Unfortunately, according to what Unfilmable says, Fangoria says that Stuart Gordon says that the House of Re-animator is no longer going to be. I’m bummed. I’d like to have seen another Re-animator film made, and this one sounded like it was going to be fun. Maybe a bit campy… but then weren’t the others as well?
Casting calls have begun for Stuart Gordon’s movie adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s “The Thing at the Doorstep”. Mania.com has the lengthy details for the character calls for the following characters:
Head to Mania.com to read the details for the calls, but beware… spoilers included.
I finally managed to get myself sitting long enough to watch one of the many movies on my shelves that I haven’t yet watched. (Hopefully I can do the same with the books…) This weekend, it was Stuart Gordon’s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” for the Masters of Horror series.
First off, the visuals were great. They talk about the visuals in the “making of” featurette, cleverly titled, “The Tell-tale Cat”. The usage of old-fashioned washed-out colors with vibrant color to highlight bits looked great and did a great job setting the atmosphere. The scenes were shot well, and the special effects were not all that bad. The part with the eyeball was great.
Jeffrey Combs did an excellent job playing the deranged E.A. Poe, grandson of General David Poe, Hero of the Revolution. Not only does he look a good deal like Poe, but he oes a great job playing the part of a man going insane. Hi co-stars also did an excellent job playing their parts as well.
Where the film feels off is the way it flips back and forth between Poe and Virginia. Madness, sooth the girl, madness, sooth the girl. Its just a bit annoying at times.
Aside from that point, I highly recommend seeing it for the visuals, the excellent acting, and the entertaining quality of the movie. If I had half scores, I’d give it a 3.5. It was a good entertaining film with excellent visuals and acting, and a must have for the avid Gordon or Poe collector.
Cinema Suicide has news that Stuart Gordon, famous for Re-Animator and From Beyond, will be working on a film adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s The Thing on the Doorstep.
At the American Film Market it was announced that his next project will be Lovecraft’s short, The Thing On The Doorstep about the soul of a man who possesses the body of his daughter and, later, her husband.
Add this to my ever growing list of films I must see! Read more at Cinema Suicide.
Happy Halloween, my little Droogies.
And what do I have for you today, on this All Hallows Eve? I have pretty links for the pretty eyes to take in and enjoy, oh happy little ones. So turn on the ol’ Ludwig Van, and enjoy this day, for it is one of celebrating, and enjoyment.
First off is the animated adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Terrible Old Man” over at Grim Reviews.
Then we have a list of the top ten horror comedies, as listed by University of Alabama’s “The Crimson White”
Annd of course, those fine fellows and ladies of Ectomo have linked the amazing macabre artwork of Kris Kuksi.
And of course, we can’t forget, the final installment of the LostCarcosa.net WebComic Horror Movie Poster lineup, Night of the Living Undead!
Happy Halloween!
Matt Bradshaw of Cinematical has posted up seven short reviews of various Lovecraftian films of note. Three of the films I know and like. The other four, I shall have to go find and sit down with.
Posthumous reprints of Lovecraft’s fiction eventually garnered him a larger audience, but his work has been notoriously difficult to capture on film. That hasn’t stopped filmmakers from trying, though.
Heres a list of the films reviewed:
See what Matt Bradshaw has to say of them at Cinematical.
Masters of Horror Vol 1 & 2 are now available in some HI-DEF action. MoH Vol 1 includes some Lovecraftian horror.
…Volume I includes an episode about the search for a homicide-inducing film (Cigarette burns), an episode based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft (Dreams in the Witch House), and an episode that tells the disturbing tale of a child trapped in the basement of a sadistic couple (The Fair-Haired Child). Each is wildly different in plot, decor and style, and although the sheer “scare tactics” eventually start to lose their effect when watched back to back to back, the direction and production values themselves are consistently entertaining.
Game Daily has the entire read.
UnderGround Online has a review up of the Director’s cut version of “From Beyond”. They include a mini interview, and some words on the extra features.
How do you follow up a totally f’ed up experience like the Re-Animator? With something even more insane. It’s funny how the Stuart Gordon and Jeffrey Combs cult classic has earned an intensely loyal following over the years, but their follow-up, the nearly-as-good From Beyond, has been mostly ignored.
Go check it out at UGO
