Truly the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater

Best movie ever!

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Loosely based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, this Full Moon picture film has John Martenese (Bailey) following a corpse buried in a graveyard. Buried with the corpse is a Gangster's (Finch) money that his now deceased Dad had stolen. Upon arrival, John comes across a band of people who is holed up in the graveyards church. They're after a group of monster creatures that live under ground in tunnels that run through the graveyard. John finds out that the creatures, who have been killing off people for years in the town, are actually descendants of his family. The Gangster and his henchmen show up after the money as well as the creatures begin to stir. The filmmakers unfortunately really messed up a nice premise. The elements of a great creature/monster horror film are there. Underground creatures, that are very scary and creepy looking roaming around on a dark storm infested night around a graveyard. The creeping monsters are the best thing going here and supply the few chills the movie has. Great horror actors like Jeffrey Combs, (as a nervous Doctor) and Ashley Laurence are wasted here as most of the screen time is spent with the gangsters holding the group hostage as they seek the money. The characters are written as obnoxious, stupid or annoying and are played that way by a cast trying hard with nothing to work with. Good production values, set up of story and cast goes down the drain as the movie mostly plays like a two bit crime drama instead of the thrilling horror show it could have been. It is watchable, but utterly forgettable.

This is just awful. It's almost as if the writer had heard particulars of several Lovecraft stories, but didn't read them and didn't understand the basic concepts of his particular type of horror.While this one isn't a meandering mess of plot holes, such as Dagon is, the Lovecraftian elements feel like they've been welded onto a preexisting plot that has absolutely nothing to do with it.Full Moon has a number of Lovecraft adaptations that are fun, if not exactly true to either the story or atmosphere of the originals. This, unfortunately, isn't one of them. Skip this one and watch Reanimator again. Or even Castle Freak. Both of which have at least something of a Lovecraftian feel to them.

I spent quite some time looking for this film, only because it stars Jeffrey Combs. Ever since the brilliant "Re-Animator", I suffer from an unhealthy obsession to track down all the flicks Combs ever starred in… This is a rather amusing production, loosely based on yet another H.P. Lovecraft tale. The plot involves small time crooks treasure-hunting for big loot that is supposedly hidden in a corpse buried in the Leffert Corners cemetery. Coincidentally, the inhabitants of this little town are fighting a bloody battle with carnivore demons on that same cemetery. The budget is obviously low and so most of the make-up effects look more cheesy than scary. There's practically no tension or humor, only a bit of entertaining demon action and fairly good acting performances by a decent B-movie cast. Besides Jeffrey Combs, who stars as the physically weak but sarcastic town's doctor, "Lurking Fear" also has Hellraiser's Ashley Lauren as a demon-butt-kicking babe. There also is a small role for Vincent Schiavelli! The name might not mean much to you but you'll surely recognize his face when you're familiar with B-movies.

~Spoiler~ When I first watched Lurking Fear, I agreed with the other Lovecraft purists and thought it was terrible. The second time around, I'm not looking at it as a H. P. Lovecraft story and just as a horror flick. It's still not that good. It had potential to be a fairly involving, claustrophobic flick. That's all ruined in the way too cheesy explosion and mud-wrestling near the end. I was able to take it seriously until that took place. Up until then, it's a good B movie with a few creative moments and some nice creature effects. Imagine an entire clan of Castle Freaks running around under the cemetery and that's what you've got here. The acting is a higher caliber than I'm used to seeing in Full Moon movies as well. There are a number of familiar horror faces in Lurking Fear. Hellraiser's Ashley Laurence, From Beyond's Jeffrey Combs, and even Vincent Schiavelli are all featured in this flick and add a lot to it. Now, if only the production values would have been a little higher and a few scenes had been cut, this could have been a worthwhile genre effort.