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« Reply #150 on: August 15, 2011, 06:07:05 PM » |
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I just watched "In The Mouth Of Madness" for the first time. I thought it was very good!  Great movie ! It is the most Lovecraftian movie made, that is not based one a Lovecraft story. Got all the right elements + namedroppings etc etc. Totally underrated and MUCH BETTER than "The Thing" which i do not like at all. |
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I say to you againe, doe not call up Any that you can not put downe; by the Which I meane, Any that can in Turne call up somewhat against you, whereby your Powerfullest Devices may not be of use. Ask of the Lesser, lest the Greater shall not wish to Answer, and shall commande more than you.
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« Reply #151 on: August 16, 2011, 09:22:32 AM » |
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MUCH BETTER than "The Thing"
No Fishy!!!  Do not speak such blasphemy!!!! Bob |
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« Reply #152 on: August 25, 2011, 04:24:15 PM » |
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Has anyone else ever thought that the 80's remake of The Blob is basically a shoggoth on the loose movie? Aside from the man made part... The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill segment of Creepshow is very Colour Out of Spacy-ish..except things don't rot they grow and has anyone see this bizarre short?! it's basically HPL in a sex ed class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gNQ2KYCb4Also that short that's on the list AM1200 is great and on Youtube for free: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr7SAsEXHPsI'd also make a case for Jaume Balagueró's first two movies (The Nameless and Darkness) being Lovecraftian. Both have creepy cultists and amazing nihilistic endings. Also I got to see an advanced screening of Don't Be Afraid Of the Dark two nights ago! I personally thought it was amazing (especially when compared with the creepy but VERY flawed original). It's got a lot of Lovecraftian elements (it takes place in Providence, there's an artist that has gained forbidden knowledge, and the creatures themselves definitely brought to mind the inbred Martense clan), not to mention the film specifically name drops Machen! The fictional artist is named Emerson Blackwood (after Algernon Blackwood), and it was directed by Troy Nixey who was the artist behind the Doom That Came to Gotham and Jenny Finn comics. On top of all those mythos references, it's a really good movie. It's also got some flaws but if you take it like a dark fairy tale, you should have no problem...the most common complaint I've heard is that they show the creatures too much and I would tend to agree...however they do look great despite being mostly CGI. |
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« Reply #153 on: September 10, 2011, 04:38:35 PM » |
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just saw Dont Be Afraid of the Dark and i really liked it. Very Lovecraftian. About to have a Lovecraft filmfest here with the friends in about 30 mins. Ordered lots of pizza. Made lots of rotel. Have lots of beer. First up is The Resurrected. The other movies in line for today is Dagon, In the Mouth of Madness, and the Call of Cthulhu. Anyone have any other recommendations?
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« Reply #154 on: September 10, 2011, 11:42:05 PM » |
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This film has been mentioned before and quite frankly, I can't recommend it enough, a french film called: Malefique, from IMDB:
In a penitentiary, four prisoners occupy a cell: Carrère, who used his company to commit fraud and was betrayed by his wife; the transvestite psycho Marcus and his protegee, the retarded Paquerette, who ate his baby sister; and the intellectual, Lassalle who killed his wife. One night, Carrère finds an ancient journal hidden in a hole in the wall of the cell. They realize that the book was written by Danvers in the beginning of the last century and is about black magic. They decide to read and use its content to escape from the prison, when they find the truth about Danvers' fate.
No actual mention of Lovecraft but a group of men find a forbidden tome, decide to use it for their own gain, therefore madness and death ensues. Lovecraft approved!
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'Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.'
Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
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« Reply #155 on: September 11, 2011, 10:17:50 AM » |
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I just saw Malafique, and I hate to say it, but I didn't really like it. It was prettybland, all things considered, and not scary to me at all. I do agree that it has a ton of lovecraftian tropes and a general feel of his works, but it wasn't scary. I did, however, like all of the little shout-outs to HPL. There is a clearly visible doodle of Cthulhu on the wall over one inmate's bed. The book has the words Al Azif printed in large letters in it. And a few other little things appear from time to time that let you know this is a thumbs-up film to Lovecraft. I really, Really wanted to like this movie, but I guess I just didn't get a creepy enough vibe from it.  Bob |
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« Reply #156 on: September 11, 2011, 01:16:03 PM » |
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Yeah, I guess the movie will not be enjoyed by everyone but I am a bit of a sucker for more artsy horror flicks, I've never liked the slashers. If you don't like Malefique then definitely don't rent this movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124394/. Or there is always The Unnameable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter. |
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'Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.'
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« Reply #157 on: September 19, 2011, 04:06:45 PM » |
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Saw this IFC film over the weekend called "The Skeptic" which had some lovecraftian elements (well, two really).
The story was a haunted house tale. In lovecraftian style, the protagonist was (as the name of the movie says) a skeptic of the supernatural. After his aunt dies, he goes to live in her old house. Then secrets of the past get stired up and he starts seeing and hearing ghosts.
At one point, in the most lovecraftian fasion, he sees something scary and then faints.
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« Reply #158 on: September 27, 2011, 02:32:17 AM » |
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The Mothman Prophecies. Seriously, this is a story that revolves around characters being drawn into something that literally has no words to describe. The best thing that anyone can come up with is 'Mothman'. The characters of the movie are simply provided with predictive allusions to future events in which they he have no way of dealing with. They are thrust into contact with something cold and uncaring and nobody will ever know what it is. Richard Gere's character is so a victim/narrator from an HPL story  I apologize if this one's been mentioned already. If so, consider this just another nod as this is one of my all time favourite movies that I've seen 4 times now, I think. I've also read the book numerous times and while it's good, the movie really does shine a great deal more. |
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« Reply #159 on: September 27, 2011, 08:39:44 AM » |
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As usual, I harp on Spider Baby. So There. And to me, IN the Mouth of Madness has the trappings of Lovecraft - but the vibe is actually Stephen King. So sue me. |
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« Reply #160 on: September 27, 2011, 05:59:01 PM » |
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As usual, I harp on Spider Baby. So There. And to me, IN the Mouth of Madness has the trappings of Lovecraft - but the vibe is actually Stephen King. So sue me. I feel the same way about In the Mouth.., basically King tipping his hat to Lovecraft. |
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'Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.'
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TheMediocreYoungishOne -Tom-
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« Reply #161 on: September 27, 2011, 09:42:57 PM » |
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In the Mouth..[/i], basically King tipping his hat to Lovecraft.
It was John Carpenter though. |
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"I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams." H.P. Lovecraft - In a letter to Maurice W. Moe, January 1929
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« Reply #162 on: September 29, 2011, 04:40:45 AM » |
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Just bought and watched John Stuart Gordons Castle Freak. Don't do it... ever. It's not worth it. It's not Lovecraftian! SAVE YOURSELVES!
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« Reply #163 on: September 29, 2011, 08:10:18 AM » |
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Not Lovecraftian per se, but one of the most unusual roles from Jeffrey Combs, as a tormented recovering alcoholic.
[I quite liked Castle Freak, though it is more of a straight gothic.]
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Bob Lovecraft
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« Reply #164 on: September 29, 2011, 08:26:51 AM » |
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I Know this is a bit off topic (oooo, big surprise there, Bob) but I loved Jeffery Combes as The Question in the animated show, Justice League Unlimited. He has, hands down, the best lines in the show. Period. There is a fantastic scene where he is being tortured on a typical electrocuting table thing, and the torturer is asking him, "What do you know" (or some similar cliche' question) and The Question keeps telling him random conspiracy theory gibberish, the best of which is "The plastic tips at the ends of shoe laces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister."
To me, THAT could almost be something Lovecraft came up with (i.e. a simple, every-day object with a dark purpose) if it weren't so silly.
Bob
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