Since there’s no official Modern Horrors Podcast this week, we didn’t want to leave you hanging. As a result, we’re making the very first episode of Modern Horrors After Hours (a Patreon exclusive) available to the public now.
This episode Aimee from the Final Girls HorrorCast and myself talk about Argento’s 1985 classic, DEMONS.
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June 3, 2018
Gave this a listen yesterday while I was working out – good stuff! Regarding the Demons series, it is similar to the difficult-to-decipher lineages of other Italian film series. Often, movies with no real ties to the original(s) were retitled and lumped in together (see also: Zombie, House, etc). In the instance of Demons, there were three films in the original series: Demons, Demons 2, and Demons 3 (aka Black Demons). There were a number of other films (including titles such as The Church, The Sect, and Cemetery Man) that were titled and released under the Demons banner at various times and in differing territories.
Regarding modern films leveraging practical effects, if you haven’t already seen them I would recommend both The Editor and The Void.
June 3, 2018
Thanks! Yeah we’ve definitely got coverage out around The Editor and The Void. We were fortunate enough to get those early. Editor is fucking hilarious. The Void is fantastic, aesthetically speaking. Was hoping for a little more in its final act though. Kinda went off the rails and their abition got the better of their budget. Still cool though.
June 3, 2018
The Editor was such a love letter to all things giallo, and The Void was like a mixture of 80’s John Carpenter, Lucio Fulci, and H.P. Lovcecraft. Neither movies are perfect, but I was willing to forgive their flaws because of the practical effects and the obvious love of the genres.
I’m in agreement about the practical vs. CGI. I understand that, especially when talking about low-budget features, that CGI tends to be much more cost effective, but there’s just no way that CGI comes close to real-world, actually-there practical effects. The divide between the two gets much smaller when you’re talking about a big-money tentpole that can afford heavy hitters like Weta or ILM.