The Dunwich Horror
by Daniel Haller
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Actor: Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley, Lloyd Bochner, Sam Jaffe, Sandra DeeDirector: Daniel Haller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-28
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Dunwich Horror
Movie Review: The Dunwich Horror
Summary: 5 Stars
Whooeee! I had no idea that this movie is considered to be such a bomb. Biggest complaints seem to be that Stockwell should have had his hair straightened (so 90s & millenial, in the 60s folks weren't so hung up about the Uniform Hair look), the flick was low budget (duh!), not enough special effects for the monster (yeah, it would have been SO great if they'da had COMPUTER GRAPHICS, you know, like in Aliens 'n' The Thing, complete with lingering scenes of slimy tentacles & dripping puss---for all you jaded unimaginative types out there), clips of painted dated hippie types (anyone ever hear of pagans, Druids, Picts, etc.---they probably didn't have executive hairdos or baseball caps), the ending was anticlimactic (?) (Yeah, it COULD have been more like a Schwarzennegar or Bruce Willis flick with lotsa EXPLOSIONS and stuff, and plenty of sweat and dirt, straining jaw and neck muscles, gritting teeth), wasn't EXACTLY like the original story (and what movie IS? After all, big movie executives feel compelled to dumb down their products for the vast movie going public---that goes for ALL movies, so why pick on this one), the acting was "flat" (yeah, there should have been more EMOTIONS displayed, you know like was done with The Lord Of The Rings or a Springer show---EMOTE for the audience is on a base level and might not "get it" otherwise), screenplay was lacking (yeah, we could have gotten more into Sandra Dee's character background, and so forth), the movie has a "dated", "campy" feel (how dated and campy do you think the overwhelming majority of movies churned out of Hollywood and by the "Indies" nowadays are going to appear 30+ years from now?), etc.
I agree that the movie is a bit campy, but I love it. Yes, the movie is a departure from HP's original tale, but it stands on its own, and does respectfully adhere, in its own way, to the Arkham mythos. I LIKED the special effects, the tastefully short clips don't interfere with the imagination. I loved the soundtrack, it is quite memorable (if you have an attention span past, say, that of a puppy). Graphics, photography, sets, acting, casting, direction---in fact, I find very little wrong with this movie. It is a WORK OF ART! If you don't agree, go pop in your copy of Total Recall (hey man, check out the guy with the talking head growin outta his belly or wherever) or something. BLAMMO! Subtlety is truly a dying art.
I'm giving this movie 5 well-deserved stars. AND I'm going to order the DVD widescreen version---should be a real treat. So there! Troglodytes...
© 2003 RAPWreckerds
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