Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

Has anyone not seen Tales from the Crypt? If not, I would like to know where you've been living the last 30 years. Demon Knight is definitely one of the better full-length movies introduced by Tales from the Crypt. All of the movies tend to feel like you jumped right into a comic book. Why shouldn't it? Tales from the Crypt is based off of the comics written by William M. Gaines. It gives all the shows and movies a fun feel to them, while still be a horrific film. This way, the show isn't too serious, and it captures the right kind of audience. This is what I think made Tales from the Crypt such a huge success. The movie itself is based on a guy running from demons (Billy Zane as this particular demon) of the cosmos. His goal is to try and keep the last key that opens the universe and the heavens from the demons. There are seven. These demons were part of the black void before earth was created when God created the darkness. Anyway, the man spent his whole life running from demons with this key. He has seven stars on his hand which apparently guide him to where he has to go, and to eventually pass on the key to the next chosen person. With each of the chosen people this key is passed to, comes the previous person's blood, held inside a chamber in the key. This blood stops the demons from entering door ways. They cannot go across it, or touch it. The blood goes all the way back to Jesus on the cross. So it is a Christian/Cosmos deity type film of good and evil. The man carrying the key in this movie is guided to a church by the stars on his hand. Apparently the church was transformed into a homeless shelter, and work camp for troubled teens of the law. When he gets there, the demon in the beginning (Billy Zane) eventually finds him. Then, that's when they all fight for their lives against the demons and the darkness. This is not a bad film, it's also not an Oscar worthy film either. It's actually kind of fun. If you appreciated Tales from the Crypt, then you'll definitely appreciate this film.

Anyone who grew up within 1989 to 1996 is familiar with HBO's original series based on EC's horror comics of the 1950's. "Tales From The Crypt" with the genre attitude and look and feel of the 1980's anthology classics together with John Kassir (the voice of the crypt keeper) and animatronics expert, Kevin Yagher and the talents of William Gaines, Walter Hill, Robert Zemeckis. This remarkable series was able to convince Universal Studios to invest in a full length motion picture episode entitled "Demon Knight" that would consist of Hollywood actors Billy Zane and Jada Pickett together with character actors such as William Sadler and Dick Miller.Sadler is a thief turned prophet/protector who must save the world from demon (Billy Zane) who is hellbent on collecting the final key to the possession of the universe in the form of an artifact that contains the blood of the holy savior that can inevitably keep him from turning the world into a reign of darkness and despair. It just so happens that Sadler is involved in a prophecy in which he must pass the key to the next chosen soul (Jada Pinckett) who subsequently inherits the task of saving the world from its inhuman downfall. Seven characters with distinct personalities are held up in a converted church/mine, and must fight the demons before they possess and take over everything.This moderate box office sensation sets the stage for a fast-paced comic style adventure in horror and humor as an excellent cast together with a coherent script and delightfully dark atmosphere pay homage to its origins as well as its evolution in the horror market. Billy Zane has a hell of a good time playing the demonic "collector", and the rest of the cast plays it out with plenty of glory and gusto even know some of the action and screenplay are at times silly and exaggerated. Good cameos including Dan Larroquette and Sherrie Rose and a pleasing but forwarding ending highlight this tribute to the modern HBO series and classic comic books. This film will soon go on to inspire the Tarantino/Rodriguez smash hit "From Dusk Till Dawn". "Bordello of Blood" will be the next full-length motion picture, and the "Tales From The Crypt" series will air for a full seven seasons.

It's all starts of with Car chase and two people end up in the Some kind bar, when one of them is demon who after some Huge Key and other get stuck inside with person being chasing the person.This movie was a blast, I loved, it, I wasn't really sure at the start of the movie, where this movie was going but as this movie went on, it grab me and never let me go. There was some really great effect in this movie, I loved of Bloody gory effect in this movie, some were really gooey There were some really scary Scene that will make you really Jump, I jumped few times in this movie. Really well paced and I loved the way the movie ended! The acting in this movie was really good! 9 out of 10

This is one of my all time favorite movies, and it's the very first movie I saw more than twice while still in theaters. I was already a fan of Tales from the Crypt, and with this movie, there were constant thrills from beginning to end, and everyone was involved in causing those thrills. This was also the very first movie I ever saw Jada Pinkett in--I had never even heard of her before; I absolutely loved her part, and I was already a William Sadler fan from having seen him in Die Hard 2. From beginning to end, the action & suspense keeps you rolling right along on the edge of your seat! The bottom line is this is a movie that I absolutely love, & I have seen it more than 20 times already. The only thing that I did not like about this movie was that it took about 8-10 minutes or so for the actual movie to start.: )