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:

grindhouse film | classic horror | child in jeopardy | psychotronic film | supernatural | 

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Taglines:

The Ultimate Horror Experience!

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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

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

The birthday cake shown at about 25 minutes into the film is not the same one we were shown at the start of the film, the hand-lettering is different, actually more legible than it originally was.

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Quotes

Joe: [to his friends, upon finding a hideous, lethal supernatural creature lying dormant in a dark spooky alley] There's no danger!

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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

Backbeat
Written by Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J.J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan and Paul Morley
Performed by The Art of Noise (as Art of Noise)

User Reviews

1/2 the metal, 1/2 the gore, 2 times the cheez!

Certain films I love while having no explanation as to why...."DEMONS 2" is one of these films. Simply the exact same film as its predeccessor, only set in a high tech apartment building, it lacks a lot of the stuff that makes the first film great. There's no heavy metal on the soundtrack, very little blood, it's not nearly as scary or action-packed as the original, but it certainly makes me laugh. The early stuff with the group investigating the ruins of the city is pretty creepy but this all gives way to some hilarious dialogue, and a classic bout between demons and fitness buffs in the building's parking garage makes me smile every time. Though not nearly as bad as many people say it is, I guess "Demons 2" is enjoyable for mostly the wrong reasons.