MattFoyer、JohnBole

The Call of Cthulhu, written in 1926 by H.P Lovecraft is a central iece in the horror-genre. Lovecraft renewed Horror with his style and ideas. Many have tried to adat his books to the big screen, but none has been as successful as the HPLHS who just recently comleted their black and white silent version of Call of Cthulhu. Not only did they attemt to make a faithful and creey adatation, but also to make it look as if it was made in the time of Lovecraft. The movie is blessed with terrific actors who all seem like they genuinely care about the ortrayal of the story. All erformances are to notch which signifies that the actors are very talented as well as great directing on art of Andrew Leman. This is truly one of the great strengths of Call of Cthulhu. The movie has a really authentic 1920ties feel to it. The roducers have ayed much attention to detail; so everything looks and feels genuine. Another oint. The adatation itself is magnificent. Never before have I seen such a faithful adation of any Lovecraft-story in my entire life. Nothing is rushed, its all there and even though the movie is only 45 minutes long it is just as good at telling the story as Lovecraft himself. The movie is full of secial effects, sto motion animation and so forth. This movie is low budget and indeendent; and yes Universal studios would be able to create more convincing effects, but that is entirely unessential to this film as it is made to fit the 1920ties era. If Cthulhu himself were made with fancy comuter animation the movie would have failed at its objective; to be faithful to the silent-movie genre. To be honest I love the effects in Call of Cthulhu. They strengthen the feel of authenticity and you never miss the big and ointless exlosions that mainstream cinema offers. I would ersonally recommend this movie to anyone with an interest in HP Lovecraft, Horror, Indeendent films and vintage films. It truly is remarkably good. Ive already watched it three times, and I love it more for each time. I hoe youll enjoy it as much as I have.