Cellar Dweller

1988 "It'll Eat You Out Of House And Home..."
Cellar Dweller
5.1| 1h17m| R| en| More Info
Released: 20 September 1988 Released
Producted By: Empire Pictures
Country: United States of America
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In the 1950s, a horror-comic artist's creations come alive and kill him. Years later a new cartoonist revives the creatures in his house, now part of an artist's colony.

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VideoXploiter Nice concept, with a decent execution. The whole comics panel thing is a clever way to save on one's budget. There is one scene with nudity (always go into these 80s horror movies hoping for more). The ending is a big slap in the face. Overall, entertaining watch.
movieman_kev Jeffrey Combs is Colin Childress, an occult comic book illustrator, whom inadvertently sets a demon loose in his basement after he draws him on the comic page. He's able to destroy him, but in his wonderment he fails to notice that a fire has started before it's too late and he is engulfed along with the monster. That was 30 years ago. Now a huge fun of Mr. Chilress and another cartoonist herself, Whitney (Debrah Farentino of "Eath 2" cult fame) has come to Colin's house, now part of an artist's colony. She meets a new friend, Phillip (Bian Robbins primarily know for being Eric from 'Head of the Class'), he's the only one who actually likes her of the group of artists. Meanwhile, she's unaware that her drawings are resurrecting the creature to kill once more. Jeffrey Combs is great for the very limited amount of screen time that has. The rest of the film is fun enough, but it all felt too insubstantial, fluffy even. An entertaining little film, too bad it's not on DVD yet.My Grade: C- Eye Candy: Miranda Wilson is topless just getting out of a shower
Freya(sableOnBlond) the-real-roobeemoon This is a cheap horror flick with TONS of gore. I seen this one on @ 3 AM again - had to see it only because the title itself drew me in. Actually , I wasnt too disappointed. I love all horror flicks. Has a totally late-80s horror genre feel to it. I wish I could find this VHS also. Rare stuff. PEACE
gridoon John Buechler proves again, two years after "Troll", that having good special effects in your film DOES NOT automatically mean you have a good film. He may be very good at his main craft (makeup effects for horror pictures), but his storytelling abilities are limited, to say the least. Actually, most of the blame here should go to the bad script, which has no consistency or logic; for example, at first the monster (which looks mostly like a werewolf) is brought to life by the drawings of a cartoonist and can do only what is depicted in her pictures, but later it can move and kill freely and the comic book pages are drawn by themselves! At another point, the old lady that runs the mansion inexplicably turns into the monster! The mansion itself is supposed to be a place for young aspiring artists, yet a would-be private detective also lives there! Ah, forget it. (*1/2)