The death knell of horror has been bashed into oblivion. It is clearly alive and out there, to whatever judgment of quality is the real question. What is surely dead is the rock n roll spirit of blood and guts. Wall to wall chaos. Demons embraces this 80s mentality which most certainly could be stitched together into a 21rst century aesthetic. The 80s have been resurrected and bludgeoned so many different ways, there is still an untapped novelty to bringing the Argento style to the forefront to inspire new generations who don't have the wherewithal to discover giallos on their own.

A simplicity in plot would be the first priority. Introduce antagonists who cannot be explained with exposition. Explode some…

Nostalgic and fun are two words that can define how much I LOVE Demons.

As a young kid, the cover of the VHS made me realize that this movie could be really gross and scary with that greenish demon with the clumps of skin hanging from it body. I was dared in watching this movie and never forgot how gruesome it was until now re-watching it on glorious Blu-ray (thanks Arrow films). The Fun aspect comes in many forms, between the bad dubbing, awful character that you come to like with special names like Hot dog ,Baby Pig & Frank the Pimp.

I don't know if my nostalgic glasses have been on too long to see any faults specially with the…

As I woke up last Friday with the wind and rain rapping at my bedroom window, I decided to brew a pot of Lady Grey tea, turn on the PS3 & TV and go through some of the files I’ve got backed up on the hard disc. What followed was an impromptu look back at my favorite decade of horror (and undoubtably the best decade for gore) as I worked through a bunch of ’80s classics that I can now finally cross off my “I Can’t Believe You Haven’t Watched That Yet” list. First up was Demons.

I am a huge fan of Italian director Mario Bava and had been meaning to check out his son’s notorious film (produced by Dario…

‘Demons’ is a ridiculously entertaining piece of atmospheric gory schlock with a cheesy B movie charm and a very smart premise making it impossible for most hardened horror fans to ignore. Many of that said fandom hail the film as Lamberto Bava’s masterpiece, which really is not saying much looking over the director’s body of work. However, credit is due where credit is due and this is the one the son of legendary auteur Mario Bava will be remembered for - a somewhat bright spot that shines out of his filmography that is eclipsed by his late great father’s shadow. While by far no way the great example of genre cinema that its fanbase would have you believe, it is…

When Cheryl (Natasha Hovey) is accosted by a mysterious man with half a metal face (who may or may not be Marcus from Terminator: Salvation) on the Berlin subway she is given a ticket to a free horror film screening in a newly reopened cinema. But she regrets the decision when the eclectic group of patrons are exposed to a plague that turns them into the same creatures from the film, and the doors and windows have somehow been bricked up leaving them trapped inside. It’s the same thing I felt when I went to see Johnny English: Reborn.

Demons may be ‘presented’ by Giallo master Dario Argento, but Lamberto Bava’s film is far from sophisticated euro-horror. It’s a heavily…