It's all about the sheer terror Cthuhulu gives off. The monster doesn't have to go around eating people and destroying things. Just glancing at or knowing that the beast is there would drive the strongest of humans into absolute insanity and even death from the pure horror. Physical chaos is just a perk that the God has ;)
Its actually a pretty damned good film. Nice pallete, some interesting 'breaks' in the timeline, worth watching more than once to really enjoy. The homosexual slant is,...interestingly put down.
this is a very good motion picture for a young production group. Jason Cottle is a fine actor who deserves a break in the big time-the direction, photography and editing people did a very good job. Sure, the writing/script isn't what it should be, but young indies can't be expected to get everything right
I'll take your word for it-I dont know jackdiddlyshit about Lovecraft or his work--I did see this film, though, because I was familiar with some of the locations-it is definitely an over all turkey 'cept for some brief flashes of creative photography and direction.
I dunno, 'From Beyond' with Jeffrey Combs was pretty enjoyable. Sure, they wrapped the story around popular 80's film tropes Lovecraft might not have been comfortable with (Black Best Friend, Everything's Better with Sex, Hospital Horror), but the cosmic horror bits really hit home. I guess we need more of that, really.
the 1980s was an interesting period for Lovecraft films especially 'From Beyond' and Re-Animator, they may not have been 100% faithful to the original Lovecraft stories they were taken from, but they were pretty damn fun and unforgettable once you saw them,
unlike this 2008 Cthulhu film which IMHO really grates.
I agree, Doc, this is more of a "Shadow of Innsmouth" movie. It really had little to do with Cthulhu at all. I found the opening credits more enjoyable than the film itself. Nothing really came together, boring, no point to many scenes. Honestly I felt like someone threw it together and stamped "HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu" on it to make it salable and even filmed at all. If only a good director could film a REAL H.P. film, it would re-revolutionize the horror genre.
Well I started watching this movie knowing nothing about it, the director, actors, cthulhu, nothing. 5 minutes in the movie gripped me and didn't let go. It's a thriller type of movie, but it's not really a deep thriller. The main character is gay, but it's definitely not a gay themed movie. The plot involves cthulhu, but it's not a deep cthulu mythos movie. Family and friendship issues come up a lot. The movie is a blend of all of those, and it's an intense movie if you can accept that mixture
I prefer more of the Lovecraft atmosphere. I didn´t see the movie, but from the trailer it seems to me like there needn´ t to be any Cthulhu. You see, it looks like a triller with people killing for Cthulhu, but no Cthulhu necessary. I hope you know what I think :oD It can be a film about some crazy people. Is there any supernatural principle?
just seen it ... I like horrors, and I also likee gay-themed movies. this was neither horror nor gay, it wasn't even movie. no plot, no ending, no scary moments, even the (over-)acting is pretty bad. can't recommend it at all.
you get a glimpse of it starting, nothing spectacular but its there. The rolling shots of the deep ones coming out of sea and shambling accross the beach towards the cultists cars with thier headlights on is a fairly memorable scene.
Bleh, this looks like shit. Someone make a good movie, with cults and sacrifice and crazy ppl and crazy shit and Cthulhu statues and not the average horror lame ass sex,"wuv" and retared storyline, its Cthulhu mythos for gods sake! This idiot should get a reward for changing the storyline into a pussy love fest!!! (LITERALLY) MAKE A GOOD CTHULHU MOVIE!!!!!
This movie looks terrible from the trailer. You assholes made it into a fucking love story??? I want to see Cthulhu eating mother fuckers and driving everyone insane left and right but you assholes made it into a love story?!?! I hope Cthulhu himself takes matters into his own hands and morphs everyone involved with this movie into some alien fish concubine for his pleasure!
My point is merely that a movie on Lovecraftian themes should not be a B-grade monster movie in which giant monsters go around chewing up people and the like, as Godzilla presumably does. Lovecraft uses a much more subtle approach. Things seem normal at first in the human world, then interesting clues slowly build up and the suspense grows. Read Lovecraft's 'The Call of Cthulhu' and 'The Shadow over Innsmouth' and see for yourself.
mindbody, if that looks like a love story to you, you got a funny definition of love story. I mean, it looks like there's sex in there, but there's also a polar bear- that doesn't make it a nature documentary.
S1587915G have a point, Lovecraft stuff is not to make the plot for a splatter/monster B-movie, but also isn't for a mediocre pseudo horror movie with crappy actors, wait a second, that s not the girl from that melrose place /990210 whatever the fuck crappy teenage series?? please let the Lovecraft inspired movies to the masters, like Guillermo del Toro with his At The Mountains of Madness project, or at least do a kinda decent movie, this look like gonna be some crappy C-movie.
@S1587915G Amen, only people who read something of Lovecraft or played Call of Cthulhu role knows what really goes on, As you said it all looks normal, and then you start finding the real thing... That turns you slowly crazy, and then Lovecraft uses this insanity to make us view another reality, the true order of the universe (chaos) and the insignificant that the human race is compared. I hope I explained me correctly, my english is not so good =/
S1587915G and gpalmamrw you're so right! Why is it that everytime someone makes a Lovecraft movie, it's always "based on" Lovecraft, or some splatter extravaganza C-movie shit. How hard is it to make a Lovecraft movie, set in the actual time period (1920-30's), with good actors, budget and special effects; while at the same time focusing on the suspense and evidence gathering followed up by a harrowing conclusion and climax so typical of Lovecraft.
I would love to see "the case of charles dexter ward", "the dunwich horror" or "the whisperer in darkness" on film, and frankly the only director I would trust to handle the Lovecraft license is Guillermo del toro.
