| Re: Lovecraftian Cinema
I didn't really like Dagon much. I mean, it was better than the average Lovecraft film, but that's not saying much since most are abysmally bad. I did like Call of Cthulhu quite a bit, and the animated Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath wasn't bad for what it was. A friend of mine has an additional music credit for the latter.
Lovecraft stories are very difficult to film. There's so little actual physical action in many of the stories, with most of the interesting parts taking place in people's heads. It's often best to go for Lovecraft-inspired movies. John Carpenter is pretty good for that. His version of The Thing is pretty Lovecraftian, and In the Mouth of Madness is probably my favorite of the Lovecraft-inspired lot. |