Demonicus (2001)

Funniest Movie Ever

Literally the best worst movie ever. If you have a dry sense of humor do not hesitate to rent or even buy this masterpiece. May 19, 2008

Complete waste of time

I was really looking forward to seeing this movie, as I'm quite a fan of Full Moon pictures. A lot of them are very entertaining (Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity, Hideous, Shrieker, Crash And Burn, Jigsaw, etc). However, this one is just plain crap. It's about some kids who are hiking through the woods, and one of them stumbles across a train tunnel which has supposedly been there for thousands of years. Inside he finds the mummified corpse of Demonicus. He puts on the gladiator's helmet, is overcome by the spirit of Demonicus, and goes around killing the other kids. The guy who plays Demonicus might be in fairly good shape for a college baseball player, but as a gladiator, he looks ridiculous. He's just too skinny, and he runs like a girl. The other characters aren't really that bad, they're vaguely likable, but the script is what really drags this thing down. Half of the dialogue is utter nonsense. People are constantly saying things that don't even make sense, and it gets really annoying. I could stand the boredom of watching some vaguely likable people walking around in the woods, but when they're talking nonsense I have to wonder why I'm wasting my time.

It might have helped if there was some T&A, which you usually get with a Full Moon picture, but there isn't any. Overall, this thing needed a very thorough rewrite of the script. In the director's commentary track, he mentions that the writer refused to put her name on the movie because she wasn't happy with the script, and I can certainly see why. He keeps talking about how this was an early draft of the script, they got rid of the final version because some actress didn't like what was done with her character or something. I kept flipping over to the commentary track after every unintentional bit of stupidity, just to see what the director had to say, but he was oblivious to everything. I got the impression that, considering the budget and time constraints, he was really happy to have something - anything - on film that he could call a movie, and thereby receive his paycheck. August 6, 2006

THIS IS PRETTY BAD

I have always enjoyed a truly good cheesy B movie...but DEMONICUS is so badly done that it's hard to find anything of merit. It's pretty low even for Full Moon standards. Filmed in the Angeles National Forest, it's a pale comparison to the Italian alps. Director Jay Woehl (?) offers little in the ways of suspense, and the cast...well, I don't know where they found them, but acting is not their forte. Even Gregory Lee Kenyon, the studly dude who plays the possessed gladiator, has little energy, and the one "sword fight" is so badly staged, it's laughable...and it was choreographed by said G L Kenyon. The gore is even so fake it's not gory; the special effects, if that's what you'd call them, are prehistoric compared to even the gladiator movies of the sixties. So, I would avoid this movie, unless you want to rent it on a night you're having your worst enemies over. Definitely, I don't think I'd buy it...unless for a penny at a yard sale. Why the two stars? I guess because I finished watching it? April 11, 2004

Cheesy But Delightful

My friend and I rent B-movies just so we can rip on them, and this movie was a perfect oppourtunity for us to have a few good laughs. First of all, it starts out with some co-ed wondering into an ominous cave with a inconspicuous man-made cement arch marking the entrance. The guy finds this petrified corpse and suddenly becomes an archaeologist with such quotes as "Perfectly preserved" despite the 'open' cave entrance, and "This must be a thousand years old' ; c'mon, what college do these kids go to? Anyway, the kid decides to play dress up and puts on the helmet worn by the corpse... What the heck.. He then becomes possessed by the spirit named Demonicus.. Wow. Thusly beginning his scene where he messes around with all the weapons, and goes out to kill his girlfriend and his other friends.

There were so many filming mistakes made in this movie, It's not even funny. Example; as Demonicus comes trotting down the road screaming some mock latin wielding a sword, a pair of his friends stand there dumbfounded as they try to decipher what he his saying. Only to figure it out moments before he dismembers them with a blunt plastic sword purchased at Wal-Mart. And the kicker is, the blonde chick who probably makes porn as a side-job is the one who figures out what he is saying..

I also enjoyed the part where the other couple are 'getting jiggy with it' under the covers in the tent, then they hear a noise. The guy is naked, he decides to get out and check it out. It shows him exiting the tent absolutely nude, then they cut to outside where it shows him exiting the tent FULLY CLOTHED. Whoops, looks like the lazy editor was to busy digging out the cheese doodle wedged beneath the couch to catch that blooper.

The same guy then finishes the movie by cursing everything that he walks by, "F'ing trees, f'ing Demonicus, f'ing air". Wow wordsworth, don't hurt yourself there.

My friends and I had a wonderful time making fun of this movie, and that's the only reason why I would recommend renting this. If you have a dry sense of humor and enjoy B-movies, then you should check out Demonicus. February 7, 2004

What A Waste of the worlds time

If amazon did a 0 then this would score that, what a waste of my time, halfway through I took my dog for a walk, it was that bad, what a blooming waste of my time.

Now I have to admit, the babes were quite good, and the main actor did what he could with a script they got off a cereal box packet, but overall it rated a 0, and I am being kind giving it a one star. December 27, 2003

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