Demons 2 (1986) Dèmoni 2 (original title)

Director:

Lamberto Bava

Writers:

Dario Argento
Lamberto Bava
(more)

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 | Birthday Party | Apartment Building | Apartment | Resurrection

Cast

David Edwin Knight	...	George (as David Knight)
Nancy Brilli	...	Hannah
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni	...	Sally Day (as Coralina Cataldi Tassoni)
Bobby Rhodes	...	Hank
Asia Argento	...	Ingrid Haller
Virginia Bryant	...	Mary the Prostitute
Anita Bartolucci	...	Woman with Dog
Antonio Cantafora	...	Ingrid's Father
Luisa Passega	...	Helga Haller
Davide Marotta	...	Demon Tommy
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
Dario Casalini	...	Teddy, Ulla's boyfriend
Andrea Garinei	...	Partygoer waiting for Jacob
Luca De Nardo	...	Partygoer
Angela Frondaroli	...	Susan, bodybuilder
Caroline Christina Lund	...	Jennifer, bodybuilder
Karen Gennaro	...	Bodybuilder
Marina Loi	...	Kate
Silvia Rosa	...	Partygoer / Demon
Monica Umena	...	Partygoer
Lorenzo Flaherty	...	Partygoer
Fabio Poggiali	...	Muller, Bodybuilder
Andrea Spera	...	Partygoer
Pascal Persiano	...	Joe (TV Show)
Robert Chilcott	...	Bob (TV Show)
Eliana Miglio	...	Pam, girl with camera (TV Show) (as Eliana Hoppe)
Yvonne Fraschetti	...	Jacob's Girl
Bruno Bilotta	...	Jacob
Furio Bilotta	...	Man in back of Jacob's car
Giovanna Pini	...	Girl in back of Jacob's car / Woman in Garage
Stefano Molinari	...	Demon on TV
Pasquele Valente	...	Tommy's Father
Kim Rhone	...	Tommy's Mother
Annalie Harrison	...	Sally's Mother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lamberto Bava	...	Sally's Father (uncredited)
Victor Beard	...	Hank (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Lamberto Bava

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dario Argento
Lamberto Bava
Franco Ferrini
Dardano Sacchetti

Produced by
Dario Argento	....	producer
Ferdinando Caputo	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Simon Boswell

Cinematography by
Gianlorenzo Battaglia

Film Editing by
Piero Bozza
Franco Fraticelli

Casting by
Roberto Palmerini

Art Direction by
Davide Bassan

Costume Design by
Nicola Trussardi

Makeup Department
Giacinto Bretti	....	makeup artist
Carboni	....	wig maker
Rosario Prestopino	....	key makeup artist
Rosario Prestopino	....	special makeup effects
Rocchetti	....	wig maker

Production Management
Guido De Laurentiis	....	production manager
Fabrizio Diaz	....	unit manager
Antonio Saragò	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fabrizio Bava	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Maurizio Jacopelli	....	property master (as Maurizio Iacopelli)
Valeria Paoloni	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Nick Alexander	....	dialogue editor
Raffaele De Luca	....	sound mixer
Romano Pampaloni	....	re-recording engineer
Federico Savina	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Special Effects by
Danilo Bollettini	....	special effects
Massimo Cristofanelli	....	special effects technician
Barbara Morosetti	....	mechanical creations assistant
Sergio Stivaletti	....	mechanical and transformation effects

Visual Effects by
Aldo Mafera	....	titles & opticals

Stunts
Claudio Pacifico	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Francesco Bellomo	....	still photographer: action stills
Domenico Caiuli	....	gaffer
Stefano Falivene	....	assistant camera
Federico Martucci	....	assistant camera
Franco Micheli	....	key grip
Paolo Tiberti	....	grip
Guido Tosi	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Fabrizio Fraticelli	....	assistant editor
Franco Fraticelli	....	supervising editor
Alessandro Gabriele	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Andrea Caputo	....	production secretary
Egle Friggeri	....	production secretary
Francesca Ghiotto	....	continuity
Enrico Lucherini	....	unit publicist
Gianluca Pignatelli	....	unit publicist
Renato Rinaldo	....	production accountant
Paola Rossi	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• DACFILM Rome

Distributors

• Imperial Entertainment (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (video)
• EastWest Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Starz Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Artists Entertainment Group (1987) (USA) (theatrical) (Cut Version)
• Best Film & Video Corp. (1993) (USA) (video)
• Cult Classic (2010) (Brazil) (DVD)
• F.J. Lucas (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
• Norstar Home Video Inc.

Special Effects

• Corridori & Co.

Other Companies

• CIAK Italia  camera and lighting equipment
• Cinesicurtà  insurance consultant
• De Paolis, Rome  sound stages
• Eastman Kodak  film stock
• In.Ci.R  sound stages
• International Recordings  sound re-recording
• Lembo  accessories
• Rocchetti e Carboni  wigs
• Romana Trasporti  transportation
• Technovision  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

"Dèmoni 2" - Italy (original title)
"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:

Stereo (Dolby Stereo)

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | New Zealand:R18 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2010) | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Hamburg, Germany

Company:

DACFILM Rome

Trivia:

The little boy demon was played by an adult dwarf.

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:

References The Evil Dead (1981)

Soundtrack:

Heartache

The Nightmare Returns Through Television in a Residential Building

In a residential building, demons are released though a television horror film, where two couples visit the forbidden area nearby the Metropol movie theater to seek vestiges of the demon infestation some time ago and accidentally resurrect one demon. The guests of Sally (Coralina Cataldi Tassoni) in her birthday party are infected by the demons and spread the contamination to the residents. Each viewer that is infected by a monster, is contaminated and transformed in another monster, threatening the rest of the defenseless persons. The survivals realize that they are trapped in the locked building and organize a defense in the garage. Meanwhile, George (David Knight) and his pregnant wife Hannah (Nancy Brilli) seek a way out through the roof.

"Demons 2" is a rip-off of "Demons", using television in a residential building to spread the demons, instead of a screen in a movie theater, and funnier. I saw this film many other times on VHS and today (05 November 2010) I have just seen it on DVD. This film has great make-up and special effects, but the original "Demons" is better and scarier. One attraction is the eleven year-old Asia Argento, in the role of Ingrid Haller. This movie is only recommended for fans of trash-movies. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): 'Demons 2 – Eles Voltaram' ('Demons 2 – They Are Back')