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4.8/10
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College students check out a haunted house where in the 1800's an ugly monster called "the Unnamable" was trapped in a vault.College students check out a haunted house where in the 1800's an ugly monster called "the Unnamable" was trapped in a vault.College students check out a haunted house where in the 1800's an ugly monster called "the Unnamable" was trapped in a vault.
Charles Klausmeyer
- Howard Damon
- (as Charles King)
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- TriviaIt took nine hours to put Katrin Alexandre in all the creature make-up.
- GoofsWhen Bruce is running from the monster with Wendy, he pushes her in the room and keeps walking away which makes no sense, since there is no reason for the monster to follow him and not enter the room and attack Wendy.
- Alternate versionsAvailable in both R and unrated versions.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Horror's Greatest: Tropes and Clichés (2024)
- SoundtracksUP THERE
Written and Performed by Mark Ryder and Phil Davies
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Howard Philipps Lovecraft was a remarkable author, and it's often an acquired taste to enjoy many of his stories. It's my opinion that the duller the original Lovecraft story, the more entertaining the film, and vice versa.
This story is middle-of-the-road, and so is the film. It bears all the hallmarks of a standard 1980s horror film, but it has little allusions and touches that those who read Lovecraft would be familiar with would be entertained by. In-jokes, if you will.
The original story was relatively short, and expanding it to feature length probably required the mortising in of the standard horror elements found in 1980s type films. There have been some pretty good films that use these elements -- Pumpkinhead springs to mind -- that even if this film uses those elements, that shouldn't detract from the overall story.
This story is middle-of-the-road, and so is the film. It bears all the hallmarks of a standard 1980s horror film, but it has little allusions and touches that those who read Lovecraft would be familiar with would be entertained by. In-jokes, if you will.
The original story was relatively short, and expanding it to feature length probably required the mortising in of the standard horror elements found in 1980s type films. There have been some pretty good films that use these elements -- Pumpkinhead springs to mind -- that even if this film uses those elements, that shouldn't detract from the overall story.
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