So does anyone know when this film is being released (or has it been already)? Also it looks like where going o have yet another crapy buy in to the 'cyclopean' metaphor of the insane that Lovecraft left us with what is clearly (as stated in many comments before) 'The Shadow over Insmouth' or a warped version atleat.
¿Qué es esto?, ¿Sexo?, ¿mujeres? por qué no le ponen mejor scream o algo así, ¿y sale ctulhu o los otros bichos marinos por lo menos? no creo que logren representar la indescriptible fealdad de esas criaturas como la de dagon.
'The Call Of Cthulhu' silent short film set in the 1920s that The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society created a few years back over this
Tori Spelling film, It's a far shorter film with a nonexistant budget than this Hollywood film had I'm sure, But TCOC is the best and most faithful Lovecraft film that's ever been created IMHO.
oh no.... .... I have really bad feelings about this movie. :/ Well, I still have to give it a try... Trailer gives me the creeps, and not in a good way.
Se supone que está basada en la novela corta de Lovecraft "La sombra sobre Innsmouth", que aunque es parte de los mitos de Cthulhu, la verdad la peli no queda como para llevar ese título...no sale Cthulhu para nada, jajajajaja, en fin, creo que para nada hace honor a H.P. Lovecraft. Se tomaron demasiadas libertades para hacerla :-s
a ti te habra parecido una porqueria, porque la critica en general comento que la ambientacion era bastante buena, la escenografia del pueblo costero abandonado da esa sensacion que Lovecraft siempre nos quiere inducir, y es el desasosiego por la simple apariencioa de abandono...ese terror que va por debajo de lo que ves..y a mi me parecio muy buena la recomiendo...VEAN DAGON...ES MUY BUENA!
con porqueria, me refiero a la historia esta demasiado distorsionada, hubiera preferido un guion mas fiel a la historia original (La sombra sobre Insmouth), o de plano que no hicieran mención a Lovecraft
pues esta medio rara en realidad no le noto el sentido solo espero que sea algo prometedor por que si no todo el dinero invertido se hechara al oceano
I recognize that the gay community feels the need to project their point of view in movies. BUT THE CALL OF CTHULHU SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THOSE. The director ruined a perfectly good story of horror and insanity with a meaningless homosexual overtone.
What the hell hve to do the hounds of Tindalos in here? I pretty much agree, no need to ruin a good film about the Mythos with a gay backgroung. THAT is why they filmed Brokeback Mountain.
I get you about the gay background simply being unnecessary. I only disagreed because many people see homosexuality as abnormal. I mention the T'Ndalos because of the bookb Titus Crow by Brian Lumley. His "re-imagining" of the hounds has them moving through time and corrupting peoples sexual depravities. Sure it isn't true Lovecraft but I like Lumley as a writer. Ever read necroscope? :-D
hehe, Brian Lumley's vampires ;) necroscope is not bad!! by the way, I give every piece of the Mythos the same importance, I'm not one of those who say "Derleth? Puagh!". Have to puntualise it for your comment of Lumley not being "true Lovecraft". That's true, in his particular view of the hounds there is a
Cthulhu will never really be "shown", it's always more about people realising details about the power of the Old Ones, their alien minions and their cults, and usually the protagonists go crazy in the end.
So it's not about the earth's destruction but people realising the inevitable end and unimportance of the human race.
if we choose to put so much coherent and probably alot of incoherent philosophy with this theory of the Old Ones.. then obviously, we're driving ourselves insane without a meaningful cause. Humans destroy each other, that is all. Although, it looks great on the screen.. lol.
Ok first of all, this shit is NOT Cthulhu. The movie just looks like some retarded romantic movie. This is a horror story, not a fucking Lovey dovey shit. Second of all, why make the character gay? This is not appealing, its fucking repulsive. Did the Director choose this just to attract homosexual viewers to watch this crap? 3rd,
i thought this was pretty cool. anyone thats reading the "fall of cthulhu" comic will get that this is pretty close to the tone that a modern adaptation/ continuation would need. you don't need to see cthulhu to get that the madness that it brings is already present in the townspeople.
Why all the hate? This doesn't look too bad to me. I like the general creepy feeling of the trailer, and you DO see Cthulhu in this trailer; the scene with the guy crawling out of the sewer, the plate has a carving of Cthulhu on it. As for the actual monster, I doubt they'd show it in the trailer. That would ruin it.
I enjoy Lovecraft, but the purists need to STFU. This is an adaptation, not a literal translation.
wow, such emotive stuff goin on in this thread....i thought that was pretty damned good.....had me hooked....Lovecraft doesnt have to all be 1930's stuff....back in the old days I roleplayed Cthulhu Now and it was always a laugh.....still the best gothic horror author.....ever
This is alright and all, but i want to see a REAL Shadow Over Innsmouth movie. Like, you know, adapt it during the actual time period, with the actual characters, with the actual creepiness. The leasdt they could do is adapt the Dark Corners of the Earth video game, which is epic in its own right... :S
What the hell is THIS crap??? What does this have to do with Cthulhu??? MAYBE, MAYBE (heavy emphasis on MAYBE) "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"... But... What the hell??? What IS this tripe??! I'd rather sit through REPEATED viewings of "From Beyond" and "Reanimator" ANY day over this garbage! -- If you want to see a GOOD adaptation of Lovecraft's material, go watch the "silent movie" adaptation (made in 2005)! But this? In a word: UGHHH!
o H.P. Lovecraft hated the reanimator. cuz it ended on a cliff hanga and yes the shadow over innsmouth was a good story so was rats in the walls and Nyarlethotep but this was crap. Do they even show Cthulhu in this stupid trailer. NO thats what i thought does he go mad in this trailer i don't think so see in every H.P. Lovecraft story the main character always goes crazy
it's a fact that 99% of Lovecraft cinematographic adapatations sucks. It seems that this will be no exception but at least I don't see all the blood and gore I've seen in the others, which is good.
