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    Demons (1985)

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    Lamberto Bava’s mid-80s Italian monster-fest features a group of people who are trapped in a large cinema in West Berlin that is infected by ravenous demons, who then proceed to kill and posses the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.

    It’s literally a movie within a movie, with the film within the film acting as a sort of gateway to Hell for all those in attendance.

    The climax features a man riding a motorbike up and down the aisles of the cinema, wielding a scimitar, and beheading an endless stream of demons to the foot-stomping strains of Fast as a Shark by Accept (pictured below).

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    Bava doesn’t need to top this moment for spectacle, but he does so by crashing a helicopter through the roof of the cinema, bringing the film to its conclusion.

    Demons was produced by the legendary Dario Argento, who really should have known better.

    The film boasts a soundtrack of wall-to-wall 1980s heavy metal of the type best described as “kick-ass”, featuring Mötley Crüe and Saxon.

    George
    Urbano Barberini
    Cheryl
    Natasha Hovey
    Ken
    Karl Zinny
    Hannah
    Fiore Argento
    Kathy
    Paola Cozzo
    Carmen
    Fabiola Toledo
    Ingrid (Usherette)
    Nicoletta Elmi
    Frank
    Stelio Candelli
    Ruth
    Nicole Tessier
    Rosemary 
    Geretta Giancarlo
    Tony
    Bobby Rhodes
    Tommy
    Guido Baldi
    Nina
    Bettina Ciampolini
    Hot Dog
    Giuseppe Cruciano
    Liz
    Sally Day

    Director
    Lamberto Bava

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