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| Prologue | 3>
On a film set, The Crypt Keeper is attempting to direct an installment of the television show despite his disapproval of the lead actor's talent (John Larroquette). Upon becoming aware of the viewer, he proffers his latest project, which he hopes will get him into Hollywood: Demon Knight. The story begins.
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On a California desert road, two vehicles are engaged in a high-speed chase at night. The car in the lead is driven by a drifter named Brayker (William Sadler), who is forced to abandon the vehicle when it runs out of gas. His pursuer collides with it, causing an explosion. Brayker attempts to steal another vehicle from a small diner parking lot, but is discovered and escapes to an alley where he encounters the local drunk Uncle Willie (Dick Miller). Willie offers him a place to bed down for the night: a decommissioned church that now serves as a boarding house for most of the townsfolk. He rents a room and observes the residents: owner Irene (CCH Pounder), prostitute Cordelia (Brenda Bakke), postal clerk Wally (Charles Fleischer), and an itinerant convict on work release named Jeryline (Jada Pinkett Smith). A misogynistic cook named Roach (Thomas Haden Church) arrives and informs the group about the attempted theft at the diner before moving upstairs with Cordelia. Irene calls the sheriff to report Brayker.
Sheriff Tupper (John Schuck) and his inept deputy Bob (Gary Farmer) arrive at the crash site and encounter The Collector (Billy Zane), the man from the other vehicle. Charismatic and energetic, The Collector convinces them that Brayker is a dangerous thief and they set out after him following Irene's call. Upon arrival at the boarding house, Tupper and Bob arrest Brayker for auto theft, but learn that both cars were stolen and arrest The Collector as well. The Collector then kills Tupper with superhuman strength before being driven out by a mystical artifact Brayker possesses. Incensed, The Collector draws his own blood on the sand, and produces an army of demonic creatures who attempt to get in. Brayker seals the doors and windows with blood contained in the artifact's glass center, which create a membrane the creatures cannot pass. Brayker tells them that the only way to survive is to wait out the night; he does, however, share that the demons can be killed if their eyes are destroyed. Unable to get in, The Collector begins using psychic powers to seduce the people inside. He possesses Cordelia, who transforms into a demon; she kills Wally and cripples Irene before Brayker kills her. Roach incites a mutiny against Brayker to take the key, but fails; instead, he encourages the others to escape through the old mine tunnels under the building and Brayker is unable to dissuade them. Halfway through, the other townsfolk--except for Danny, the young son of the diner owner--possessed by The Collector, drive them back and Roach inadvertently destroys the basement blood seal, and the demons pour in, driving them upstairs until the landing seal stops them.
The residents demand an explanation and Brayker reluctantly accedes to telling them the history of the key. Following the creation of Earth by God, an entire race of demons spawned in the darkness and forged seven keys that, when combined, would channel the power of the cosmos into their hands. When discovered, God created light, scattering the demons and the keys across the universe. After 3,000,000,000 years, the demons retrieved all of the keys except the seventh, which they found on Earth; to prevent it from falling into their hands, God enchanted a thief named Sirach and had him fill the glass bubble inside with the blood of Jesus Christ at the crucifixion. Although immune to aging and illness, the guardians of the key are still mortal, and must find a replacement if they are mortally wounded. Brayker was entrusted with the key by his superior officer in 1917, during World War I, and has been on the run ever since. Brayker's hand possesses a mystical tattoo with a changing star constellation; as the stars align more closely, the key's whereabouts are detectable to the demons, and the time of transition gets closer. If the demons ever manage to retrieve the key, they will destroy humanity and restore darkness to the universe.
Danny disappears and Jeryline rallies everyone to look for him; Roach sneaks the key out of Brayker's satchel when distracted. While inspecting the attic, Irene and Bob discover that Wally was planning to attack the post office with a trunk full of weapons that includes a suicide grenade vest. The Collector attempts to seduce Irene and Jeryline, but fails. He attempts with Uncle Willie and succeeds. While battling Willie, Roach brokers a deal with The Collector to trade his life for the key; The Collector agrees, but betrays and kills Roach afterward. The demons surge upstairs. Brayker retrieves the key in the siege, but Irene and Bob sacrifice themselves with the grenade vest, killing all the remaining minions. In the attic, The Collector possesses Danny, who mortally wounds Brayker before Jeryline dispatches him. With his last strength, Brayker initiates Jeryline as a guardian and then dies, deactivating all blood seals. The Collector and Jeryline engage in a cat and mouse chase before he captures her, taking the key. Unbeknownst to him, Jeryline has secured the last of the blood in her mouth, and she spits it in his face at the first opportunity. He catches fire and sheds his human shell, transforming into a massive winged skeleton before exploding.
