Demons 2

film #2 of hoop-tober 2.0 demons 2 follows the "bigger is better" mindest of most horror sequels, and while that's often a recipe for failure it works surprisingly well this time around. lamberto bava is back at the helm with argento again co-writing and producing. this time they appear to have had a bigger budget and they use it to good effect. the narrative thread between the first and second film is a little sketchy but does anyone really care about that in a series like this? no, what's important is that we get enough story to keep us invested and fill the rest with inventive effects and... read more

i am a big fan of demons. i thought that first movie was absolutely fantastic. it was a synth-pop mess of gore, creatures, crazy lighting, and was just a big love letter to horror movies themselves in general. the climax of that movie... had the hero riding on a motorcycle, wielding a samurai sword, killing creatures while a heavy metal track played. damn. it was always going to be very hard to top that and demons 2 had its work cut out for it. in a lot of ways demons 2 is clever and in a lot of ways it's just a rehash of the first movie which is not a bad thing necessarily because a lot of... read more