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Demo

Demo (Демо) is a Russian pop-dance group formed in Moscow in 1999, fronted by vocalist Sasha Zvereva and known for the hit "Solnyshko", one of the main dance acts of the late 1990s.

Demolished and converted theatres in provincial Britain and Ireland

The demolished and converted theaters of provincial Britain and Ireland range from civic rescue, as at Stockton's Georgian Theatre, to demolition, as at Oldham's Grand Theatre in 2025.

Demolition (2015 film)

Demolition is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a banker who unravels after his wife dies in a car crash.

Demolition Lovers

Demolition Lovers: closing track (6:06) of My Chemical Romance's 2002 debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, Eyeball Records; outlaw lovers gunned down in the desert, story continued on Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.

Demolition Man (film)

Demolition Man is a 1993 Warner Bros. sci-fi action comedy directed by Marco Brambilla, starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, and Sandra Bullock; a cop frozen in 1996 is thawed in 2032 San Angeles, a satirical utopia inspired by Brave New World.

Demon 79

Demon 79 is the fifth and final episode of Black Mirror series six, released 15 June 2023, a supernatural horror story labeled a Red Mirror film. Set in 1979, it follows Nida Huq (Anjana Vasan), told by demon Gaap (Paapa Essiedu) to make three human sacrifices to prevent a nuclear apocalypse.

Demon City (film)

Demon City (鬼ゴロシ, Oni Goroshi) is a 2025 Japanese Netflix action film directed by Seiji Tanaka, adapted from Masamichi Kawabe's manga, starring Toma Ikuta as hitman Shuhei Sakata in a revenge story set in Shinjo City.

Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver's 2022 Harper novel, retells Dickens's David Copperfield in Appalachian Virginia during the opioid crisis, following Damon Fields through foster care and addiction; it won the shared 2023 Pulitzer Prize and the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction.

Demon Days

Demon Days is the second studio album by virtual band Gorillaz, released 11 May 2005, produced by Danger Mouse with Damon Albarn, featuring De La Soul, MF Doom, Shaun Ryder, and Dennis Hopper; Metacritic score 82.

Demon Girl (半妖倾城)

Demon Girl (半妖倾城, Ban Yao Qing Cheng) is a 2016 Mango TV Chinese fantasy romance web drama written by Yu Zheng, adapted from Mo Bai Qian Jiu's novel, starring Li Yitong and Zhang Zhehan as half-demon Nie Qingcheng and Ming Xia; two 20-episode seasons, over 1.5 billion views.

Demon House

Demon House (2018) is a documentary horror film directed by Zak Bagans about the Ammons haunting case in Gary, Indiana; he bought and demolished the Carolina Street house, and critics gave it mixed reviews.

Demon Hunter (band)

Demon Hunter is an American Christian metal band from Seattle formed in 2000 by brothers Ryan and Don Clark of Training for Utopia. Twelve albums on Solid State Records, Billboard 200 charting, and a 2026 trademark suit against Netflix over KPop Demon Hunters.

Demon King Daimao

Demon King Daimao (Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou) is a Japanese light novel series by Shōtarō Mizuki, published by Hobby Japan, following a student predicted to become the Demon King.

Demon Knight

Demon Knight is a 1995 horror comedy directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, and it is the first feature film spun off from the HBO series Tales from the Crypt.

Demon Lord, Retry! (魔王様、リトライ!)

Demon Lord, Retry! (魔王様、リトライ!, Maō-sama, Ritorai) is a Kurone Kanzaki isekai light novel begun on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2016, published by Futabasha, with manga by Amaru Minotake and 2019 and 2024 anime adaptations.

Demon Pond

Demon Pond (Yashagaike, 夜叉ヶ池) is a 1913 fantasy play by the Japanese writer Izumi Kyoka, set around a mountain lake in Echizen whose dragon god must be kept from flooding the village.

Demon Seed

Demon Seed is a 1977 MGM science-fiction horror film directed by Donald Cammell, adapted from Dean Koontz's 1973 novel, in which the AI Proteus IV imprisons Julie Christie's character and impregnates her.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle is a 2025 Japanese anime film. It set a record for the highest first-day gross in Japanese cinema history.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限列車編) is a 2020 ufotable anime film directed by Haruo Sotozaki; it became Japan's highest-grossing film at ¥40.43 billion and earned over $500 million worldwide.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training is a 2024 Japanese animated compilation film combining the finale of the Swordsmith Village Arc with the premiere of the Hashira Training Arc.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village (鬼滅の刃 刀鍛冶の里編)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village is a 2023 theatrical compilation pairing the Entertainment District Arc finale with the Swordsmith Village Arc premiere.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃) is Koyoharu Gotouge's Taishō-era demon-hunting manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2016–2020 in 23 volumes, adapted by ufotable into the record-breaking Mugen Train and Infinity Castle anime films.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃) (TV series)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃) is a Japanese anime series produced by ufotable, adapted from Koyoharu Gotoge's manga, first broadcast in April 2019 about a boy fighting demons to cure his sister.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 4

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 4 (鬼滅の刃 柱稽古編, Hashira Training Arc), 8 episodes by ufotable airing May 2024 on Fuji TV, adapts manga chapters 128–136 and precedes the Infinity Castle films.

Demond Wilson

Demond Wilson (Grady Demond Wilson, 1946–2026), American actor, played Lamont Sanford on NBC's Sanford and Son (1972–77), adapted from Steptoe and Son; later a minister, author of Second Banana, died of prostate cancer.

Demonic (2021 film)

Demonic (2021) is a Canadian sci-fi horror film written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, starring Carly Pope; a woman enters her comatose mother's mind and unleashes a demon. IFC Midnight released it August 20, 2021; it earned 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Demons (Imagine Dragons song)

"Demons" is a 2012 Imagine Dragons song from Night Visions, written with Alex da Kid and Josh Mosser; a 2013 single that peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, charted 61 weeks, and was certified RIAA Diamond.

Demons (Бесы) (Dostoevsky novel)

Demons (Бесы, also The Possessed) is Dostoevsky's sixth novel, serialized in Russky Vestnik 1871–1872. A response to the Nechaev murder case, set around Stavrogin and Verkhovensky, it lost the chapter "At Tikhon's" to Katkov's censorship and was banned in the USSR 1935–1957.

Demons and Wizards (Uriah Heep album)

Demons and Wizards, Uriah Heep's fourth studio album, released 19 May 1972 on Bronze Records, recorded at Lansdowne Studios, produced by Gerry Bron, with Roger Dean cover, hit single Easy Livin', UK No.20, US No.23.

Demons' Crest (デモンズ・クレスト)

Demons' Crest (デモンズ・クレスト) is a Dengeki Bunko light novel series by Reki Kawahara, author of Sword Art Online, with art by Yukiko Horiguchi: an MR death game for a sixth-grade class, four volumes since 2022, plus manga and a 2026 Production I.G anime.