Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight [Blu-ray]

Director: Gilbert Adler, Ernest R. Dickerson Gilbert Adler

Overview

This first theatrical feature spun off from the television series Tales from the Crypt (which was in turn inspired by the infamous EC horror comics of the 1950s) concerns a mysterious man named Brayker (Bill Sadler), who arrives at a church-turned-rooming house in a small town in New Mexico. Hot on his trail is an equally mysterious and very menacing figure known as the Collector (Billy Zane), who arrives with policemen in tow; he claims that Brayker stole some keys from him, and he wants the cops to help him reclaim them. It turns out, however, that the "keys" are actually several amulets that contain drops of the blood of Christ; they can be used to ward off evil in the right hands, but they can lead the world to doom if used improperly. The Collector and his forces lay siege to the house with the other residents caught in the middle between Brayker and the Collector, including alcoholic Uncle Willy (Dick Miller), prostitute Cordelia (Brenda Bakke), sleazy Southerner Roach (Thomas Haden Church), postal employee Wally (Charles Fleischer), sensible Jeryline (Jada Pinkett), and landlady Irene (CCH Pounder). Bordello of Blood, the second Tales from the Crypt feature, hit theaters the following year.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/20/2015
UPC:	0826663162844
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	10,911

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Director Ernest Dickerson; Audio Commentary with Special Effects Creator Todd Masters, Visual Effects Supervisor John Van Vliet Special Effects Coordinator Thomas Bellissimo, and Demon Performer Walter Phelan; Under Siege: The Making of Demon Knight - Featuring Interviews with Director Ernest Dickerson, Co-Producer A.L. Katz, Screenwriters Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris, and Mark Bishop, Stars Billy Zane, William Sadler, Brenda Bakke, Charles Fleischer, and John Schuck, Editor Stephen Loveljoy, Special Effects Creator Todd Masters; Panel Discussion From The American Cinematheque Featuring Director Ernest Dickerson and Actor Dick Miller; Still Gallery; Theatrical Trailer

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.