Review: Cellar Dweller (1988)
Cellar Dweller feels like an episode of Tales From The Crypt that's been blown up to feature length...and that's both a good and a bad thing. it's good because the premise hails from the 1980s golden age of the horror anthology that gave us Tales from the Darkside , Creepshow , Amazing Stories and the aforementioned Tales from the Crypt . It's bad because this is not an anthology film and the premise isn't strong enough (or written well enough) to flesh out a feature film. We start with a cool idea: in 1955, a comic book creator (played by Re-Animator 's Jeffrey Combs) draws an occult monster attacking a scantily-clad woman, which he then accidentally brings to life when he reads an incantation from a dark tome (as all comics creators do, presumably). 30 years later, the house where this dark deed occurred is now a haven for artists and outcasts. Enter a new prodigy (Debrah Farentino) who loves comics and wants to tap into the energy of the spot where her her...