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The Runestone

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A New York detective (Peter Riegert) takes the case of a bulletproof monster sprung to life from Viking legend.

Critics Reviews

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 04/24/2011
2/5
For all its pretensions, "The Runestone" is just another routine horror picture featuring a big hairy monster on the loose. Go to Full Review TV Guide 04/24/2011
3/4
Quite a pleasant surprise, a deft and intriguing low-budget horror item that deserved much better handling than it received. Go to Full Review Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews 01/01/2000
high +1 out of -4..+4
This is not a great film, but it is certainly a fun film. Great for a Friday night watch after a hard week. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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09/10/2016 I love this movie. It plays on Norse legend and surrounds my favorite Norse god, Tyr (the Clockmaker). See more 04/19/2013 What a boring drawn out piss poor excuse for a early 90s creature movie. This just kinda farted along at a snails pace and the actual creature isn't anything impressive. The gore they do show is very unsatisfying for any horror fan and the main actress is eye candy only, needless to say her acting sucks. The main character guy who gets turned into the creature by the Runestone... annoyed the shit outta me. Peter Riegert,Lawernce Tierney and the great William Hickey did pump some life into this limp cock of a horror film but failed to get enough screen time to make a real difference. Watch only if you're a fan of crappy early 90s creature movies. See more 09/24/2011 Despite the ugly creature-design, this monster-flick is actually pretty entertaining. Not much here in the gore-department but the action is frequent, performances acceptable and the production-value is better than in most low-budget monster-flicks. Alltogether it's a perfect movie for a friday night and you could certainly watch much worse monster-movies than The Runestone. See more 08/28/2011 What a boring drawn out piss poor excuse for a early 90s creature movie. This just kinda farted along at a snails pace and the actual creature isn't anything impressive. The gore they do show is very unsatisfying for any horror fan and the main actress is eye candy only, needless to say her acting sucks. The main character guy who gets turned into the creature by the Runestone... annoyed the shit outta me. Peter Riegert,Lawernce Tierney and the great William Hickey did pump some life into this limp cock of a horror film but failed to get enough screen time to make a real difference. Watch only if you're a fan of crappy early 90s creature movies. See more 12/13/2008 Fans of Norse mythology will be disappointed to learn that Fenrir was actually a man dressed up in a big, hairy, monkey costume... See more 09/23/2008 Cool plot completely ruined by....ehm... just about everything. A pity. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Willard Carroll

Director

Peter Riegert

Capt. Gregory Fanducci

Joan Severance

Marla Stewart

William Hickey

Lars Hagstrom

Tim Ryan

Sam Stewart

Mitchell Laurance

Martin Almquist
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The Runestone

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Movie Info

Synopsis A New York detective (Peter Riegert) takes the case of a bulletproof monster sprung to life from Viking legend.
Director
Willard Carroll
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround