1983 · horror · fantasy · war
The Keep (1983)
Directed by Michael Mann1h 36m1983
Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar, and a mysterious traveller.
Our read: The Keep (1983) (1983) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal horror · fantasy · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, measured horror / fantasy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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