What is it with Italian horror films?
Well, they're poo. Which kinda answers that.
As a life-long horror mental, I've always been perplexed by the blind adoration some of the worst offenders have amoungst the splat-fans. Demons 2 was written by Dario Argento -definately not a paedophile, but really looks like one- and directed by Lamberto Bava. You know that when two such incandescent beacons of Italian amazingness get together, brown magic's gonna happen!
Anyway, the film takes place in a block of flats where a grumpy woman gets bitten by her TV, turns into a demon and then runs around spreading the love. Various residents include:
A pregnant woman who does sit ups to "Give air to the baby" !?
A Gym instructor who manages to dip his arms in oil before every scene.
A Mark 1 Ford Fiesta, briefly seen in an alleway.
A gang of four hilariously unconvincing street-tough 'youths', in their early thirties, who spend the film speeding recklessly around town at 28mph, before having a crash and, er, fucking off.
A male midget* demon who gives birth to a sub-midget demon, who is even midget-ier.
The make up and some of the effects are genuinely excellent and a couple of shots are actually, honestly creepy. The effects peeps and the DOP deserve a pair of golden pasta shells (probably the Italian version of The Oscars 'n' shit)
4.1 Ferrari flavoured pizzas/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090930/
If the film was a Terry's Chocolate Orange, this video would be the fourth segment:
Perkin.
*Possibly meant to be a child, deffo looks more like a midget though.
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