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If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Blistering performances.

A gleefully violent, gory comic book adventure ride with little sense or intelligence but plenty of tacky yet gruesome special effects, this is a film made to appeal to the lowest common denominator and comes across of those cinematic Big Macs (apologies to the originator of that metaphor) - easy to digest, tasty and yet somehow empty, which leaves you wanting more.Forget the plot and storyline - there isn't one. Instead, it's a virtual remake of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, with a group of people battling monsters who are just dying to get inside and rip them to shreds. Along the way we get many unoriginal moments, such as a death scene blatantly stolen from ALIENS. Basically, what this film is about are the many varied special effects, thankfully there are few of the computer variety. The demons themselves are pretty good, but it's the excess gore which really sticks in the mind. A man is punched through the head and then has his head ripped off, there are arms torn from their sockets, decapitations, stabbings, heart-rippings, and some hideous monster people with lolling jaws and drooling tongues. The blood flow is thick and plentiful, yet the gore is always presented in a comic way so it's never particularly disturbing or horrendous - in fact, it's just like Peter Jackson's BRAINDEAD.Surprisingly, the makers gathered together a great cast for this film. Billy Zane plays the smooth, seductive demon from hell with great relish, and it's a perfect piece of casting - nobody could have done it better. William Sadler plays against type as the hero of the film, and he's good value too. The supporting cast is for once excellent, and full of familiar faces; there's CCH Pounder, who's been in about a million things; Dick Miller, Joe Dante's favourite bit player and a guy who has been acting since the '50s; and Brenda Bakke in an oddly affecting role as a hooker with a heart of gold. Jada Pinkett is a Ripley-esque heroine, but aside from being Will Smith's wife, she's nothing to write home about.Added to the gory proceedings are lots of scenes of nudity, so this film obviously isn't exploitation in any way, shape, or form. DEMON KNIGHT may be absurd, crass and brainless, but it's fun too and doesn't take itself too seriously, factors which make it stand out from a lot of films these days.

A man called Frank Brayker (William Sadler) is driving a car through a desert road chased by another car. They crash and Brayker flees from the spot. He unsuccessfully tries to heist a car and stumbles upon the alcoholic Uncle Willy (Dick Miller). Then he asks for a place to stay and Willy indicates a nearby bed and breakfast in an abandoned church. Brayker goes with Willy to the inn where he checks in with the owner Irene (CCH Pounder). He is introduced to the guests: the whore Cordelia (Brenda Bakke); the postal clerk Wally Enfield (Charles Fleischer) and the maid Jeryline (Jada Pinkett Smith). Meanwhile, Sheriff Tupper (John Schuck) and Deputy Bob Martel (Gary Farmer) finds a man called The Collector (Billy Zane) near the accident that tells that Brayker is a thief that has stolen a key-like relic from him. When the crook Roach (Thomas Haden Church), he tells about the attempt of theft of a car, the suspicious Irene calls the Sheriff that comes with his Deputy and The Collector that tries to retrieve the relic. When the Sheriff decides to take Brayker and The Collector to the police station since both cars were stolen, The Collector kills him with a powerful punch. However Brayker uses the relic to expel The Collector to outside and he uses his blood on the soil to create demons. However Brayker uses blood from the relic to protect the inn. The Collector is unable to get in the place and uses his power to tempt each person inside the inn. Who will win the battle between good and evil?"Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight" is a funny entertainment with a story of a fight between good and evil. Fans of the TV show will certainly enjoy the long episode. Billy Zane is hilarious in many moments and steals the show; William Sadler good as usual; the sexy Brenda Bakke performs Cordelia that seems to be a laboratory to Selena Coombs from "American Gothic"in the same year. Unfortunately for the fans only this film and "Bordello of Blood" (1996) have been made and this wonderful franchise is finished. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Os Demônios da Noite" ("The Demons of the Night")

I have loved TFTC since I was a kid. I have all the seasons of the 90's TV show on DVD, the first season of the little known and forgotten Tales From The Cryptkeeper cartoon show, the original 1970's version of Tales on blu ray, and both full length films, including this. (Forget the horrible mockery that is TFTC Presents: Rituals). This is by far the best of the full lengths. Everything that any fan of Tales loves is in this movie. The horror. The scares. The black humor. The creepy monsters. The cast obviously had a blast making this movie, especially Billy Zane, who cuts it up as the demonic "Collector". A must for any Crypt fan Billy Zane, who cits

This is one of my all time favorite movies, and it's the very first movie I saw more than twice while still in theaters. I was already a fan of Tales from the Crypt, and with this movie, there were constant thrills from beginning to end, and everyone was involved in causing those thrills. This was also the very first movie I ever saw Jada Pinkett in--I had never even heard of her before; I absolutely loved her part, and I was already a William Sadler fan from having seen him in Die Hard 2. From beginning to end, the action & suspense keeps you rolling right along on the edge of your seat! The bottom line is this is a movie that I absolutely love, & I have seen it more than 20 times already. The only thing that I did not like about this movie was that it took about 8-10 minutes or so for the actual movie to start.: )