If lovecraft made it to the movies

Celestial Dung · Post by **Celestial Dung** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:13 am

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XHuY2wXTd0o&search=lovecraft

It's a video fake of a "Call of the Cthulhu" preview done in thirties style. After watching it I really want to see the actual movie but alas...

Francesca · Post by **Francesca** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:18 am

Wow. I agree.

The Fallen · Post by **The Fallen** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:09 am

If?

What about Dagon, Re-Animator and The Resurrected (ostensibly the only 3 decent Lovecraftian movies out there)

Oh and Cast a Deadly Spell just for the laughs

vertigo25 · Post by **vertigo25** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:05 pm

Actually it is a real movie and is available on DVD for $20. It was made by the HPLHS who also make some great fonts and props suitable for reenactments, role-playing, and collecting.

Written in 1926, just before the advent of "talking" pictures, The Call of Cthulhu is one of the most famous and influential tales of H.P. Lovecraft, the father of gothic horror. Now the story is brought richly to life in the style of a classic 1920s silent movie, with a haunting original symphonic score. Using the "Mythoscope" process â€” a mix of modern and vintage techniques, the HPLHS has worked to create the most authentic and faithful screen adaptation of a Lovecraft story yet attempted.

From the cultists of the Louisana bayous to the man-eating non-euclidean geometry of R'lyeh, the HPLHS brings Cthulhu to the screen as it was meant to be seen. Eighteen months of production and a cast of more than 50 actors went into making this film a period spectacle that must seen to be believed.

The DVD includes The Call of Cthulhu (47 minutes, black and white), the high-fidelity and "Mythophonic" soundtracks, a 25 minute "making-of" documentary featurette, two slide shows, deleted footage, a prop PDF of the Sydney Bulletin and more.

To appeal to Lovecraft fans throughout across the globe, this DVD provides intertitles in 24 languages including: Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Euskera, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Lithuanian, Luxmbourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Welsh. These aren't just subtitles either â€” they are the real title cards rendered tastefully in each language. If you thought the story was scary before, wait until you see it in Welsh!

Celestial Dung · Post by **Celestial Dung** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:18 pm

Sorry should have made that more exact....If lovecraft himself had made it to the movies. See it looks like it was made in the thirites when lovey was still alive and well you know....What would it be like if hollywood came calling him.

I wish Orson Welles did a Lovecraft movie.

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oh and it is a reas real movie??? gotta look for it gotta look for it!!!!