The
Outing (The Lamp) is an
American horror film directed by
Tom Daley, written by
Warren
Chaney. In the year
1893 a
young woman (
Deborah Winters) wears a magical charmed bracelet is told that
it holds the dark spirit of an evil genie, one that foretells the future of
violent things. Fast forward to modern day, a gang of thieves,
Harley
(
Hank Amico),
Tony Greco (
André
Chimène) and
Michelle Watkins as
Faylene,
are about to burglarize an old ladies house which turns out to be the young
lady that owns the bracelet. Brutally murdering her with an axe to the face
they then find an accompanying lamp. Now with the evil presence more rampant
than ever, the evil genie is released and possesses the woman’s corpse to take
revenge on the burglars. Afterwards as a detective surveys the crime scene an
officer sends the lamp and bracelet along with the other evidence to display in
the natural science museum. Now within the genies new home at the museum its
new curator is being viewed by his new owner
Dr. Bressling (
Danny
Daniels). While
Dr. Wallace (
James
Huston) an
archeologist and his daughter
Alex
(
Andra Ivanyi) is visiting
her father’s work, she eventually tries on the newly arrived bracelet shortly before
an out of a fit of rage over an argument when she spouts “
I wish you were dead!” she suddenly becomes unable to remove the
bracelet. With the genie now taken possession of
Alex she convinces her friends
Babs’ (
Damon
Merrill),
Ted (
Scott Bankston)
Ross
(
Barry Coffing),
Gwen (
Tracye Walker),
Terry
(
Raan Lewis),
Max
(
Brian Floores), to go on an “
Outing” to spend the night there at the museum during a field trip
there that her school goes to. The genie now more powerful than ever takes over
more people and objects making artifacts take possession in the museum commit “
acts of violence” alongside extreme gore,
decapitations, possessions the outing has it all. Things take a turn for the
worse and many more murders take place including
Bob (
Roy
Wilson) an opera singing security guard (
well deserved). When the genies true figure is revealed he chases
Alex and her friends down corridors of the museum as help quickly arrives and
together they try to destroy the evil genie. The film is a fun thrilled horror
film closely related to “
Wishmaster”
and takes no boundaries too far, a classic 80’s horror flick with plenty of
skin.
The Outing (
Aka the Lamp) is featured on a double
feature as of last year by
Scream! Factory and is accompanied
by another horror film,
The
Godsend where a mysterious woman who has a baby that strangely ends
up missing with suspensions that someone in that house may be a killer. Both
are excellent movies and it’s a well purchased
BluRay
that can be bought from
Scream! Factory or purchased on
Amazon.
