Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

• Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
• Written by Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris, Mark Bishop
• Stars Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith
• Run Time: 1 Hour, 32 Minutes
• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40bOBBbjbIQ

Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone

It’s like a longer episode of Tales From The Crypt, with familiar actors in a lot of the roles, murder and mayhem, and dark humor. Billy Zane and William Sadler were especially good in the two main roles. The only complaint is that it seemed a little too long, especially at the end. Run time could have been trimmed down a bit. But it was still a fun watch.

Synopsis

We begin with the opening scene of the Cryptkeeper’s house from the TV series. We cut to a woman talking about how sexy it was killing her husband with an axe. Meanwhile, downstairs, the husband’s very messy dead body makes its way up to where she’s in the tub. He raises his axe and- No, wait, this is only a movie set. The Cryptkeeper yells at John Larroquette’s bad acting and threatens to only give him bit parts in the future. The Cryptkeeper turns to the camera and introduces the real story, “Demon Knight.” Credits roll.