one of Max Gaines’ original no-nos and a particular bugaboo to Fredric Wertham. In Demon Knight, however, it’s a major weapon in the hands of the beleaguered humans. Brayker’s burden is indeed an ancient The original blood in the key came
one.
Six, Five, Four,
Three, Two.
DEMON
.
The Collector and the demons begin a game of seven little Indians, whittling down members of the party one by one. Irene
KNIGHT Credits
the
the landlady loses an arm; tough old broad
Starring Billy
from Golgotha itself, but over the centuries it has been mixed with that of all who have carried the terrible burden. Each guardian of the amulet has refilled it with his own blood and passed
it
to his successor
upon
Zane
William Sadler
Jada Pinkett Brenda Bakke CCH Pounder Thomas Haden Church and John Kassir
his
death. Brayker has been the custodian since
as the voice of the Crypt Keeper
World War I, when he received it in the of France from a dying comrade (named Dickerson, after the film’s director).
fields
Executive Producers
Richard Conner
David Giler
With die key, he also inherited the 7-star tattoo on his palm. Tonight he will pass it to one of the other occupants of the Mission Inn.
Walter
Hill
Joel Silver
Robert Zemeckis Written by
Ethan Reiff Cyrus Voris
Produced by Gilbert Adler
Directed by
Ernest Dickerson Director of Photography
Rick Bota Production Designer
Wagener
Christiaan
Film Editor
Stephen
Lovejoy,
ACE
Executive Music Producer
Michael
Kamen
Score Composed by
Ed Shearmur Coproducers Alan Katz Scott Nimerfro
Wendy Wanderman Special Effects
Makeup
Designed and Created by Todd Masters
Costume Designer Warden Neil
Some of the images used by director Dickerson evoke the Biblical legacy of the key
(left),
demons
but the
get to everyone
eventually, including
young boy named Danny (above right), a
and even Brayker himself (top).
Only
Jcryline survives.