Demons Never Die

Plot synopsis:
While at home alone, Amber (Tulisa Contostavlos) is attacked and murdered, with her murder being passed off as a suicide by police investigator Bates (Ashley Walters). A group of troubled teens, made up of Archie (Robert Sheehan), Ricky (Jacob Anderson), Ashleigh (Shanika Warren-Markland), Cain (Femi Oyeniran), Samantha (Emma Rigby), James (Jack Doolan), Jasmine (Jennie Jacques) and Kenny (Jason Maza) have been contemplating suicide for a long time, and after hearing of Amber's death, decide to make a suicide pact and kill themselves at Ashleigh's upcoming party. However, as Samantha is making a suicide diary in the college's dressing room, she is stabbed to death by a masked killer. After Ashleigh leaves her house, Kenny breaks in with his friend, Davey (Andrew Ellis), to set up cameras around her house, so the group's suicide can be recorded, and Davey can exclusively release the footage. Meanwhile, Archie and Jasmine start a romance, which leads to Archie suggesting he and Jasmine remove themselves from the suicide pact, but this repels Jasmine.
The following day, the group is shocked by the death of Samantha. At college, Jasmine is attacked by the killer, but manages to phone the police and lock herself in a room. Archie finds Jasmine, and as she is taken to the hospital, he is questioned by Bates and Mason (Reggie Yates) who seem to think Jasmine is suffering from a condition which made her imagine the attack. At night, Ashleigh, Ricky, Cain, and James meet up and contemplate who could have attacked Jasmine, before having doubts about whether they want to continue with the suicide pact. Elsewhere, Kenny, who is now being filmed by Davey for a suicide diary, decides he will shoot everyone at Ashleigh's party so his death will be more famous. The following day, while walking down the road, James encounters a bully, Curtis, but the rest of the group defends him. The group then meets with Kenny and tells him they are not going to do the suicide pact, angering him. Mr. Hudson, a teacher at the college, makes a phone call to an unknown receiver, telling them he is out of the deal. Upon returning home, Hudson finds his wife dead, before he too is murdered.
As the group try to figure out who the murderer is, suspicion falls on nearly everyone. At night, while making his way to Ashleigh's party, Ricky, believing he hears Samantha's voice, has his throat slashed by the killer. While people party inside Ashleigh's house, Bates and Mason patrol the grounds. Curtis and his date go to the bathroom, where both are stabbed to death. Outside, Kenny and Davey arrive, but Bates and Mason apprehend Kenny before he can enter the house with the gun. As party guests start to leave, James is stabbed to death in the kitchen; Ashleigh witnesses this and is chased into the garden. The killer cuts the electricity off, sending the rest of the party-goers home, and when Ashleigh tries to get their attention, she is stabbed and dragged away.
Archie and Jasmine, who have been spending time alone together, return to the party to find the house empty. Inside, they are stalked in the darkness and discover Cain and Davey's bodies, and are eventually split up. Moments later, Jasmine emerges from the house distraught, while Bates enters the house and finds Archie dead. Outside, Jasmine reaches the police car and finds both Mason and Kenny murdered, before Bates attacks her, revealing himself to be the killer. As he is about to kill Jasmine, Archie reveals himself to have faked his own murder and attacks Bates, giving Jasmine an opportunity to shoot him. As Jasmine tends to an injured Archie, Bates narrates the line "Demons never die", before opening his eyes.

Tags: murder

Review:
Secondly, there's no reason for the killer to be killing in the first place even though you're happy to watch these caricatures and racial stereotypes be picked off one by one.
Aside from that the main problem with "Demons Never Dies" is that it feels cold and empty with a massive lack of fun that other slasher films are abundant in, especially scream which most of the death scenes, in this film, are taken from.
I have given this film one star only because of the directors ability to point the camera in the right direction which was its only saving grace even though it might have been better if he had pointed toward another story line..
