THE UNNAMABLE (1988) – Episode 292 – Decades of Horror 1980s

"You admit it is possible for a piece of glass to retain the image of someone who sits in front of it for a great period of time?" Wait. No! Where do you get this nonsense? H. P. Lovecraft? Oh. Okay. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss The Unnamable (1988), about an unnamable creature that, oddly enough, has a name. Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 292 – The Unnamable (1988) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! Click the alert to get notified of new content! https://youtube.com/gruesomemagazine ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/ Synopsis: College students check out a haunted house where, in the 1800s, an ugly monster, called "the Unnamable," was trapped in a vault. Director: Jean-Paul Ouellette Writers: Jean-Paul Ouellette (screenplay); H.P. Lovecraft (short story) Makeup Department:  R. Christopher Biggs (special makeup effects artist) Camille Calvet (assistant special makeup effects artist: to Mr. Biggs / hair stylist: additional photography / makeup artist: additional photography) Special Effects: Bette Biggs (creature effects crew: Art & Magic) Rodger Borrelli (creature effects crew: Art & Magic) Mitchell J. Coughlin (creature effects crew: Art & Magic) (credited as Mitch Coughlin) Hester Laddey (creature effects crew: Art & Magic) Joe Podnar (creature effects crew: Art & Magic) Richard Snell (contact lens technician: creature contact lenses) R. Christopher Biggs (creature designer) (uncredited) Selected Cast: Charles Klausmeyer as Howard Damon (credited as Charles King) Mark Kinsey Stephenson as Randolph Carter Alexandra Durrell as Tanya Heller Laura Albert as Wendy Barnes Eben Ham as Bruce Weeks Blane Wheatley as John Babcock Mark Parra as Joel Manton Delbert Spain as Joshua Winthrop Colin Cox as Mr. Craft Paul Farmer as Mortician Paul Pajor as Gravedigger 1 Marcel Lussier as Gravedigger 2 Lisa Wilson as Student 1 Nancy Kreisel as Student 2 Katrin Alexandre as Alyda (the Creature) Winthrop The Unnamable (1988), based on the 1925 H. P. Lovecraft story of the same title, is the 80s Grue-Crew's topic for this episode. The Crew generally agrees that it is a good-looking movie with excellent practical makeup effects, but that it's still a bit of a slog in the watching. Even though parts of Lovecraft's story are adhered to, the creature is more banshee, harpy, or demon than she is Lovecraftian. The film also treats viewers to some good old-fashioned gore of the throat-ripping, decapitation, and organ-removal variety. Is enduring the slog worth getting to the effects? The Grue-Crew is glad they watched it, but you be the judge. At the time of this writing, The Unnamable (1988) is available to stream from Hoopla, Tubi, Plex, and Prime. It is available on physical media as a Blu-ray formatted disc from Unearthed Records. Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode's film, chosen by Chad, is Demonoid (1981). Wait. Chad chose Demonoid? Really? This should be interesting. Please let them know how they're doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans – so leave them a message or comment on the Gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the Gruesome Magazine website, or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at [email protected].