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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Brief Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 04/11/2000 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 25 mins Studio: Full Moon Home Video Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Horror, Supernatural Horror See Also: Netherworld

One of the early direct-to-video horror films from Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment, this good-looking entry stars 21 Jump Street's Michael Benedetti as Corey Thornton, who inherits a mansion in the Louisiana bayou from his late father. Corey wonders why his father, who abandoned him, would leave him such an expansive estate, and also wonders exactly what the brothel across the way has to do with any of it. The fact that Edgar Winter is part of the brothel's house band should have given him a clue, and when stone hands start embedding themselves in people's heads it is obvious to everyone but Corey that the brothel is a front for a coven of witches. It turns out that Corey's father was heavily involved in black magic and wants to rise from the grave to possess his son's body, and must consign Corey's soul to the netherworld (hence the title) to do so. Denise Gentile plays a tempting hooker, Holly Floria is the love interest, and Anjanette Comer from The Loved One and The Baby is her mother, the mansion's housekeeper. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Michael C. Bendetti - Corey Thornton
Denise Gentile - Delores
Anjanette Comer - Mrs. Palmer
Holly Floria - Diane Palmer
Robert Burr - Beauregard Yates

There are a few too many mysteries to solve and not enough scares in this uneven early entry to Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment, and the studio still hadn't reached the stage of well-oiled screenplays by people like Benjamin Carr that gave their later films more spark. Director David Schmoeller -- who also made the memorable Tourist Trap for Band -- does have an eye for visuals and grotesque detail, however, and the film looks very good considering it was shot on the cheap. Schmoeller and Band next teamed for Catacombs, a troubled production finally released as Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide