![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A message in an ancient language is scrawled on the wall with blood. Even the highly-trained SS men begin to die. Considering that one man is regular Army and the other SS, you can probably guess which man is presented as the coward. The Captain and the Major have a history together that goes back to the trenches of World War I. ![]() A Major from the SS, notorious from his “success” at Auschwitz, is sent by HQ to secure The Keep. The Captain in charge of the Wehrmacht unit sends a request for help to HQ. He sets out by land and sea to you-know-where. Meanwhile, in Taviera, Portugal, a man wakes up after sensing a shift in the Force. It’s April 1944 and a unit of Wehrmacht soldiers occupy an old “keep,” a fort-like structure in the Dinu Pass of Romania in the Transylvanian Alps that’s rumored to be over 500 years old. It reads more like a work in progress than an adaption of a powerful horror novel that’s been in print for over 30 years. There is no sense of suspense or tension, which is unfortunate because the premise of the story is tantalizing. Both seem flat, emotionless, and predictable. I didn’t appreciate the artistic style and I thought the script was bland. It caught my eye while browsing the new books section at my library. The graphic novel adaptation was drawn by Matthew Dow Smith and the script was written by F. Paul Wilson, was a popular horror novel published back in 1981. ![]()
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