Jeryline refills the key with Brayker's blood and escapes at dawn, boarding a bus and sealing the door behind her. The bus stops to pick up a stranger who declines to get on. Dressed identically to his predecessor and carrying the same suitcase, Jeryline realizes that he is the next Collector. After exchanging a glance in passing, The New Collector begins following on foot, whistling the theme song to the Tales From the Crypt television series.
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The Crypt Keeper is preparing for the premiere of his film. He informs the viewer that Jeryline lives happily ever after and is enjoying traveling the world. Once he arrives at the lavish premiere, the producers reveal their powers of "final cut" and snare him in a guillotine and decapitates him, much to his delight.
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Actor
Role
Billy Zane
The Collector
William Sadler
Frank Brayker
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jeryline
Brenda Bakke
Cordelia
CCH Pounder
Irene
Dick Miller
Uncle Willy
Thomas Haden Church
Roach
Gary Farmer
Deputy Bob
Charles Fleischer
Wally
Ryan O'Donohue
Danny
Sherrie Rose
Wanda
Chasey Lain
Party Babe
Traci Bingham
Party Babe
John Larroquette
Slasher
John Kassir
Voice of The Crypt Keeper
[edit] | Tags: History | 2>
Unlike episodes of the HBO series, the story was not ripped from the pages of EC Comics. The first draft of the script was written in 1987,[1] two years before the HBO series debuted, and it was first intended to be made into a film by director Tom Holland, who planned to shoot it as a followup to Child's Play. Holland hired an FX team to do preliminary sketches,[2] but he ultimately went on to direct the box-office bomb Fatal Beauty.
Next the script wound up in the hands of Pumpkinhead screenwriter Mark Carducci, who sat on it for several years before it was given to Pet Semetary director Mary Lambert. Lambert had some radical ideas for the script, including casting an African American as Brayker to create a theme that the oppressed people of Earth were its also saviors.[2] Once Lambert went on to direct Pet Sematary Two, which was a theatrical bomb, she couldn't get people to invest in the film.
The script later went to Charles Band's Full Moon Features, but budgetary constraints held up the production in limbo.[2] When it finally made its way onto desks at Joel Silver's Silver Pictures, it was optioned to be the second in a trilogy of Tales from the Crypt theatrical spin-offs.[2] Universal Pictures executives thought the script had more potential than the other two films (Dead Easy and Body Count, neither of which was ultimately produced) and the movie was quickly sent into production with a tentative release date of Halloween 1994[2] (though the release was pushed back to January 1995).
At this point, two versions of the script were created to solve budgetary problems: one with demons and one without. In the latter, the Collector was a Bible salesman who was using a legion of fellow salesman clad in black suits and sunglasses (later revealed to be demons) as his minions.[2] A film called Demon Knight with demons that looked like killer yuppies made everyone nervous, so Universal pitched in some additional money to get some demons on the screen.[2]
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Main article: Demon Knight (soundtrack)
A soundtrack containing heavy metal and alternative rock was released on January 10, 1995 by Atlantic Records. It peaked at 157 on the Billboard 200.
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Demon Knight was supposed to be the second film in the trilogy, but Universal Pictures thought it should go first because it was the most Tales-Like feature out of the three proposed. Demon Knight was only one of the original titles planned that was actually made; Dead Easy (aka Fat Tuesday), a New Orleans zombie romp which was to possibly open the following Halloween, and the third film, Body Count, were never materialised as planned. The Key in Demon Knight was supposed to appear in every part of the trilogy. It appeared in Bordello of Blood, but not in Ritual.
[edit] | Tags: References | 2>
^ Diehl, Digby (1996). Tales from the Crypt: The Official Archives. St. Martin's Press.
^ a b c d e f g Tales from the Script, by Anthony C. Ferrante, Fangoria Magazine, No. 140, March 1995
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Demon Knight at the Internet Movie Database
Demon Knight at AllRovi
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