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Demons (1985)

Directed by Lamberto Bava · Cinematography by Gianlorenzo Battaglia

88 min47 frames

Horror

They will make cemeteries their cathedrals and the cities will be your tombs.

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Demons (1985) movie still: wide — A dimly lit concrete stairwell is illuminated by a sharp red light from below. A shadowed figure runs upward on…Demons (1985) movie still: medium — A dark, empty movie theater with rows of wooden seats in the foreground. A teenage couple sits side-by-side in…Demons (1985) movie still: medium — An interior space bathed in intense red light with blurred figures in the background. A woman in the foreground…Demons (1985) movie still: closeup — A close portrait shows a woman with bright pink hair against a black background. She looks toward the side with…Demons (1985) movie still: closeup — A woman stands in a city square in front of a distant damaged church tower. She turns her head and looks toward…Demons (1985) movie still: closeup — A man in a dim corridor faces another person while wearing a reflective metal mask. One half of his face is…Demons (1985) movie still: wide — A spacious museum or exhibit hall features black and white geometric pillars and walls. A bright red motorcycle…Demons (1985) movie still: fullbody — A dark exhibition space with black walls and rectangular light fixtures. A figure in studded armor sits on a…Demons (1985) movie still: closeup — A dark, dimly lit corridor features an out-of-focus red exit sign in the background. A woman with wet hair…Demons (1985) movie still: medium — A dark night setting at an outdoor location with silhouettes of water. A man and a woman are positioned close…Demons (1985) movie still: medium — A man and woman stand in the back of a moving vehicle at night. The surrounding environment is obscured by…Demons (1985) movie still: fullbody — A long hallway has grey walls, a radiator, and thick white smoke filling space. A woman walks toward the…Demons (1985) movie still: closeup — A person looks through a framed window opening at night. Intense blue light illuminates their face against a…Demons (1985) movie still: wide — An urban alleyway at night illuminated by a single blue neon sign. Three figures move away from a brick building…Demons (1985) movie still: fullbody — A group of people walks through a dark, weathered stone tunnel at night. They move cautiously while…Demons (1985) movie still: wide — A long, dark corridor is illuminated by vibrant red light panels against black walls. A group of silhouettes…
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What is Demons about?

A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.

Demons is a 1985 Italian horror film directed by Lamberto Bava, produced and co-written by Dario Argento, and starring Urbano Barberini and Natasha Hovey. The plot follows two female university students who, along with a number of random people, are given complimentary tickets to a mysterious movie screening, where they soon find themselves trapped in the theater with a horde of ravenous demons.

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Where can you watch Demons?

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What does the cinematography of Demons look like?

Across 47 sampled frames, Demons builds its coverage from medium shots (34% of the sample), with wide compositions (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Gianlorenzo Battaglia keeps 79% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. 91% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.

What is the color palette of Demons?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Demons (1985) are #0b0808, #33302f, #291314, #09132d, #494b4c, #d5d2cf — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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