The Keep Notes & Spoilers
Here are my notes, as taken as I watched the film.
-The Management
The Keep notes
Video a bit grainy (could be source material)
Gorgeous scenery (couldn't tell if they were mattes or real), great sets
The entire look of the Keep, inside and out, is ridiculously awesome. Nicely Lovecraftian.
cinematography is very nice- consistent gloomy, gritty feel
sounds level is iffy- up and down from dialogue, background, and FX sounds.
music (Tangerine Dream) had a nice spooky, synth feel to it.
great makeup all around
Nazis (led by the Captain) roll into a Romanian town in the mountains- said town has an ancient
Keep during WWII
(Quick side note the Nazi bosses talk about how Moscow is going to fall just like France. Oops)
Interesting Roman Orthodox (I think) imagery
Nazis settle in, and immediately try stealing the nickel crosses, since they think they're silver
Dude- metal does not glow unless it's radioactive!
And they breach the inner wall, and climb into the equivalent of an air duct. Morons
Whoa. There is no way that can be contained within the Keep. Yeah, Lovecraftian.
Well, at least you got 1/2 his body back
That's some "raiders of the lost ark" shit right there
why are they firing their guns into the air
why does scott glenn have glowing eyes (guess- mystical good guy who keeps guard)
Glaken travels to the Keep
turns out 5 men died last night, mysteriously
Worse Nazis (SS?) , led by the Major, show up, and are complete dicks-
they randomly machine gunning down townspeople and take hostages. Capt. objects.
Capt. yells at Major- "there are no partisans!" (correct, just a demon)
Let's bring in the Jewish professor from the concentration camp!
Here comes Glakey, with shiny eyes!
Prof translates spooky glyphs
Hey, the Capt. has some morals/conscience (will try to get prof and daughter out)
cool- rapist nazis' heads explode via demon, and saves the girl
sweet VFZ
well, I guess the demon didn't believe him, or maybe it did. he's healed?
some kind of 'good' demon?
Daughter goes to inn, gets frisky with Glaken
The Glakster doesn't have a reflection?
Odd sex scenic with crucification overtone at the end (huh?)
We get to see the demon! Not bad!
Turns out the demon is Jewish. Interesting. Why do I think he's lying?
Cute puppy!
No, the priest just dissed my gypsy ancestors!
Random horse
The Doc rats out Glaken
Glaken gets his sword/pole ready and tells Eva he's the anti-demon
Neat, Glaken bleeds fluorescent green blood!
Nice speech El Capitan! And you're dead.
And all hell breaks loose.
Wow, demon boy melts Nazis into metal and walls nicely. Wonder if the fog is his?
Sorry, Major, shiny thing won't help you. Splat.
Stupid Prof is looking for the talisman to free demon
Now he's listening to the demon to take it outside the walls so it can leave.
Glakey is still alive!
Nice music, very uplifting, yet very wrong
Wow, awesome cave- but where did it come from?
Flashlight cross of good(?)- I guess that's the talisman
Getting good now, Glaken is getting his (now purple glowing(?)) pole
Eva confronts pops, tells him to not take it out
Demon says "kill her", but can't, stands up to demon
Ah, prof finally figured it out- demon boy is evil; just a tad too late
And prof is old/sick again due to demon lightning
Glaken to the rescue- neat, talisman fits onto the end of the sword
SWORD LASER BOLTS! GLOWING CROSSES!
Fight fight fight!
Purple pole bolt
Glaken sucked into the Keep with the demon; kinda sucks
Eva is a tad upset, and looks dang scary
At least the townspeople survived
The end