#Horror iconset series#
There’s such a blunt, swiftness to Cropsy’s work that makes him particularly creepy, and when you consider that the character is loosely based on the “real” story of New York’s Cropsey from the ‘60s, the villain gains even more brutal poignancy.Īnd for what it’s worth, the infamous villain from the Clock Tower series of video games is based on Cropsy and his unusual weapon. The Burningholds a lot of history behind it, like being Jason Alexander’s feature film debut, containing effects work by Tom Savini, and being the first theatrical release by Miramax Films, but it also just has a deeply disturbing villain behind it all!Ĭropsy is a mentally deranged former camp counselor who has a grudge to settle with garden shears acting as his primary means of negotiation. Watch Tales From The Crypt Presents: Demon Knight on Amazonįirst off, if you haven’t seen the 1981 slasher, The Burning, stop what you’re doing and get to that immediately. He’s just so darn good at pretending to be a colossal jerk.
Rumor has it that James Cameron cast Billy Zane in Titanicbased on his performance in this film. If you’re a thirsty alcoholic, he can grant your wish of living in a never-ending, fully stocked Tiki torch party, populated by dozens of ladies who left their bikini tops at home. The Collector can conjure anything out of thin air, manipulate perceptions of reality and even turn his own tongue into an actual sponge. The Collector’s tactic of choice is the promise of wish fulfillment and you can probably guess how well that goes for everybody.
Sadler barricades himself inside a hotel, sealing every entrance with magic blood, poured from the artifact, forcing The Collector to manipulate the other hotel guests into helping him get inside. William Sadler carries an artifact which evil demons need to reclaim power over the universe and The Collector (understandably) wants to take it from him. They’re never really clear about whether The Collector is a demon-knight or if William Sadler is a knight who fights demons, making him the Demon Knight. Billy Zane plays the title character, I think. In 1995, Tales From The Crypt made the jump from the Home Box Office to the actual box office with Demon Knight. “What if Genie from Disney’s Aladdinwas a handsome demon monster with genitals made of fire?” Kennedy is enough on its own, but the threat of Bubba Ho-Tep lifts up the story, adds some symbolism, and is simply interesting. The idea of two broken men in a retirement home insisting they’re Elvis Presley and John F. Surprisingly Belial gets a number of films to work through these issues, strengthening his character more each time.ĭespite being the antagonist and the character the film is named after, the mummy referred to as Bubba Ho-Tep is almost unnecessary. The film explores the classic sort of themes associated with this territory like Belial’s pent up jealousy and anger towards Duane and watching that express itself has a lot of weight to it. You need to toe a very fine line in tone to pull something like this off and the films know when to be scary and when to lean into the humor.īasket Case explores the story of eccentric Duane Bradley, who keeps his deformed, deranged twin, Belial, in a basket hidden from the world. There’s a terrible X-Files episode, “Badlaa,” that many consider to be one of the worst episodes that essentially explores this idea, however where The X-Files fails, Basket Case succeeds in making this work. Believe it or not, there are three Basket Case films that all dig into this tiny terror. Every year at Halloween it’s like, God, there are so many Basket Case costumes, you know what I mean, right? No, this sadly isn’t the world that we live in, but I wish it were.
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