Demons (1985)

March 11, 2024 8:09 AM

[TRAILER] A group of people invited to a movie screening in West Berlin find themselves facing off against ravenous zombie-like demons, determined to kill them and then take over their bodies one-by-one.

Starring Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Fiore Argento, Paola Cozzo, Fabiola Toledo, Nicoletta Elmi, Stelio Candelli, Geretta Geretta, Bobby Rhodes, Bettina Ciampolini.

Directed by Lamberto Bava. Screenplay by Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Dardano Sacchetti, Franco Ferrini. Story by Dardano Sacchetti. Produced by Dario Argento for DAC Film. Cinematography by Gianlorenzo Battaglia. Edited by Piero Bozza. Music by Claudio Simonetti.

69% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Currently streaming in the US on Shudder. JustWatch listing.

posted by DirtyOldTown (4 comments total)

This is stylish, fast, and gory, with great music. The story is no great shakes, but with this much vicious mayhem delivered at this pace, there's no reason to worry much about that.

My favorite bit:
"Don't touch that!"
"Why?"
"Because whoever wears it becomes a demon."
"How do you know?"
"Because it says here, 'Whoever wears it becomes a demon.'"
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:10 AM on March 11 [3 favorites]

I remember the first time I saw this. I was watching with a friend we thought the pimp (Tony I believe) was hilarious. I need to rewatch it because it's been too long!
posted by miss-lapin at 7:05 PM on March 11

I am genuinely in awe of the helicopter coming through the theater roof. I have been watching the Airport movies, and I feel like this is a set piece straight out of a '70s disaster epic. I have no idea how they managed to do this without killing anybody in real life, presuming they did not kill anybody in real life.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 9:27 AM on March 12 [2 favorites]

rewatched this around Halloween recently. This is the best movie I have ever seen.
posted by kensington314 at 2:37 PM on March 13 [2 favorites]