(urth) Stingray

Son of Witz sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org
Tue Nov 4 10:22:04 PST 2008


>> 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


I hear you. that's what I felt when I read it so long ago.
but nonetheless, a movie has an opportunity to deliver something here.  Less would have been more even. but a crude, poorly lit stop motion puppet that looks about 2 feet tall... nah.





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