Demons 2 (1986)

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.

Director:

Lamberto Bava

Writers:

Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava

Stars:

David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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
Dario Casalini	...	Danny - Ulla's boyfriend
Michele Mirabella	...	Hooker's Client
Lorenzo Gioielli	...	Jake
Maria Chiara Sasso	...	Ulla, partygoer with camera

Storyline

A documentary is shown on TV of group of teens who investigate the legendary forbidden zone, in which a Demon infestation once took place (see Demoni I). When finding a lifeless corpse of a demon, one of the teens causes the resurrection of it, and the demon makes it's way into the nearby world by TV-broadcast... An unlucky girl, having her birthday-party at that time, gets possessed by the demon while watching the documentary and soon the entire building in which she lives turns into a living nightmare....

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Plot Keywords:

demon | corpse | apartment building | tv | birthday party | 

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Taglines:

The Nightmare Returns

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

13 February 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Demons 2: The Nightmare Returns

Filming Locations:

Hamburg, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DACFILM Rome

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min (R-rated) 92 min (Unrated Edition) 78 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Asia Argento's film debut.

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Goofs

When the phone rings at Sally's birthday party, the receiver is clearly on backwards, which would prevent the phone from ringing. The phone is put back on backwards after the call.

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Quotes

Voiceover: [During opening credits] A terrifying, centuries-old prediction foretold the spawning of demons on Earth. That prediction came true when spectators in a movie theatre were transformed into bloodthirsty, fanged creatures and spread death and contagion. Days of terror that convinced the world demons can exist.

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Alternate Versions

The Anchor Bay/Roan Group 'Dario Argento Collection' videocassette/DVD released in the U.S. features the unedited (unrated) version, 3 minutes longer than the edited R-rated version.

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Connections

Featured in Creepers & Creatures (2011)

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Soundtracks

Panic
Written by Johnny Marr and Morrissey
Performed by The Smiths

User Reviews

Not TOO Bad

Saw this movie a few years ago, and watched it many times over again, and have come to the conclusion that it is about average. There aren't too many memorable moments, but what can you expect from a cheesy low-budget Italian movie that has terrible dubbing? Story= There is a party in an apartment complex, when people watch a horror movie on TV, demons start coming out of the screen and attacking people. Fairly decent gore effects, but the movie is TOO dark, and not as entertaining as the first "Demons". I would personally recommend seeing the first Demons first, which has a little more substance. The DVD is easily available in most malls and on the internet at amazon.com Unrated: Contains strong gory violence