Product Details

• Actors: Jon Finch, Blake Bailey, Ashley Laurence, Jeffrey Combs, Allison Mackie
• Directors: C. Courtney Joyner
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 27, 1994
• Run Time: 78 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303114954
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,155 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Burial and Flesh-Eating, the life of a Tunnel Dweller, June 17, 2002

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TastyBabySyndrome "Matthew Lewis, author of M... ("Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Little Tendril Baseball Team, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lurking Fear [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Lurking Fear isn't really that accurate of an H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, but, as far as movies go, what cinematic try ever has been? While this is a sad and movies have been dismissed (with good reason) because of this, I think it would be a bit rash with this movie. I say this because the movie is still entertaining, has a little bit of gore and a few tensely horrific moments, sports a good cast including the immortal Jeffrey Combs, and has a nice looking "monster" design.
The story is about a now isolated town that, over the years, has been steadily deprived of its occupants by creatures dwelling in tunnels beneath the local cemetery. Through haphazard means, our main characters Cathryn Farrells, looking for a little vengeance, and John Martens, looking for a fortune buried somewhere in the cemetery, find themselves teamed up with a disposable cast (poor Mr. Combs) as they try to live through the night.
Besides, subhuman creatures feeding on flesh-flavored Pop Tarts is enough to bring out the kid in all of us!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lovecraftian Fun, February 24, 2011

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D. Mills "WatchThis" (Silly Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lurking Fear (DVD)

This is a 75-minute film adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft short story. The writer and director (John Finch) have taken the somewhat cerebral tale, and tarted it up with a crime story backdrop: there's a family patriarch who was recently buried, reputedly with a hefty stash of cash sewn into his chest cavity. A few shady characters ride into town and threaten the locals, wanting to know the location of the grave. The catch, of course, is that a few ghouls residing near the cemetary don't want the body found. And what a fun bunch they are.

This is one of the more entertaining Lovecraft adapatations available. It's not quite top-drawer in the manner of The Ressurected or The Call of Cthulu, but it's a much better bet than a few of them out there. Filmed in Bucharest, Romania circa 1994, the film does take advantage of aging buildings to provide atmosphere. Plotwise, the director has stuck with Lovecraft's New England flavor, but a Romanian farm village doubling as 'Leffert's Corners' has to be taken with a grain of salt. The gang of crooks are driving a classic '62 Impala convertible with license plate frames advertising a dealer in 'Arkham, MA', a nice touch for fans. For good measure, Re-animator's Jeffery Combs plays the town doctor, with hammy relish. It doesn't hurt that one of the more slimy characters eventually gets his heart ripped out, either. Overall, it's a nice trip for those into the gothic horror genre.

A brief (but informative) making-of film is included as an extra, along with the trailer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Infinite Evil!!!!!!!!, March 22, 2002

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Michael Fleishman (Hauppauge, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lurking Fear [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In this chilling tale based on a story by horror-master H.P. Lovecraft, an isolated desert town has been ravaged for years by grotesque creatures who dwell in the depths beneath the local cemetery.
Cathryn Farrel returns to this miserable place with one goal in mind: to avenge the brutal death of her beloved sister by the creatures. In the midst of a storm, she wires the decaying graveyard with enough explosives to blow the entire undead population back to hell...for good!
Young John Martens shows up with his own score to settle. His mission is to recover a fortune in loot buried somewhere in the cemetery by his now dead father. Before the night is through these two strangers find themselves unlikely allies in an effort to defend themselves against the hungry undead as well as an equally deadly gang of misfits who aim to beat John to the hidden cache.
In a terrifying, bone-chilling clash, they battle with ghouls in a blood-soaked finale.