The Dunwich Horror (TV 2009)

In Louisiana, the thirty-five year old single mother Lavina delivers a baby boy and a monster in the evil Whateley House. Ten years later, Dr. Henry Armitage and his assistant Professor Fay... See full summary »

Director:

Leigh Scott

Writers:

H.P. Lovecraft (story), Leigh Scott (screenplay)

Stars:

Griff Furst, Sarah Lieving, Dean Stockwell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Griff Furst	...	Walter Rice
Sarah Lieving	...	Professor Fay Morgan
Dean Stockwell	...	Dr. Henry Armitage
Jeffrey Combs	...	Wilbur
Natacha Itzel	...	Caitlin
Lauren Michele	...	Lavina
Shirly Brener	...	Mrs. Bowers
M. Steven Felty	...	Zecheria
Collin Galyean	...	Tom
Jeffrey Alan Pilars	...	Olas Wormius aka Doran Lao
Richard Zeringue	...	Father Hoadley
Lacey Minchew	...	Amanda
Britney M. Hurst	...	Zumi
Victoria Patenaude	...	Midwife
Jesse Barksdale	...	Pap

Storyline

In Louisiana, the thirty-five year old single mother Lavina delivers a baby boy and a monster in the evil Whateley House. Ten years later, Dr. Henry Armitage and his assistant Professor Fay Morgan discover that the page 751 of every copy of the Necronomicon is missing and The Black Brotherhood has summoned the gate keeper Yog Sothoth to leave the portal opened to the demons and ancient gods. They invite the arrogant and skeptical Professor Walter Rice that can translate the Necronomicon to help them to seek the book. Meanwhile Lavina's son Wilbur Whateley ages very fast and seeks the missing page to open the portal.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brief nudity and a violent image

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 December 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

H.P. Lovecraft's The Darkest Evil

Filming Locations:

Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Active Entertainment Finance, Bullet Films, FIWI Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dean Stockwell, who plays Dr. Armitage in this film, played the role of Wilbur Whateley in the 1970 version.

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Connections

Version of Dunwich (2006)

User Reviews

the CGI horror

If you put Dunwich in your title and add Witches to it then you are sure that it will sell. And when one old horror is already titles The Dunwich Horror then some people will think it's a remake. But not alone that, if you use the word Necronomicom then you automatically think of Lovecraft. And knowing that Lovecraft's short story The Dunwich Horror lays in the public domain, well, hell breaks loose (no pun intended). The acting is okay, we do have some well known names, Jeffrey Combs (re-animator), Dean Stockwell (The Dunwich Horror 1970) and Griff Furst. But names are not enough. From the start you know this is going to be so badly wrong. The possessed one, well, she just has colored contact lenses. Then she gets CGI wings. It's cold in the room, remember Exorcist. Her voice, remember Evil Dead, the pyramid is some kind of puzzle box, remember Hellraiser. But what makes this flick a turkey is one of the worst CGI that I have seen for a modern horror. Sparks shooting from fingers, soooooooooo eighties, It never was scary or bloody. It's just about incantations. well, do I have an incantation:"go away bad movie go away..."