The Unseen is a 1980 American horror film directed by Danny Steinmann [as Peter Foleg] from a screenplay by Michael L. Grace.
Director Steinmann, who later directed Savage Streets and Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, apparently fell out with the producers during post-production, hence his use of a pseudonym.
The story was co-devised with special effects creators Stan Winston and Tom Burman, plus Texas Chain Saw Massacre co-writer Kim Henkel.
Craig Reardon (Eaten Alive; The Funhouse; Poltergeist) supplied the makeup for the monster.
The movie stars Barbara Bach (Short Night of Glass Dolls; Great Alligator River; Isle of the Fishmen), Sydney Lassick (Carrie; Alligator; Lady in White), Karen Lamm (Ants), Doug Barr, Stephen Furst (Silent Rage), Lois Young, Leila Goldoni (Hysteria; Invasion of the Body Snatchers; The Devil Inside).
Plot:
After a hotel reservation mix-up, two sisters, Karen and Jennifer, and their friend Vicki Thompson, meet a friendly, but shady character named Ernest Keller who is the owner of a small-town museum. Ernest convinces the three women to accept an invitation for cheap room and board at his farmhouse outside of town, where his wife, Virginia, also lives.
Once there, Jennifer and Karen leave for a holiday parade fair, which Jennifer, a news reporter, is reporting on.
Meanwhile, back at the house, Vicki takes a bath and then a nap in her room, but is attacked by an unseen figure…
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Release:
The Unseen was released theatrically in the US by World Northal in September 1981. In the UK, Prism issued the film on DVD in 2002. In the US, Code Red issued it on DVD in 2008 and a Scorpion Releasing Blu-ray followed in 2013.
Cast and characters:
Stephen Furst as ‘Junior’ Keller
Barbara Bach as Jennifer Fast
Sydney Lassick as Ernest Keller
Karen Lamm as Karen Fast
Lelia Goldoni as Virginia Keller
Douglas Barr as Tony Ross
Lois Young as Vicki Thompson
Maida Severn as Solvang Lady
Choice dialogue:
Ernest Keller: “Nobody here but us chickens!”
Filming locations:
Santa Paula, Altadena and Piru, California
