Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Name: Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Thriller
Released: 1995-01-13
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, CCH Pounder, Brenda Bakke

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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Release date

1995-01-13

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Tales From The Crypt Holdings

Genre

Horror, Comedy, Thriller

Budget

$12 000 000

Box office

$21 089 146

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Director

Ernest R. Dickerson

Actors

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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Scenario

Mark Bishop, Ethan Reiff

Producer

Gilbert Adler, Richard Edlund, Hermes Pan, A L Katz, Robert Zemeckis, David Giler, Joel Silver, Walter Hill, Richard Donner

Camera operator

Rick Bota

Composer

Ed Shearmur

Artist

Christiaan Wagener

Audition

Jaki Brown

Editing

Stephen Lovejoy
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The green slime was taken from glow sticks (referring to a party accessory; inside glow sticks there is an invisible thin vial that separates two liquids; when you need the stick to glow, you bend it, which breaks the partition between the liquids and mixes them, resulting in a glow).
The character played by C.C. H. Pounder has her arm torn off; for this scene, the actress wore a costume that made her appear heavier.
The film's release date was specifically set for Friday, January 13, 1995, as all films in the franchise were intended to be linked to dates traditionally associated with horror – Friday the 13th and Halloween.
In the case of the character nicknamed the Crypt Keeper, voiced by John Kassir, the actor wore a doll's head over a green mask.
In the case of the character nicknamed the Gravekeeper, voiced by John Kassir, the actor wore a puppet head over a green mask.
The script for the story about the Demon Knight circulated in Hollywood for several years. While the script was not an adaptation of E.C. Comics publications, producers decided it would make a successful spin-off of the series 'Tales from the Crypt' (1989-1996).
Birds nested among the beams on the set, which repeatedly caused sound problems. Eventually, before the start of each take, a blank shot was fired into the air on set to scare the birds and get them to fall silent, even if only for a short time.
The filming location was set up in an abandoned hangar at Van Nuys Airport in California. The action of almost the entire film unfolds over one night, so the film crew was able to shoot during the day.
The hand is torn off the character of C.C.H. Pounder, in this scene the actress filmed in a costume that visually gave her fullness.
The script for the story about the Knight-Demon circulated in Hollywood for several years. The script was not an adaptation of works from E.C. Comics, but producers decided it would make a good spin-off of the series “Tales from the Crypt” (1989-1996).