The Call of Cthulhu: The Celebrated Story by H.P. Lovecraft

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Customer Reviews:

Great Job! [Posted on 2008-05-29]
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this film. I believe that as a black and white silent movie, it was in the position to say a lot more about the subject than the regular kind of movie ever could. Great job!

A must-have for every fan [Posted on 2008-06-09]
The HPLHS Motion Pictures "The Call of Cthulhu" is a must-have for every fan. The sheer genius of creating a Cthulhu silent movie, the creative worksmanship, the music, everything. Granted, they have taken some liberties concerning the original novel but those are minor and do not interfere with the plot at all.
The bonus material is ace, I especially enjoyed the making of and the comments the cast and crew made on everything.
Five star all the way.

To film the unfilmable [Posted on 2008-06-12]
The universe of HP Lovecraft is notoriously impossible to render convincingly on film, even in this age of CGI. Yet these amateur filmmakers have come as close as anyone probably could, by cleverly presenting his classic short story as a silent film -- to all appearances made right after the short story first appeared in print. And they succeed wonderfully! The distancing effect of silent film actually makes it MORE convincing by creating a complete, self-contained world & atmosphere. And as for complaints about the deliberately primitive stop-motion animation for Cthulhu -- the recent version of King Kong certainly looked more realistic than the original ... but did it look more REAL? I don't think so. The old-fashioned approach lends a certain dreamlike (or in this case, nightmare-like) quality to the figure. And the same can be said for the over-acting school of dramatics which the film has so skillfully recreated. The behind-the-scenes features will make you appreciate the ingenuity of the cash-strapped filmmakers all the more. Truly a labor of love, this is not to be missed by Lovecraft fans!

I Love It [Posted on 2008-06-23]
A superb adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's short story. Making it look like a 1920's silent film was a stroke of genius.

An Outstanding Adaptation Of A Horror Classic [Posted on 2008-07-02]
The H.P.Lovecraft Historical Society's adaptation of the classis horror story The Call Of Cthulhu is probably the most clever and brilliant attempt at trying to bring to cinema a story that most filmmakers would think almost impossible to film, and it is a successful one at that.

Using both a mixture of modern and early film making technique, the story is presented in a classic silent film format, using limited special effects, but loads and loads of atmosphere. The result is a dreamlike presentation that starts off as a mystery and ends as the ultimate in horror. The film also succeeds in filling in all the terror of this story into less than 47 minutes.

In an age where modern film makers rely on big name stars, tons of CGI effects, and in the case of horror, buckets of spurting blood, the HPLHS pretty much abandons all of that, and instead lets the story itself shine forth. It is very clear the people who made this film love and respect the works of H.P. Lovecraft. If The Call Of Cthulhu is just a taste of what they have in store in the near future, with more adapatations of classic Lovecraft horror stories, I can't wait to see what they plan of releasing next!

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