The Demons series takes a turn in storyline with "Demons III: The Ogre", a made-for-TV film from 1988 which has nothing to do with the first two films.
The film begins in Portland, Oregon where we see a little girl having trouble sleeping during a thunderstorm. She gets up to look around for her mother in what looks like some huge old style castle. The little girl makes her way down to the creepy basement where she sees some sort of a cocoon type thing growing on the ceiling. All of a sudden, a creepy hand punches out from the cocoon and the monster emerges, getting ready to attack the little girl. Just kidding - it was all a dream. The movie then switches to a couple with their son driving in Italy heading towards an old castle they've rented for a vacation. The mother (Cheryl) is a famous horror novelist, and pretty soon we realize that she was the little girl from the opening scene.
As time goes by, Cheryl starts exploring the castle and it becomes evident that it is the same one from her dreams as a little girl. One day while she explores the basement, we notice that the cocoon from her dreams is there, except open up with no monster inside. When Cheryl tells her husband, he of course doesn't believe her and thinks she's imagining things. Eventually, the Ogre makes an appearance, killing the babysitter one day while the parents are out in town. With the Ogre now roaming the castle halls, Cheryl gets her much anticipated confrontation with the monster and will have to try and survive.
The movie runs extremely slow, probably the weak point of the film for me and a reason why I didn't like it more. It has a calm, almost trance like feeling for the early part of the movie as we meet the family and get introduced to the town in Italy. The Ogre itself didn't make a real appearance and kill until around the 1 hour and 10 minute mark. The Ogre (or Demon) looked pretty creepy, it's just unfortunate we didn't see more of him throughout the film. Perhaps it being an Italian made-for-TV film is what caused the lack of airtime for the ghoul (and also the lack of kills/gore). And don't get me started on the rushed ending.
Demons III: The Ogre is a sequel to the original two films in name only, which I knew heading into it. Overall, it is an average/ok monster movie set in a creepy old castle in Italy. The story is a good one, and the acting by our final girl was good, but it all moved too slow and wasn't as scary as it could have been.
5/10.
The film begins in Portland, Oregon where we see a little girl having trouble sleeping during a thunderstorm. She gets up to look around for her mother in what looks like some huge old style castle. The little girl makes her way down to the creepy basement where she sees some sort of a cocoon type thing growing on the ceiling. All of a sudden, a creepy hand punches out from the cocoon and the monster emerges, getting ready to attack the little girl. Just kidding - it was all a dream. The movie then switches to a couple with their son driving in Italy heading towards an old castle they've rented for a vacation. The mother (Cheryl) is a famous horror novelist, and pretty soon we realize that she was the little girl from the opening scene.
As time goes by, Cheryl starts exploring the castle and it becomes evident that it is the same one from her dreams as a little girl. One day while she explores the basement, we notice that the cocoon from her dreams is there, except open up with no monster inside. When Cheryl tells her husband, he of course doesn't believe her and thinks she's imagining things. Eventually, the Ogre makes an appearance, killing the babysitter one day while the parents are out in town. With the Ogre now roaming the castle halls, Cheryl gets her much anticipated confrontation with the monster and will have to try and survive.
The movie runs extremely slow, probably the weak point of the film for me and a reason why I didn't like it more. It has a calm, almost trance like feeling for the early part of the movie as we meet the family and get introduced to the town in Italy. The Ogre itself didn't make a real appearance and kill until around the 1 hour and 10 minute mark. The Ogre (or Demon) looked pretty creepy, it's just unfortunate we didn't see more of him throughout the film. Perhaps it being an Italian made-for-TV film is what caused the lack of airtime for the ghoul (and also the lack of kills/gore). And don't get me started on the rushed ending.
Demons III: The Ogre is a sequel to the original two films in name only, which I knew heading into it. Overall, it is an average/ok monster movie set in a creepy old castle in Italy. The story is a good one, and the acting by our final girl was good, but it all moved too slow and wasn't as scary as it could have been.
5/10.