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Demons

1985 · 89 min

A relentless, gory siege that traps you in a theater with screaming demons and over-the-top survival thrills.

Directed by
Lamberto Bava
Genres
Horror
Starring
Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny
Tagline
They will make cemeteries their cathedrals and the cities will be your tombs.
Overview
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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Directed by
Lamberto Bava
Genres
Horror
Starring
Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • violence
  • isolation
  • madness
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror9
Humour3
Realism3
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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