Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight
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Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight is a 1995 horror film starring Billy Zane, William Sadler and Jada Pinkett Smith.
The story revolves around an artifact and its guardian. The artifact is a key to somehow open the gates of hell and release all sorts of demons. William Sadler plays the role of Brayker, a Demon Knight, a guardian of the key, whilst Billy Zane has the role of the Collector, a higher level demon who is tasked to retrieve the key and use it to open the gates of hell and unleash darkness across the universe.
The key also serves as a container for blood that has the power to create barriers on entrances where it prevents the demons from passing through. These barriers can be broken by either removing the blood from where it was poured, or by destroying it (a character destroyed it with a shotgun blast, but it may be possible to do it other ways as well). Originally it contains the blood of Christ obtained when he was crucified, but when it ran out, it was, and could be refilled with the blood of the latest guardian who carried the artifact and still have the same power.
The bearer of the artifact appears to be immune to aging and to suffering a natural death, but they are still vulnerable to death through other means. On their hand, there is a form of tattoo that acts as a gauge to when their night will come when they will fight the demons, and then pass on the duties of guardian to another. Brayker had taken the duties from a soldier he fought with in World War I.
Demon Knight is a spin off from the popular HBO show Tales from the Crypt. A year after Demon Knight, it was followed by Tales from the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood.