Demon (2016)
75%RT Audience Score: 55%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Ambitious and beautifully shot, Demon delivers a gripping — and sadly final — testament to the singular talent possessed by director/co-writer Marcin Wrona
Demon is a spooky and surreal horror film that will have you on the edge of your seat. The movie takes place in a small Polish village where the past and present collide in a terrifying way. The film is based on Piotr Rowicki’s play Clinging, but director Marcin Wrona’s spirited staging keeps it from ever feeling like canned theater. The movie is a testament to a still-budding talent, and it would have been fascinating to see where he went next. Overall, Demon is a must-see for horror fans who want something a little different.
Production Company(ies)
Amigo Media,
Distributor
The Orchard
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-MA
Year of Release
2016
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Stereo
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Aspect ratio:1.78 : 1
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Runtime:1h 34m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:Poland
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2016 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 29, 2017
Genre(s)
Horror
Keyword(s)
starring Itay Tiran, Tomasz Schuchardt, Andrzej Grabowski, Adam Woronowicz, Wlodzimierz Press, Tomasz Ziętek, directed by Marcin Wrona, written by Marcin Wrona and Pawel Maslona, horror, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Anton Bitel, Sara Michelle Fetters, Scott Marks, Marc Savlov, Ela Bittencourt, Adam Graham, Jason Adams, Emma Wolfe, Richard Propes, Brent McKnight, Emilie Black, Dan Scully, R-rated, The Orchard, Peter, Zaneta, wedding, human remains, possession, dybbuk, Jewish history, World War 2, Ronaldo, cellar, disappearance, dark comedy, character-driven
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Budget and Earnings Details
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Tomasz Schuchardt – “Jasny”
Andrzej Grabowski – Father of Zaneta
Adam Woronowicz – Doctor
Wlodzimierz Press – Teacher
Tomasz Ziętek – Ronaldo
Director(s)
Marcin Wrona
Writer(s)
Marcin Wrona, Pawel Maslona
Producer(s)
Marcin Wrona
Film Festivals
Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (73) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (67) | Rotten (6)
This is a portrait of Poland as a not-so-sweet little village, unable to move on from small-town xenophobia against Jews like Hana or modern outsiders like Piotr, even as its unresolved past returns, like a dybbuk, to reinhabit the present…
May 29, 2018
Anton Bitel
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
A paranormal descent into madness and mayhem that’s hauntingly good.
October 21, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
Though it’s based on Piotr Rowicki’s play Clinging, director Marcin Wrona’s spirited staging keeps it from ever dissolving into canned theater.
September 29, 2016 | Rating: 3/5
Scott Marks
San Diego Reader
TOP CRITIC
Not only an instant genre classic but also an astute and affecting rumination on the notion that the shades of the past are always with us and can disrupt us to the point of personal and societal collapse.
September 29, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
For a tale of repressed guilt, Demon sparkles with humor, reveling in the macabre.
September 26, 2016
Ela Bittencourt
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
“Demon” is a testament to a still-budding talent, and it would have been fascinating to see where he went next.
September 23, 2016 | Rating: B
Adam Graham
Detroit News
TOP CRITIC
an off-kilter and surreal expression of commitment’s dark underbelly
July 14, 2021
Jason Adams
My New Plaid Pants
The thing that makes this film epic is not only is it done in a wedding… it’s also got this music that is so intense, so epic, and just so cinematic.
April 26, 2021 | Rating: 5/10
Emma Wolfe
SpookyAstronauts
Much of Demon feels like a song of lament.
September 6, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
Chilling, ominous mood balances well with comic relief, at least at first. After that, the two disparate elements clash in a manner difficult to reconcile, the film loses focus on underdeveloped threads, and it meanders to a shrug of an ending.
July 3, 2020 | Rating: C
Brent McKnight
The Last Thing I See
This version of such a story feels more like how some may imagine this would happen in real life and is an interesting take on the dybbuk.
April 19, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Emilie Black
Cinema Crazed
Demon uses mainstream cinematic devices to sneak a heady, atypical art-house horror flick past your defenses.
April 15, 2020
Dan Scully
Cinema76…
Plot
Peter discovers human remains on the land he received as a wedding gift, but decides to keep it a secret, leading to strange and terrifying events in the horror film Demon.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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