Except it’s not. It’s Lamberto Bava’s Demons. The perfect film for a room full of people in a movie theater.
Claudio Simonetti, composer of a shit ton of horror films, is currently on tour with a version of rock band Goblin playing the live soundtrack to Demons. And let me tell you that my view of horror movies has changed. Going forward, I think every horror movie should be played with a live band.
It’s a more intense experience. It’s a more personal experience. But the big reason, the huge reason why horror should always be played with a live band, is because everyone cheers when someone dies. The music is always so climactic at the deaths that you can’t help but smile.
Like, imagine the scene in Hereditary when the little girl’s head flies off. Most people in movie theaters gasped at that because they’re all pussies. But what if they cheered? Well, that happened in my screening, and it was awesome. Also, I went to a matinee and I was the only person there. Also, it may have been more laughter than cheering. Regardless, I think we can all agree she deserved what happened.
But the same shit applies to Claudio Simonetti’s Demons experience. Whenever there’s a big death, the guitars squeal, the drums pound, and the audience cheers. And that’s how all horror movies should be. No gasping, no acting surprised. We should always just cheer when people die in horror films. Horror characters are so fucking stupid that cheering seems like the only appropriate option. Not to pick apart the movie Demons, since this is a music blog, but it took them that long to realize they could fight these creatures? Really? They deserve to fucking die for sheer stupidity alone. And where the fuck did that helicopter come from?
But I digress.
After the screening, since Claudio’s catalogue is so vast, Goblin played some more tunes from some more films. And all the metalheads in the audience, of which there were many, found a way to mosh and dance despite it being a sit down theater. But that’s more of a bonus featurette of the night, like when DVDs were a thing and had behind the scenes interviews and commentary alongside different versions of the film.
Of course, I’m sure the people reading this are like, “What’s a divdee?”
But this experience definitely changed me. Horror movies won’t be the same again. I need the intensity from a live band now! Take Saw 5 on the road with a live band you cowards!
