Some years later, his home has been converted into an art school and a new, young and impressionable artist decides to update the Cellar Dweller comic book with horrific results as the power of the beast threatens to consume her. Can anything stop the Cellar Dweller as it goes on a murderous rampage seemingly guided by the artistic hands of Whitney? Written by Don Mancini, who would later find success with the Child’s Play series of films, the script, and acting, wouldn’t look out of place in an 80s soap opera. The dialogue is stilted and many of the scenes over-acted, with the small cast having to put up with flimsy characterisations that offer little with which to work. Character development is abandoned in favour of exposition, the shock revelations lack any shock and the ending is a rushed mess with a twist that doesn’t really work due to the 77 minute runtime. The 1.33:1 presentation and an early video anomaly strongly suggests that the DVD was mastered from video tape. The presentation gives the picture a soft feel and, given it was shot in 1.85:1 film, it’s a surprise that, in this day and age, a label would choose to use such a poor quality source, especially given (at time of writing) that it isn’t selling a budget price! Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
