History YMMV / TheKeep

-->'''Molasar:'''Where am I from? I am... from YOU!

-->'''Molasar:'''You have... death around you.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Neither Creator/GabrielByrne nor Creator/IanMcKellen were well-known to most film-goers at the time (though McKellen at least was already well-established as a stage actor).

* RetroactiveRecognition: Neither Creator/GabrielByrn nor Creator/IanMcKellen were well-known to most film-goers at the time (though McKellen at least was already well-established as a stage actor).

* [[Expy]]: Molasar's final form is a near splitting image of Creator/DCComics' [[DarkseidDuplicate Darkseid]].

* BadassDecay: A bit of a tossup. In the novel [[SociopathicHero Glaeken]] murders a boat captain who betrays him and also kills two Romanian soldiers, but doesn't fight back against the Einsatzkommando and gets taken out rather easily. In the film, the captain never betrays him and he merely bullies his way past the Romanians, but the movie makes up for this by letting him openly resist the Einsatzkommando and even kill one of them.

* CultClassic: Despite going through terrible series of ExecutiveMeddling, which turned the plot into incomprehensible mess, along with bombing hard in cinemas and being burried by Paramount to pretend it never happend, the film still gained a very strong and dedicated following. The main reason why there were [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes any tapes to circulate at all]] for ''decades'' was due to the cult following.

* Expy: Molasar's final form is a near splitting image of Creator/DCComics' [[DarkseidDuplicate Darkseid]].

* JustHereForGodzilla: Quite a number of people watch the film solely for Music/TangerineDream's [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic epic score]]. That or Creator/MichaelMann's direction and the gorgeous visuals that come with it.

** The aforementioned [[SociopathicSoldier SD Sturmbannführer Erich Kaempffer]] is a brutal Nazi enforcer dispatched to investigate the Keep in response to the German deaths. Kaempffer [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces himself]] having three of the local villagers executed to curb "partisan" activity, ordering his men to execute more for each German death until they run out of villagers to kill. Giving free rein to his men to abuse the villagers and threatening to torture those who do not comply, Kaempffer ensures the compliance of Cuza when he's brought in to translate the Keep's message by threatening to have him and his daughter sent to the camps. A craven bully at heart, Kaempffer guns down his own associate Woermann to steal his cross, shortly before he is killed by the malignant force [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he himself is little different from]].

* JustHereForGodzilla:
** Some of the most recognisable film music pieces by Music/TangerineDream were written for this film.
** It's by Creator/MichaelMann.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite author F. Paul Wilson deriding the design as a bastard son of Darth Vadar and the Incredible Hulk, the [[https://youtu.be/EaIPvjpKa3c costuming and makeup designs for Molasar]] remain very convincing for the era the film was made, and still looks impressive compared to the modern-era motion capture effects

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite author F. Paul Wilson deriding the design as a bastard son of Darth Vadar and the Incredible Hulk, he [[https://youtu.be/EaIPvjpKa3c costuming and makeup designs for Molasar]] remain very convincing for the era the film was made, and still looks impressive compared to the modern-era motion capture effects