The unnamable is an adaptation of the short story by HP Lovecraft. I like Lovecraft. His stories are generally scary. A proper cosmic horror movie can be one of favorites in the horror genre. So I decided to check out the unnamable
Is it a perfect Lovecraftian horror movie ?
Not quite because it leans more towards a creature feature in a old dark house.
Does that make it bad ?
Absolutely not because it's one of the more entertaining old dark house movies out there with a very cool creature design.
The story has a classic set up. College students go to a old dark house where something evil is hiding. One by one they are being taken out by an unimaginable lovecraftian beast. So it's a basic slasher with a Lovecraft skin. So while I liked the story I can't call it groundbreaking or full on cosmic horror that makes you question reality. So it's just a fun slasher with a unique look.
The characters unlike some slasher characters are all likeable. Sure they fall into some cliches but the cliches are just enough to give them character and not making them to over the top. Randolph Carter, Tanya and Wendy were the most entertaining characters. I loved Randolph's I can't be bothered energy at the end. So all the characters were just likeable.
The true highlights here are the kills and creature design. The creature looks great. The kills are done well too. The gore was great. I also really likes the slow reveal of the monster. Katrin Alexandre plays the creature called Alyda Winthrop. Her mannerisms and movement made the monster look unique.
The old dark house was a good location. It looked basic but the movie made the sneaking around and exploring it interesting. I wish there was more background details but it made an formula that could be boring entertaining. So I liked it.
The unnamable is a fun time all around. The monster design was the best part along with the kills. The characters were all likeable. So it's not the most cosmicly terrifying movie but a entertaining slasher.

The unnamable is an adaptation of the short story by HP Lovecraft. I like Lovecraft. His stories are generally scary. A proper cosmic horror movie can be one of favorites in the horror genre. So I decided to check out the unnamable
Is it a perfect Lovecraftian horror movie ?
Not quite because it leans more towards a creature feature in a old dark house.
Does that make it bad ?
Absolutely not because it's one of the more entertaining old dark house movies out there with a very cool creature design.
The story has a classic set up. College students go to a old dark house where something evil is hiding. One by one they are being taken out by an unimaginable lovecraftian beast. So it's a basic slasher with a Lovecraft skin. So while I liked the story I can't call it groundbreaking or full on cosmic horror that makes you question reality. So it's just a fun slasher with a unique look.
The characters unlike some slasher characters are all likeable. Sure they fall into some cliches but the cliches are just enough to give them character and not making them to over the top. Randolph Carter, Tanya and Wendy were the most entertaining characters. I loved Randolph's I can't be bothered energy at the end. So all the characters were just likeable.
The true highlights here are the kills and creature design. The creature looks great. The kills are done well too. The gore was great. I also really likes the slow reveal of the monster. Katrin Alexandre plays the creature called Alyda Winthrop. Her mannerisms and movement made the monster look unique.
The old dark house was a good location. It looked basic but the movie made the sneaking around and exploring it interesting. I wish there was more background details but it made an formula that could be boring entertaining. So I liked it.
The unnamable is a fun time all around. The monster design was the best part along with the kills. The characters were all likeable. So it's not the most cosmicly terrifying movie but a entertaining slasher.

80s horror does it again
3/5!!

80s horror does it again
3/5!!

I can always enjoy a crappy horror but there were really a lot of things I liked.
The classic spooky house setting was well done, I love the creature design and some of the characters were even pretty fun, especially Carter AKA Sheldon Cooper.
It mainly suffered from a severly lacking monster screen time, which is just weird considering they had such a good costume for it, and pretty lame kills even though there was some good practical gore.

H.P. Lovecraft really loves his “Indescribable” things huh.

I can always enjoy a crappy horror but there were really a lot of things I liked.
The classic spooky house setting was well done, I love the creature design and some of the characters were even pretty fun, especially Carter AKA Sheldon Cooper.
It mainly suffered from a severly lacking monster screen time, which is just weird considering they had such a good costume for it, and pretty lame kills even though there was some good practical gore.

H.P. Lovecraft really loves his “Indescribable” things huh.

Genuinely a fun movie just goofy and cheesy

Genuinely a fun movie just goofy and cheesy

Relato de Lovecraft pasado por el filtro de la monster movie de serie B ochentera con toques de terror adolescente... resultando algo normalito pero curiosamente majo. Se sostiene sobre todo por el resultón diseño de la bichería, algo de gore bien ejecutado y un Randolph Carter sorprendentemente cercano al literario pese a todo.

Vamos, que como mínimo puede hacerse simpática. Una peli de videoclub de manual.

Relato de Lovecraft pasado por el filtro de la monster movie de serie B ochentera con toques de terror adolescente... resultando algo normalito pero curiosamente majo. Se sostiene sobre todo por el resultón diseño de la bichería, algo de gore bien ejecutado y un Randolph Carter sorprendentemente cercano al literario pese a todo.

Vamos, que como mínimo puede hacerse simpática. Una peli de videoclub de manual.