4K Ultra HD Release: Demons & Demons 2

4K Ultra HD Release Date: Aug. 13, 2024
Price: 4K Ultra HD – Demons $25.99; 4K Ultra HD – Demons 2 $33.49
Studio: Synapse/MVD

They will make cemeteries their cathedrals and the cities will be your tombs… A masked man offers tickets to a horror movie sneak preview at the mysterious Metropol cinema. When a patron is scratched by a prop displayed in the theatre lobby, she transforms into a flesh-ripping demon! One by one, the audience members mutate into horrible creatures hell-bent on destroying the world! Can anyone escape this gory orgy of terror?

Regarded by many horror fans the world over as one of the greatest Italian splatter films ever made, Lamberto Bava’s 1985 Demons is not only major cinematic nightmare fuel, but also a hugely entertaining gore-fest of the highest order. Produced by Dario Argento (The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Phenomena), Demons features an amazing soundtrack of 80’s rock/heavy metal music by Billy Idol, Scorpions, Mötley Crüe, Accept, Saxon and MORE!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Newly remastered in 4K from the original camera negative in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Two versions of the film: the full-length original cut in English and Italian, and the shorter U.S. version featuring alternate dubbing and sound effects
• Uncompressed DTS-HD MA English & Italian 5.1/2.0 audio mixes on the original cut derived from the archival audio masters
• Uncompressed DTS-HD MA English 2.0 U.S. theatrical mono audio
• New audio commentary by critics Kat Ellinger and Heather Drain, co-hosts of the Hell’s Belles podcast
• Audio commentary with director Lamberto Bava, SPFX artist Sergio Stivaletti, composer Claudio Simonetti and actress Geretta Geretta
• Produced by Dario Argento: a new visual essay by author and critic Michael Mackenzie exploring the legendary filmmaker’s career as a producer
• Dario’s Demon Days: interview with writer/producer Dario Argento
• Defining an Era in Music: interview with Claudio Simonetti
• Splatter Spaghetti Style: interview with long-time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi
• Carnage at the Cinema: Lamberto Bava and His Splatter Masterpiece
• Dario and the Demons: Producing Monster Mayhem
• Monstrous Memories: Luigi Cozzi on the making of Demons
• Profondo Jones: The Critical Perspective
• Splatter Stunt Rock: interview with Ottaviano Dell’Acqua
• Stivaletti Q&A at the 2019 UK ‘Festival of Fantastic Films’
• Original Italian and English international theatrical trailers
• U.S. theatrical trailer
• Newly translated optional English SDH subtitles for the English version
• Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian version

Demons 2 (1986)

But wait–there’s more! From the minds of Bava and Argento comes the 1986 sequel Demons 2, set in a luxury high-rise apartment complex.  Starring Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni (Dario Argento’s Opera), Bobby Rhodes (Demons), and Asia Argento (Scarlet Diva) in her very first film role, Lamberto Bava’s Demons 2 is a jaw-droppingly gory fright-fest from the golden age of Italian splatter films! Features an amazing soundtrack of 80’s alternative/new wave music by The Smiths, The Cult, Dead Can Dance, Art of Noise, Peter Murphy and MORE!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Newly remastered in 4K from the original camera negative in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Uncompressed DTS-HD MA English 5.1 & Italian 5.1/2.0 audio mixes derived from the original archival audio masters
• Uncompressed DTS-HD MA English 2.0 true stereo theatrical mix
• New audio commentary by film critic Travis Crawford
• Bava to Bava: interview with Luigi Cozzi on the history of Italian horror
• Creating Creature Carnage: interview with Sergio Stivaletti
• Demonic Influences: Federico Zampaglione Speaks
• The ‘Demons’ Generation: Roy Bava discusses a legacy in lacerations
• The New Blood of Italian Horror featuring Sergio Stivaletti
• Screaming for a Sequel: The Delirious Legacy of Demons 2 with Lamberto Bava
• A Soundtrack for Splatter: interview with composer Simon Boswell
• Together and Apart: a new visual essay on the space and technology in Demons and Demons 2 by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Original Italian and English theatrical trailers
• Newly translated optional English SDH subtitles for the English version
• Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian version