Demoni 3 (1991)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Umberto Lenzi

Writers:

Umberto Lenzi (story)
Olga Pehar (screenplay)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

They will tear, rip, and bite anyone in their path of vengeance.

Plot:

Three college students, another couple, their housekeeper are besieged at a remote Brazilian plantation by a group of zombies raised by a voodoo curse.

Plot Keywords:

Plantation | Voodoo | Jeep | Brazil | Jungle

Cast

Keith Van Hoven	...	Kevin
Joe Balogh	...	Dick
Sonia Curtis	...	Jessica
Philip Murray	...	Jose
Juliana Teixeira	...	Sonia
Maria Alves	...	Maria
Cléa Simões	...	Wetnurse
Justo Silva	...	Witchdoctor
Rita Monteiro	...	Mucuma Dancer
Felix Lorival	...	Zombie
Paul R. Goodman	...	Zombie
Tony Martins	...	Zombie
Gleis J. Pereira	...	Zombie
Sérgio Costa Andrade	...	Zombie (as Sergio Costa)
Louis Karlson	...	Zombie

Also Known As:

Black Demons (USA)
Black Zombies

Runtime:

88 min | Germany:84 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Brazil

Company:

Filmakers S.r.l.

Movie Connections:

Follows Dèmoni 2: L'incubo ritorna (1986)

Black Demons

Black Demons (1991)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Italian horror flick has a group of people stranded in an old mansion in Brazil when black zombies (not demons) begin to attack them. All of this is brought on because a stupid brother went to witness a voodoo act, which now has the black zombies (not demons) out willing white folks. To say I was disappointed in this film would be a major under statement as I'm usually a fan of Lenzi's films. The Italian horror genre was already dead and buried by the time this film was released and the producer's even released it as Demoni 3 to, I guess, cash in on the two Lamberto Bava films. Those expecting gore are going to be letdown because there's actually not too much of it. We get one good scene where a victim has her eye ripped out and another throat slashing but outside of these scenes the gore is pretty low. This is the type of film we've seen countless times before and I was rather shocked that Lenzi didn't throw anything original into the mix or at least try to make this film fly better. It takes thirty-minutes for the first murder to take place and then we have to wait nearly another thirty-minutes for the next. The film is full of really bad dialogue including one scene where the owner of the mansion finds his maid doing black magic and he punishes her by making her go to her room just like she was a kid! The performances are all rather bland, which is to be expected but the fault of the film's failure has to go back on the director. The film looks very poorly done and there isn't any of the director's typical style.