This 1985-Dario Argento horror screenplay, directed by Lamberto Bava lets you know it was made in the 80's right from the get go and does not relent throughout.
Who doesn't want to watch a film about people watching a film, right? Who needs a 4th wall anyway?
Plot: 4 students, a pimp and a blind man walk into a German cinema (but this is no time for gags) and find life starts imitating the movie. The long abandoned theatre and a mysterious mask transforms a prostitute, the audience start to get snuffed out by a deadite- Rick James lookalike and the demons multiply (zombie infection rules apply). All the mayhem culminates in some badass motorbike/samurai swordplay and as with many Argento films, the soundtrack bizarrely ranges from Go West to Motley Crue.
With not only some of the most unique Coca Cola product placement ever, the film also boasts one of the least plausible deus ex machina moments when, lo and behold, a helicopter appears for absolutely no conceivable reason.
Line of the film: "What are you waiting for? STOP THE MOVIE!!"
.....better sense told me I should, but I simply could not.
Budget: $1,800,000
Gross: $?
Fun Fact: As with Phenomena, Dario cast his own daughter Fiore in Demons. Eventually she gave up rolling about in gore to pursue a career as a fashion designer.
review by Callum Stockdale.
Who doesn't want to watch a film about people watching a film, right? Who needs a 4th wall anyway?
Plot: 4 students, a pimp and a blind man walk into a German cinema (but this is no time for gags) and find life starts imitating the movie. The long abandoned theatre and a mysterious mask transforms a prostitute, the audience start to get snuffed out by a deadite- Rick James lookalike and the demons multiply (zombie infection rules apply). All the mayhem culminates in some badass motorbike/samurai swordplay and as with many Argento films, the soundtrack bizarrely ranges from Go West to Motley Crue.
With not only some of the most unique Coca Cola product placement ever, the film also boasts one of the least plausible deus ex machina moments when, lo and behold, a helicopter appears for absolutely no conceivable reason.
Line of the film: "What are you waiting for? STOP THE MOVIE!!"
.....better sense told me I should, but I simply could not.
Budget: $1,800,000
Gross: $?
Fun Fact: As with Phenomena, Dario cast his own daughter Fiore in Demons. Eventually she gave up rolling about in gore to pursue a career as a fashion designer.
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