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{{Short description|1995 film by Ernest Dickerson}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Demon Knight
| image          = Tales from the crypt presents demon knight.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Ernest Dickerson]]
| producer       = [[Gilbert Adler]]
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris|Ethan Reiff<br>Cyrus Voris]]
* Mark Bishop
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* [[Billy Zane]]
* [[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]]
* [[Jada Pinkett Smith|Jada Pinkett]]
* [[Brenda Bakke]]
* [[C. C. H. Pounder]]
* [[Thomas Haden Church]]
}}
| based_on = {{ubl|''[[Tales from the Crypt (comics)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' by|[[William Gaines]]|[[Al Feldstein]]}}
| music          = [[Edward Shearmur]]
| cinematography = Rick Bota
| editing        = Stephen Lovejoy
| studio         = Crypt Keeper Productions<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/60108?sid=e63c1340-bd8e-4986-8ec1-113716bd5ded&sr=5.36112&cp=1&pos=0|title=Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight (1995)|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>
| distributor    = [[Universal Pictures]]<ref name=afi/>
| released       = {{Film date|1995|01|13}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 92:26--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/tales-crypt-demon-knight-1970 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630164610/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/tales-crypt-demon-knight-1970 | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 30, 2015 | title=''TALES FROM THE CRYPT - DEMON KNIGHT'' (18) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=February 2, 1995 | access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $12 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Tales-from-the-Crypt-Demon-Knight|title=Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) - Financial Information}}</ref>
| gross          = $21.1 million<ref>{{mojo title|talesfromthecryptdemonknight}}</ref>
}}

'''''Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight''''' is a 1995 American [[black horror]] [[comedy horror|comedy film]]<ref name=afi/> directed by [[Ernest Dickerson]] from a screenplay by Mark Bishop, [[Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris]]. It stars [[Billy Zane]], [[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]], [[Jada Pinkett Smith|Jada Pinkett]], [[Brenda Bakke]], [[C. C. H. Pounder]], [[Dick Miller]], and [[Thomas Haden Church]].

''Demon Knight'' is a feature-length film presented by the [[HBO]] series ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'', and features scenes with the [[Tales from the Crypt (comics)#The Crypt-Keeper|Crypt Keeper]] (voiced by [[John Kassir]], as in the series) at the film's beginning and ending.

The film was met with mostly negative reviews.<ref name=RT>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/tales_from_the_crypt_presents_demon_knight/|title=Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=2020-12-29}}</ref> It was followed by a second standalone ''Tales from the Crypt'' film, ''[[Bordello of Blood]]'' (1996).