This filmed in Jacksonville, FL and the Producers left without paying the local cast and crew for the final weeks of filming. They still owe money to cast, crew, and vendors. There are a few of the Jacksonville talent in the film who never signed image releases due to never being paid. It is clear they edited out a good deal of the footage they filmed with the Jacksonville talent. It would have been a much better film had they been able to use that content to tell the story. The Lurker sets, costumes, and SFX were pretty darn awesome and you don't even get to see them. We worked very hard to accommodate a lot with little and in a very dangerous location.
The original screenplay by Director Darren Dalton was really good for a Lovecraft adaptation. He had this story WAY better (my opinion), and he was much better at directing the talent. But the influences of Robert Davi and the Producer/DP had us re-writing the script daily. We couldn't even keep up with the theme of the film and that shows here 100%.
When the Jax crew walked off on the last day of filming for non-payment, rather than pay the outstanding labor for cast and crew and continue filming, the Producers pulled in another "director/writer" and filmed additional scenes with Michael Madsen in Mexico (I guess). In my opinion, the script re-write and directing by Gillings made this film absolute trash. Those scenes look terrible, make no sense, and why is there a corn field in Jacksonville, FL??? Tubi should have never put their name on this and I sure hope the Producers didn't make any money as the film exploited dozens of great Florida talent.
The original screenplay by Director Darren Dalton was really good for a Lovecraft adaptation. He had this story WAY better (my opinion), and he was much better at directing the talent. But the influences of Robert Davi and the Producer/DP had us re-writing the script daily. We couldn't even keep up with the theme of the film and that shows here 100%.
When the Jax crew walked off on the last day of filming for non-payment, rather than pay the outstanding labor for cast and crew and continue filming, the Producers pulled in another "director/writer" and filmed additional scenes with Michael Madsen in Mexico (I guess). In my opinion, the script re-write and directing by Gillings made this film absolute trash. Those scenes look terrible, make no sense, and why is there a corn field in Jacksonville, FL??? Tubi should have never put their name on this and I sure hope the Producers didn't make any money as the film exploited dozens of great Florida talent.