“Despite not being a particularly gory effort but rather a Polanski-esque film, Marcin Wrona‘s Demon (The Orchard, 9.9) shows how much Polish cinema is incomplete due to its chronic lack of solid horror productions. We truly hope that the domestic yellow press and Wrona’s aficionados alike will appreciate Demon avoiding any speculation about the causes of his suicide.” — from an 11.5.15 Krakow Post review by Giuseppe Sedia. Wrona, 42, hanged himself during the Gdynia Film Festival, on 9.19.15.
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