6.4 | / 10 |
Users | 4.2 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.3 |
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.
Starring: David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes, Asia ArgentoHorror | 100% |
Foreign | 40% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
International English Stereo Soundtrack.
English SDH
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Italian director Lamberto Bava's "Demoni 2" a.k.a. "Demons 2" (1986) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Synapse Films. The only supplemental feature on the disc is an original English-language trailer for the film. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
A nasty little demon
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Lamberto Bava's Demons 2 arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Synapse Films.
Arrow Video's Region-B release of Demons 2 was plagued by various encoding issues that made it quite difficult to enjoy the film. To be perfectly clear, there were plenty of artifacts and larger blocky patches that would frequently affect detail and clarity. Color stability was also problematic (and it was the blacks again that suffered the most). Fortunately, there are no encoding or compression anomalies on this release. Rather predictably, virtually all of the darker footage now looks vastly superior. Depth, in particular, is dramatically improved, and as a result there tiny details that are a lot easier to see. Contrast levels remain stable throughout the entire film. There are no traces of problematic degraining or sharpening adjustments. Lastly, there are no serious stability issues to report in this review. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (Stereo). For the record, Synapse Films have provided optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature.
Dynamic intensity is far from impressive, but there are select sequences where the music and some of the screams and growls make an impression. The dialog is clean, stable, and easy to follow. The same minor sync issues that are noticeable on the Region-B release of Demons 2 are also present here, but they are indeed inherited. There are no pops, cracks, audio dropouts or distortions to report in this review.
Demons 2 isn't quite as effective as Demons, but if it happens to be one of your guilty pleasures do not hesitate to order this Blu-ray release from Synapse Films as none of the encoding issues that plagued Arrow Video's Region-B release are present on it. RECOMMENDED, but only for fans of the film.
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