Demoni

Demoni

Credits
Title:	Demoni
Directed by:	Lamberto Bava
Written by:	Dardano Sacchetti; Dario Argento; Lamberto Bava; Franco Ferrini
Produced by:	Dario Argento
Music by:	Claudio Simonetti
Cinematography:	Gianlorenzo Battaglia
Edited by:	Piero Bozza; Franco Fraticelli
Production
Production:	DACFILM Rome
Released:	October 4th, 1985
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	88 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Demoni, also known as Demons in English-speaking countries, is an Italian feature film of the demonic possession subgenre of horror. It was directed by Lamberto Bava with a screenplay written by Dario Argento, Dardano Sacchetti, Lamberto Bava, and Franco Ferrini based on an original story by Dardano Sacchetti. It was produced by DACFILM Rome and premiered in Italy on October 4th, 1985. The film features an ensemble cast who are offered a ticket to a special screening of a unique horror film at the recently renovated Metropol theater in Berlin. Merely watching the film causes life to imitate art as patrons become possessed by demons and begin savaging the other theater goers.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

George

Cheryl

Ken

Hannah

Kathy

Carmen

Ingrid, the usherette

Frank

Ruth

Rosemary

Tony

Tommy

Nina

Hot Dog

Liz

Edith (Horror Film)

Nancy (Horror Film)

Bob (Horror Film)

Baby Pig

Ripper

Enrica Maria Scrivano

Blonde victim

Alex Serra

Werner

Michele Soavi

Man in Black

Claudio Spadaro

Liz's lover

Notes & Trivia[]

Demons (1985) and Dèmoni both redirect to this page.
The tagline to this film is "They will make cemeteries their cathedrals and the cities will be your tombs."
There are twenty-four credited cast members in this film.
Production on Demoni began in June, 1985 with shooting concluding in July, 1985.
Actress Geretta Geretta, who plays Rosemary - the first prostitute possessed by a demon - is credited as Geretta Giancarlo in this film.
Actor Giuseppe Mauro Cruciano, who plays street cruiser Hot Dog, is credited as Giuseppe Cruciano in this film.
Actress Eliana Miglio, who plays Edith in the horror movie screened at the theater, is credited as Eliana Hoppe in this film.
Actor Lino Salemme, who plays Ripper, is credited as Pasqualino Salemme in this film.
Director Lamberto Bava makes an uncredited cameo appearance as a man exiting a subway at the beginning of the film.
Actor Michele Soavi, who plays the masked Man in Black that hands Cheryl the movie ticket, also plays Jerry in the horror movie presented at the theater.
As of May, 2023, Demoni holds a star rating of 6.6 out of 10 on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) based on more than 25,000 user submissions.
On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Demoni holds a 64% Fresh rating on the Tomatometer based on eleven approved critic reviews. It has seven positive reviews and four negative reviews, averaging 5.90 out of 10. It has an audience score of 65% based on more than 10,000 user ratings, averaging 3.6 out of 5.
On Letterboxd, Demoni has a weighted average of 3.56 out of 5 based on 30,234 ratings.
The main setting for this film is the Metropol theater, which is an actual theater located in Schöneberg in Berlin, Germany.
Director Lamberto Bava is the son of legendary Italian horror director Mario Bava, who is best known for helming films such as I vampiri, Black Sunday, and A Bay of Blood.
This is Lamberto Bava's fifth feature film as a director. He previously directed Shock in 1977, Macabre in 1980, A Blade in the Dark in 1983, and Devil Fish in 1984 (As John Old, Jr.). He will go on to direct Demoni 2 in 1986.
Actress Fiore Argento is the daughter of co-screenwriter Dario Argento. She is the half-sister to Asia Argento, who is also a film actress.

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