Friday, August 8, 2008

In short: Demons 2 (1986)

After the events of the first film, the part of Berlin that was the background for the demon outbreak has been sealed and declared a "Forbidden Zone". A handful of future Darwin Awards winners breaks into that zone and (surprise!) wakes up one of those pesky demons.

While this is going on, the films cuts away from time to time and shows us the boring exploits of a bunch of Yuppies in a high class apartment high rise in Cologne. For some reason (probably a demon who wants to get in on the reality show action), every TV in the building shows the exploits of the intrepid demon tourists.

Soon, the freshly hungry demon steps out of one of the TVs and starts killing and demonizing yuppies (Yay!).

The gentlemen Bava and Argento are trying to cash-in on the success of the first film. Unfortunately, they leave most of the deranged sense of fun of the first film behind, leaving in its place nothing much at all.

Best (I'll be honest, only entertaining) thing in show: The demon child that gives birth to a shrieking demon muppet. So, that's where Cookie Monster comes from.

 

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