FRIGHT FEST: LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY WITH DEMONS

In Demons, people are invited to a special screening of a horror film in a snazzy, renovated theater. Unfortunately, their evening of popcorn munching fun turns into a night of terror when audience members begin to turn into demons and attack the other patrons. Trapped in the theater with no escape, it's not long until an all-out bloody massacre commences.

This film was AWESOME! I'm getting it out right now: I loved this film. I have been a fan of film, theaters, and horror since I was young, so it's like this movie was tailor made for me. The idea of a movie theater beset by demons is a novel one, and it's a strong and cool enough premise to keep the fun rolling until the end credits. Yes, this is a movie that's set almost entirely inside a movie theater, and it's all the better for it. It definitely takes full advantage of it's cool setting.

If you like your horror films nice and bloody, Demons is the film for you. Gallons upon gallons of blood flow freely, and the deaths are brutal but fun. The demon designs are gnarly (but not of the highest quality), and there are tons of insane, fun action scenes. The action and kills are constant, so it's pretty hard to be bored here. The film itself is also extremely well shot with a ton of impressive, cool looking scenes.

The actual story is pretty simplistic but cool, and the characters aren't super well developed. The actors also tend to over-act a good deal of the time, and the dubbing is decent at best. While these aspects are normally pretty important in a film, I'd say that's not what Demons cares about. Demons just wants to show us an awesome, bloody, gory, cool time at the theater.

As if good kills, lots of blood, and a great setting weren't enough, Demons also provides us with a rockin' soundtrack consisting of nothing but rock and roll. While the ending is a little sudden and disappointing, everything that came before is so unapologetically awesome and fun that I'm willing to forgive this film most of it's flaws. Demons is pure B-movie goodness. If only there were some way I could actually watch this in a theater. Now THAT would be a meta experience!

4.5 STARS