|Demons (1985): The Movie That Makes Horror Contagious

About this episode

Ambrose and Jessica discuss the 1985 horror film 'Demons' and its impact on the genre.

Send Us Your Scares! What if watching a horror movie was the thing that got you killed? That's the question at the heart of Demons, the 1985 Italian splatter classic from Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento — and Ambrose and Jessica are here to make the case that this film invented meta-horror a full decade before anyone gave it credit. Leave a review 👉🏻 https://the-thing-about-films.beam.ly/review Our Newsletter 👉🏻 https://deadletter-m8dfsqxm.manus.space Episode Breakdown: Ambrose argu...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ambrose, Jessica

Topics covered

• horror films
• meta-horror
• Italian cinema
• film reviews
• 1980s films

Keywords

• Demons
• horror movie
• meta-horror
• Lamberto Bava
• Dario Argento
• 1985
• Italian splatter

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Books & works: Demons, Demons (1985)

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