Thursday, November 15, 2007

Demons (1985)

Gloriously stupid Eighties gore orgy produced by Dario Argento, directed by Lamberto Bava and scripted by Argento, Bava and Dardano Sacchetti, triplicating the nonsensicality.
People in West Berlin are invited to the sneak preview of a horror movie. Soon the events in the movie are mirrored in the cinema and people start to turn into demons. Green, yellow and red fluids gush, squirt and drip in a very Italian style. After much screaming, running around and dying follows one of the absolute high points of my movie watching career/one of the silliest things you'll ever see:

This late in the movie most of the cast has been ripped to pieces or demonized, but Hero Guy and Hero Gal prevail. To be more exact, they jump on a motorcycle (as found in most cinema foyers) and kill demons left and right with a samurai sword (guess where they found it?), defying gravity and common sense by riding over the cinema's seats while the soundtrack lets the appropriate Bad Heavy Metal blare. It's really glorious in its own brain-damaged way.
Obviously the only way to top this would be a helicopter crashing right through the ceiling. Guess what happens?
And the movie still isn't over...But I won't spoil the precious moments that made me cry with laughter.

A masterpiece of idiotic fun. Plus: Putrescence.

Darling of the Day:
"Welcome aboard! There are more weapons on the floor."

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