![]() ![]() It is at this time that a stranger appears in the village as if summoned by the ongoing events. Cuza fails to grasp that the being is not a mere vampire but actually something much worse. It is not long before he encounters the malevolent force that is loose in the keep. The professor is useful at first in translating a mysterious message that has been written in an ancient Romanian dialect. A Jewish History Professor, Theodore Cuza and his daughter Magda, are forced by SS Sturmbannfuhrer Eric Kaempffer to provide background information and help with the investigation. ![]() ![]() “Something is murdering my men.” A Nazi SS extermination squad is dispatched as it is assumed that this is the work of partisans. In April of 1941 a message is sent to German High Command from an Army Captain stationed in a remote castle keep in the Dinu Pass high in the Transylvanian Alps. Paul Wilson states “I consider this visual presentation of The Keep my version of the movie, what could have been. Paul Wilson scripted a graphic novel version of his book with artwork drawn by Matthew Dow Smith, of Hellboy fame. Paul Wilson, a New York Times bestselling author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and virtually everything in between, is a practicing physician who resides in Wall, New Jersey. ![]() Suffice to say that I may write an extended piece on its troubled history and many versions, at some point in the future. Michael Mann’s adaptation of the 1981 bestseller is a curiosity in itself, which I will not discuss at great length here. “Visually intriguing, but otherwise utterly incomprehensible” is one of his more sedate quotes. Paul Wilson has always been vitriolic regarding the 1983 film version of his novel. ![]()
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