This one just has to be seen to be believed.
The
premise of the film is simple: a mysterious figure gives out tickets to a screening of a horror film to a small group of people. Once there, there is a weird mask in the lobby that scratches one person and it
doesn't take too long before she transforms into a
zombie/demon and begins to infect everyone that she scratches. Of course, the theater is all of a sudden sealed shut with no escape to be found. How will they ever survive...or will the even survive?
That is the plot to Demons in a nutshell. The logic behind almost everything gets thrown out of the window, nothing is explained at all, and it just becomes a showcase for style, action scenes, and gore. It's great
I really have nothing else to write about it. It really is just a showcase kind of film. Given that
Lamberto Bava (Mario's son) and
Argento were involved with the project, the film has a certain charm to it and becomes more that just a nomral splatter film. I even think that the film set out to be the ultimate splatter film at the time with it's over the top style.
Speaking about style, the influence that this film had over Peter
Jackon's Dead Alive is very
notable. When one character jumps on top of a motorcycle and starts killing the demons with a swords you cant help but think of Dead
Alive's final minutes.
That's really all I have to say about this one. It's far from a great film and has a bunch of flaws but it's still a lot of fun. Its the kind of film that
doesn't take itself too seriously and if you are able to do just tha towards the filmt, then you will enjoy it.
Oh...and the ending is pure gold.
- ***
