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Umberto Lenzi's Black Demons is yet another movie that was released under the title of Demons 3 (along with Soavi's The Church and Bava's The Ogre). Everything about this movie (the title, the box art, the dialogue) is so politically incorrect that I had to check it out. Let me tell you right away it's bad; Laughably bad. Black Demons is about a Macumba voodoo ritual that brings back six slaves (the titular demons) who were blinded and hung for trying to escape. Now they must kill six white people to rest in peace, I guess. The film doesn't really give you a lot to go on. Most of the expository dialogue is given by Jose, whose English is not so good. At the same time, his performance is the best part of the movie. Just watch his death scene. It's the apex of perfection, Oscar worthy even. Another noteworthy aspect is the bouncing Molotov cocktails that explode like grenades. If you check out this DVD be sure and watch Lenzi's interview, it's the highlight of the disc. In it, he talks about how disappointing this movie turned out and dogs all of the actors except for Joe Balogh--and he's never been so right. Also, in the interview, Lenzi would have you believe that this is the only zombie movie he made stating that Nightmare City was about radioactive people. Why kid yourself, Umberto? Nightmare City is more of a zombie film than Black Demons is! The only reason I bought Nightmare City is because it is a classic piece of zombie trash cinema. Sadly, Black Demons is not.
"We're heading for the year 2000 in a sophisticated, technological civilization and you're asking us to believe in a vendetta of the living dead?"
Umberto Lenzi's Black Demons is yet another movie that was released under the title of Demons 3 (along with Soavi's The Church and Bava's The Ogre). Everything about this movie (the title, the box art, the dialogue) is so politically incorrect that I had to check it out. Let me tell you right away it's bad; Laughably bad. Black Demons is about a Macumba voodoo ritual that brings back six slaves (the titular demons) who were blinded and hung for trying to escape. Now they must kill six white people to rest in peace, I guess. The film doesn't really give you a lot to go on. Most of the expository dialogue is given by Jose, whose English is not so good. At the same time, his performance is the best part of the movie. Just watch his death scene. It's the apex of perfection, Oscar worthy even. Another noteworthy aspect is the bouncing Molotov cocktails that explode like grenades. If you check out this DVD be sure and watch Lenzi's interview, it's the highlight of the disc. In it, he talks about how disappointing this movie turned out and dogs all of the actors except for Joe Balogh--and he's never been so right. Also, in the interview, Lenzi would have you believe that this is the only zombie movie he made stating that Nightmare City was about radioactive people. Why kid yourself, Umberto? Nightmare City is more of a zombie film than Black Demons is! The only reason I bought Nightmare City is because it is a classic piece of zombie trash cinema. Sadly, Black Demons is not.
"We're heading for the year 2000 in a sophisticated, technological civilization and you're asking us to believe in a vendetta of the living dead?"