stalwart captain hickock ( a solid and engaging performance by david beecroft ) be send to investigate the mysterious death of a member of a dream research project that conduct experiment in a vast and isolated subterranean lab . head scientist dr. van fleet ( a brief and but cool appearance by the always terrific james hong ) accidentally bring into our world a powerful deadly be with the scary ability to fatally use our bad fear against u . writer or director j. s. cardone and who also give u the terrifically trashy the forsaken and the pleasingly eerie wicked little thing and maintain a snappy pace throughout and stag the genuinely startle shock scene with considerable harrow aplomb and and do a deft job of effectively create a clammy and creepy and downright unsettle nightmarish claustrophobic atmosphere . the strong cast qualifies a another major asset represent louise fletcher a the mad dr. erhardt and shawn weatherly a the fetching dr. kidwell and frederick flynn a hearty computer technician tommy shiver and lu leonard a gruff cook ms. cutter and and miguel a. nunez jr. a abjectly craven and spineless and snivel janitor wiley . karen grossman dark and fluid and moody cinematography and richard band supremely shudderyn pooky score and and mark shostrom goodngruesome make up f or x be all likewise on the money excellent and impressive . the gory murder set piece hit the splattery spot with a perfectly grisly bull eye . a a nice extra bonus and the lovely maureen flaherty a a sleep psychic spends all of her screen time completely in the buff . a really nifty and unjustly neglect little low budget sci fi or horror winner .