Ectomo reviews Cthulhu: The Movie
Ectomo has just posted up a review for the latest Lovecraft inspired movie!… It does not sound good…
An adequate film adaptation, if not wholly true to Lovecraft’s original story.
What we’ve been given instead is a second-rate simulacra of The Shadow Over Innsmouth (in which our aforementioned Old One only cadges brief mention), a story of which Lovecraft himself was critical. It would appear his fears have been realized in celluloid form. Cthulhu: The Movie falls exceedingly short of delivering the shock and horror one might expect from a Lovecraftian tale, not to mention the stilted dialogue, non-linear editing, and costuming that turns shoggoths into a preschooler’s pipe cleaner homage to albino tumbleweeds.
Read the full review at Ectomo!
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August 6th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I saw the film awhile back and personally really enjoyed it. I loved how it made you think at the end and simple spoon feed you everything that’s come to expect out of “Hollywood” cinema today. It’s totally worth anyones time, especially so if you are a Lovecraft fan.