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.

• DirectorMichael Mann
• Release16 December 1983
• Genre
  Horror / Fantasy
• Duration1h 36m
• Budget$6,000,000
• Revenue$3,661,757
• Rate
  

  5.621
  269 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures, Associated Capital, Capital Equipment Leasing, Howard W. Koch Productions, Gene Kirkwood Productions