A Thursday evening with some Dario Argento, lasagna, and cocktails? Done.

Two female university students who, along with a number of random people, are given complimentary tickets to a mysterious movie screening, where they soon find themselves trapped in the theater with a horde of ravenous demons.

“They will make cemeteries their cathedrals and the cities will be your tombs“

Dario Argento’s Demons (1985), is the epitome of ‘so bad, its good’. Lack-luster plot, and the absolute worst dialogue, cause this movie to borderline completely terrible. However, peak 80’s special effects choc full of gore, and, mutations, including a demon bursting out of a person’s back, check all of the boxes for a top-tier trash-flick that horror fiends will absolutely have on their guilty pleasures list. Not to mention the soundtrack; Billy Idol, Rick Springfield, and Mötley Crüe are quintessentially mid-1980’s.

The High Dive is a neighborhood bar located in Hamtramck often referred to as “Shark Bar”, in the most endearing way. A frequent haunt, featuring crafted beverages, a beautiful wood bar, moody lighting, cozy nooks, a pool table, and the most recognizable wallpaper in the Detroit area. Its giving Dark Academia-kitsch and as your resident hipster uncle, I of course eat that shit up.

If you haven’t been, 10/10 recommend. Same goes for watching Demons. And lasagna. Until next post, xo.

• The High Dive, Hamtramck, MI
• Demons, 1985 presented by Doom City Cinema
• Delicious lasagna by Mangia Mia!

📍Hamtramck, MI

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