Line #1 YMMV/DemonKnight


1	* AllThereInTheManual: In the {{novelization}}, the town of Wormwood is pretty much abandoned.
2	* AluminumChristmasTrees: Brayker says he received the key in France, from a soldier named Dickerson on August 23, 1917. Although the American Expeditionary Force did not commence large-scale operations on the Western Front until the spring of 1918, several thousand American troops had arrived in France after the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, and were sporadically involved in fighting thereafter.
3	* CompleteMonster: [[TheCorrupter The Collector]] is a demonic BountyHunter searching for the final key his species needs in order to bring about the apocalypse. The Collector is a soulless monster who hides behind a [[FauxAffablyEvil veneer]] and delights in joking as he leads his victims to damnation. When Frank Brayker, a Demon Knight entrusted to guard the final key from the demons, seals himself in a boardinghouse alongside its residents, the Collector summons an army of demons and lays siege. Through his psychic powers, the Collector is able to [[DemonicPossession possess]] the humans in the boardinghouse by [[DealWithTheDevil tempting them with their deepest desires]]. However, the Collector [[ILied never provides what he offers]] and instead the boardinghouse residents, such as [[spoiler:Cordelia and Uncle Wally]] are turned into low-level demons, [[AndIMustScream tortured souls]] trapped in monstrous bodies that the Collector controls. At the film's climax, [[spoiler:the Collector possesses a little boy through a comic book and uses him to mortally wound Brayker]]. With the last key in his possession, the Collector merrily chats with the sole survivor, Jeryline, about how humanity [[ToServeMan will be reduced to leftovers]], and attempts to cut out her heart as a memento after he fails to corrupt her.
4	* FirstInstallmentWins: Most agree that the sequels ''Film/BordelloOfBlood'' and especially the 2002 DolledUpInstallment ''Ritual'' are a far cry from this movie, which is widely considered a CultClassic.
5	* FridgeBrilliance: Shooting the eyes of the lower-level demons kills them instantly [[WindowsOfTheSoul because it frees the tortured souls within]]. It doesn't work on the Collector or high-level demons because [[TheSoulless they have no souls]].
6	** It also makes sense that destroying the eyes would release a tortured soul. There is an old saying: "Eyes are windows to the soul".
7	** It's heavily implied all the Demon Knights have to be thieves, which makes sense when Brayker tells the story of the keys' origin, {{God}} ''stole the keys from the demons'' in the first place.
8	* FridgeLogic: What exactly is stopping Brayker from refilling the Key with his own blood or, for that matter, using it against the Collector, like Jeryline does in the end?
9	** Because, as shown by the ending, another Collector will just turn up in the dead ones place.
10	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Jeryline and Brayker bond quickly, and it isn't just because they're both Demon Knights.
11	* IAmNotShazam: You would be excused if you thought that the movie title refers to the villain, since he's a demon and a high-ranking one so is, in a sense, a knight. However, it's actually the hero's title, although he's only briefly named as such by the villain ("No one's brought back a demon knight before. Well, not in one piece, anyway.")
12	* JustHereForGodzilla: Creator/BillyZane's scene-stealing role as The Collector is what most people seem to seek the movie out for.
13	* NarmCharm: Let's face it, given the franchise, this is to be expected.
14	* RetroactiveRecognition: Oh, before Ryan Donohue became [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Demyx]], he was "Danny" in this movie
15	* ViewerGenderConfusion: If for the name and neutral appearance, y'all would have thought Danny was a girl.

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