Call of Cthulhu, low budget version

[Story]

Stumbled upon this review of a B&W low-budget silent film, circa 2006

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/12/124711.php

Further investigation revealed -
http://www.slamdance.com/2006/festival/film_detail.asp?film_id=790

 

[Hemingway Jones]

That looks like a very interesting film. I will be on the lookout for that one.

Cool avatar, BTW, Hemingway with his Thompson Machine gun during his Key West days, I pressume.

 

[dr greg]

maybe

its a nice idea, considering NO-ONE has ever done anything remotely resembling a decent film of a Lovecraft story

 

[Marc Chevalier]

True, but Re-Animator stands on its own.

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[Sefton]

This film looks interesting indeed. I'll keep a third eye out for it!
Post number 666! BhuwaHaHaHaHaHa!!!

 

[dr greg]

true

Re animator was good as I recall, but I wonder if it's dated now..I watched Return of the Living Dead the other night, its clothes etc are really naff now but it still stands the test of time for my money...very funny, verging on classic.

 

["Doc" Devereux]

It's an excellent film, and I highly recommend it (and mentioned it in the TCM guest programmer thread). Looks like it was made in the 20s, too: make up, film stock, the lot.

 

[BellyTank]

This film looks interesting indeed. I'll keep a third eye out for it!
Post number 666! BhuwaHaHaHaHaHa!!!

...and two doors down is 668, Neighbor of the Beast.

B
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[jake_fink]

It does look like fun, though the ties are totally inaccurate for the period.

...and two doors down is 668, Neighbor of the Beast.

M. Tank,

668 is right next door to 666, and 667 is across the street. Now if you want Mr. Bub (B. L. Z. Bub), he's at 664, on the other side, and the Munsters reside around the corner at 1313 Mockingbird Lane.

Check it on Map Quest.

 

[jake431]

Why has it been so hard to do a good Lovecraft movie? Scoff if you will, but the best Cthulhu-esque story I've yet seen on screen is John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness.

-Jake

 

[dr greg]

if I were a carpenter

Long time no see MOM, but I recall it as a very interesting film, one of his best. not available on dvd here I think

 

[jake431]

Long time no see MOM, but I recall it as a very interesting film, one of his best. not available on dvd here I think

It's on Amazon. It's one of my favorite Carpenter films, though his movies are certainly not to everyone's taste. I believe it's one of the best movies to handle the otherworldiness and sanity effects of the Cthulu mythos.

-Jake

 

[jake_fink]

Mouth of Madness* is a good, under-rated little film, and, hey yeah, it is very Lovecraftian.

Hellboy had an HPL type thingy, but that was just silly.









*My favourite Carpenter is still Escape From New York. Viva Snake!

 

[jake431]

Mouth of Madness* is a good, under-rated little film, and, hey yeah, it is very Lovecraftian.

Hellboy had an HPL type thingy, but that was just silly.

*My favourite Carpenter is still Escape From New York. Viva Snake!

I'm also a big John Carpenter's The Thing fan. Kurt Russell and Carpenter work well together.

-Jake

 

[jake_fink]

I'm also a big John Carpenter's The Thing fan. Kurt Russell and Carpenter work well together.

-Jake

The Thing improves with age. They do great audio commentaries for the dvds of their films as well. Big Trouble in Little China is (even) more entertaining with the commentary on.

They Live was a better, smarter, funnier Mars Attacks - so why'd Burton bother?

 

[jake431]

The Thing improves with age. They do great audio commentaries for the dvds of their films as well. Big Trouble in Little China is (even) more entertaining with the commentary on.

They Live was a better, smarter, funnier Mars Attacks - so why'd Burton bother?

I find the special effects in the Thing have held up surprisingly well.

I don't hardly know why he bothers to do any movies. He's not a favorite of mine, although I did like Sleepy Hollow, which is interesting because I like it for the very reason his fans do not - you can't sense nearly as much Burton in it as his other movies.

-Jake

 

[czack]

I find the special effects in the Thing have held up surprisingly well.

I don't hardly know why he bothers to do any movies. He's not a favorite of mine, although I did like Sleepy Hollow, which is interesting because I like it for the very reason his fans do not - you can't sense nearly as much Burton in it as his other movies.

-Jake

Sleepy Hollow was OK, but Burton still owes me for his "reimagining" of "Planet of the Apes." That ending was Weak.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

The Thing improves with age. They do great audio commentaries for the dvds of their films as well. Big Trouble in Little China is (even) more entertaining with the commentary on.

They Live was a better, smarter, funnier Mars Attacks - so why'd Burton bother?

I agree entirely. "Big Trouble..." is one of my favorite movies; "movies" now, as opposed to films.

 

[Story]

I agree entirely. "Big Trouble..." is one of my favorite movies; "movies" now, as opposed to films.

"Big Trouble" rocked, and Kim Cattrall pre-SITC made it all the better.

 

[Lancealot]

I agree...

...with ya'll. It's hard to beat John Carpenter. I love The Thing, Big Trouble, and Escape From New York.