phanthinga
I expect nothing in this movie beside the fact that it starring Jeffrey Comb and based on a short story from Lovecraft but somehow I'm still disappointed when it turn out way worse than I thought.The movie got the potential to be a fun creature feature and about 10 or 20 minutes when I finally know the characters and the first appearance of the creature which is quite scary to be honest then the whole movie go downhill when suddenly after witnessing all the stupid decisions KaBOOM !!! I realize the reason why this movie fail to live up to what it's intended to be is not only the characters but the creature also make no sense when both sides can easy end each other if only they used their brain a little bit
gavin6942
The town of Leffert's Corners has been plagued by unearthly beings for decades, and now there is only a few people left, including the local priest and a woman traumatized by the death of her sister. But when John Martense turns up to claim his illicit family fortune, with bad guys in pursuit, the last stand had become a lot more complicated.Let me say that this film has a great cast, and pretty good creature effects. One gets the impression that had this not been a Full Moon film, it might have actually been alright.In their book Lurker in the Lobby: A Guide to the Cinema of H. P. Lovecraft, Andrew Migliore and John Strysik write: "As with many Full Moon films, Lurking Fear's trailer is better than the feature it promotes. That's unfortunate because Joyner had a wonderful professional cast who, with a cleaned-up script and a hands-on producer, could have made the film a standout among (Lovecraft) adaptations." Yep, exactly. Instead, it's boring and poorly put together, and looks even cheaper than it probably is. (And, knowing Full Moon, probably half the crew was working for free.)Michael Doyle is a bit more kind, saying the film "preserves Lovecraft's themes of madness, inbreeding and hereditary degeneration", but is quick to assert that the film "does nothing particularly remarkable with them." He asks the question we all must ask: in the hands of Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli, could this have been another Lovecraft gem rather than the disposable mess that it is?
loomis78-815-989034
Loosely based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, this Full Moon picture film has John Martenese (Bailey) following a corpse buried in a graveyard. Buried with the corpse is a Gangster's (Finch) money that his now deceased Dad had stolen. Upon arrival, John comes across a band of people who is holed up in the graveyards church. They're after a group of monster creatures that live under ground in tunnels that run through the graveyard. John finds out that the creatures, who have been killing off people for years in the town, are actually descendants of his family. The Gangster and his henchmen show up after the money as well as the creatures begin to stir. The filmmakers unfortunately really messed up a nice premise. The elements of a great creature/monster horror film are there. Underground creatures, that are very scary and creepy looking roaming around on a dark storm infested night around a graveyard. The creeping monsters are the best thing going here and supply the few chills the movie has. Great horror actors like Jeffrey Combs, (as a nervous Doctor) and Ashley Laurence are wasted here as most of the screen time is spent with the gangsters holding the group hostage as they seek the money. The characters are written as obnoxious, stupid or annoying and are played that way by a cast trying hard with nothing to work with. Good production values, set up of story and cast goes down the drain as the movie mostly plays like a two bit crime drama instead of the thrilling horror show it could have been. It is watchable, but utterly forgettable.
Boba_Fett1138
...Wait until you see this movie. At least the Rutger Hauer version of this movie called "Bleeders", from 1997, was still at parts entertaining and watchable.This is a really poorly made movie. You just know that everyone involved with this movie is never going to make it in the world of movies. This includes both main cast and crew. It features some extremely bad dubbing and sound effects. Especially listen in the beginning of the movie when the woman hits the 'monster' with a gun. It sounds like a cartoon! This unfortunately is not the only example. Also the editing is really off and the movie uses too often silly slow-motion sequences, that are just nothing more than laughable. This obviously was a cheap movie to make. The monsters are not too bad looking and it deserved to be in a better movie.The story is extremely bad and simple written, as if they put no real effort into it. It's very silly and just never seems to get of the ground. The movie also never becomes tense or scary to watch, although its fairly good with its gore.Also the actors didn't made the movie any better. It's not just their fault, since their characters are also extremely flat and boring in the story. Still it has Jefffrey Combs and Vincent Schiavelli in it, so there are some redeeming qualities.I see no point into why anyone should ever watch this movie.2/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
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