Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
“Ready for your deadtime story?”
Movie19951h 33mEnglish
Our verdict
Decent one-time watch
Mixed-to-positive reactions; enjoyable if the genre is your thing.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 583 ratings.
Movie review: Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight is a film from 1995. It is catalogued under Horror, Comedy, Thriller. Its listed tagline is “Ready for your deadtime story?”
Story
Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 6.9/10 based on 583 votes.
Production
Release date: January 13, 1995 · Runtime: 93 minutes · Original language: English · Reported budget: $13,000,000 · Reported revenue: $21,089,146
Official trailer
Cast
Billy Zane
William Sadler
Jada Pinkett Smith
CCH Pounder
Brenda Bakke
Dick Miller
Thomas Haden Church
John Schuck
Gary Farmer
Charles Fleischer
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