Jesus, what's this crap? This movie is based on 'Shadow Over Innsmouth' or at least should be according to the trailer, although it took me some time to realise. The only common thing between the novel and this shit is the sea. OMG Women? Sex? What is this, some kind of joke? Lovecraft was truly asexual in real life, so were his stories. I can count on one hand the number of women in ALL of his short stories.
There's nothing wrong with adapting the mythos to the modern age. If anything, the higher level of technological advancement only makes the mythos seem more strange, impossible to quantify and threatening.
I actually want to see this. Why? Partly out of curiousity, but I honestly think this film (as bad as it may appear) will still do more to honor HPL than most of the crap that tries to pass for Mythos-related cinema... (including most so-called "fan" films I've seen)
Don't know why they called it 'Cthulhu' when it's obviously based (loosely) on 'Shadow Over Innsmouth'. They did the same thing for 'Dagon' as well. It's like calling 'Lord Of The Rings', 'The Hobbit'!
Wow... this has only vague relation to anything relating to Cthulhu... looks more like the Shadow over Innsmouth (if I spelled that correctly). It is an interesting twist I will give them that, but a total rewrite, new title, and a few better actors might help this movie tremendously. It is laughable that they would also focus Cthulhu's entire cult in one place.
I'm only vaguely aware of Lovecraft. However, so far the only really good octopus moster I've seen in a movie was the Watcher in the Fellowship of the Rings. This preview seem to be everyone talking and panicking about some monster we never see, and there's no hint that we see anything like Cthulhu.
LoL! My sentiments EXACTLY! I figure if she's in it, I'm not going to bother w/this movie. I just saw a youtube video that rivals this one, and was made on a $12 budget! Drew me into the story WAY MORE than this crap!
However I may disagree with the filmmaker's take on the mythos (yes I agree that things would be quite different in a modern setting), I will say this: at least the film tries to put HPL's work on a pedestal and not on a toilet like you clowns who wear t-shirts that say "Cowthulhu" and "Kentcky Fried Cthulhu"....
Of course there's sex! But the deep ones don't get displayed in that manner. (Obviously there are few who know which aspect of the mythos is all about the orgy) This movie feels like a story told with a mythos template uncomfortably bolted onto it rather than just a mythos story.
if this is what i perceive it to be, this movie will be amazing and inspired. rather than take one particular story of lovecraft's, it looks like a modern story based in the same world with similar themes and that is exciting to me. many many writers wrote stories involving the lovecraft mythos, many of whom have garnered a lot of acclaim for their work and the fresh eyes they brought to the terrifying world, i believe that these filmmakers are of the same stock.
how do you suppose the narrator of Shadow Over Innsmouth would have reacted had the story been set in 2000 of if Francis Thurston's father was killed and his notes discovered in 2003? we live in a very different world and even an ancient cult of deep one worshipers would look appear different to us today than it did to lovecrafts characters.
Reading through previous responses, I see a lot of you are shocked and suprised by this film... WHAT THE FUCK D'YOU EXPECT?! Most of you are to blame for the mistreatment of HPL's work. Buying toys of "C" dressed as Santa? Calling it "cute"? C'mon! Fucking commercialized crap! Point the finger at yourself...
Just like Stephen King, Lovecraft translates horrifically unwell to film. Most of the horror is in our own minds. This looks like crap, no doubt. Read one of the books before you watch any "Lovecraft" films. See the silent film though if you want a movie. Best of the lot.
That's just because the people who make those movies are morons who don't respect the works. They usually don't even read what they are basing the movie on. If they do read it they don't pay attention to what they are reading or commit it to memory. Or the part of their mind that remembered and understood it was damaged by illigal drugs and alcohol.
Hey, barely anyone respects the work. Hence all these stupid fucking green dolls everywhere. I mean, I have a sense of humor, but lampooning Lovecraft's work to death is stupid. It really takes away from the power of his tales. It's sad to see one of my favorite stories reduced to a pop culture farce.
Let's face it: There have been a lot of very bad Lovecraft-inspired movies. This doesn't look great, but it looks better than some of the ones I've seen.
Iah, Iah, Cthulhu Ftaghn, we wait for the starts to allign.
Necro32 2 months ago in playlist Classic Horror & H.P. Lovecraft
jajajaja no mameees mierda de pelicula xD
alexis12355 11 months ago
bunch of of fuckin whelk pickers ,at the end ,,,,,,,where can you get this movie
reksub10 1 year ago
It's all about the sheer terror Cthuhulu gives off. The monster doesn't have to go around eating people and destroying things. Just glancing at or knowing that the beast is there would drive the strongest of humans into absolute insanity and even death from the pure horror. Physical chaos is just a perk that the God has ;)
diesynlock 1 year ago 3
Call of Cuthulhu is the most subtle book i have ever read, it is a brilliant "fantastic" tale.
Alexknobsob 1 year ago
@Alexknobsob *fantasy
Horrorlord1 6 months ago
this is worst than king of fighters movie
kitanotom36 1 year ago
Cthulu meets Brokeback Mountain.
lancevigorous 1 year ago 3
You never actually see Cthulhu.
And the main character is mega gay with romantic scenes and all XD
I`ve seen the movie and the trailer would make you expect more. They even showed the end in the trailer.
komoriaimi 1 year ago
@komoriaimi thanks for spoiling it, duh
DeamonGroup 1 year ago
But Where's the Beast (Cthulhu).
