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Title: so bad it's (almost) good
Review: If you crossed "Gremlins" with "Last House on the Left" and "Night of the Living Dead," you'd probably come up with something like "Demons," a grandly overblown horror farce which unfortunately has none of the virtues of those films. At random, people are picked for the premiere of a new film, but when the audience begins to turn into the title characters, the survivors can't escape the theater and are left to do battle with the drooling beasties. All of this is a lot more interesting than it really is, basically because director Lamberto Bava (who brought us the MST3K favorite "Devil Fish") is no Dario Argento. Most of the events are utterly unbelievable (a helicopter falls through the ceiling for no reason), the dubbing (and acting) is bad, and the soundtrack (featuring a wide range of has-been 80's metal bands) is laughable. "Demons" is no "Deep Red," but might be a hoot if you view it with an open mind.
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