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Overview
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Writers:
H.P. Lovecraft (short story)
Jean-Paul Ouellette (writer)
Tagline:
There are things on God's Earth that we can't explain and we can't describe. From the depths of Hell comes... [The Unnamable]
Plot:
Back in the 1800's a lady gives birth to a monster. They decide that the baby is too ugly to name, therefore the monster is known as the "Unnamable"... more | add synopsis
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Unremarkable, unmemorable more (29 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Charles Klausmeyer | ... | Howard Damon (as Charles King) |
| Mark Kinsey Stephenson | ... | Randolph Carter |
| Alexandra Durrell | ... | Tanya Heller |
 | Laura Albert | ... | Wendy Barnes |
 | Eben Ham | ... | Bruce Weeks |
 | Blane Wheatley | ... | John Babcock |
 | Mark Parra | ... | Joel Manton |
| Delbert Spain | ... | Joshua Winthrop |
| Colin Cox | ... | Mr. Craft |
| Paul Farmer | ... | Mortician |
| Paul Pajor | ... | Gravedigger 1 |
| Marcel Lussier | ... | Gravedigger 2 |
| Lisa Wilson | ... | Student 1 |
| Nancy Kreisel | ... | Student 2 |
| Katrin Alexandre | ... | Alyda (the Creature) Winthrop |
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H.P. Lovecraft's The Unnamable
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87 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Howard:
Randolph! They're all dead!
Randolph:
[closing the Necronomicon] That's to be expected.
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Followed by The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) more
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UP THERE more
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I've often wondered why some authors like to primarily identify themselves with initials. In the case of H. P. Lovecraft, perhaps he foresaw how the future would be filled with substandard filmings of his writings, and it would be a way to distance himself from them! For a real cheapie, I guess it isn't bad; it's cheap, though less so than you'd think, and the monster design is passable. There are also some acceptable flesh-rippings and a decent amount of blood, at least in the unrated cut (the version I saw.) What it's really missing are characters we can bother to care about, and a tighter story with much more happening (including more explanation); don't be surprised if you find yourself picking up a book while you're watching it. I guess it must have found an audience, seeing how there was a sequel made several years later, but don't expect to read a user comment from me about it anytime in the future!