Dèmoni 2: L'incubo ritorna (1986)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Lamberto Bava

Writers:

Dario Argento (writer)
Lamberto Bava (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

February 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The Nightmare Returns

Plot:

A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Resurrection | TV | Trapped | Apartment

Cast

David Edwin Knight	...	George
Nancy Brilli	...	Hannah
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni	...	Sally Day
Bobby Rhodes	...	Hank, gym instructor
Asia Argento	...	Ingrid Haller
Virginia Bryant	...	Mary the Prostitute
Anita Bartolucci	...	Woman with Dog
Antonio Cantafora	...	Ingrid's Father
Luisa Passega	...	Helga Haller, Ingrid's mother
Davide Marotta	...	Tommy the Child Demon
Marco Vivio	...	Tommy
Michele Mirabella	...	Hooker's Client
Lorenzo Gioielli	...	Jake
Lino Salemme	...	Security Guard (as Pasqualino Salemme)
Maria Chiara Sasso	...	Ulla, partygoer with camera
Dario Casalini	...	Teddy, Ulla's boyfriend
Andrea Garinei	...	Partygoer waiting for Jacob
Luca De Nardo	...	Partygoer
Angela Frondaroli	...	Susan, bodybuilder
Caroline Christina Lund	...	Jennifer, bodybuilder
Karen Gennaro	...	Bodybuilder
Marina Loi	...	Kate
Silvia Rosa	...	Partygoer / Demon
Monica Umena	...	Partygoer
Lorenzo Flaherty	...	Partygoer
Fabio Poggiali	...	Muller, Bodybuilder
Andrea Spera	...	Partygoer
Pascal Persiano	...	Joe (TV Show)
Robert Chilcott	...	Bob (TV Show)
Eliana Miglio	...	Pam, girl with camera (TV Show) (as Eliana Hoppe)
Yvonne Fraschetti	...	Jacob's Girl
Bruno Bilotta	...	Jacob
Furio Bilotta	...	Man in back of Jacob's car
Giovanna Pini	...	Girl in back of Jacob's car / Woman in Garage
Stefano Molinari	...	Demon on TV
Pasquele Valente	...	Tommy's Father
Kim Rhone	...	Tommy's Mother
Annalie Harrison	...	Sally's Mother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lamberto Bava	...	Sally's Father (uncredited)

Directed by
Lamberto Bava

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dario Argento		writer
Lamberto Bava		writer
Franco Ferrini		writer
Dardano Sacchetti		writer

Produced by
Dario Argento	....	producer
Ferdinando Caputo	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Simon Boswell

Cinematography by
Gianlorenzo Battaglia

Film Editing by
Piero Bozza
Franco Fraticelli

Casting by
Roberto Palmerini

Art Direction by
Davide Bassan

Costume Design by
Nicola Trussardi

Makeup Department
Giacinto Bretti	....	makeup artist
Carboni	....	wig maker
Rosario Prestopino	....	key makeup artist
Rosario Prestopino	....	special makeup effects
Rocchetti	....	wig maker

Production Management
Guido De Laurentiis	....	production manager
Fabrizio Diaz	....	unit manager
Antonio Saragò	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fabrizio Bava	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Maurizio Jacopelli	....	property master (as Maurizio Iacopelli)
Valeria Paoloni	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Nick Alexander	....	dialogue editor
Raffaele De Luca	....	sound mixer
Romano Pampaloni	....	re-recording engineer
Federico Savina	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Special Effects by
Danilo Bollettini	....	special effects
Barbara Morosetti	....	mechanical creations assistant
Sergio Stivaletti	....	mechanical and transformation effects

Visual Effects by
Aldo Mafera	....	titles & opticals

Stunts
Claudio Pacifico	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Francesco Bellomo	....	still photographer: action stills
Domenico Caiuli	....	gaffer
Stefano Falivene	....	assistant camera
Federico Martucci	....	assistant camera
Franco Micheli	....	key grip
Paolo Tiberti	....	grip
Guido Tosi	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Fabrizio Fraticelli	....	assistant editor
Franco Fraticelli	....	supervising editor
Alessandro Gabriele	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Andrea Caputo	....	production secretary
Egle Friggeri	....	production secretary
Francesca Ghiotto	....	continuity
Enrico Lucherini	....	unit publicist
Gianluca Pignatelli	....	unit publicist
Renato Rinaldo	....	production accountant
Paola Rossi	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• DACFILM Rome

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (VHS)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (video)
• EastWest Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
• Imperial Entertainment (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Norstar Home Video Inc.
• Starz Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Corridori & Co.

Other Companies

• CIAK Italia  camera and lighting equipment
• Cinesicurtà  insurance consultant
• De Paolis, Rome  sound stages
• Eastman Kodak  film stock
• In.Ci.R  sound stages
• International Recordings  sound re-recording
• Lembo  accessories
• Rocchetti e Carboni  wigs
• Romana Trasporti  transportation
• Technovision  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

Demoni 2 (Italy) (short title)
Demons 2 (USA)
Demons 2: The Nightmare Is Back (USA)
Demons 2: The Nightmare Returns (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

91 min | Canada:88 min | USA:88 min (R-rated version)

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Frankfurt/Main, Hesse, Germany

Company:

DACFILM Rome

Trivia:

Asia Argento's film debut.

Quotes:

Joe: [exploring the spooky Forbidden Zone] Do you see anything?
Bob: Nothing! Nothing in particular!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 28 Weeks Later (2007)

Soundtrack:

Heartache

Solid follow up to a great "zombie" film

While not as good as the first, it was very well done and had some effective and impressive special effects. One thing that definitely help is that you actually care for most of the main characters, for as long as they live anyway. Beautiful makeup effects (if demons can be called beautiful).