DEMONS 2 aka Dèmoni 2… l’incubo ritorna (1986)

• Director: Lamberto Bava
• Featured special makeup effects: Rosario Prestopino, Sergio Stivaletti
• Cast: David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
• Film: 92mins | Italy | Italian + Subtitles | Intermission
• Event: Doors 6pm | Intro + Film 6:30pm – 9pm [18+]

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A group of tenants are trapped in a high-rise apartment building infested with demons.

Cult film night BAR TRASH continues with its 11^th sensational season — SYNTHETIC FLESH! —  a tribute to more than 100 years of monster makeup FX.

Host Token Homo is stupidly proud to be launching another sensational season of bar screenings at Beer Merchants Tap with the ultimate housing crisis flick, DEMONS 2 (1986).

Following the rubbery excess of DEMONS (1985) — a demonic infestation emerges through the screen to overwhelm the audience watching a horror film in an old cinema — the sequel applies the same practical magic to a new location: a high-rise apartment building where the demons emerge through the TV. Shot on location in Hamburg — which is why DEMONS 2 also makes the perfect closing night for Oktoberfest — don’t worry if you haven’t seen the original, this one plays as if that story never really happened.

The splatter was created by key makeup FX artist Rosario Prestopino working with another industry legend, Sergio Stivaletti, who provided the mechanical and transformation effects (as they had on DEMONS). Inspired by the American latex pioneers of the early 1980s — especially Tom Savini — Prestopino and Stivaletti combined prosthetics and animatronics with a thoroughly European sensibility, notably the nightmarish iconography of Hieronymus Bosch, to create their housing hellscape.

“The first film has some of the best practical effects I have ever seen in an 80s film but this film takes what that one had to offer and builds upon it. Overall, DEMONS 2 is a great sequel that deserves to be seen especially by fans of 80s horror. Check it out.”

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Polite notice: We are showing the Italian-language version of DEMONS 2 with English subtitles from the recent 4K restoration from the original camera negatives. This version contains some brief / unstable elements from original camera faults.

/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £6 + fees. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo on Instagram for updates. More info at tokenhomo.com ///