Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Michael Ledo Demonic type creatures live underground at Leffert's Corners. They like to come out on Christmas eve as our human hunters prepare a surprise from them at the church cemetery. Meanwhile some bad guy grave robbers are looking for buried money. The two clash, in what becomes a three way fight.You don't get to see the Creepshow looking creatures until near the end. Until then it was just arms reaching out. The scare factor was hit and miss. Short film with little to no character build up.6 stars because it didn't completely suck and was based on an H.P. Lovecraft short story. Part of a 30 Horror Film Collection.Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

Scott LeBrun Hunky Blake Adams plays John Martense, a young man just released from prison. He has no prospects, but good fortune could come his way. He seeks out an old associate of his father, an undertaker named Knaggs (Vincent Schiavelli), who lets him know that in the remote community of Leffert's Corner, there is a cemetery containing a corpse stuffed with money. Martense arrives in this village to find a select few individuals preparing to do battle with the monsters that have been feeding on the citizens for the past 20 years. He is soon joined by Bennett (Jon Finch), his late fathers' ruthless former partner who, quite naturally, also wants the money.This one has to rate as a misfire. C. Courtney Joyner directs from his own screenplay of the H.P. Lovecraft short story, and it's highly uninspired. It's simply too hard to care about any of the characters here, or the tale being told. One wonders what might have been had Stuart Gordon, creator of some of the best Lovecraft adaptations out there, done this film as was originally planned. A shame, really, because "Lurking Fear" has some amusing and striking Old World type atmosphere (this was shot on location in Romania). But Joyner fails to create any suspense or much in the way of horror. The creatures are rather unimaginative looking. Some gore lovers might be mildly appreciative, though.Ever reliable Jeffrey Combs is entertainingly eccentric as a local doctor, and it's fun to see "Hellraiser" female lead Ashley Laurence play a badass sort of character. The full name of the man played by the distinctively featured Schiavelli is Skelton Knaggs, a nod to another character actor from genre films of the 40s. (Look, also, for the name "Michael Terence Ripper" in a ledger.) Finch is okay, no more, as the human antagonist. Allison Mackie, Joyners' cousin, gets to have some fun as one of the baddies. Paul Mantee is very good as the local priest. The less said about Adams, the better.Decent music by Jim Manzie and a short running time (just over 77 minutes) help to keep this from being particularly painful, but if one wants a Lovecraft fix, they can do so much better.Four out of 10.

dutchchocolatecake Good props, good scenery, good make up job on the ghouls, and adequate music. The female characters had minds of their own, which is a plus, except for the pregnant woman who had to do little else but sit around and scream hysterically. Jeffrey Combs is always a treat. However, casting Jeffrey Combs doesn't make a film good. Dunwich Horror, 2009 did not have to happen if they had learned from the mistakes of this movie. I'm like any other Lovecraft fan - I'll take what I can get and am willing to look past a lot to widen my collection. But dang, this film sucks. It didn't have to, either, because it could have been salvageable had they tweaked the plot a little, rounding out the main characters and scrapping the film noir grave robbing subplot nobody cared about anyway.There's too much going on and not enough context to put it all in. The action scenes were unbelievable and contrived to the point of being comedic. Maybe they should have taken a cue from the Evil Dead franchise and hammed it up for the laughs. No, this is a film that took itself way too seriously. Lots of posturing and gun waving machismo to make anyone with half a brain want to rip that stupid plastic gun out of their hands just to get to the next scene.None of the characters were written well enough to care about, so when they were picked off I just blinked and glanced at the clock. That's a shame, too, because the actors themselves weren't the problem. Their script just wasn't worth two sifts out a litter box.But this is what happens when movie makers try to do more with a film than what they actually can. This movie did not need any time fillers, nor did it need a garbled plot to gain/keep interest. What it needed was an improved story-line with well written characters. They never did explain how the Martin family got to be the way they were, and why they would meet an ugly death. That would have been far more interesting than the other nonessential subplots they put into this movie.Just as a side note: If you don't know how to choreograph and splice together believable action scenes; scrap them all together and work in a couple of good chase scenes instead. I think that was the main problem with this movie - too many badly executed action scenes and not enough ambiance. This didn't feel like a horror movie at all.

Rabensblut 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.