The Call of Cthulhu: THE MOVIE!

[SmallBlueThing]

http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/storeDetailPages/coc-dvd.html

... is already out there. It's a 47 minute, silent, 1920s-style movie made by the HP Lovecraft Historical Society. They also do full-cast audio 1930s-style plays of HPL's stories. Speaking as someone for whom Innsmouth, Dagon, C.o.Cthulhu and At The Mountains of Madness are among the most important things in the world and who has just downloaded the atMoM audiobook for listening later, I have just cum in my pants. This is mine. Oh crikey yes.

Follow the link above, or just go to http://www.cthulhulives.org/ and start there.

SBT

[Professor Bear]

That pants-cumming thing sounds serious.  I'd look into that.

[Jimmy Baker's Assistant]

Yeah, this is old news, although I've never actually seen it (silent movies not being my thing).

It is a matter of some regret that there have been few (if any) decent HPL film adaptions.

[Hawkmumbler]

It's by far the best HPL insired movie that doesn't deviate from the source greatily (see Evil Dead, Re-Animator et al). The decision to make it a silent throwback was a work of genious.

[Leigh S]

Got the DVD of this - brilliant, brilliant stuff that captures the mood way better than any blockbuster could reasonably hope to... I'd like to get hold of some more - did they do/are doing Whisperer in Darkness, or did I imagine that?

[Zanti Misfit]

Finally watched this, and found it a real gem.  Haunting, bizarre, chilling and beautifully atmospheric; making it in the style of an old silent movie was a masterstroke.  Very impressed by the accompanying music too, - truly a labour of love.  Would like to own the DVD, but the cost is a bit off-putting for a 47 min long feature. (yes, I'm a tight git..).

(I'm not trying to compare the two in anyway, but..) Has anybody seen the low-budget comedy/homage 'The Last Lovecraft' ? Silly and cheap, but fun for HPL fans.  Watch once, and forget.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOWtgLneeNE

[SmallBlueThing]

Got the DVD of this - brilliant, brilliant stuff that captures the mood way better than any blockbuster could reasonably hope to... I'd like to get hold of some more - did they do/are doing Whisperer in Darkness, or did I imagine that?

DVD: http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/storeDetailPages/whisperer-dvd.html

BLU-RAY: http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/storeDetailPages/whisperer-bluray.html

POSTER: http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/storeDetailPages/whisperer-poster.html

SOUNDTRACK ALBUM: http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/storeDetailPages/twid-soundtrack.html

SBT

[willthemightyW]

Just about to watch this, excited!
Thanks for drawing my attention to it SBT!

[qtwerk]

is "in the mouth of madness" sort of lovecraftian?

the same neill film? really enjoyed that years ago.

[Greg M.]

It's not based on a specific Lovecraft story, as far as I am aware, though thematically it's been suggested it bears a loose similarity to 'Pickman's Model' (there is also a character with the surname Pickman in it.) Nonetheless, it is very Lovecraftian (and sort-of cribs its name from 'At the Mountains of Madness'.) The bit where Neill is chased by the Great Old Ones is utterly wonderful, and despite a few flaws, it's a great film. Some jaw-dropping set pieces.

[qtwerk]

It's not based on a specific Lovecraft story, as far as I am aware, though thematically it's been suggested it bears a loose similarity to 'Pickman's Model' (there is also a character with the surname Pickman in it.) Nonetheless, it is very Lovecraftian (and sort-of cribs its name from 'At the Mountains of Madness'.) The bit where Neill is chased by the Great Old Ones is utterly wonderful, and despite a few flaws, it's a great film. Some jaw-dropping set pieces.

Hmmm. The superannuated kid on the bike. The demonic children. The axe attack in the street.

Last time I watched it I was in the Ritz (don't ask) and I checked under the bed before I went to sleep. i was nearly 30.

[Richmond Clements]

It's not based on a specific Lovecraft story, as far as I am aware, though thematically it's been suggested it bears a loose similarity to 'Pickman's Model' (there is also a character with the surname Pickman in it.) Nonetheless, it is very Lovecraftian (and sort-of cribs its name from 'At the Mountains of Madness'.) The bit where Neill is chased by the Great Old Ones is utterly wonderful, and despite a few flaws, it's a great film. Some jaw-dropping set pieces.

Hmmm. The superannuated kid on the bike. The demonic children. The axe attack in the street.

Last time I watched it I was in the Ritz (don't ask) and I checked under the bed before I went to sleep. i was nearly 30.

Have't seen it in years, but I do remember it causing some fucked up dreams.

[SmallBlueThing]

I bought a very expensive multi-region copy just recently, as it's one of my top five Carps. Havent got around to rewatching yet, as have been waiting for a cold-free, pain-free evening to do so. But yeah, itMoM is marvellous.

SBT

[qtwerk]

I bought a very expensive multi-region copy just recently, as it's one of my top five Carps. Havent got around to rewatching yet, as have been waiting for a cold-free, pain-free evening to do so. But yeah, itMoM is marvellous.

SBT

It's John Carpenter?

Oh the shame. I forgot/ didn't realise

[SmallBlueThing]

Just finished Call of Cthulhu, it having arrived this morning. Blimey, i did like this quite an awful lot. Do i really have to go into all the reasons it's magnificent: made by a bunch of mad bastards with no money but balls the size of Martian moons- much like our beloved Judge Minty- and should immediately be purchased by anyone with an interest?

I have issues with the video picture- it looks like someone's vidFIRE'd an old movie and never seems authentic- and a few of the camera moves stick out as anachronistic. But little of this matters and, for me, even enhanced the experience... a 'best of both worlds', as it were.

The dvd has a fair wodge of extras, including a decent 'making of' that just reinforces how brilliant and fun filmmaking can be, when divorced from hollywood or ken loach and made by a bunch of obsessives entirely for fun. It almost made me want to get back into making films!

Anyone dithering- go for it. Stop-motion Cthulhu monster! What more do you want!!?

SBT