Creature Unknown

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Creature Unknown
Directed byMichael Burnett
Written by Scott Zakarin
Eric Mittleman
Starring Chase Masterson
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Creature Unknown is a 2004 American horror film directed by Michael Burnett and starring Chase Masterson. [1] [2]

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Plot

A group of friends go to forest to spend a weekend, but the weekend turns into a fight with an inhuman creature.

Cast

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References

  1. Condit, Jon (27 December 2004). "Creature Unknown". Dread Central . Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. "Creature Unknown (DVD)". Film Threat. 16 September 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2020.