Directed by Lamberto Bava (son of Mario Bava), and produced by Italian legend Dario Argento, Demons is a gruesome 80’s horror flick that has the soundtrack to back it up. If you haven’t seen it, chances are you’ve seen the cover somewhere.
The film starts when two women are invited by a stranger in a mask to a screening of horror film. The theatre is full house from wall to wall. When the theatre lights go down, and the screen lights up, the audience sits back and prepares for a horror they soon won’t forget.
A woman who cut herself on a mask in the lobby earlier goes to the bathroom, she finds herself oozing and mutating in front of her own eyes, changing into something else, a demon. Like the undead, a demon’s bite is contagious and before long demons begin to wreak havoc on the locked in theatre, that quickly fills with plenty of screams, and terror.
More modern and stylish than other horror films of the time, Lamberto directs differently than his father but the influence of working together is clearly obvious. With incredibly smooth dolly shots and great cinematography, Demons is set up from the beginning as a film that doesn’t fall shy when it comes to intensity and the horror. The make up and effects are amazingly well done, in fact, Demons have never looked so authentic.
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