Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight

Director: Gilbert Adler, Ernest R. Dickerson Gilbert Adler

Overview

"Directed by Spike Lee cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, this biting horror flick from the makers of the HBO anthology series Tales From the Crypt stars Billy Zane and Jada Pinkett. The film centers on a battle between good and evil as the inhabitants of an old hotel attempt to keep an otherworldly villain and his army of ghouls from unleashing a demonic apocalypse on the world. This second DVD treatment of the film improves slightly on the first, but remains an essentially bare-bones offering. The film has been transferred in widescreen with the original English soundtrack mastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. Additionally, there is a dubbed French audio track and subtitles in Spanish and French."

Product Details

Release Date:	10/07/2003
UPC:	0025192360527
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Source:	UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	15,281

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Billy Zane	The Collector
Wiliam Sadler	Frank Brayker
Jada Pinkett Smith	Jeryline
CCH Pounder	Irene
Brenda Bakke	Cordelia
Dick Miller	Uncle Willy
Thomas Haden Church	Roach
John Schuck	Sheriff Tupper
Gary Farmer	Deputy Bob Martel
Charles Fleischer	Wally Enfield
Tim de Zarn	Homer
Sherri Rose	Wanda,Wanda
Ryan Sean O'Donohue	Danny
Tony Salome	Sirach
Chasey Lain	Party Babe
Traci Bingham	Party Babe
Te-See Bender	Party Babe
Ponti Butler	Party Babe
Reda Beebe	Party Babe
Veronica Culver	Party Babe
Tina Hollimon	Party Babe
Elaine Del Valle	Party Babe
Mim Parker	Party Babe
Peggy Trentini	Amanda
Kathy Barbour	Crypt Keeper Starlet
Tina New	Crypt Keeper Starlet
John Larroquette	Slasher
Mecki Heussen	Actor
Jada Pinkett-Smith	Actor
Ed Shearmur	Composer

Technical Credits

Mark Bishop

Richard Edlund	Producer
Gilbert Adler	Producer,Director
Hermes Pan	Producer
Richard Donner	Executive Producer,Producer
Joel Silver	Executive Producer
Robert Zemeckis	Executive Producer
Walter Hill	Executive Producer
David Giler	Executive Producer
Sean Garnhart	Sound Effects
Ernest R. Dickerson	Director
Al Katz	Producer
Sscott Coulter	Special Effects
Mark Bishop	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

The tension runs high and the blood runs EC Comics red in Tales From The Crypt's first feature Demon Knight. Mixing scares, humor, down and dirty gore, and a nifty style thanks to director Ernest R. Dickerson, this film succeeds in all the places it should. William Sadler and Jada Pinkett lead a great bunch of character actors through each and every turn in this romp -- though it's Billy Zane who really owns this movie! His devilish grin ends up stealing every scene as the ultimate charming minion of the underworld. Zane brings it all to the table in this one, creating one of the funniest and most wicked villains seen in years. With exceptional Pumpkinhead-esque demon FX to back him up, and groan-inducing Crypt Keeper scenes bookending the film, Tales From The Crypt hits a home run on the fun scale with Demon Knight... it's just too bad they couldn't keep the momentum going with the next installment -- the sad, plodding, Dennis Miller wise-cracking dud Bordello Of Blood.