classic horror movies 1989 THE CELLAR full movie with patrick kilpatrick
Comanche Indians have trapped the evil of their land in a monster made
up of a mixture of other animals. The Comanche have placed a protective
spear in the ground to contain the evil. A young boy pulls the spear
from the ground while pocketing a rabbit foot talisman. He starts to
play with the spear. A Comanche catches the boy, and startled, he runs
away with the rabbit's foot. The Native American places the spear back,
realizing too late that the rabbits foot is now gone. After that, white
men come and start drilling for oil.The Cellar is a 1989 horror film
directed by Kevin Tenney and starring Patrick Kilpatrick.
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Classic-Horror
The only thing worse than being isolated in the desert of the
Southwestern U.S. without water is being isolated in the
desert of the Southwestern U.S. with bad sewage and pesky
ravens.
Oh yeah, and a monster created by a very powerful
Comanche Indian medicine man from the worst parts of all
known creatures--one designed to kill white men, but that
prefers baby souls, and which will feed on anything,
even Indians, in a pinch.
That's the gist of
The Cellar, a 1990 film by director Kevin Tenney, who has brought us such schlock "gems" as
Witchboard,
Witchtrap,
Pinocchio's Revenge and
Demolition University.
Well, it's mostly directed by Tenney. The closing
credits tell us that additional scenes were directed by
John Woodward. That's not usually a good sign, but
The Cellar isn't that bad.
The
story really centers on a habitually unemployed guy who moves
to the Southwest when he's offered a job for an oil company. His
boss is straight out of Green Acres. He buys the home with
the evil sewage from an old man whose dad died because
of it. The old man didn't want to sell, since his
conscience won't let him under the circumstances, and
there are no Roto Rooter guys in the desert, but when the
Green Acres oil boss pours booze on his face, he realizes
he has no choice--if he doesn't sell his house, we don't have a
film. The other main character in the film is the habitually
unemployed guy's son.
Actually, it doesn't have to be that complicated, even. At the bottom line,
The Cellar
is your standard monster-in-the-basement horror flick.
It's a mediocre one, but it has as many good points as
bad.
Among the bad are that Tenney allows it to be even more complicated.
The Cellar
is bookended by a voiceover by someone who sounds like
Kris Kristofferson at three o’clock in the morning, reading
some extremely convoluted Indian mumbo-jumbo voodoo story as the
camera flies over terrain that looks like a cross between
Monument Valley and Canyonlands National Park (and if
that isn't enough to tell us were in the American
Southwest, we also see the requisite beasties--cattle
skulls, scorpions, etc.). It goes on far too long, but I
suppose the positive aspect is that it puts you in the right
frame of mind for a cheesefest.
There are also pacing and
dialogue problems, but not as bad as you might expect
from such a B/almost-a-Z film. However, the effects work
approaches typical grade Z fare, as does the soundtrack. The
dialogue in one scene that is supposed to be set outside was almost
certainly recorded in a small bathroom. Or that was just
the engineer's favorite reverb setting.
But that's about it for the negative aspects. Among the positives are that
The Cellar
is a serviceable, and towards the end, even a gripping
monster-in-the-basement film. The combination between the
flaky, volatile dad and his son, who is a budding Thomas Edison,
plays extremely well, provides 80% of the plot drive, and the
performances are good. More subtle aspects, such as the
interesting earth tone color scheme that matches the
Southwestern landscape, also work very well. Even some
unintentionally funny scenes, such as dad shooting a
pistol at the ravens, are surprisingly effective instead of cheesy.
The Cellar
isn't anything to write home about, but for fans of this
type of film, it's an enjoyable way to spend some idle time.
And since it clocks in at only about 82 minutes, it's not a big
sacrifice if you end up not liking it.