Pero donde esta la bestia (Cthulhu).
joangupa24 2 years ago
Its actually a pretty damned good film. Nice pallete, some interesting 'breaks' in the timeline, worth watching more than once to really enjoy. The homosexual slant is,...interestingly put down.
SecretTrollAccount1 2 years ago
1:45 "At the Brokeback Mountains of Madness"!!!
XD
237th 2 years ago
this is a very good motion picture for a young production group. Jason Cottle is a fine actor who deserves a break in the big time-the direction, photography and editing people did a very good job. Sure, the writing/script isn't what it should be, but young indies can't be expected to get everything right
BlankUberAlles 2 years ago
Bull, The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society is an indie company that did a far better Lovecraft film 'The Call Of Cthulhu' in 2005
on a shoestring budget for barely a fraction of what this movie cost.
cha5 2 years ago
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I'll check it out, thanx.
BlankUberAlles 2 years ago
Sure thing, IMHO TCOC from 2005 is closer to Lovecraft's original story than just about any other film,
The only Lovecraft film I'd rank close to it would be the 1985 Re-Animator.
cha5 2 years ago 2
I'll take your word for it-I dont know jackdiddlyshit about Lovecraft or his work--I did see this film, though, because I was familiar with some of the locations-it is definitely an over all turkey 'cept for some brief flashes of creative photography and direction.
BlankUberAlles 2 years ago
I dunno, 'From Beyond' with Jeffrey Combs was pretty enjoyable. Sure, they wrapped the story around popular 80's film tropes Lovecraft might not have been comfortable with (Black Best Friend, Everything's Better with Sex, Hospital Horror), but the cosmic horror bits really hit home. I guess we need more of that, really.
Rhademanthus 2 years ago
@Rhademanthus LOL Yeah that's true,
the 1980s was an interesting period for Lovecraft films especially 'From Beyond' and Re-Animator, they may not have been 100% faithful to the original Lovecraft stories they were taken from, but they were pretty damn fun and unforgettable once you saw them,
unlike this 2008 Cthulhu film which IMHO really grates.
cha5 2 years ago
I agree, Doc, this is more of a "Shadow of Innsmouth" movie. It really had little to do with Cthulhu at all. I found the opening credits more enjoyable than the film itself. Nothing really came together, boring, no point to many scenes. Honestly I felt like someone threw it together and stamped "HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu" on it to make it salable and even filmed at all. If only a good director could film a REAL H.P. film, it would re-revolutionize the horror genre.
sonne5 2 years ago
It actually shouldnt be called "c'thulhu"!
DocHampson 2 years ago
Well I started watching this movie knowing nothing about it, the director, actors, cthulhu, nothing. 5 minutes in the movie gripped me and didn't let go. It's a thriller type of movie, but it's not really a deep thriller. The main character is gay, but it's definitely not a gay themed movie. The plot involves cthulhu, but it's not a deep cthulu mythos movie. Family and friendship issues come up a lot. The movie is a blend of all of those, and it's an intense movie if you can accept that mixture
regemo 2 years ago
I prefer more of the Lovecraft atmosphere. I didn´t see the movie, but from the trailer it seems to me like there needn´ t to be any Cthulhu. You see, it looks like a triller with people killing for Cthulhu, but no Cthulhu necessary. I hope you know what I think :oD It can be a film about some crazy people. Is there any supernatural principle?
khundar 2 years ago 3
Fucking Ass Bannanas! i got to watch it!
3lackmore 2 years ago
just seen it ... I like horrors, and I also likee gay-themed movies. this was neither horror nor gay, it wasn't even movie. no plot, no ending, no scary moments, even the (over-)acting is pretty bad. can't recommend it at all.
kvakadlo 2 years ago
Worst "horror" movie ever seen. But it does get an Oscar for all the Astoria and Seaside footage!
AstoriaMichelle99 2 years ago
where is the chaos!!!???!!!if there is no chaos, its a disgrace to the ancient gods, its a disgrace to cthuhlu
elguerreromuisca 3 years ago
you get a glimpse of it starting, nothing spectacular but its there. The rolling shots of the deep ones coming out of sea and shambling accross the beach towards the cultists cars with thier headlights on is a fairly memorable scene.
SecretTrollAccount1 2 years ago
Bleh, this looks like shit. Someone make a good movie, with cults and sacrifice and crazy ppl and crazy shit and Cthulhu statues and not the average horror lame ass sex,"wuv" and retared storyline, its Cthulhu mythos for gods sake! This idiot should get a reward for changing the storyline into a pussy love fest!!! (LITERALLY) MAKE A GOOD CTHULHU MOVIE!!!!!
Doctor01000 3 years ago 2
This movie looks terrible from the trailer. You assholes made it into a fucking love story??? I want to see Cthulhu eating mother fuckers and driving everyone insane left and right but you assholes made it into a love story?!?! I hope Cthulhu himself takes matters into his own hands and morphs everyone involved with this movie into some alien fish concubine for his pleasure!
mindbodylightsound10 3 years ago
Cthulhu isn't Godzilla.
S1587915G 3 years ago
Cthulhu would fucking own godzilla.
and why did you say that? he said nothing in his comment about godzilla, or anything like godzilla.
pyrosoap 3 years ago
My point is merely that a movie on Lovecraftian themes should not be a B-grade monster movie in which giant monsters go around chewing up people and the like, as Godzilla presumably does. Lovecraft uses a much more subtle approach. Things seem normal at first in the human world, then interesting clues slowly build up and the suspense grows. Read Lovecraft's 'The Call of Cthulhu' and 'The Shadow over Innsmouth' and see for yourself.
