Lurking Fear (1994)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

C. Courtney Joyner

Writers:

C. Courtney Joyner (writer)
H.P. Lovecraft (short story)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

a battle against graveyard ghouls and the undead!

Plot:

The town of Leffert's Corners has been plagued by unearthly beings for decades, and now there is only a few people left...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Based On Short Story | H.P. Lovecraft | Psychotronic | Independent Film

Cast

Jon Finch	...	Bennett
Blake Bailey	...	John Martense
Ashley Laurence	...	Cathryn Farrell (as Ashley Lauren)
Jeffrey Combs	...	Dr. Haggis
Allison Mackie	...	Ms. Marlowe
Paul Mantee	...	Father Poole
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Knaggs
Joseph Leavengood	...	Pierce
Michael Todd	...	Creature
Cristina Stoica	...	Maria
Luana Stoica	...	Beth
Adrian Pintea	...	Ryan
Ilinca Goia	...	Leigh

Also Known As:

H.P. Lovecraft's Lurking Fear (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:18 | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Romania

Company:

Full Moon Entertainment

Trivia:

Was originally to be made by producer Charles Band's earlier company Empire Pictures and to be directed by Stuart Gordon.

Quotes:

Creature: Your blood will be our blood.

Movie Connections:

Version of Dark Heritage (1989)

After reading the reviews, I thought crap, After seeing I say very good.

I am big fan of horror films, I saw tons of them, some of them were good some were bad. One of my friends advised me to see this one pointing that it is H.P.Lovecraft based horror film.

1. I know quite all the stories of the Master himself, but this had nothing to do with none of them. Maybe the plot reminded me of shadow over Innsmouth, where the boy finds out, that he is a part of this strange community and one day he is going to be like them. So please do not take it as HPL. If U want to see some HPL just take Dagon, that is real HPL influenced film.

2.The acting was not for Oscar nomination, but what do You want for a low budget flick. Jeffrey Combs is excellent, but anyway also the others did a good job. I saw that this film was made in Romania, I recognized this Pintea guy from Vlad Nemoritorul (Dracula - The Impaler) film, playing the undertaker with the scratched face.

3. The explosions - not every company has the money to do a great explosion. According to this, they did quite good job.

4. The ghouls - Very well made. I have to say they looked very good and realistic. Nice work.

5. The Gore - Not every film has to be as Lucio Fulci, but anyway here it was quite optimal. The only gore scene was that one with the heart. Or maybe I had a shorter version of the film so the gore scenes were cut out. Mine has 1:29.