Cellar Dweller
Cellar Dweller is a 1988 American monster horror film about a comic book artist who unleashes a demon after drawing it. It was directed by John Carl Buechler, written by Don Mancini (credited as Kit Du Bois), and stars Debrah Farentino and Brian Robbins. As of 2023, this is Don’s only non-Chucky film that he has worked on.
Plot
Colin Childress (Jeffrey Combs), a highly successful comic book artist who gains inspiration from a mystical book of horrific drawings, inadvertently summons an evil spirit into his basement studio. Decades later, his house has become a small art institute run by the stern Mrs. Briggs (Yvonne De Carlo). One night, comely student Whitney Taylor (Debrah Farentino) goes rooting around the sealed boxes in the cellar and releases the supernatural forces trapped there.
More details
author | Don Mancini |
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director | John Carl Buechler |
editor | Barry Zetlin |
genre | horror |
keywords | comic book artist draw evil spirit one night trap |
musicBy | Carl Dante |
producer | Charles Band |
publisher | Empire Pictures |
theme | monster movie |