Demons 2(1986)
1986 · Lamberto Bava · 91 min
A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.
Horror
6.1326 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
5/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Demons 2 scares
Demons 2 throws you into chaos fast, trapping a building full of people with flesh-eating monsters and just letting the mayhem escalate from there. The scares come from gross-out creature transformations, sudden attacks, and characters getting cornered with no way out, more than any slow buildup of dread. It leans hard into gooey practical effects and over-the-top violence rather than anything that gets under your skin emotionally. This is the kind of horror movie you watch for a wild, messy, fun ride with friends, not for something that haunts you afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Demons 2 rates psychological 1/5, visceral 5/5, gore 5/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 5 of 5
- Gore: 5 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 20 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-ish setup gives way to a rapid escalation into nonstop chaos that barely lets up until the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Demons 2?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Demons 2 rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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