(urth) Stingray

[John Watkins]

The Rats in the Walls as well.

On 11/4/08, Adam Thornton <adam at io.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 4, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Son of Witz wrote:
>
> >
> > I haven't read AEG or much Lovecraft, but did anyone see that "Call of
> Cthulu" silent film that was made recently?  It was very good up until the
> monster showed up, then the whole film went POP.  How can a movie get
> everything pretty good, then fail on the most important part? Seriously
> disapointing.
> >
>
> I haven't seen it, but one could argue the novella suffers the same flaw.
> Well, *most* of Lovecraft does.  The reveal is much less scary than the
> build-up, most of the time.  There are of course exceptions.  "The Color Out
> of Space" and "The Dreams In the Witch-House" are two exceptions that leap
> to *my* mind.
>
> Adam
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