lamberto Bava
- Werner: Alex Serra
- Liz: Sally Day
- Blonde Victim: Enrica Maria Scrivano
- Kathy’s baby demon (uncredited): Sami Habib Ahmed
- Tony (voice) (uncredited): Victor Beard
- Ripper (voice) (uncredited): Russel Case
- Victim (uncredited): Sergio Stivaletti
- June (uncredited): Emanuela Zicosky
- Hot Dog (as Giuseppe Cruciano): Giuseppe Mauro Cruciano
- Liz’s lover: Claudio Spadaro
- Tommy: Guido Baldi
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Paolo Corazzi
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Claudio Insegno
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Rossana Canghiari
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Arnaldo Dell’Acqua
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Ottaviano Dell’Acqua
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Raniero Dorascenzi
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Salvatore Francofonte
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Stefania Possamai
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Gino Barbacane
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Eros Buttaglieri
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Carlo Cattaneo
- Cinemagoer (uncredited): Lella Cattaneo
Film Crew:
- Screenplay: Lamberto Bava
- Screenplay: Franco Ferrini
- Director of Photography: Gianlorenzo Battaglia
- Producer: Dario Argento
- Makeup Effects: Sergio Stivaletti
- Makeup Effects: Rosario Prestopino
- Original Story: Dardano Sacchetti
- Assistant Director: Michele Soavi
- Original Music Composer: Claudio Simonetti
- Editor: Piero Bozza
- Production Designer: Davide Bassan
- Costume Design: Marina Malavasi
- Costume Design: Patrizia Massaia
Movie Reviews:
- talisencrw: This was beautiful. It must be a strange experience, being a child of a great director, and following the very same genre. Do you go pretty much the same route, or try something vastly different?
- This would make a great double-bill, at an actual movie theatre, with the 50’s edition of ‘The Blob’–another film in which the cinema isn’t the safe, dark, womb-like place we take for granted it is.
- Gimly: It’s no _Night of the_ that’s for sure, but I enjoyed it in parts. Paricularly fond of the coke punks and the pimp. Dubbing’s a nightmare though.
- _Final rating:★★½ – Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
- John Chard: Metropol Mayhem!
- Demons (Demoni) is directed by Lamberto Bava and Bava co-writes the screenplay with Dario Argento, Dardano Sacchetti and Franco Ferrini. It stars Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Paola Cozzo, Fiore Argento and Geretta Giancarlo. Music is by Claudio Simonetti and cinematography by Gianlorenzo Battaglia.
- A wonderfully nutty spiced Spaghetti Horror, plot has a group of people trapped in a Berlin movie theatre that suddenly comes under attack by ravenous demons.
- It could reasonably be argued that Bava’s movie has some cheeky narrative depth underneath the gloop and schlock, this is after all purposely set in a movie theatre and features a film that basically becomes real, sort of. But really it’s a pic that’s set up for like minded horror buffs to feast upon, to jump head first into its feverish horror comic book glee.
- The script is as poor as the dubbing is, with a roll call of cardboard cut out characters and loose end scenarios jettisoned in readiness for the next plasmatic explosive sequence. Yet the care free abandon of the gruesome killings on show, and the rapid pace of it all, ensures it’s a fun packed ride.
- Even the musical score is schizo as it ranges from typical 1980s synth plods to heavy metal thunder – joyous. 7/10