Call of Cthulhu Film

[Sigokat]

I agree about In the Mouth of Madness, I think I even read somewhere that it was Carpenters intention to do it more as an homage. As for Re-Animator, yes its a gore fest, Stuart Gordon's movies usually are, even so it has a certain charm. Dagon I thought set the atmosphere rather well, which to me was always one of the more important aspects to Lovecraft's stuff.

I'll have to watch Dagon again sometime. Like I said, its been a long time and as far as Re-Animator I just saw it as too gory for a real Lovecraft story.

In the Mouth of Madness is probably my favorite at this point. I think Carpenter did a good homage and the little things you see as that homage to Lovecraft are neat. And I've always been a Sam Neill fan. I mean I did see it in the theater when it came out and I do own the DVD so...

Necronomicon is definite cheese, I guess I just have a liking for stuff like that. Though the last segment, which was really why I recommended it, was the best.

I never got that far LOL. I will haev to try it again, but I think I might have gotten through the first segment, but its been over 10 years so I can't remember exactly.

As for ATMOM, I hesitate to think what Del Toro would make that look like, assuming its his version you are referring to. While he certainly has a flair for the odd, its too whimsical for my tastes. Thats also the reason why I wasn't too thrilled when I heard he was supposed to do the Hobbitt.

I like Del Toro's work and I think Pan Labyrinth was truly amazing and probably his best work to date. So I think that he could do ATMOM, but the source material I think is just too difficult to translate to film, but if it could be done I think Del Toro is one of the few that could do it.

I think the Hobbitt will be good. I'm looking forward to it, especially to see how they do Smaug and the Shape-shifter.

[PicardRex]

I'll have to watch Dagon again sometime. Like I said, its been a long time and as far as Re-Animator I just saw it as too gory for a real Lovecraft story.

In the Mouth of Madness is probably my favorite at this point. I think Carpenter did a good homage and the little things you see as that homage to Lovecraft are neat. And I've always been a Sam Neill fan. I mean I did see it in the theater when it came out and I do own the DVD so...



I never got that far LOL. I will haev to try it again, but I think I might have gotten through the first segment, but its been over 10 years so I can't remember exactly.



I like Del Toro's work and I think Pan Labyrinth was truly amazing and probably his best work to date. So I think that he could do ATMOM, but the source material I think is just too difficult to translate to film, but if it could be done I think Del Toro is one of the few that could do it.

I think the Hobbitt will be good. I'm looking forward to it, especially to see how they do Smaug and the Shape-shifter.

I do like Del Toro's work, its just not dark enough for me. Its too fairy taleish, which is about the last thing I think about when reading Lovecraft. Who knows though, maybe he can be really dark too.

I don't know about the Hobbitt anymore. I was excited at first, seeing Smaug would be awesome, but they've split it into 3 movies. Lord of the Rings got 3 movies and each of those books is twice the size of the Hobbitt, how they're getting 3 out of it boggles my mind. I read Jackson's pulling appendix stuff into it, but I can't help thinking that he'll pad it with made up shit. Thats what he did with Two Towers and to me thats the worst one of the original trilogy.

[Sidewinder]

I Agree, I have seen Re animator, and The Haunted Palace (which was actually based on The Case of Charles Dexter Ward). But, the Call of Cthulhu is the best and most faithful HP Lovecraft film to date. The German expressionist style which has been seen in films such as Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari really worked to the film's advantage. Plus the spooky dreamlike atmosphere was also done right. Even if you never read an HP Lovecraft story, it is worth recommending to horror movie fans.