#Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

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tales from the crypt: demon knight (1995) directed by ernest dickerson

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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) dir. Ernest R. Dickerson, cinematography by Rick Bota

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Billy Zane in Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight (Ernest R. Dickerson, 1995)

Cast: Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, Thomas Haden Church, C.C.H. Pounder, Brenda Bakke, Dick Miller, Gary Farmer, John Kassir (voice). Screenplay: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris, Mark Bishop. Cinematography: Rick Bota. Production design: Christiaan Wagener, Gregory S. Melton. Film editing: Stephen Lovejoy. Music: Edward Shearmur. 

I was going to say that failure to access the 10-year-old boy in me kept me from enjoying Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight, but then I remembered that when I was 10 years old I thought the Tales From the Crypt comic books were repulsive trash. So maybe I really enjoyed it more than that 10-year-old would have, which isn't saying much. It's still trash, but I've seen many movies that repulsed me more. There's a tongue-in-cheek element in its slimy rotting horrors (if there's a tongue to put in a cheek or a cheek to put one in) that doesn't exactly redeem it, but at least kept me watching. And it suggests that we have come to a point in the post-Christian era that what would once be regarded as blasphemous is now only a plot device: namely, the use of the blood of Jesus as a horror movie gimmick. Mostly, it made me feel a little sorry for the actors who have to go through their paces, trying to act but knowing that anything they do is going to be chopped up in the editing and stirred into a mess of special effects. Billy Zane as the demonic Collector and William Sadler as his heroic antagonist are the nominal leads, but Jada Pinkett Smith comes off best as the ex-con on work release who labors in the boarding house where most of the action takes place. She manages to create a character we can root for, which is all the otherwise well-worn plot needs. The frame story in which the Crypt Keeper (voiced by John Kassir) introduces things is unnecessary and mainly serves to promote the HBO series from which it's a theatrical spinoff. 

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More #horror/#thriller movies released on January 13th...

Pumpkinhead (1989)(US).

#LanceHenriksen

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990)(PSIFF).

#BruceCampbell

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995).

One Hour Photo (2002)(Sundance).

Mortuary (2006).

#TobeHooper

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Small cruddy horror Oc / slasher edits before bed!🌼

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Film Journal

"Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight" by Ernest R. Dickerson

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Billy Zane in Demon Knight (1995)

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She is a survivor.

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Scream King - Dick Miller

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All right, I know what you're thinking. You give up your soul, you turn into a demon, you look like shit. Where's the payoff, right?

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) dir. Ernest Dickerson

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me after a long, hard day of work

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Cavity Colors has a Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight design by Jert available until Monday, October 14, at 1pm ET. T-shirts ($30), tie-dye tees ($30), and baseball tees ($35) will ship the week of November 4.

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SUMMARY: High-level demons collect low-level demons as warriors in attempt to obtain a key containing the blood of Christ. The key is guarded by immortal warriors called Demon Knights.