William Sadler stars as Brayker, a man who carries the last of seven keys that contains the blood of christ. The keys were spread around the universe to prevent evil from taking over. Now evil has found six of the keys and The Collector (Billy Zane) tracks down the seventh key that Brayker has and goes after him. Brayker ends up at a inn in a small town and together with the people in the house they have to try and stay alive through the night while evil lurking outside, trying to get in.
Here's another Tales from the Crypt movie and it's slightly better than their Bordello of Blood. Both are ok but Demon Knight has a better story and is a bit more fast-paced I guess or at least more entertaining.
I'm no fan of Billy Zane but he actually does a great job in this flick playing a demon and has good comical timing and is fun to watch. The actors are all ok but he stands out for sure.
Like a lot of other stuff by Tales from the Crypt Demon Knight also has it's fair share of humour which actually works quite well here. The story is good and it's a solid script which makes the movie really entertaining. The special effects are well done and the demons/monster looks pretty cool.
We also get a lot of gore which also works quite well and is much better executed than your average Tales from the Crypt stories.
It's of course not scary but we get a lot of action and a lot of comical horror and the movie never really has a dull moment and is quite interesting throughout, interesting enough to keep you wanna watch anyway. If you haven't had the chance to see it, I would recommend you to check it out.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Demon Keeper
MOVIE YEAR: 1995
DIRECTOR: Ernest R. Dickerson, Gilbert Adler
WRITING CREDITS: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
CAST: Billy Zane, John Kassir, William Sadler
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 92 min
RATING: 7/10
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