‘Stop feeding the monster within’
The Lurking Man is a 2017 American supernatural horror feature film directed by Jenn Page (short: Kids vs. Zombies) from a screenplay by Maritza Brikisak and Keith Rommel, based on the latter’s novel. The RMR Productions movie stars Maritza Brikisak, Daniel Lench and Frank Krueger.
‘Cailean’ started drinking very young in an effort to forget a childhood trauma. She became a functioning alcoholic. She had a happy family and life until one day an accident in the playground took her control away. Her drinking is now destroying her and her family.
Her attempts to recover continue to fail, the last one sends her to the ER and is now on her deathbed. ‘Death’ has been watching her all her life and now sees this as an opportunity, breaking the rules he takes her soul before she dies hoping that by exposing the forces that manipulated and consumed her soul, will convince her to accept his offer…
Choice dialogue:
Sariel: “You insolent fool, you do not dictate terms!”
Cast and characters:
- Maritza Brikisak … Cailean / Orthon – The Sinful Man; The Cursed Man; Dead Feelings (short); Open House (short); Rainy Nights (short)
- Daniel Lench … Sariel – Patient Seven
- Frank Krueger … Wilson
- Dorian Gregory … Emerson
- Jentzen Ramirez … Beau
- Chuck Saale … Mr. Hagen
- Joel Bryant … Hank
- Carmen Pérez Røsnes … Linda
- Tessa Espinola … Young Cailean
- Chloe Littlejohn … Stacey
- Kenny Lattimore … Matthew
- Jacqueline Hadden … Dr. Laughlin
- Sarah J. Eagen … Dr. Rachel Malloy
- Leah Ann Cevoli … Nurse Lucy
- Paul Uhler … Dr. Banks