You would expect to hear a score of this tone for a film like 'Blade Runner'.

A lot of the tense moments don't really come across as being that thrilling because the music floating in the background just doesn't match the scenario. The only problem is this lovely soundtrack doesn't really fit this film. Their music can evoke strong emotions from you the viewer. As you would expect their usual blend of futuristic electronic synth mixed with that old fashioned ethereal/spiritual fairytale-like sound is very unique.

There is a lot of visual flair with stylish lighting, camera angles, creepy claustrophobic vibes etc.which is one of the films saving graces, great atmosphere.Īnother plus point is the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. The effects (for the time) were pretty swish and do hold the tone of the film together. On the visual side the film is really quite cool looking, it almost looks like an early MTV rock video. The film isn't particularly bad but there is obviously a lot of hack editing going on and much of the original plot has been ignored or cut. It is at this time that a stranger appears in the village as if summoned by the ongoing events.Mann's second film and a controversial adaptation of Wilson's novel that didn't go down too well with either the audiences or the author. Cuza fails to grasp that the being is not a mere vampire but actually something much worse. It is not long before he encounters the malevolent force that is loose in the keep. The professor is useful at first in translating a mysterious message that has been written in an ancient Romanian dialect. A Jewish History Professor, Theodore Cuza and his daughter Magda, are forced by SS Sturmbannfuhrer Eric Kaempffer to provide background information and help with the investigation. “Something is murdering my men.” A Nazi SS extermination squad is dispatched as it is assumed that this is the work of partisans. In April of 1941 a message is sent to German High Command from an Army Captain stationed in a remote castle keep in the Dinu Pass high in the Transylvanian Alps. Paul Wilson states “I consider this visual presentation of The Keep my version of the movie, what could have been. Paul Wilson scripted a graphic novel version of his book with artwork drawn by Matthew Dow Smith, of Hellboy fame. Suffice to say that I may write an extended piece on its troubled history and many versions, at some point in the future. Michael Mann’s adaptation of the 1981 bestseller is a curiosity in itself, which I will not discuss at great length here. “Visually intriguing, but otherwise utterly incomprehensible” is one of his more sedate quotes.

Paul Wilson has always been vitriolic regarding the 1983 film version of his novel.

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