10 Best Horror Movies Set In A Cinema

Lamberto Bava's 1985 Demons is a beauty of a cinema-set horror offering.

Taking place in Berlin, Natasha Hovey's Cheryl is offered two movie tickets by an utter stranger. Managing to rope her friend in for this cinema experience, it soon becomes apparent to Cheryl that all's not quite as it seems - not least when real life eerily begins to mimic the terrors shown in the horror movie that's screening.

In a quick turnaround, one of the audience members turns into a demon, who then infects someone else, who then infects another patron, who then infects... you get the idea.

As the dust settles, it's Cheryl and Urbano Barberini's George who are left to fight off an ever-increasing number of demonic figures. Throw in a final act arrival of a helicopter crashing through the ceiling of the theater, and Demons is one of the more bonkers cinema-set films out there - and it's also one of the absolute best.

By the time the movie draws to a close, Cheryl has been infected and killed, and George becomes part of a small group of survivors as Berlin gets taken over by hordes of sinister sorts. All while cracking '80s beats and an eerie colour palette accompany the action.