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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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Apparently, in olden times (the 1800's?) a monster killed its human father in gory fashion. Fast-forward to modern times (1988), and a group of college students decide to spend the night in the creaky house where the awfulness took place. Bloody horror soon unfolds.
Let's face facts, in a movie such as this it's all about the monster. So, is this particular beastie up to snuff? Well, yes. It's clear that 99% of the low budget went into the costume / makeup and gore effects, which explains the ultra-cheap sets and pitifully bad "flashback" sequences.
Of course, before we get a good look at the creature, we must endure an eternity of dullness, and a dump truck load of malarkey, mostly provided by the idiot behavior of the victims. The only semi-interesting character is Randolph Carter (Mark Kinsey Stephenson), a role that the likes of Jeffrey Combs would have played to the hilt! Overall, not a terrible way to waste an evening.
EXTRA POINTS FOR: The Miskatonic University sweatshirt, that any true Lovecraft fan would want!...
Let's face facts, in a movie such as this it's all about the monster. So, is this particular beastie up to snuff? Well, yes. It's clear that 99% of the low budget went into the costume / makeup and gore effects, which explains the ultra-cheap sets and pitifully bad "flashback" sequences.
Of course, before we get a good look at the creature, we must endure an eternity of dullness, and a dump truck load of malarkey, mostly provided by the idiot behavior of the victims. The only semi-interesting character is Randolph Carter (Mark Kinsey Stephenson), a role that the likes of Jeffrey Combs would have played to the hilt! Overall, not a terrible way to waste an evening.
EXTRA POINTS FOR: The Miskatonic University sweatshirt, that any true Lovecraft fan would want!...
- azathothpwiggins
- Nov 3, 2019
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