EDITOR’S NOTE: The Unnameable was on USA Up All Night on October 7, 1989.

Based on “The Unnamable” by H.P. Lovecraft, this movie was directed and written by Jean-Paul Ouellette. It begins in the Winthrop house, a place where a female demon is hiding, having already killed the owner.

Randolph Carter (Mark Kinsey Stephenson) is a Lovecraft character who shows up or is mentioned in seven of his stories: “The Statement of Randolph Carter,” “The Unnameable,” The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, “The Silver Key,” The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, “Through the Gates of the Silver Key” and “Out of the Aeons.” He’s joined by his friends, Howard Damon (Charles King ) and Joel Manton (Mark Parra). They decide to stay all night in the Winthrop house themselves, hoping they won’t meet his evil daughter, Alyda (Katrin Alexandre). As for Howard, he just wants to know Tanya Heller (Alexandra Durrell) better, a student who comes along to see what this house is all about.

The Necronomicon, living trees, Miskatonic University, a bloody decapitation, some quick nudity from Laura Albert…what else do you want from this movie? It looks great and has a nice mood to it. I’m all for Lovecraft movies being made on the cheap; it’s a genre in and of itself.

You can watch this on Tubi.