The Unnamable II

Cast

John Rhys-Davies
as Professor Warren

John S. Davies

Mark Kinsey Stephenson
as Randolph Carter

Maria Ford
as Alyda Winthrop

David Warner
as Chancellor Thayer

Charles Klausmeyer
as Eliot Damom Howard

Julie Strain
as Creature

Richard Domeier
as Officer Malcolm Bainbridge

Siobhan McCafferty
as Officer Debbie Lesh

Captain Mike Gordon
as Joshua Winthrop

Shawn T. Lim
as Robert Barger

Peter Breck
as Sheriff Arnie Hatch

Brad Blaisdell
as Officer Ben Lesh

Kevin Connors
as Jack Herman

Kit Fredericks
as Original Creature

August West
as Mary Wilkenson

Kevin Alber
as Jack Herman

Harper Roisman
as Doc Evans

Chuck Butto
as Officer Joe Choate

Gary Pike
as Prof. Mendez

Mike Gordon
as Joshua Winthrop

Sasha Jenson
as Student One

Bryan Clark
as Professor Thurber

Alexandra Durrell
as Tania

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Critic Reviews for The Unnamable II

Audience Reviews for The Unnamable II

• Oct 15, 2015

  After enduring the fiasco that was The Unnamable last year, I wasn't exactly doing cartwheels at the prospect of a sequel. Directly continuing from the events of its predecessor, it garners kudos for at least attempting to translate H.P. Lovecraft's penchant for Chthulu, Arabic annotations and quantum physics. However, this is still an overcooked, cockamamie misfire that attempts embarrassingly forced, fish-out-of-water humor around Maria Ford's nubile, unclad body. For chauvinistic males, they can salivate over her T-&-A quotient while she is too monosyllabic to object to them ogling her assets. It drudges through a Quatermass hypothesis of residing in two planes of existence for nonsensical, pseudo-intellectual drivel ("It is my daughter but it is not my daughter and that which is not my daughter..."). Horror fans will be lulled into a slumber since most of the runtime is allocated to verbose talkiness about 17th century curses. Mary Kinsey Stephenson is the poor man's Herbert West once again with feeble efforts at one-liners ("Fancy seeing you here" when he resurfaces from a grave site). He is the snobbish, charmless equivalent of Niles from Frasier. The fright set pieces are substandard at the best (the creature's zipline flying effects) and horridly laughable at the worst (the library stacks chase is described like Minos' labyrinth - "People get lost in them during the day"). Somehow, the filmmakers cajole the prestige of David Warner and John Rhys-Davies into supporting roles but their presences are short-lived (mercifully for their reputations). Rather than the static compositions of the first film, the camera actually slides occasionally. Therefore, the production value might be higher but the overall quality hasn't transcended a Syfy Original.
  

  Cory T Super Reviewer
• Oct 28, 2009

  I enjoyed this more than the first, as the plot was actually more like a Lovecraft story in it's structure and content. It also takes itself a bit less seriously, which makes for better viewing entertainment. It's still fairly average, though enjoyable enough if you're not looking for a masterpiece of horror cinema. I love the realisation of Randolph Carter though, a proper Lovecraftian hero who fights with knowledge rather than weapons and is fond of making dramatic pronouncements.
  Kylie B Super Reviewer

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