The Call of Cthulhu: The Celebrated Story by H.P. Lovecraft
by Andrew H. Leman
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Actor: David Mersault, Matt Foyer, Noah WagnerDirector: Andrew H. Leman
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); German (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Swedish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 72 minutes
Published: 2005
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Microcinema DVD
Movie Reviews of The Call of Cthulhu: The Celebrated Story by H.P. Lovecraft
Movie Review: Finally, An Adaptation for Lovecraftians!
Summary: 5 Stars
I do not want to rehash all the excellent things in the reviews of my fellows. But I too exult that we finally have an adaptation of a Lovecraft story that cleaves almost precisely to the story. (The only major changes in the story being making Thurston, the narrator, an inmate of an insame asylum, and his uncle dying in bed rather than from what is probably an assassin in the form of a "Lascar" bumping him on the street.)
For having been made on so small a budget, its realization of the more fantastic elements in the story-- the risen city of R'lyeh, and Great Cthulhu him(it?)self, are splendid. The expressionistic geometries of R'lyeh are admirably brought out. And as an added bonus, the filmakers actually went to Providence and filmed at the real Fleur-de-Lis Building, so vividly described in the story (and one can see how true Lovecraft's judgment of its style is!).
In my opinion, the many previous "adaptations" from Lovecraft have ranged from abysmal to fair; the best, perhaps, though again not being totally true to the stories, being two segments on NIGHT GALLERY-- their rendition of "Pickman's Model" and "Cool Air". Among film adaptations, many have been wretched. In fact, some of the most Lovecraftian films have been only just that-- "Lovecraftian" rather an an adaption of a specific story; a good example being GHOSTBUSTERS, minus the broad comedy elements. Another is THE THING, adapyted from a story ("Who Goes There?") itself inspired and party adapted from what is arguably one of Lovecraft's greatest, "At the Mountains of Madness". Even AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON was extremely Lovecraftian, more so than actual film adaptations of his work (till now, at least!).
Anyhow: HIGHLY recommended even to real aficionadoes of the master; we can only wait with baited breath for the release of the HPLHS's next work, said to be an adaptation of "The Whisperer in Darkness", done in the style of a 1930s Universal horror film. Hope it's released soon!
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