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Cellar Dweller

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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.
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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 11/08/2024
3/10
At least some violence arises, as the blandly-written, comically-uninspired classmates slowly succumb to the behemoth’s insatiable appetite for human flesh. Go to Full Review
David Parkinson Radio Times 02/20/2024
3/5
John Carl Buechler's fantasy horror is fun in a cheap and not remotely scary kind of way. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 11/03/2005
2/5
Randy Shulman Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) 04/01/2005
1/5
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com 07/26/2002
1/5
It's called "Cellar Dweller." Do the math. Go to Full Review
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Nick O May 23 This feels like an hour and twenty minute long episode of Tales From The Crypt. Seriously, this could’ve been in season 2 (which was the best season). See more David W 09/16/2023 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. See more Brad P 06/20/2023 Three-star film full of five-star entertainment. See more 12/18/2020 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. See more 01/18/2020 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. See more 12/31/2019 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. See more Read all reviews
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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
Bob Wynn
Screenwriter
Don Mancini
Production Co
Empire Pictures, Dove Corporation Ltd.
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 29, 2013
Runtime
1h 17m
Sound Mix
Surround
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