Unnamable, The

The Unnamable is an American feature film of the horror genre with an emphasis on monsters and/or demons. It was written and directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft. It was produced by K.P. Productions and Yankee Classic Pictures and was released direct-to-video in the United States in June, 1988. The film stars Mark Kinsey Stephenson as Randolph Carter, with Charles King as Howard Damon, 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, and Colin Cox as Mister Craft.

Notes & Trivia

 * All characters and concepts are based on the collected works of American author Howard Phillips Lovecraft.


 * The tagline for this film is "There are things on God's Earth that we can't explain and we can't describe. From the depths of Hell comes... The Unnamable".


 * The Unnamable, The Unnamable (1988), Unnamable (1988), and Unnamable, The (1988) all redirect to this page.


 * There are a total of fifteen credited cast members in this film.


 * A sequel film, The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter was released in 1993.


 * Production on this movie took place in August, 1987. The entire movie was shot in three weeks.


 * Scenes of the house from this film were shot in Malibu, California.


 * Scenes of the college from this film were shot at UCLA in Los Angeles, California.


 * The 2004 video release of this movie is the first uncut edition of the film. The original United Kingdom video release cut twenty-one seconds out of the film, and the 1992 video release excised another sixteen seconds.


 * Charles King and Mark Kinsey Stephenson are the only characters to appear in both installments of this series.


 * In addition to playing the creature, actress Katrin Alexandre also has a bit role as a librarian in this film.


 * This movie marks the film debut of actress Laura Albert.


 * Actor Charles Klausmeyer is credited as Charles King in this film.

Recommendations

 * From Beyond
 * Necronomicon: Book of the Dead
 * Re-Animator