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The Keep (1983)

Director: Michael Mann

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From Time Out Film Guide

There is a secret buried deep within the walls of the keep, an ancient mystic shrine in the Carpathian Alps of Romania. It is an Evil so long contained that it has since been forgotten. It is an Evil more vile than the World War II German troops who have unwittingly released it, having violated the mausoleum. But there is a Man, a Man who has risen from a forgotten age who can stop the growing demon. First he must sleep with the beautiful Eva Cuza (evil demons take time to reach maturation), which he proceeds to do with infinitely more finesse than the final confrontation with the awakened Evil. Mann's film was first buried in video distribution after it flopped in the US (by that time Mann was already involved in the highly successful television series Miami Vice). Resurrected for cinema screening, it proves to be eerie, chilling, at times engaging. But Mann's attempt to superimpose an analysis of the emotional attraction of Fascism simply doesn't work within the Heavy Metal magazine cartoon format.

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Time Out Film Guide

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  • Helen Doloughan said...
    Posted on Mar 25 2008 17:52 I want to buy this movie but cant find it.Can anybody help?
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  • chris, uk said...
    Posted on Oct 02 2007 14:22 Fell in love with the movie when I first saw it in the 80s, with its amazing Gothic atmosphere, awsome soundtrack etc. Will it ever be released on dvd??
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  • Biffo said...
    Posted on Aug 21 2007 08:58 I read the book several times and became hooked on it. This film has become (in my view) a cult classic.
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Cast & crew

Director: Michael Mann

Producer: Gene Kirkwood, Howard W Koch Jr

Cast: Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne, Ian McKellen, Morgan Sheppard full cast

Genre(s): Horror

Duration: 96 mins

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