It has one of the best Zane performances in his career, delivers a simply pulpy horror tale, and breaks new ground in the process. New ground which is now carried forward by a strong line of actors and actresses who survive through the credits

| Apr 12, 2025

It is a campy homage that doesn’t promise any thought-provoking resonance but will provide some easy thrills and stellar kills. Demon Knight knows what it is and doesn’t hide from it.

| Dec 1, 2023

It’s a seedy 'Grand Hotel' by way of 'The Exorcist' as a siege thriller, cooked up with plenty of gore and a smattering of sex, and served with dry wit.

| Oct 27, 2023

A delightful blend of humor and horror that sees a cast all trying to out-act one another and somehow all of them coming out on top.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 22, 2023

Dead on arrival.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 2, 2022

Arguably the best of the Tales From the Crypt movies and has buckets of blood to spare.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 29, 2020

The levity is never forced; laughs are generated from the over-the-top nature of the oozy body horror.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 11, 2020

Good horror films are thin on the ground right now; this one will do nicely.

| Nov 17, 2017

The least horrible of the three modern Tales from the Crypt films...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 9, 2016

Lightning in a bottle.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 10, 2015

Basically Romero Lite, but a strong cast and capable direction by Ernest Dickerson provide it with some lift.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 24, 2015

If it weren't for a gleefully game cast - led by Billy Zane's over-the-top bonkers demon lord - it would be a hard movie to recommend.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 23, 2015

It may not be a classic or even as successful as the genuinely unsettling 1972 E.C. Comics adaptation, but now, just as in 1995, it fulfills its goal as a sardonic, blessedly unpretentious creature feature.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 19, 2015

As for fans of Zane, if there was ever a film where the man breaks loose with his charm and enthusiasm, "Demon Knight" is his podium.

| Oct 20, 2012

To call Demon Knight a popcorn movie is to give it too much credit — I doubt it would raise the pulse of Orville Redenbacher.

| Original Score: D+ | Sep 7, 2011

if the sight of Technicolor disembowelment and flying eyeballs ain't your cup of tea, there's always Terms of Endearment waiting down at the video store.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 6, 2010

Pinkett, at least, went on to better things.

| May 19, 2008

Good-humored gore, ably directed by Ernest Dickerson.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 19, 2008

Pic is neither funny enough nor scary enough to be fully satisfying as either a shocker or a spoof.

| May 19, 2008

The first in a series, but standards will need to impove if it's to survive.

| Jun 24, 2006