Dèmoni 2: L'incubo ritorna (1986)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Lamberto Bava

Writers:

Dario Argento (writer)
Lamberto Bava (writer)

Release Date:

February 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The Nightmare Returns

Plot:

A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Resurrection | TV | Trapped | Apartment

Cast

David Edwin Knight	...	George
Nancy Brilli	...	Hannah
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni	...	Sally Day
Bobby Rhodes	...	Hank, gym instructor
Asia Argento	...	Ingrid Haller
Virginia Bryant	...	Mary the Prostitute
Anita Bartolucci	...	Woman with Dog
Antonio Cantafora	...	Ingrid's Father
Luisa Passega	...	Helga Haller, Ingrid's mother
Davide Marotta	...	Tommy the Child Demon
Marco Vivio	...	Tommy
Michele Mirabella	...	Hooker's Client
Lorenzo Gioielli	...	Jake
Lino Salemme	...	Security Guard (as Pasqualino Salemme)
Maria Chiara Sasso	...	Ulla, partygoer with camera

Also Known As:

Demoni 2 (Italy) (short title)
Demons 2 (USA)
Demons 2: The Nightmare Is Back (USA)
Demons 2: The Nightmare Returns (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

91 min | Canada:88 min | USA:88 min (R-rated version)

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Frankfurt/Main, Hesse, Germany

Company:

DACFILM Rome

Trivia:

Asia Argento's film debut.

Quotes:

[Sally is frantically putting on her makeup]
Ulla, partygoer with camera: You look great, Sally. Honest.
Sally Day: Not true! My hair stinks! This dress stinks! Look, this whole thing is disgusting! These sleeves on this go back and forth! What am I gonna do?
Ulla, partygoer with camera: We came to celebrate you, not your dress.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 28 Weeks Later (2007)

Soundtrack:

Blood and Flame

Silly, but a fun sequel none the less.

Lamberto Bava's sequel to his cult classic Demons (1985) is one uproariously hokey horror movie, but it's certainly entertaining.

Those pesky demons return, this time invading a high rise apartment building via a television and reek bloody havoc on the tenants.

Bava's original Demons was a tongue-in-cheek thrill ride, but Demons 2 is uber horror cheesiness. I don't mean that in a negative way in this case because this is one entertaining sequel! You've got it all here folks - demon dogs, demon kids, hordes of demons attacking in mass. Naturally the makeup work is pretty good, over the top and grisly as always. Plot-wise there's some good thrills, although the story is largely a rehash of the plot from Demons. The music of Simon Boswell is great and the addition of some retro rock songs by The Cult and The Smiths is a fun touch.

The cast hangs in well. Look for appearances by Bobby Rhodes and Lino Salemme from the original Demons - they play different characters here though. Also look for a young Asia Argento (Dario's daughter) in a small role.

All around a fun camp horror film, best taken with no seriousness at all!

*** out of ****