S1587915G 3 years ago 15
mindbody, if that looks like a love story to you, you got a funny definition of love story. I mean, it looks like there's sex in there, but there's also a polar bear- that doesn't make it a nature documentary.
VegaCoyote 3 years ago
S1587915G have a point, Lovecraft stuff is not to make the plot for a splatter/monster B-movie, but also isn't for a mediocre pseudo horror movie with crappy actors, wait a second, that s not the girl from that melrose place /990210 whatever the fuck crappy teenage series?? please let the Lovecraft inspired movies to the masters, like Guillermo del Toro with his At The Mountains of Madness project, or at least do a kinda decent movie, this look like gonna be some crappy C-movie.
gpalmamrw 3 years ago
but it goes too far off from the cthulhu mythos
elguerreromuisca 3 years ago
@S1587915G Mountains Of Madness, do not forget that!
raizr 1 year ago
@S1587915G Amen, only people who read something of Lovecraft or played Call of Cthulhu role knows what really goes on, As you said it all looks normal, and then you start finding the real thing... That turns you slowly crazy, and then Lovecraft uses this insanity to make us view another reality, the true order of the universe (chaos) and the insignificant that the human race is compared. I hope I explained me correctly, my english is not so good =/
HalBDeU 10 months ago
S1587915G and gpalmamrw you're so right! Why is it that everytime someone makes a Lovecraft movie, it's always "based on" Lovecraft, or some splatter extravaganza C-movie shit. How hard is it to make a Lovecraft movie, set in the actual time period (1920-30's), with good actors, budget and special effects; while at the same time focusing on the suspense and evidence gathering followed up by a harrowing conclusion and climax so typical of Lovecraft.
easyasgoblinpie 2 years ago 3
I would love to see "the case of charles dexter ward", "the dunwich horror" or "the whisperer in darkness" on film, and frankly the only director I would trust to handle the Lovecraft license is Guillermo del toro.
easyasgoblinpie 2 years ago
this should be inspired in the 19 and 20th century
Damasko12 3 years ago
all must bow before our great lord cthulhu or be exterminated
Darksavega 3 years ago 2
Why can't someone do a REAL Cthulhu movie? There are millions of Lovecraft fans out here. It would be a big money maker.
cafais 3 years ago 2
Why doesn't this one count as a real Cthulhu movie?
S1587915G 3 years ago
So does anyone know when this film is being released (or has it been already)? Also it looks like where going o have yet another crapy buy in to the 'cyclopean' metaphor of the insane that Lovecraft left us with what is clearly (as stated in many comments before) 'The Shadow over Insmouth' or a warped version atleat.
thecrypticfool 3 years ago
Wow, I can tell this movie isn't going to go straight to DVD. Lol.
ChildOfMoth 3 years ago
¿Qué es esto?, ¿Sexo?, ¿mujeres? por qué no le ponen mejor scream o algo así, ¿y sale ctulhu o los otros bichos marinos por lo menos? no creo que logren representar la indescriptible fealdad de esas criaturas como la de dagon.
Thor22289 3 years ago
So is Tori Spelling supposed to be C'thulhu ?
formless777 3 years ago 2
Sorry but I'll have to take
'The Call Of Cthulhu' silent short film set in the 1920s that The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society created a few years back over this
Tori Spelling film, It's a far shorter film with a nonexistant budget than this Hollywood film had I'm sure, But TCOC is the best and most faithful Lovecraft film that's ever been created IMHO.
cha5 3 years ago 2
Lovecraft never wrote about "money" and "sex".this movie is an insult to the master.
caprimulgo 3 years ago 3
unnecessary sex scenes. the very presence of homo bullshit and Tori fuckin Spelling in a Lovecraft flick is goddamn ridiculous!!!!!!
other than that, looks pretty fucking decent!
FellowEmpath 3 years ago 3
when it says "Cthulhu" are we talking about the 'great old one'?
DXsuckitclub 3 years ago
duh
CristianApostol 3 years ago
many great old ones, in the Lovecraft mythos. Cthulhu is like one of the 'top gods' who roosts beneath the sea, one day to rise etc etc.
FellowEmpath 3 years ago
Cthulhu is a Great Old One and Their priest. He is probably the most widely worshiped Great Old One on our planet.
plaidknight 3 years ago
Looks like "B" class movie,
Bunchpoland 3 years ago
IA!IA!CTHULHU FH'TAGN!
Blargman57 3 years ago
Aun no la he encontrao....sabeis donde la puedo conseguir?? Plz...llevo 1 año detras de ella...muaaaaaaaaaaa
aylasecura2 3 years ago
I like this trailer way more than the new official one. The movie looks pretty good for an independent low budget production
thegallery 3 years ago
Esta por estrenarse y a ganado varios premios internacionales.
Ojala valga la pena.
muerte333 3 years ago
joder no la e visto pero espero ke no jodan los putos libros de lovecraft
ke son la ostia
castlefont 3 years ago
jolinessss
rikantrito 3 years ago
oh no.... .... I have really bad feelings about this movie. :/ Well, I still have to give it a try... Trailer gives me the creeps, and not in a good way.
Mii85 3 years ago
when is this coming to dvd
neato11 3 years ago
Se supone que está basada en la novela corta de Lovecraft "La sombra sobre Innsmouth", que aunque es parte de los mitos de Cthulhu, la verdad la peli no queda como para llevar ese título...no sale Cthulhu para nada, jajajajaja, en fin, creo que para nada hace honor a H.P. Lovecraft. Se tomaron demasiadas libertades para hacerla :-s
Panchosama2 3 years ago
de hecho ya hay una pelicula sobte "La sombra sobre Insmouth" y se llama Dagon... fue una porqueria
rikantrito 3 years ago
si malditos cineastas como se atreven, son re gays
sinisterzerpent 3 years ago
a ti te habra parecido una porqueria, porque la critica en general comento que la ambientacion era bastante buena, la escenografia del pueblo costero abandonado da esa sensacion que Lovecraft siempre nos quiere inducir, y es el desasosiego por la simple apariencioa de abandono...ese terror que va por debajo de lo que ves..y a mi me parecio muy buena la recomiendo...VEAN DAGON...ES MUY BUENA!