Directing a not unserviceable cast with all the panache of a go-compare ad,there's every possible cliché you could imagine, used badly,and the character arcs barely register above flat-line throughout the entire film.
there's enough bad cinema around with the likes of " fond of shiny things with no narrative" Michael bay and co, we don't need another.
but that's being harsh to bay, demons never die makes transformers 3 look like Kubrick..
i also found it to be more realistic than most American slasher flicks, where the killer seems to be able to get from one place to another faster than Usain Bolt, has super human strength and takes for ever to die.
OK a slasher is a slasher , but the fact that it was a British film with some of Britains best up and coming actors,it made a refreshing change, also keeps you guessing till near the end.
Although the story is good it is let down badly by the poor acting,I thought it would get to the scary part pretty quickly but you will have to sit through 58 minutes ' cringe worthy script before anything nasty happens.I watch every horror movie that I can get my hands on.
I have seen good and bad, but I have never seen a movie as annoying as this one.It is not the least bit disturbing because the characters are such idiots you don't really care what happens to them.
A complete waste of time.I really hope that countries outside of the UK are not put off by this boring film because English are very capable of making truly awesome horror films like Eden Lake to name one!.
First of all don't go by the bad reviews, this is one of the better slasher movies out there.
The plot is simple, a girl commits suicide, a group of teens make a pact to follow the same, suddenly some realize that they don't wanna die any more, but there's someone who wants them dead.
Overall, nice plot, good acting and well held suspense.
A well made teen slasher which holds true to the genre, certainly worth watching..
Well directed film, with a script that lacks in places but is good in others.
Demons never die, was NOT one of these films.
I watched this as a random pick up, mainly for the appearance of Robert Sheehan, and because I had some time to kill, and it was definitely worth the watch.
I yawned a lot but once the first killing happened I thought, well, from here the movie will start but it never really did.
This is a flick than teenagers will love to watch to find issues like falling in love or friendship, or in other words, if you like Twilight or flicks were nothing is happening or is scary, this is your thing.Gore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5.
The premise of a suicide pact amongst a bunch of students has a little promise at the beginning, but that is blown out of the water by a really poor, as in pathetically poor, script not helped by banal acting.
At least the movie would have had some element of polish with a bit of brushing up around the fringes.But the biggest let down was the acting with flat lines, going through the copybook motions, and a patent lack of empathy between characters about the need for dialogues to interface and seem real.It is not really worth any more than three, and is best avoided unless you really cannot find anything better to do - like snatching a couple of hours sleep..
I don't know who would enjoy this film, certainly no one who was conned in to watching it based on the write up.
All in all its not a good film, I saw the cast of this movie and had high hopes with the likes of Robert Sheehan, Ashley Walters and a few of the other British up-and-comers but i was very disappointed.
I am also a fan of both slasher films and gritty English dramas.
The only half decent thing was a few cases of good acting from Robert Sheehan (which we come to expect) and the girl who plays his girlfriend.I give this film a generous 5/10.
But if you - like me - saw it because Robert Sheehan is in it, you won't be disappointed.
He is great in this film like he always is.
Actually he is the best actor in the movie, and he is worth looking at.On the other hand it is hard to understand why Sheehan left "Misfits", a perfectly good show, to go do something like this.The plot is not super great, but you are never bored - maybe because it's runtime is only about 90 minutes...
If you want to watch Robert Sheehan, then watch this movie, even though it's not the best.
i really enjoyed this movie and highly recommend it,its slightly like scream but a gritty,British version with very emotional scenes with the suicidal teens,i don't wanna spoil too much but i can say there is a lot of twist and turns,you should definitely watch if you enjoyed kidulthood or scream!!!the acting is very well done and there are a few funny scenes which make you chuckle and also loads of gory scenes that are sure to please you gorehounds out there,overall its a dramatic horror movie which I'm sure you will enjoy as long as your into that sought of thing,I'm sure the movie can relate to many teens over england but i am also certain adults will like this one!!.
This film has everything a hardcore horror movie fan could want.
Firstly, the narrative of the movie is superb , containing just the right amount of conceivable twists and turns that'll leave you guessing right till the very end.
Not only that, the back story of each character is well explained, never straying too far from the main plot of the film.
