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| Director: | Joe Gayton | 
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| Writer: | Phil Mittleman, Jonathan Craven | 
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| A top secret experiment intended to produce a superhuman has gone terribly wrong. Now the creators, trapped in a remote desert outpost, are being pursued ruthlessly by their creation. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 08, 1995 | 
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| Director: | Joe Gayton | 
| Writer: | Phil Mittleman, Jonathan Craven | 
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller | 
| Keywords | cult, mind, ripper | 
| Production Companies | The Kushner-Locke Company, Outpost Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $8,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Lance Henriksen | Stockton | 
| Claire Stansfield | Joanne | 
| John Diehl | Alex | 
| Natasha Gregson Wagner | Wendy | 
| Giovanni Ribisi | Scott | 
| Gregory Sporleder | Rob | 
| Dan Blom | Thor | 
| John Apicella | Larry | 
| Peter Shepherd | Frank | 
| Adam Solomon | Mark | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| J. Peter Robinson | Original Music Composer | 
| Phil Mittleman | Screenplay | 
| Fernando Argüelles | Director of Photography | 
| Jonathan Craven | Screenplay | 
| Joe Gayton | Director | 
| Harry Hitner | Editor | 
| Ricardo Spinacé | Production Design | 
| Prolet Spasova | Art Direction | 
| Elizabeth Jett | Costume Design | 
| Valentin Gehov Vulov | Makeup Effects | 
| Paul Jones | Makeup Effects | 
| James Barr | Makeup Effects | 
| Jeremy Levine | Production Design | 
| Shaune Harrison | Makeup Effects | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Wes Craven | Executive Producer | 
| Jonathan Craven | Producer | 
| Peter Shepherd | Co-Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | 
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It's not a great film, but nearly all of the Caverns Underground Monster flicks aren't great films. To the letter they are all low budget B-movie throw aways. And this is no exception... save for the fact it has Wes Craven's name attached to it so people come in expecting something more... expect ... ing a movie he directed and not one he simply produced. But the monster is underplayed and entertaining. The tension is claustrophobic and done well, and ultimately it's an enjoyable flick. Grant you, it's one of those late night insomnia flicks that you watch once and throw away, but it's entertaining enough for what it is, and what it is is a B-Movie that knows it's a B-Movie, that tried it's absolute best to make something fun inside the constraints of a B-Movie with all