This film essentially begins in the small town of Dunwich with a man by the name of "Jack Cain" (Lee Bane) being tried in a court of law for the murder of an innocent couple some time earlier. As it turns out, the local constable "Frank Hollister" (Colin Holt) failed to conduct a lawful search and as a result the judge had no choice but to dismiss the entire case against Jack and let him go free. Not at all happy with this result, four of the townsmen decide to take matters into their own hands and kill him. What they don't realize is that, not only was Jack innocent of the charges against him, but that the time and place they chose for his murder was extremely conducive to a mystical phenomenon and, exactly one year later, Jack rises from his shallow grave and is filled with a deadly resolve to get back on all living beings within the area. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film had definite potential, but it was clearly limited by the lack of financial resources. To further elaborate, I thought that the plot was reasonably good and the acting, for the most part, was generally adequate as well. But what really hurt this movie, however, was the initial opening court scene which looked more like a small group of people gathering in a courthouse rather than a dignified and legitimate trial. Very amateurish. Likewise, all of the scenes involving firearms were equally pathetic due to the fact that, upon being discharged, the sound resembled a cap pistol rather than an actual gun. Again, very amateurish. That being said, while I liked certain parts of this film, the flaws just mentioned were too obvious to be ignored and I have rated this movie accordingly. Below average.
