Bikini Drive-In: Demons & Demons 2 Double Feature!

Bikini Drive-In is a semi-monthly screening series examining horror films through a feminist lens curated and introduced by Cinematheque Film Programmer Olivia Norquay. Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.

Demons
Dir. Lamberto Bava
1985, Italy, 89 min
Rated 18A (Unrated)

Welcome to the most life-enriching Italian terror-party of 1985. Produced by Dario Argento (Suspiria) and directed by Lamberto Bava, Demons follows a panorama of punks, preppies, and ne’er-do-wells as they get trapped in a movie theater and possessed by gut-shredding Satanic demonoids. Featuring songs by Mötley Crüe and Billy Idol, gloopy effects, and the iconic Geretta Geretta in a lead role, this is the most fun you’ll ever have in a movie theater while watching a movie about beasties on the loose in a movie theater.

Content warning: This film contains scenes of violence and gore, as well as immersive and loud sound.

Demons 2
Dir. Lamberto Bava
1986, Italy, 91 min
Rated 18A (Unrated)

Demons 2 finds producer Dario Argento (Suspiria) and director Lamberto Bava re-teaming to deliver the most essential Italian terror-party of 1986. A high-rise apartment building full of families, fitness buffs, and party animals watch a movie-within-a-movie on TV that’s also a sequel to Demons. But before long, the evil escapes and turns the real world into a living hell. Demons 2 is a joyful, meta-enhanced goreblast that mutilates logic and delivers exactly what we want: outrageous goop, a rad post-punk soundtrack, and a demon dog with a demon puppet living inside of it. To quote the movie’s original tagline: “Let’s party!”

Content warning: This film contains scenes of violence and gore, as well as immersive and loud sound.

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