Lurking Fear (1994 film)

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Lurking Fear (1994 film)

Summary

Five gutsy townspeople unite to eradicate a ghoul-infested graveyard. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Lurking Fear (fiction)".

Release Date: 1994
Country/Language: USA, English
Genres/Technical: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr 16 min
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Jon Finch, Blake Adams, Ashley Laurence, Allison Mackie
Director: C. Courtney Joyner
Writer: H.P. Lovecraft (original story), C. Courtney Joyner
Producer/Production Co: Full Moon Entertainment
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A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

Review Links:

B-Movie Film Vault, (link) - "Lurking Fear fails on many levels. It has too many disposable characters, a disjointed plot, and doesn't put its monsters in the spotlight often enough. Toss in a healthy dose of lousy dialogue, a few terrible actors, a forgettable score, bad sound effects, and you have a recipe for disaster. ...But there are some redeeming things to be found here. Jeffrey Combs is great... the creatures look pretty cool and are kind of creepy..."
Michael Den Boer at 10,000 Bullets (link) - "As far as Lovecraft adaptions go this film actually holds up really well and a lot of why it works is because of the things that were added beyond the original source material."
Richard Scheib at The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (2/5 Stars) (link) - "The film has a good opening scene... The scene seems promising for what is to come – only the great crime is that Lurking Fear slows down."

Five gutsy townspeople unite to eradicate a ghoul-infested graveyard. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Lurking Fear (fiction)".