Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40617 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-11-27
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Director's Cut, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: Italian
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 86 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Lamberto Bava, son of the Italian horror legend and giallo godfather Mario Bava, teamed up with modern master Dario Argent (co-writer and producer) for this slick gorefest, a triumph of style and special effects over movie logic. Set in a refurbished German movie palace, our hapless soon-to-be victims arrive for a sneak preview of a horror movie only to see the gore unfold in the audience, as well as onscreen. While the exposition remains murky, one patron finds that an infected cut leads to a gooey transformation, and every one of her victims follows suit until the snaggle-toothed monsters outnumber the humans. The survivors, trapped in the tomb of a cinema, must fend off attacks à la George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Borrowing liberally from films such as Dawn of the Dead and The Tingler, Demons also anticipates Scream in its cinema-savvy references, not to mention its undeniably Neve Campbell-ish heroine. The blaring heavy-metal-hard-rock soundtrack and the carnival horror-house atmosphere helps remind us that this is all just stupid fun. Despite the overwhelming body count, excessive gore and rivers of green demon pus, the cartoonishly grotesque killings avoid the sadistic edge of many Italian horror films. By the climax of the film the premise is long forgotten in a ghoul apocalypse, but who's watching this for the story anyway? --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

Special Features
DVD 5
Region 2
Dolby AC-3 Stereo
Audio Commentary By Director Lamberta Bava
Special Make Up Creations Artist Sergio Stivaletti And Journalist Loris Curci
Theatrical Trailer
Behind The Scenes Segment

Synopsis
Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava co-wrote this horror film, a huge European hit upon release. The film centers on two young girls who go to a brutal zombie movie and begin to notice happenings in theater mirroring the action on screen. Soon, half of the audience have been turned into blood thirsty zombies, forcing the remaining patrons to defend themselves from the unholy beasts. Stylish, gory, bleakly funny and reminiscent of George A. Romero's films, DEMONS is a hugely entertaining horror movie. Argento also produced and Bava, son of the legendary Mario Bava (BLACK SUNDAY), directed.

Customer Reviews

please check before ordering.....
Buyer beware. I have ordered this twice only to find it is the standard (non-directors cut) version with no added extras.

Poor quality release
Got to agree with the comments about the product itself - the movies are fantastic - this DVD release is really poor quality. The short film in the extra features just stops half-way through and the presentation is lacklustre to say the least. From the blurry packaging to the washed-out, artefact-ridden picture quality of the films themselves, there have got to be better *bootlegs* around (not advocating bootlegs, just comparing the quality and value for money!!). Buy another edition. If you must get this, don't buy new for #19.99!!

Just noticed this review crops up on other releases of 'Demons' - just to clear things up, I am reviewing the UK region 2 Collection edition, which includes Demons, Demons 2 and an interview disc.

Very Ugly Release
This is just a waist of my hard earned money! The picture quality is very very bad, looks much worse than my old vhs tapes! I can't belive anyone would be happy with this product... Makes me mad that I spend money on this and I'm confused why so many reviewers are giving this 4 or 5 stars!??! Review the movies on IMDB and the product here FFS!