H.P. Lovecraft ® Collection Volume 1: The Cool Air

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In the 1920s, impoverished horror writer Randolph Carter rents a room from Mrs.

Caprezzi, an elderly land lady. Not long after settling into the shabby and almost bare room, he discovers a pool of ammonia on the floor that has leaked down the wall from the room above. Mrs. Caprezzi, while cleaning up the ammonia, regales Randolph with strange stories of Dr. Muñoz (Jack Donner, Stigmata, Star Trek, Mission Impossible), the eccentric old gentleman who lives in the room upstairs. Later, Randolph suffers a heart attack and painfully makes his way to the doctor's room, where he is treated with an unconventional medicine and makes a remarkable recovery. Befriending the doctor, Carter soon discovers the awful truth about the doctor's condition, why his room is kept intensely cold, and the fragile line that separates life and death. Featuring a stellar performance by Jack Donner as Dr. Muñoz, "Cool Air" remains a haunting reminder of the power of the human will.

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[hgla1]

"The Cool Air" is screening at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival in Los Angeles, September 11, 2010! Buy tickets here: brownpapertickets [dot] com/event/117721

[microcinema]

@hgla1 Thanks for telling me about this. I shared this event on our Facebook and Twitter Pages as well!

[MARSHOMEWORLD]

A brilliant adaptation. Bryan was on top of his game with this. BTW- A New Lovecraft adaptation: ARKHAM SANITARIUM in the works, by UK -based Survivor Films. Going to be epic!

[taureandoll]

@1acount He didn't hate heat, read the freakin story - or in this case, listen to what he SAYS - before you make ignorant comments.

[byjohnson1]

"The Cool Air" is screening at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival in Los Angeles, September 11, 2010! Buy tickets here: brownpapertickets [dot] com/event/117721

[OrinDac]

I watched this on Netflix. I must say I prefered it to much of Lovecraft's work. I thought I was going to be watching a scary movie, while instead I found myself weeping at the end. This was a sad serious story that I believe was pulled right from Lovecraft's life. So sad though.

[HeyJaw]

Because there's so much to do there.

[1acount]

why didnt the guy just move to the arctic if he hated heat so much?

[reptomicus]

I think this was an overall better adaptation of a Lovecraft story than the HPLPS's Call of Cthulhu. While the latter movie seemed more concerned in transcribing the plot rather than the tone and emotions of the source material, Cool Air did a more balanced job in both areas.

[blindJOEbeans]

I saw this in Salem at least five years ago at the H.P. Lovecraft film festival they had for two days around Halloween they had at the Salem Peabody essex museum. Nice, I didn't know it was available. I'm going over to Swan point cemetery to take some video at his grave. I'm going to post it later. The man was genius!