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Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
cokezero99 This is a light-hearted "nerd-based" film about two friends, one of whom is a descendant of the actual H.P. Lovecraft who get wrapped up in a conspiracy about cultists wanting to wake Cthulhu using a magical amulet. The go on an adventure together, later meeting amusing characters and Lovecraftian monsters all done in B-grade level effects.The characters are somewhat bland and simply fill out their allotted roles. The comedy is rather in the light-hearted area rather than seriously funny. The effects are a mixed bag - not convincing but full on B grade like you'd expect from a low budget film. It has some amusing points but yeah, nothing amazing.5/10 because it's average.
LadyBeth10 Okay, I gave this a 10, because despite it's obviously low budget, this is one of the best horror comedies I've ever seen! The acting, direction, production, script, and everything else I can't think of now are just inspired goofiness! It's geeks vs. freaks, with great animated segues, wonderfully cheesy effects befitting a B-movie spoof, and very tongue-firmly-in-cheek dialogue. I love Lovecraft, but this was just a wonderfully silly send up of horror/monster films in general. I see some Young Frankenstein, Eight Legged Freaks, and Shaun of the Dead especially. All of these guys are up and coming, if anyone in Hollywood has half a brain left these days!! I demand a sequel!!!!
Theadeaus The previous reviewer must have been picking at popcorn on the floor to have missed that not only is Cthulhu in this film but indeed rips a T-rex in half and uses a triceratops head as a weapon.This movie was written so that anyone could get the gist of some of the works of H.P.L into their heads. yes there are some glaring errors and physics is left entirely out of the equation at key moments but this movie is a laugh riot if you are a Call of Cthulhu or RPG fan.We rented this not expecting much but ended up laughing so hard during it that I personally had to leave the room to catch my breath. it has loads of wonderful quotes (which i am surprised not to see here) If you are looking for a horror movie, look elsewhere. if you are looking for a damn good time with some tentacles and some blood and real guts (pig guts!) then this is the film for you. I know i shall be purchasing it myself
udar55 Jeez, I wanted to really like this as it has a clever concept (Lovecraft's last living relative in unwittingly brought into a battle with the returning Old Ones) but the execution is 100% terrible in my eyes. Not the film making itself as they do have some great camera-work, good FX for the budget and some clever animation bits. I'm laying the blame right at the feet of the leads. Jeff (Kyle Davis) and Charlie (Devin McGinn, who also wrote this) are so annoyingly portrayed and the first scene with the two will be a litmus test for you as a viewer. I was cringing and thinking, "This is going to be a long one" (and the film only runs 73 minutes). To make matters worse, they team up with a Lovecraft geek who is like Judiah Friedlander 2.0. It wants so bad to be the SHAUN OF THE DEAD of the Lovecraft genre, but falls flat on its tentacled face.
