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Demons Never Die

Release Date 26 Oct 2011 26 Mar 2012

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  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
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  • Currently 1/5 Stars.

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Certificate: 15A

Genre: Horror

Eight very different London students have one deadly secret: they have all made a pact to end their lives together. However, a mysterious masked killer emerges from the shadows to grant their death-wish in a more terrifying fashion than they could ever have imagined. Misfit Archie, model Samantha, wide-boy Kenny, star pupil Ashleigh, conflicted Sachin, goth-girl Jasmine, and weakling James are all battling their own private demons, from eating disorders to lost parents. But as a much deadlier assailant hunts them down one by one, their quest for death becomes a desperate fight for their lives. Can these friends survive long enough to discover what they have to live for? Or will their bleeding hearts be brutally slashed wide open?

Cast:
Robert Sheehan | Ashley Walters | Tulisa Contostavlos | Jason Maza | Reggie Yates | Shanika Warren-Markland | Jacob Anderson | Jennie Jacques | Femi Oyeniran | Emma Rigby

Writers:
Arjun Rose

Producers:

Directors:
Arjun Rose

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  • Currently 1/5 Stars.

Movies.ie Critic Review

A group of London students – including, amongst the eight, outsider Archie (Sheehan) and model Samantha (Rigby) - decide to form a suicide pact, but they soon realise they’ve bitten off more than they can chew when they each become the target of a serial killer. Suddenly, death doesn’t seem so, like, you know, cool…

THE VERDICT: It’s a British yoof bonanza (with actors from Misfits, Kidulthood, This Is England, Cheery Tree Lane and others) taking on I Know What You Did Last Summer. And it’s cheap-ass crap. With lines such as “When you make a deal with the fucking devil, you don’t change your mind at the gates of hell”. Innit.

Review by Paul Byrne 

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User Reviews

    • Currently 2/5 Stars.

    vu1999uk

    While this attempt to be a British Slasher does not always work, the good cast and the who dunnit aspect make up for its shortcomings to make this an enjoyable enough watch, if nothing special.

    • Currently 3/5 Stars.

    Onionhead

    The overly familiar can make for an entertaining ride all the same with the right amount of slick style and intelligent inspiration

    • Currently 1/5 Stars.

    mart

    More interested in street cred than plot cred: never has a bunch of kids looked less likely to want to end it all.