In a 1942 Romania, a German unit occupying the old keep on a mountain pass is decimated, as two soldiers accidentally release an old demon kept within its walls. This movie had all the ingredients: decent director, Tangerine Dream's atmospheric score, great cinematography by the late Alex Thomson, some decent actors (Glenn, Prochnow, Byrne, McKellen), and to top it all, the great source - a very good horror book by F. Paul Wilson - but ultimately, it failed. The actors are good (especially Prochnow), and both the cinematography and music are great; unfortunately, the script itself is too shallow and actually loses most of the original book's atmosphere and tension. In a word, "The Keep" could have been a decent, 7-8-point horror movie, but ultimately it fails. A nice filler for a rainy afternoon, if you don't expect too much. 5/10