Combine the fore- mentioned components with a killer (excuse the pun) soundtrack and some excellent directing by Arjun Rose, and you have what may be one of the scariest horror movies to come out of Britain in recent years.
Forget 'Comedown' or 'Cherry Tree Lane' , 'Demons Never Die' is the film that definitely deserves a permanent place in your DVD collection..
I went to see this film mainly on the premise that Robert Sheehan was in it, this being his first film release since he left Misfits, as I wanted to see what he's moved onto since he departed from a TV show as good as that.
After watching Demons Never Die, I'm not convinced he changed his career path for the better.The film's strengths lie in the cinematography, which at times is effectively dynamic and incorporates some good use of night-vision camera into its teen horror flick appeal.
However the performances of the actors, some of which don't even get enough screen time to be judged by, are generally either flat, or downright annoying in the case of Jennie Jacques (who plays beyond-helping suicidal "goth girl" Jasmine) and, yes, Jason Maza, who put across one of the best performances generally, but had a script way too punctured by repetitive f-bombs and jabs at the other characters that after a while left his speech completely deflated.
Ashley Walters on the other hand led the story with some very nice narrative work as one of the policemen following the teen murder/suicide outbreak.
You cannot have a film that deals solely with teens bent on committing suicide without a sole reason for them to go so far as to form a pact to see who can top themselves first.
Teen horror flicks need it too, especially when they deal with teens.***Not even the masked killer ends up having any real reason to kill so many teenagers.
The very, very end to the film though, and how it suddenly makes clear the title, is the one thing about this film that has a true, if small, impression (small only because it takes a full hour and a bit to arrive at the station).Overall a fruitless disappointment, which may have worked better from a black comedy angle, rather than trying to be something it just didn't work out to be..
This is without doubt not only one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen, but one of the worst movies I've ever seen, period.What seems like quite an interesting concept is ruined by a truly dreadful script and woeful plot.
Or even if a child managed to sit through the whole thing without getting bored and switching it off!Perhaps you don't mind if the scares are minimal once there's plenty of gory kills?
If you're an X factor fan and plan on watching this just to see Tulisa get knifed then don't bother as you see nothing but two minutes of her talking on the phone before someone walks in and finds her dead body.
Her terrible acting is the most shocking part about the films opening.
Maybe you're not a gore hound and just watch horror movies for a few decent jumpy scares?
Unless you've never seen another horror movie in your entire life then there is nothing here that you won't have seen done before ten times better and ten times scarier.
Now if you're a fan of scary movies then you'll probably be willing to forgive some minor plot holes or stupid moves by the characters in order for the story to progress, but this film just takes the p*ss!
The reported budget of £1,000,000 is as far-fetched as the plot of the film.
With a line up of up and coming actors and a producer in Idris Elba, one would be forgiven for thinking that we should be watching a bit more than an extended music promo, with no real plot and void of realism and direction.
I am a fan of British low budget films, but with Demons Never Die they were trying far too hard to paper over the cracks using a superb sound track.
Even if you don't expect very much from watching this film, you will still be disappointed.
When a young girl takes her own life, Archie and the other Suicide Kids decide to follow her lead and form a pact.But as the group begin to die one by one, Archie realises that they have all become the target of a masked killer and that his commitment to death has become a terrifying fight for survival A battle to protect the girl he loves, and himself begins...First off, if you really lower your expectations before seeing this, it's not as bad as what many have said.
Yes it's silly, and the ending and reveal of the killer make no sense at all, but there is something about the two leads that makes it very watchable.There is no real reason to have Tulisa in it's opening scene other to put bums on seats, as X-factor was well under way when this was released.
They all have their own problems, but once a couple get killed off, they soon decide that they would rather live.There is a little sub plot regarding one of the group being famous and killing the rest of the group, but the character is really annoying and it just detracts from the rest of the film.
And at times, you feel that the writers don't really bother about the rest of the cast and just focus on the two leads.Other minor criticisms are little ones like the extras at the party are terrible, Reggie Yates does not convince, and the soundtrack is just basically popular music of the year that has no connotation with the film or plot.Other than that, it's completely watchable stuff, referencing urban legend and Scream.
Meanwhile Arch (Robert Sheehan) falls in love with Jasmine (Jennie Jacques) and they become lovers.
The movie turns into a slasher who-dun-it, with everyone in the story carrying a knife.I love Jennie Jacques.
I enjoyed the film, but my main problem is that if you are going to have a who-dun-it, you really need to drop a clue from time to time about who the real killer is, as well as the head fake.
I guess you can only do so much in 90 minutes, which means they needed to cut characters (pun intended).F-bombs, c-word, sex, near nudity- Jennie you tease..
This film is disrespectful, offensive to them it doesn't want to understand them or offer any real solution to them.
Hence we have this tacky horror film.Often people who have these issues are alone and they rarely let anyone in to help until it is too late or they have already tried.
They leave behind so much loss and grief and many many questions.To make film of this nature is quite offensive and deserve no rating regardless of some of the acting talent portrayed..
hello, this movie is totally worth watching it if you like horrors and slashers.
so if you like them 2 you should watch this the end is totally different then you think it should be.
the only things i didn't like so much was that there where not many kills and that the story is kind of weird.
but i enjoyed watching this.i think there is also coming an second part because it has an open end.
and if you think suicide is an strange subject for a movie don't watch this almost the whole movie they are talking about how they will kill themselves.....
i hope you find this a good review greets Sven...and slasher fans you should watch this.
Finally an urban London slasher, but if you're expecting anything like Scream it's very different...
Now I'm not a fan of the urban genre but this is different, there's 8 lead characters all from different worlds who I found to be anything but stereotypical, e.g. the cops are young and black...
The romance between Robert Sheehan and the lead girl is really sweet and while it's true that it is quite music videoish I didn't mind that, I like variety and this is definitely something different.
I found myself trying to guess who the killer was throughout, laughed at the psycho character 'Kenny' and his cartman like foul mouthery and jumped a number of times..
That aside though it's a really good British film which seems to move the urban genre out of it's comfort zone.
The Plot = A young girl is murdered, but thought by the police as suicide, a group of college students decide to make a suicide pact, but a masked killer decides to kill them all off one by one instead.I only recently come across this movie, as before I have never heard of it despite it being quite recent only coming out last year and starring some well known UK actors, well I read some reviews online about it and it seems they are mixed at best, but I decided I wanted to see it anyway.
And when I saw it, to be honest I actually liked it, despite obvious flaws and the generic feel to it."Demons Never Die" offers nothing new to the horror genre or anything spectacular but in my opinion works as an overall slasher.
Although it is stupid that the police thinks that these deaths are suicide with blood splattered across walls and bodies hollowed out, I mean how can a person gut themselves literally, and the fact that these teens are planning a suicide pact anyway seems to throw the logic of a masked killer, killing them off a bit pointless.
Although the knife attacks are quite fun as the cast are cut down, and the teens are quite interesting to follow and they did grow on me as the movie went on.
And there are also some stupid fun campy slasher movie moments like when the party hostess finds a dead body in kitchen and runs past her friends and outside in the bushes ready and waiting to be killed, a camp moment kinda brings back memories from "The House On Sorority Row".
The twist ending when the killer was revealed was also a bit of a shock and certainly took me by surprise, a factor that I always love in these types of movies.The performances as I have mentioned before are really good, although I found Ashley Walters performance as the cop rather unconvincing and he just seemed bored all the way through.
But Robert Sheehan and Jennie Jacques as Archie and Jasmine were spot on, I found that they're romance sub plot sweet and believable, and plus I found these two were the most likable and most interesting performances in this movie.
Jason Maza also did well as the unlikeable character, but he did seem like a left over from "Kidulthood".
And Tulisa as the opening victim Amber, was a bit uneven for me, and was only on screen for about 2 seconds, they should have had a Scream type bloody murder which would have set the tone then for the movie.All in all Demons Never Die is Scream meets Kidulthood, a fun but generic British slasher movie that should please any fans, but there are a lot better out there.