Malcolm Tierney

St. Niklas, a bishop fallen out of grace, travels in the Middle Ages with his gang of robbers and thieves through the countryside, raping, plundering and killing. When villagers take the law into their own hands and murder the bloodthirsty bishop and his thugs by setting the ship on which they travel ablaze, Niklas vows revenge. Now every time there is a full moon on December 5th, the date that he died, something that on average takes place every 36 years, St. Niklas and his helpers will rise from the dead and take revenge in a horrible way.

Big-screen version of the popular British television series about detective Simon Templar.

This British thriller from director John Irvin ('When Trumpets Fade') stars Michael Caine as Billy 'Shiner' Simpson, a low-level criminal who has finally got his ticket to legitimacy in the form of his boxer son Eddie (Matthew Marsden), a talented pugilist with a major bout scheduled against an American contender. When Eddie loses in only the second round and is then gunned down by an assassin, a suspicious, grieving Billy goes on an investigative rampage - leaving no stone unturned in a violent quest for the truth. Martin Landau costars. <!-- exceptions -->

A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.