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      Cellar Dweller

      1988 1h 17m Horror List
      Reviews 27% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Colin Childress (Jeffrey Combs), a highly successful comic book artist who gains inspiration from a mystical book of horrific drawings, inadvertently summons an evil spirit into his basement studio. Decades later, his house has become a small art institute run by the stern Mrs. Briggs (Yvonne De Carlo). One night, comely student Whitney Taylor (Debrah Farentino) goes rooting around the sealed boxes in the cellar and releases the supernatural forces trapped there. Read More Read Less

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      David Parkinson Radio Times John Carl Buechler's fantasy horror is fun in a cheap and not remotely scary kind of way. Rated: 3/5 Feb 20, 2024 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Nov 3, 2005 Full Review Randy Shulman Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) Rated: 1/5 Apr 1, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com It's called "Cellar Dweller." Do the math. Rated: 1/5 Jul 26, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      David W Sure it's tosh but it's very watchable and entertaining low budget, b-movie horror tosh none the less. The acting is all very 80's, as are the physical monster effects and synth heavy soundtrack. Initial proceedings are enhanced by the blink and you'll miss him presence of horror icon Jeffrey Combs, shame he's not in it more. It's definitely not going to win any awards or be at the top of anyone's all time favourite movie list but if you feel nostalgic for some so bad it's good, cheesy 80's style light horror then it's worth a watch. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/23 Full Review Brad P Three-star film full of five-star entertainment. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/20/23 Full Review Deez N This is the best worst 80s movie I've ever seen- Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/13/22 Full Review Audience Member I only seen this movie once and I might watch it again. I remember someone talked about this movie so I decided to watch it, your run of the of the mill b movie it was alright, passed the time. The movie has Yvonne De Carlo in it which is kinda cool, the movie is older and it kinda aged like milk and the storyline is kinda all over the place but it kept my attention throughout. A young girl goes to a place where a comic book artist died in a fire and the demonic beast he drew came/comes to life to cause havoc on everyone. Not much to say about this movie it was decent 2 stars. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member It seemed more of a comedy than horror movie. Pretty stupid. Its one of those movies you would watch at 2 am during the night when you get up to have a drink or snack. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Corny, but loads of fun. It's a B midnight movie about a comic book artist whose drawings come to life. The main actress is kind of awful, but not enough to drag the thing down. This will definitely get some more rotation. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/31/19 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Colin Childress (Jeffrey Combs), a highly successful comic book artist who gains inspiration from a mystical book of horrific drawings, inadvertently summons an evil spirit into his basement studio. Decades later, his house has become a small art institute run by the stern Mrs. Briggs (Yvonne De Carlo). One night, comely student Whitney Taylor (Debrah Farentino) goes rooting around the sealed boxes in the cellar and releases the supernatural forces trapped there.
      Director
      John Carl Buechler
      Producer
      Charles Band
      Screenwriter
      Don Mancini
      Production Co
      Empire Pictures
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 29, 2013
      Runtime
      1h 17m
      Sound Mix
      Surround