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Released
1995 · FILM

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Former soldier Frank Brayker must protect an ancient apocalyptic key while holed up in a New Mexico boarding house, rallying its eccentric residents to fend off a demonic collector and his murderous mercenaries before the world is unleashed into chaos.

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Directed by
Ernest Dickerson
Written by
Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris
Runtime
93 min
ActionFantasyHorror

Synopsis

Frank Brayker, a former soldier, is the guardian of an ancient key capable of unleashing great evil. The Collector, a sinister demon, seeks the key to trigger the apocalypse. For nearly 90 years, Brayker has been fleeing from ruthless mercenaries. He finally takes refuge at a boarding house in New Mexico, where—with the assistance of its residents—he intends to confront the Collector and his ghoulish followers to stop them from obtaining the key.

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Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Stephen LovejoyShot by Rick BotaScored by Edward ShearmurDesigned by Christiaan Wagener

Box Office

1995 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$21.1M

Budget$13.0M
Worldwide gross$21.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Demon Knight - Ritter der Dämonende
  • Ritter der Dämonende
  • Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knighten
  • Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knighten
  • Le Cavalier du Diablefr
  • I racconti della cripta - Il cavaliere del maleit

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