Demons 2
| Dèmoni 2 (Demons 2) | |
|---|---|
| File:Demons 2.jpg Spanish poster for Demoni 2 | |
| Directed by | Lamberto Bava |
| Written by | Dario Argento Lamberto Bava, Franco Ferrini, Dardano Sacchetti (story) |
| Produced by | Dario Argento |
| Starring | David Edwin Knight Nancy Brilli Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni Asia Argento |
| Music by | Simon Boswell Ian Astbury Billy Duffy |
Release date | 1986 |
Running time | 91 min. |
| Language | English |
Dèmoni 2 (Demons 2) is a 1986 Italian horror film directed by Lamberto Bava and co-written and produced by Dario Argento. It is a sequel to Bava's 1985 film Dèmoni and stars David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, as well as Argento's youngest daughter Asia Argento in her debut film performance at age ten.
Plot summary
Several years after an earlier outbreak of demonic activity, a German television broadcasts a special dramatization of the events of that terrible night. In this film, several teens trespass on the grounds of an old castle. Finding the lifeless corpse of a demon, one of the teens accidentally causes it to revive by its own blood. In reality, frustrated party girl Sally Day (Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni), locks herself in her bedroom when her boyfriend doesn't attend her birthday party. As her friends try to persuade her to return to the party, she watches the television broadcast. Suddenly, the demon notices her, climbs through the television and attacks her. Sally is transformed into a demon, then attacks her friends, turning all but two of them into vile, bloodthirsty monsters.
The creatures' bile begins to seep the rough the building, burning through the ceiling and into other apartments and shorting out the electrical system. In one apartment, a dog licks up the bile and transforms into a vicious beast that attacks and kills its owner. A young boy left alone by his parents manages to avoid Sally and her rampaging demon friends, but is ultimately poisoned by the bile and becomes a monster. The boy attacks Hannah (Nancy Brilli), a pregnant woman waiting for her husband to come home. She manages to kill him, but a flying demon bursts out of his body to further terrorize her.
Her husband, George (David Edwin Knight) has been trapped in the elevator with another woman (Virginia Bryant). They plan to escape through a service hatch, but a demon bursts through the elevator door and infects the woman. She in turn attacks George but he is able to kill her before making his way to his and Hannah's apartment in time to kill the flying demon with an umbrella.
Meanwhile in the basement car park, a group of body builders led by gym instructor Hank (Bobby Rhodes) have barricaded themselves in along with a group of tenants. Unable to break down the garage doors, they decide to stand their ground and try to defend themselves with makeshift weapons, such as Molotov cocktails and a few shotguns. The demons eventually make it down to the basement and force their way in. Although they heavily outnumber the Demons, the uninfected are relatively easily defeated and are either turned into Demons themselves or are killed.
The infected start making their way back up the building. George causes a leak in the gas pipes and causes an explosion that kills all the infected except Sally. Hannah and George search for a way out and go into Sally's apartment, finding the original two party-goers that had hidden. The group make their way to the roof but are stopped by Sally. She infects the two party-goers but George manages to dispatch them. George and Hannah lower themselves to the roof of an adjacent building, fighting Sally as they go. Inside the neighboring building Hannah gives birth to the couple's child. George defeats the resilient Sally in mortal combat, and he and Hannah make their way outside with their newborn child.
Soundtrack
In this sequel, Bava opted to use British New Wave bands such as the Smiths, the Cult, Dead Can Dance, and the Art of Noise on the soundtrack as opposed to heavy metal bands in the original Dèmoni.
Home video releases
Arrow Video are to release the first two films on Blu-ray/DVD. A 2-part comic will be included, entitled Demons 3. Part 1 will come with Demons and the last part with Demons 2. Both Demons films will be released on April 30, 2012.[1].
