A man known as Brayker is on the run from a powerful demon known at The Collector. Brayker holds the last of seven keys, each of which is a holy container filled with the blood of Christ. The keys were scattered afar, but now Brayker must protect the remaining key or else evil will descend upon the universe.
The Collector tracks Brayker to a seedy motel, the inhabitants of which include an elderly alcoholic, a beautiful but self-esteem lacking sex trade worker, an arrogant and bossy git, the ornery old inn keeper, a highly out-of-shape police officer, and a convict on a work release programme. This motley crew must now fight The Collector and his demon henchmen in order to protect the key and save their lives and those of the rest of the universes' inhabitants.
Demon Knight is a vast departure from the first two Tales from the Crypt films. The film introduces to the big screen the Cryptkeeper, a character not present in the 1970's Tales from the Crypt films, but popularized through the Tales from the Crypt television series and its animated counterpart; Tales from the Cryptkeeper. It also looses the short story anthology format and the "what goes around comes around" motif of the originals.
The movie is substantially more high budget looking than the TV show or the 1970's films, but still plenty campy. Quite purposely, the film aims alternate between scaring and amusing the viewer. There isn't much to scare most folks in this film, though a couple of the scenes may not be for the weak stomached.
In the final analysis the story is goofy, the premise is ludicrous, and some of the special effects are over the top. But it's still hard not to find some significant entertainment value in Demon Knight.
3.5 fists through the face out of 5
Rated R for gore, horror violence, sexuality, nudity, and language.
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