A century ago, an old warlock kept a monster chained up in a decrepit house until one day, it turned on its keeper and ripped his heart out. Flash forward to the present day when some frat boys try to impress a couple of sorority pledges by hanging out in the supposedly haunted house. It doesn’t take long before the creature wakes up and begins stalking the co-eds. It’s then up to a pompous bookworm from Miskatonic University named Randolph Carter (Mark Kinsey Stephenson) to save the day.
Based on an H.P. Lovecraft story, this cheesy ‘80s horror flick has a tongue-in-cheek sensibility about it that adds to the fun. It would make a good double feature with the Lovecraft-inspired Evil Dead as both movies contain the Necronomicon, living trees, and clueless dolts getting beat up by supernatural monsters. It also contains a nice helping of gore (hearts ripped out, severed heads, torn out throats, brain splattering, arm breaking, and face ripping) and a healthy amount of T & A courtesy of Laura (Dr. Caligari) Albert as a horny co-ed.
The monster is pretty cool too. It’s kind of like a naked she-demon type thing complete with horns, hooves, and mini bat wings. The amusing performance by Stephenson also helps keep things afloat. I liked that he spent most of the movie pouring over old books in the library while everyone was busy being chased by the monster. The Unnamable also benefits from a great setting as the house has so much personality that it’s essentially another character in the film. That’s really saying something since about half of the movie is devoted to people walking down the darkened hallways of the house looking for other people.
If you’re a Lovecraft fan, you will probably enjoy The Unnamable. Nobody reinvented the wheel with this one, but for fans of ‘80s horror, it would make for perfect viewing on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
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