This film has been so elusive to see it isn't funny. It's not a bad movie at all. I saw it on HBO when the network first started and I recorded it on VHS.
Jurgen Prochnow is a German army offer whose troops move into a castle in the Romanian mountains. The soldiers accidentally let loose the very evil force that has been trapped in the Keep for years. The Nazi's show up and force a Jewish scientist and his daughter to help them vanquish the evil.
Scott Glenn is a mysterious stranger who feels the evil presence from his home in Greece, and travels to the keep. The evil itself is a pretty interesting looking being when finally seen. The acting and the effects are both top notch and the direction by Michael Mann is good. As a matter of fact, this is the only good film Mann has ever been associated with.
My personal belief is that Mann doesn't give a damn about this film and so there is no hurry to put it on DVD. Well anyway this is an excellent film and should be seen more. The rest of the cast includes Alberta Watson, Gabriel Byrne and Ian McKellen.
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