A year before "Scream" was credited with breathing new life (death?) into the horror genre, longtime Spike Lee director of photography Ernest Dickerson broke new ground by casting Jada Pinkett as the hero of his underrated special fx monster fest "Demon Knight," released in 1995 under the "Tales From the Crypt" banner.

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A year before "Scream" was credited with breathing new life (death?) into the horror genre, longtime Spike Lee director of photography Ernest Dickerson broke new ground by casting Jada Pinkett as the hero of his underrated special fx monster fest "Demon Knight," released in 1995 under the "Tales From the Crypt" banner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep. 445: Jada will slay ya in 1995's "Demon Knight"

Andrew Shearer has been the voice of film at OnlineAthens and the Athens Banner-Herald since 2009.

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Ep. 445: Jada will slay ya in 1995's "Demon Knight"

Ep. 445: Jada will slay ya in 1995's "Demon Knight"