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Stephen Cannell is famous for making television shows like Hunter, The Commish, The A Team and The Greatest American Hero. Now he takes a shot at a horror film and brings along Cerina Vincent of Cabin Fever fame to help him. Vincent stars as Danielle St. Clair (and no, despite the name, this is not a porn film) a young park ranger stuck in an out of the way outpost and dealing with the demons of losing her best friend in a drunk driving accident. This includes not speaking to her boyfriend, played by Dominic Zamprogna, no matter what he does. Nearby the outpost, a group of students are spelunking into a cave they have recently opened, only to find some disturbing hieroglyphics on the walls and a more disturbing presence a little deeper. Turns out there is a demon escaped from hell and opening the cave has let it free and now it is stalking St. Clair and killing everybody else in site. Having been caught drinking on the job, Danielle’s boss doesn’t believer her and thinks she’s loaded again. So with no help except her boyfriend who “just happened to show up” she must fight off this thing with what little she has. In the realm of bad ass lead females, Vincent does pretty well. She is no Sigourney Weaver or Linda Hamilton, but she handles the role pretty well and manages to look good doing it. For a film that I believe was made for Showtime, the effects aren’t bad. The demon looks a little too much like a corpse, but they did a good job on making it look like it did. This isn’t a bimbo horror film if that is what you were hoping, some gore and no nudity eliminate that. The DVD features an audio commentary with the director Steven Monroe and Vincent, a behind the scenes documentary and the theatrical trailer. This is the kind of movie you would watch on cable late on a Friday night and think “that wasn’t that bad” and the kind of thing you get on Netflix cause it didn’t cost you anything. ( Anchor Bay, 1699 Stutz Dr, Troy, MI 48084) - Myk

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