FoJ Bchasm suggested this, and I’ll let him explain why.
“I’ve enclosed a shot of Molesaar, from the 1983 film “The Keep.” I’ve always thought his first appearance in the film was one of the most beautiful scenes in horror movies, if not movies in general. I think he’d make a great MotD.
As you know, the movie itself is kind of a mess. Disowned by Michael Mann, Paramount and F. Paul Wilson, it’s unlikely to get a blue-ray release (though there are very good prints out there). For Mann, he wanted to make a three hour version; for Paramount, it was not a hit; and for Wilson, it deviated quite a bit from his novel.
Still, we’ll always have The Entrance of Molesaar. I still can’t imagine how they did this back in 1983.
PS: I think Mann’s idea is fundamentally flawed–for me, you can’t make a three hour horror movie, because when you sustain dread for that length of time, it ceases being scary, and instead becomes tiresome or dull. But I’d be interested in your thoughts (and of others on the blog).”
For my thoughts, I’ll add another additional disappointment. This was another big project that did nothing for Scott Glenn, who like Fred Ward should have had a much bigger career after The Right Stuff. Still, you can’t get much more ’80s than this movie. I think Tangerine Dream even did the soundtrack.
At least it scratched that itch for the gritty reboot of Brides of Blood that everyone wanted.