Metalinvestigator 3 years ago
con porqueria, me refiero a la historia esta demasiado distorsionada, hubiera preferido un guion mas fiel a la historia original (La sombra sobre Insmouth), o de plano que no hicieran mención a Lovecraft
rikantrito 3 years ago
100/100 :D
sanchezdot 3 years ago
doesn't look bad for an independant film.
lionchamp777 3 years ago 2
pues esta medio rara en realidad no le noto el sentido solo espero que sea algo prometedor por que si no todo el dinero invertido se hechara al oceano
rych910704 4 years ago
una peli de komo jod er un buen libro - Alaska? Cthulhu esta en R'Lyeh se supone ke en la Micronesia
Jhoeel 4 years ago
Sí que se ve mala, y más porque odio los lugares tipo Alaska o Chile o donde quiera que sea allí...
habeascor 4 years ago
human sacrifice? polar bears? tori spelling? what the french toast!
knowlife 4 years ago 6
Wrap your head around the fact that it all has to do with a monster with an octopus for a head.... =D
Yamekanur 3 years ago
when does this come out i have to watch it to compare it to the call of cthulu and see how off they were
jobywonkanobi 4 years ago
I recognize that the gay community feels the need to project their point of view in movies. BUT THE CALL OF CTHULHU SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THOSE. The director ruined a perfectly good story of horror and insanity with a meaningless homosexual overtone.
Raistlin807 4 years ago
couldn't agree more
headrolling 4 years ago
The gay community IS Cthulu! They are one united entity who is coming to get you in your sleep, bwahaha!
hdavis2 4 years ago
hahahahahaha lol damn gay cthulhu
IONMAN501 4 years ago
I have to disagree. The Cthulhu cycle embraces the idea of abnormality and insanity. Don't forget the hounds of T'nDolosi.
captaintripps6969 4 years ago
What the hell hve to do the hounds of Tindalos in here? I pretty much agree, no need to ruin a good film about the Mythos with a gay backgroung. THAT is why they filmed Brokeback Mountain.
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TSpleen 4 years ago
I get you about the gay background simply being unnecessary. I only disagreed because many people see homosexuality as abnormal. I mention the T'Ndalos because of the bookb Titus Crow by Brian Lumley. His "re-imagining" of the hounds has them moving through time and corrupting peoples sexual depravities. Sure it isn't true Lovecraft but I like Lumley as a writer. Ever read necroscope? :-D
captaintripps6969 4 years ago
hehe, Brian Lumley's vampires ;) necroscope is not bad!! by the way, I give every piece of the Mythos the same importance, I'm not one of those who say "Derleth? Puagh!". Have to puntualise it for your comment of Lumley not being "true Lovecraft". That's true, in his particular view of the hounds there is a
sexually-depravative conduct. Nice to meet you!
-Tha_Spleen-
TSpleen 4 years ago
Nice to meet you as well. I'm tossing a message your way.
captaintripps6969 4 years ago
I always thought Tori Spelling looked like a deep one.
cynicaster 4 years ago 2
LOL!!! definitely.
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TSpleen 4 years ago
no lo crean es pura basura ese video es falso
xxmudeariesxx 4 years ago
Cthulhu will never really be "shown", it's always more about people realising details about the power of the Old Ones, their alien minions and their cults, and usually the protagonists go crazy in the end.
So it's not about the earth's destruction but people realising the inevitable end and unimportance of the human race.
D0pam1n 4 years ago 4
if we choose to put so much coherent and probably alot of incoherent philosophy with this theory of the Old Ones.. then obviously, we're driving ourselves insane without a meaningful cause. Humans destroy each other, that is all. Although, it looks great on the screen.. lol.
jyras4747 4 years ago 3
You may have well as said "Life feeds on life." Never forget we are all animals. By the way - GREAT point!
captaintripps6969 4 years ago
i dont get it , is cthulhu(the giant sea monster thing ) actully in this movie ?
mwtp373 4 years ago
It's not lovecraft, but it's a pretty cool adaptation of that theme of horror and comparison to something very real;
opressive atmosphere of cosmic horrors=opressive atmosphere of going back to an unforgiving parent when you're gay. Fanboys, ebb the tide of hatred.
zukuzukuzukuzuku 4 years ago
I guess. But as a non gay non north american, I really don't care too much about homosexuals and/or their problems.
l1s4ndr0 4 years ago
Um, gonna go with no. Cthulhu's way scarier than a disapproving dad (which homosexuals don't have a monopoly on, y'know).
swisnieski 4 years ago
Ok first of all, this shit is NOT Cthulhu. The movie just looks like some retarded romantic movie. This is a horror story, not a fucking Lovey dovey shit. Second of all, why make the character gay? This is not appealing, its fucking repulsive. Did the Director choose this just to attract homosexual viewers to watch this crap? 3rd,
Pandaswiz 4 years ago
Hey douche, if you really knew his work, you'd recongnize this as Shadows over Innsmouth.
tsengmao 4 years ago 2
pelicula de cthulhu, si cthulhu ni sale xD, maldita sea regresenme los 3 minutos de mi vida
necioks 4 years ago
pero supuestamente si aparece Cthulhu se va todo a la mi**rda. ¿¿no??
barbol0 4 years ago
i thought this was pretty cool. anyone thats reading the "fall of cthulhu" comic will get that this is pretty close to the tone that a modern adaptation/ continuation would need. you don't need to see cthulhu to get that the madness that it brings is already present in the townspeople.
good stuff
nickoli82 4 years ago
does anyone acctually get that hes a squid type creature lol
coltonbean2007 4 years ago
colton, you're an idiot. do your research.
