Rent Demons (1985)
3.3 of 5 from 116 ratings
1h 28min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- People from all walks of life have been invited to a special screening in an isolated movie theatre, several of the attendance are disgusted by the picture, a brutal stalk and slash flick that centres around demonic possession and graphic murder. Meanwhile a young girl who cut her face on a display mask in the foyer begins to undergo a hideous transformation. She contaminates her companion and panic spreads around the cinema. In terror everyone rushes for the exits only to discover that they have been walled in. As the evil spreads, events escalate into an orgy of bloodshed and madness, climaxing in a crescendo of violence.
- Actors:
- Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Fiore Argento, Paola Cozzo, Fabiola Toledo, Nicoletta Elmi, Stelio Candelli, Nicole Tessier, Geretta Geretta, Bobby Rhodes, Guido Baldi, Bettina Ciampolini, Giuseppe Mauro Cruciano, Sally Day, Eliana Miglio, Jasmine Maimone, Marcello Modugno, Peter Pitsch, Lino Salemme
- Directors:
- Lamberto Bava
- Producers:
- Dario Argento
- Voiced By:
- Victor Beard
- Writers:
- Dardano Sacchetti, Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Franco Ferrini
- Aka:
- Dèmoni
- Studio:
- Platinum Media
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 1, A History of Cinemas in Films, A Brief History of Film...
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/05/2012
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Audio Recollections of Director Lamberto Brava, Special Make-Up Creations Artist Sergio Stivaletti And Journalist Loris Curci
- The Audio Recollection of the Cast and Crew, Featuring Lamberto Brava, Sergio Stivaletti, Geretta Geretta and Claudio Simonetti
- Dario's Demon Days: Producer Dario Argento Discusses the Inception of Demons
- Defining an Era in Music: Composer Claudio Simonetti on the Demons Soundtrack
- Luigi Cozzi's Top Italian Terrors: Cozzi Discusses the Highpoints of Spaghetti Splatter
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/02/2021
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two versions of the film: the full-length original cut in Italian and English, and the slightly trimmed US cut, featuring alternate dubbing and sound effects
- New audio commentary by critics Kat Ellinger and Heather Drain, co-hosts of the Hell's Belles podcast
- Archival audio commentary by director Lamberto Bava and special makeup effects artist Sergio Stivaletti, moderated by journalist Loris Curci
- Archival audio commentary by Lamberto Bava, 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, an archival interview with writer/producer Dario Argento
- Defining an Era in Music, an archival interview with Claudio Simonetti
- Splatter Spaghetti Style, an archival interview with long-time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi Italian theatrical trailer
- International English theatrical trailer
- US theatrical trailer
