Demons 2

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Demons 2 ★½ 1987 (R)

Inferior sequel to “Demons.” The son of horror-meister Mario Bava, Lamberto collaborated with Italian auteur Argento (who co-wrote and produced) to create an improbable sequel (storywise) which seems to have been edited by some kind of crazed cutting room slasher with equally hackneyed dubbing. Residents of a chi-chi high rise watching a documentary about the events of “Demons”—a sort of high-tech play-within-a-play ploy—when a demon emerges from the TV, spreads his creepy cooties, and causes the tenants to sprout fangs and claws and nasty tempers. Lots of blood drips from ceilings, plumbing fixtures, and various body parts. 88m/C VHS, DVD . IT David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brill, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes, Asia Argento, Virginia Bryant; D: Lamberto Bava; W: Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava; C: Gianlorenzo Battaglia; M: Simon Boswell.

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