Michael Mann's biggest misfire. Good source material, but things were not technologically advanced enough to pull this off the way Mann wanted to. Also way too studio bound.
Gorgeous synth-soaked soundtrack by Tangerine Dream, overabundance of mood, Ian McKellen compelling in this Eastern European-flavored revenge fantasy, morality tale.
German soldiers occupy a citadel overlooking the Dinu pass and unwittingly release a demon that inhabits an infinite space in the bowels of the castle. Not a a lot of sense but plenty of splatter and a uniquely creepy feel to the way it is photographed.
After Thief Mann worked on a number of projects, including the script of Jim McBride's Breathless. (9) He left this to make his own film The Keep (1983), an adaptation of F. Paul Wilson's novel about a mysterious force within a Nazi fortress. The Keep was a strange generic hybrid...( read more)
If this movie deals with a large castle type biulding during World War 2, where the NAZIs are going to shoot it out with Americans then I want to buy it then see it again!
one of the great horror movies - slight of camera and in hindsight - exceptional cast - with tangerine dream music - was atmospheric to another level. must watch again to see if it has that gravitas or was just a smokin phase film angle? and yet...
During WWII a group of German soldiers defend a Romanian mountain pass by headquartering in an ancient fortress - ignoring villagers' warnings of a strange presence inside
I saw it years ago and when I downloaded it I was a bit disappointed as the Tangerine Dream music seemed different to what i remembered..I seem to remember the beginning of the film with german troops frog marching..slamming their boots down on the cobblestones with the Tangerine Dream music building up slowly behind the crashing boots..this doesnt happen in the film I have got now...bummer bcos..that intro was what really sucked me into the film itself...and I loved it.... :)
I liked this movie, in part because of my religious background (the Cross means nothing)I love Mann's direction, as I am a huge Miami Vice fan.
The "love" scene with Scott Glenn was magical. Also a Jürgen Prochnow fan. It still thrills me to this day!
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