NYCPulpHero 4 years ago
IA!IA!CTHULHU F'THAGN
dedinside 4 years ago
Cloverfield nuff said.
RustiSwordz 4 years ago
umm... no
GEORGEJONES2ND 4 years ago
Why all the hate? This doesn't look too bad to me. I like the general creepy feeling of the trailer, and you DO see Cthulhu in this trailer; the scene with the guy crawling out of the sewer, the plate has a carving of Cthulhu on it. As for the actual monster, I doubt they'd show it in the trailer. That would ruin it.
I enjoy Lovecraft, but the purists need to STFU. This is an adaptation, not a literal translation.
waterkeeper511 4 years ago 2
Thank you! Finally I found someone who know H.P Lovecraft!
glizof6 4 years ago
Man... This sucks BIG TIME.
VejlorMorne 4 years ago
y cthulhu la concha de tu vieja??, nunca apareció
mauri188 4 years ago
It looks like crap.
VesuvioBR 4 years ago
wow, such emotive stuff goin on in this thread....i thought that was pretty damned good.....had me hooked....Lovecraft doesnt have to all be 1930's stuff....back in the old days I roleplayed Cthulhu Now and it was always a laugh.....still the best gothic horror author.....ever
NapalmTheElf 4 years ago
WTF? ahahaha
111locke111 4 years ago
This is alright and all, but i want to see a REAL Shadow Over Innsmouth movie. Like, you know, adapt it during the actual time period, with the actual characters, with the actual creepiness. The leasdt they could do is adapt the Dark Corners of the Earth video game, which is epic in its own right... :S
Shintaka9009 4 years ago
every review I read from Seattle said this is a very good film...audiences and critics alike love it
VorTechman 4 years ago
This is an insult to Cthulhu >:(
Jordy04 4 years ago
What the hell is THIS crap??? What does this have to do with Cthulhu??? MAYBE, MAYBE (heavy emphasis on MAYBE) "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"... But... What the hell??? What IS this tripe??! I'd rather sit through REPEATED viewings of "From Beyond" and "Reanimator" ANY day over this garbage! -- If you want to see a GOOD adaptation of Lovecraft's material, go watch the "silent movie" adaptation (made in 2005)! But this? In a word: UGHHH!
gadreel23 4 years ago
o H.P. Lovecraft hated the reanimator. cuz it ended on a cliff hanga and yes the shadow over innsmouth was a good story so was rats in the walls and Nyarlethotep but this was crap. Do they even show Cthulhu in this stupid trailer. NO thats what i thought does he go mad in this trailer i don't think so see in every H.P. Lovecraft story the main character always goes crazy
TallicaMan1986 4 years ago
it's a fact that 99% of Lovecraft cinematographic adapatations sucks. It seems that this will be no exception but at least I don't see all the blood and gore I've seen in the others, which is good.
Jabberwock156 4 years ago
WTF? Poor Cthulhu, poor Lovecraft...this is really repulsive.
SadakoAnge 4 years ago
Jesus, what's this crap? This movie is based on 'Shadow Over Innsmouth' or at least should be according to the trailer, although it took me some time to realise. The only common thing between the novel and this shit is the sea. OMG Women? Sex? What is this, some kind of joke? Lovecraft was truly asexual in real life, so were his stories. I can count on one hand the number of women in ALL of his short stories.
asmodaister 4 years ago
damn dude
checkrdflg08 4 years ago
I have tickets to see this at Seattle film festival on June 14th - it should be adequately creepy. Nice...
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
I agree with Lakota. This looks like the writers of Jeepers Creepers riding the coattails of dead occult author's notoriety. GAY.
TruthDevours 4 years ago
this should be made in the 1930's time period.
LakotaSiouxAkecheta 4 years ago
There's nothing wrong with adapting the mythos to the modern age. If anything, the higher level of technological advancement only makes the mythos seem more strange, impossible to quantify and threatening.
DrakeNovum 4 years ago
dude my friend saw its, gayer than Brokeback mountain
zzman305 4 years ago
search YouTube for this:
H. P. Lovecraft 1933 WPA Newsreel Interview
juicysuit 4 years ago
Hm, I think I go watch the Hellraiser instead of this...
jtomos 4 years ago
where fuck is cthulhu???
yugoth555 4 years ago
wtf?? that seems pretty bad :S
princessisha 4 years ago
How do I obtain this film? Must...have...it. heh heh
HorrorStory30 4 years ago
I actually want to see this. Why? Partly out of curiousity, but I honestly think this film (as bad as it may appear) will still do more to honor HPL than most of the crap that tries to pass for Mythos-related cinema... (including most so-called "fan" films I've seen)
mysteriousunkownuser 4 years ago
Agreed.
Danial79 4 years ago
Don't know why they called it 'Cthulhu' when it's obviously based (loosely) on 'Shadow Over Innsmouth'. They did the same thing for 'Dagon' as well. It's like calling 'Lord Of The Rings', 'The Hobbit'!
Danial79 4 years ago
FWIW, according to IMDb, it's due for release on the 14th of June at the Seattle International Film Festival.
Danial79 4 years ago
when does it go out commercially?
