Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight

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., A former soldier and a mysterious demon go head-to-head in a small New Mexico town over possession of a powerful set of keys. In the right hands the keys can ward off evil, but in the demon’s hands the keys will plunge the world into chaos., Renegade Brayker is forced to defend a motley crew of boarding house residents from an army of demons. Leading the forces of darkness is the Collector, a charismatic soul-taker determined to regain an ancient talisman. Feature-length horror based on the hit television series and directed by a one-time cinematographer of Spike Lee., Demon Knight Brayker wrestles with the evil Collector to keep possession of an ancient talisman. Brayker is driven into a converted church inhabited by a motley crew visited by insatiable demons, as the Collector tries to regain the talisman. If he is successful, the Earth will be taken over by evil., The Collector needs the last key that holds back the forces of evil from our world and tracks down the keeper to a small town inn., A touch of B-movie nostalgia tinges this tale about a clash between good and evil over a key that can unlock dark forces. Based on the HBO series.