Tom Jolliffe goes back to the 80s to look at a crazy, gore-filled period in Italian horror cinema… There’s a great legacy in Italian horror. Most famously, the giallo films which rose to prominence through the 60’s and 70’s (led first by Mario Bava, and taken to new heights via Dario Argento) put Italian horror […]
October Horrors 2021 – Demons 2 (1986)
Demons 2, 1986. Directed by Lamberto Bava. Starring David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi Tassoni, Asia Argento and Bobby Rhodes. SYNOPSIS: An apartment complex descents into blood-soaked chaos as a demonic invasion terrorises and transforms the residents. A few weeks ago, we took a look at Demons, a hugely cheesy slice of Italian cult […]
October Horrors 2021 – Demons (1985)
Demons, 1985. Directed by Lamberto Bava. Starring Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Paola Cozzo and Nicoletta Elmi. SYNOPSIS: A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theatre with ravenous demons. After a tough year (to put it mildly), it’s nice to […]
Underappreciated B-Horror Movies By Great Directors
Marvelous Videos presents under-loved B-horror films from great directors…. Even famous niche directors have underrated gems in their filmography. They’ve created so much wonderful content for audiences (and fans!) to digest that some of their smaller/undermarketed works fly under the radar. Which is a shame because they put just as much effort into them as […]
Second Generation Directors: The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at directors following in their parents’ footsteps… Undoubtedly the influence of your parents plays a big part in shaping you as a person. In the almost surreal world of cinema and movie-making, there will be a kind of magical allure at the power a film director can wield. Offspring of […]
Blu-ray Review – Demons 1 & 2 Limited Edition Set
Demons 1 & 2 Limited Edition set Directed by Lamberto Bava. Starring Bobby Rhodes, Geretta Geretta, Urbano Barberini, Karl Zinny, Natasha Hovey, Michele Soavi, Asia Argento, David Knight, Nicoletta Elmi, Lino Salemme, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni. SYNOPSIS: Lamberto Bava’s Bonsoir heavy metal classic splat-fests get a 4K re-issue from Arrow Video in what is possibly the greatest […]
Arrow Video releasing new 4K restorations of Demons and Demons 2
Arrow Video has announced the upcoming February 22nd release of Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento’s classic 80s horror films Demons and Demons 2 in a limited edition box set featuring brand new 4K restorations of both movies from the original camera negatives, as well as a host of special features. In the early 1980s, Dario […]