Raptor4000 4 years ago
I want to see a giant monster in the movie!
gufu1992 4 years ago
Wow... this has only vague relation to anything relating to Cthulhu... looks more like the Shadow over Innsmouth (if I spelled that correctly). It is an interesting twist I will give them that, but a total rewrite, new title, and a few better actors might help this movie tremendously. It is laughable that they would also focus Cthulhu's entire cult in one place.
ShoTro 4 years ago
This was posted in May 2006. It is is safe to say a dimensional shambler has taken the print away, beyond the stars. Thank Fuck.
17HMR 4 years ago
I'm only vaguely aware of Lovecraft. However, so far the only really good octopus moster I've seen in a movie was the Watcher in the Fellowship of the Rings. This preview seem to be everyone talking and panicking about some monster we never see, and there's no hint that we see anything like Cthulhu.
dechha1981 4 years ago
Oh, I correct myself Pirates of the Carabean II had both Davey Jones and the krakken.
dechha1981 4 years ago
Wow, that had really horrible dialogue.
BryyMillerson 4 years ago
sex scenes means safe money, that's why they do that
aeropajita 4 years ago
If you want REAL Call of Cthulhu, check out the film done by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. You can get it from their website.
holzmanj9 4 years ago
Does Tori Spelling get eaten? Or hurt badly enough that she can't do any more movies?
Cosmoline 4 years ago
LoL! My sentiments EXACTLY! I figure if she's in it, I'm not going to bother w/this movie. I just saw a youtube video that rivals this one, and was made on a $12 budget! Drew me into the story WAY MORE than this crap!
chrissie142 4 years ago
Oh, this was directed toward Cosmoline...
chrissie142 4 years ago
Ican't wait to see this movie!! I just don't know when it comes to Australia.. Its in the USA.. I want it!!
chonny2 4 years ago
somehow I don't believe you lol
TecSupport 4 years ago
close, but no cthulhu!
GuyFrankland 4 years ago
Are they joking this looks ridiculous
rugalcharms 4 years ago
soooo... do we get so see a monster?
no?
anyone?
itzdaman 4 years ago
However I may disagree with the filmmaker's take on the mythos (yes I agree that things would be quite different in a modern setting), I will say this: at least the film tries to put HPL's work on a pedestal and not on a toilet like you clowns who wear t-shirts that say "Cowthulhu" and "Kentcky Fried Cthulhu"....
mysteriousunkownuser 4 years ago
Of course there's sex! But the deep ones don't get displayed in that manner. (Obviously there are few who know which aspect of the mythos is all about the orgy) This movie feels like a story told with a mythos template uncomfortably bolted onto it rather than just a mythos story.
mysteriousunkownuser 4 years ago
It's a GAY horror film?? No thanks!
jk90us 4 years ago
This is an outrage!
maothedongzedong 4 years ago
I wanna see a modern movie with cthulhu in it
wafflemanwaffleman16 4 years ago
Parece buena, para cuando en castellano?
MuyMuerto 4 years ago
if this is what i perceive it to be, this movie will be amazing and inspired. rather than take one particular story of lovecraft's, it looks like a modern story based in the same world with similar themes and that is exciting to me. many many writers wrote stories involving the lovecraft mythos, many of whom have garnered a lot of acclaim for their work and the fresh eyes they brought to the terrifying world, i believe that these filmmakers are of the same stock.
milkandholywater 4 years ago
how do you suppose the narrator of Shadow Over Innsmouth would have reacted had the story been set in 2000 of if Francis Thurston's father was killed and his notes discovered in 2003? we live in a very different world and even an ancient cult of deep one worshipers would look appear different to us today than it did to lovecrafts characters.
milkandholywater 4 years ago
Reading through previous responses, I see a lot of you are shocked and suprised by this film... WHAT THE FUCK D'YOU EXPECT?! Most of you are to blame for the mistreatment of HPL's work. Buying toys of "C" dressed as Santa? Calling it "cute"? C'mon! Fucking commercialized crap! Point the finger at yourself...
mysteriousunkownuser 4 years ago
I still say that they USUALLY suck and movies based on events involving real life cults aren't the same as movies like this.
Hyperstorm2 4 years ago
Just like Stephen King, Lovecraft translates horrifically unwell to film. Most of the horror is in our own minds. This looks like crap, no doubt. Read one of the books before you watch any "Lovecraft" films. See the silent film though if you want a movie. Best of the lot.
lordweasel27 4 years ago
That's just because the people who make those movies are morons who don't respect the works. They usually don't even read what they are basing the movie on. If they do read it they don't pay attention to what they are reading or commit it to memory. Or the part of their mind that remembered and understood it was damaged by illigal drugs and alcohol.
Hyperstorm2 4 years ago
Hey, barely anyone respects the work. Hence all these stupid fucking green dolls everywhere. I mean, I have a sense of humor, but lampooning Lovecraft's work to death is stupid. It really takes away from the power of his tales. It's sad to see one of my favorite stories reduced to a pop culture farce.
mysteriousunkownuser 4 years ago
Let's face it: There have been a lot of very bad Lovecraft-inspired movies. This doesn't look great, but it looks better than some of the ones I've seen.
Devisraad 5 years ago
This could, potentionally, be good...
Unfortunately, it's more than likely going to be utter shit.
nightshadememory 5 years ago
Am I the only person who see's Tori Spelling and thinks A class? Anyone. Yip, it'll be shit.
ibinixer 5 years ago
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
7904 5 years ago
well im instrested in watching the movie, it may be bad, bud maybe there area few good things in the movie.
maybe they should have done the movie based on the call of cthulu dark corners of the earth.
or or make it based the story of Dagon.
tezkatepuka 5 years ago