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Worst movie ever

posted 15 years ago by pliten2
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This movie seems like it's made by a bunch of unexperienced 15-year olds. The plot is stupid and nonlinear and it feels like they just built it up scene by scene, instead of coming up with a certain plot beforehand. One example is the hot usherette, that tall girl with the long curly hair. At first, I got the impression that she was a part of the plot, but they just killed her off, as if she was one of the guests, completely unaware of what was to come. And then the ending... Obviously they weren't creative enough to figure out a way for the main characters to get out of the cinema, so they sent a chopper from the sky. And then the bad guy got killed with no effort, and you had to guess what his intentions were. But considering he was stalking Cheryl at the beginning of the movie, it's quite obvious that she was meant to be the only survivor. And when Cheryl suddenly turned into a demon, this was another pathetic attempt at being original and shocking. I mean, wasn't she supposed to make it? Wasn't that what the guy with the metal mask wanted? That's the movie in a nutshell, everything is just a contradiction. And then they turned the whole city into a demon-infested hell-hole, which contradicts the "haunted cinema" theme.

And on top of all this, the soundtrack was just horrendous. Why would you play early Depeche Mode-ish synthpop in a scene where a girl is being chased? And why would you play Motley Crue in a scene where ppl are being chased by demons? These guys obviously doesn't know how to create a mood, and the bad soundtrack treatment erased any potential horror value, which was low as it was. It was just mindlessly gory.

[–] NoseofNicko 11 years ago

More like best movie ever, fool!

CG GORE IS THE WORST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO THE HORROR GENRE!

[–] ethermusic1981 11 years ago

Yeah, it sucks. I've watched it twice, thinking I'd like it more the second time around. Nope, still hate it.

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[–] hurricanehorton 11 years ago

I watched this film for the first time about a year or so ago, on The Horror Channel in the UK.

I thought it was excellent. But the second one was cack.

[–] Horror_Metal 11 years ago

Why do threads like these always have the most replies?

Horror_Metal

[–] bernard-maximilian 10 years ago

You're an idiot if you think this is the worst movie ever made...

[–] dalldorfw 10 years ago

If by worst, you mean most awesome then yes.

[–] Bhoooop_Daahuut 10 years ago

"The plot is stupid and nonlinear and it feels like they just built it up scene by scene..."

That's the whole beauty of it, Fktunnel.

[–] recklesscow 10 years ago

I highly disagree, it only seems cheesy at times because it's such a product of the 80s.

The acting is sub-par, but that's to be expected within the Italian horror genre, especially when the performances were all post-dubbed.

Beyond that, the cinematography is beautiful--this is such a robust and colorful film with the red, yellow, and blue filters in many shots and it's obvious some care went into it.

The story is simple but it works and Bava was apparently not overly pretentious with his directing style. This is obviously meant to be a raucous popcorn flick and it plays as such. There are some nicely done set pieces and the score, however dated, hits all the right notes.

Not every film sets out to be The Godfather of its genre, so basing a movie like Demons on the same scale as every other movie is pointless and fruitless. You have to base a film on what it was trying to achieve and whether or not it succeeded in doing that. Even the late Roger Ebert agreed with this philosophy. And for what Demons IS, it succeeds as 90 minutes of great popcorn entertainment with some artistic flair to boot.

[–] The_Dim_Reaper 9 years ago

Whether you like this or not, and I don't especially, 6.7 is a seriously high rating for it