Demonia is somewhat of a disapointment and one of the lesser works of legendary Lucio Fulci towards the end of his run in making movies. Although, this film is a bit of a snoozer and is downright boring in parts, I would not say that this is unwatchable. This film has Canadian archaeologists come to Italy to check out some Greco/Roman stuff, but leading lady Meg Register is more interested in the ruins of an old monastery that involved a Satanic nun coven that haunts the small town of Santa Ria. Meg Register is pretty wooden and bland as the lead in the film and with the micro budget and poor directing job from Fulci, Demonia is not such an easy watch. I must confess, I myself tried to watch this multiple times without falling asleep and through out the course of a week and I could'nt do it. I did watch the complete film in pieces at a time though and it does deliver on having an atmosphere of dread, set on location at a real monastery with a tomb of real dead corpses. Although, there is a lot less of it, the gore scenes are extremely vicious and brutal, complete with a guy who gets drawn and quartered and scenes where tongues and throats get hammered. There is some nudity, but also not nearly enough. Demonia is a very, very flawed film, but at its core is still a half way decent horror movie with great ambiance and gore.
Review of Demonia
