Lurking Fear (1994)

Produced by Charles Band of Full Moon Entertainment, Lurking Fear is an adaptation film loosely based on the H.P. Lovecraft short story and directed by C. Courtney Joyner. Lurking Fear stars John Martense (Blake Adams), as an ex-con, who has just been released from jail. He returns home to meet a family friend, a mortician, Knaggs (Vincent Shiavelli) to help decipher a map that holds the location of his deceased father’s money from a robbery heist. The map leads John to a graveyard with an abandoned church where he is confronted by Cathryn (Ashley Laurence) who is seeking revenge for her sister’s murder. Cathryn is accompanied by a local doctor Dr. Haggis (Jeffrey Combs) who finds a woman in the abandoned church about to give birth. They are quickly joined by a gang of criminals who was with John’s father during the robbery, looking to retrieve their share of the money. The story takes many twists as they become hostage by the gang of criminals. Unknowingly, the abandon church holds a dark secret.  A group of humanoid creatures lurk below the churches holy grounds and cemetery. They must fight the creatures together, while still looking for John father’s money. With more than two situations ongoing, it’s a fun thrilled action horror. John falls into a pit in the church and discovers what lurks below is connected to a grave in the cemetery and an even darker part to relatives. The creatures are guarding a treasure beneath the catacombs of the church. Released recently by Wizard Video on DVD on Amazon or from Full Moon Direct, Lurking Fear is a must own and see for any fan of Full Moon Entertainment’s or any fan for a well made adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft.

Killer Party (1986)

Killer Party is a classic retro 80’s horror film directed by William Fruet. The story begins with three best friends, Vivia (Sherry Willis-Burch), Jennifer (Joanna Johnson), and Phoebe (Elaine Wilkes) as they pledge to a sorority. Vivia previously played a prank on the sorority and she finds out that is why the three were accepted. Now it is April fool’s Day and the sorority throws a party for a fraternity to be held at an old abandon house where Alan, a fraternity pledge, was killed twenty-two years before during a hazing prank. At the party someone or something does not want them in the house and the haunting begins with an unseen figure. Is it the ghost of Allen? Or is it something more demonic? Joining the girls at the fraternity party are Blake (Martin Hewitt) and Martin (Ralph Seymour) when eventually things take a turn for the worse and Jennifer ends up possessed by a demon and hunts down Vivia and Phoebe with a trident. The chase pursues as the film takes a thrilling turn when the demon attempts to possess each of the girls and tries to kill everyone. Killer Party reminds me of the classic Night of the Demons which will definitely be reviewed soon as this too is one not to miss out on. Killer Party is available on DVD and Streaming on Amazon Prime.