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.
