By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The Lovecraftian fright film is getting ready to invade the festival circuit.
Writer/director Chad Ferrin gave us the first look at the trailer for UNSPEAKABLE: BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP, which we first told you about (with exclusive photos) here. Both a follow-up to Ferrin’s first feature UNSPEAKABLE and an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “Beyond…” short story, it stars Edward Furlong, Susan Priver, Robert Miano, Ginger Lynn, Bai Ling, Steve Railsback, Elina Madison, Jennifer Drake, Cyril O’Reilly, Corey Love, Suzanne Sumner Ferry, Silvia Spross, Jerry Irons, Brandon Kirk, Elli Rahn, Timothy Muskatell, Lew Temple, Roger Garcia, Jeffrey Decker, Peter Mendoza, Craig Ng, Robert Rhine, Jon Budinoff and Kurt Bonzell.
The synopsis: “Renowned oneirologist Ambrose London [Furlong] is requested to Arkham Asylum by newly appointed Dr. Barnard [Priver] to study the strange case of James Fhelleps [Miano]. He’s a patient seemingly inhabited by the personality of Joe Slater, a denizen of the Catskill Mountains region–a primitive colonial peasant of barbaric degeneracy, who had mysteriously vanished 122 years ago. Ambrose and Barnard’s investigation takes an unexpected turn when Fhelleps/Slater is attached to London’s ‘Dream Machine,’ which releases an alien life form bent on world annihilation.”
“Every moment of making this film,” Ferrin tells us, “I was that 12-year-old leaving the theater after seeing LIFEFORCE, with a smile from ear to ear. Long live gonzo cinema!” Check out the trailer to see how gonzo it gets…
