Yes, this was great. I wish they'd do more Lovecraft films.

There is actually a few out there but most of them are not very good. Another one that comes to mind that I halfway enjoyed was an episode of Masters of Horror called Dreams in the Witch House . Of course, there is also Re-Animator which is actually pretty good. But I really crave the Cthulhu mythos and there is an old video game called Call of Cthulhu - Dark Corners of the Earth which had an interesting story, was pretty fun and was better written and acted than most Lovecraft movies. But yeah, I wish they did more Cthulhu mythos films.

@movie_nazi said:

There is actually a few out there but most of them are not very good. Another one that comes to mind that I halfway enjoyed was an episode of Masters of Horror called Dreams in the Witch House . Of course, there is also Re-Animator which is actually pretty good. But I really crave the Cthulhu mythos and there is an old video game called Call of Cthulhu - Dark Corners of the Earth which had an interesting story, was pretty fun and was better written and acted than most Lovecraft movies. But yeah, I wish they did more Cthulhu mythos films.

Yeah, I'm a fan of Lovecraft, I've read all his stories so I've looked into a lot of the films. They're mostly cheap, straight to DVD efforts or 60's films that take the title but do something very different. Re-animator and this Call of Cthulhu are the best. From Beyond is pretty good. That's also from Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon and again stars Jeffrey Combs.

I never played the game but there is a new Call of Cthulhu game just come out that got fairly good reviews that I'm gonna pick up at some point.

The same people also released https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/87178-the-whisperer-in-darkness?language=en-US which I didn't find as good. I think the "silent film" device helped paper over deficiencies in the acting in CotC. They've also released a few other products that may be of interest: http://www.hplhs.org/index.php . I've only got the 2 DVDs, so don't know what the rest is like.

I'm guessing that HPL is now out of copyright, so now that Guillermo del Toro has given up on "At the Mountains of Madness", I don't know why someone else isn't having a go. It would have to be a period piece for it to work, but I can't see why it would need to be hugely expensive. I'm actually quite glad GdT has given up as, while I totally agree it should be terrifying, I don't see why it needed to be as gory as he seemed to be suggesting it should be.

@M. LeMarchand said:

The same people also released https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/87178-the-whisperer-in-darkness?language=en-US which I didn't find as good. I think the "silent film" device helped paper over deficiencies in the acting in CotC. They've also released a few other products that may be of interest: http://www.hplhs.org/index.php . I've only got the 2 DVDs, so don't know what the rest is like.

In silent films, you actually did have to overact to get the emotional point across and I think the acting in CoC was passable. The part I thought they dropped the ball was the scenes with Cthulu as it seemed very disjointed in parts that left you scratching your head. So Whisperer was no good, eh? I will have to check it out.

I'm guessing that HPL is now out of copyright, so now that Guillermo del Toro has given up on "At the Mountains of Madness", I don't know why someone else isn't having a go. It would have to be a period piece for it to work, but I can't see why it would need to be hugely expensive. I'm actually quite glad GdT has given up as, while I totally agree it should be terrifying, I don't see why it needed to be as gory as he seemed to be suggesting it should be.

I don't think it needs to be super gory to be a good film. Lovecraft is a trove on untapped excellent horror stories that I cannot for the life of me figure out why no one can get it together to exploit it. I would really love a series on the Cthulhu mythos where they explore the weird cults and the other gods such as Dagon and Hydra. The game Dark Corner of the Earth spoke of an ancient race called the Yithians that time traveled and were enemies of Cthulhu and it was totally fascinating stuff.

@JustinJackFlash said: Yeah, I'm a fan of Lovecraft, I've read all his stories so I've looked into a lot of the films. They're mostly cheap, straight to DVD efforts or 60's films that take the title but do something very different. Re-animator and this Call of Cthulhu are the best. From Beyond is pretty good. That's also from Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon and again stars Jeffrey Combs.

I never played the game but there is a new Call of Cthulhu game just come out that got fairly good reviews that I'm gonna pick up at some point.

I got the new one as soon as it came out and it is just OK. Thought it was too short and the gameplay was mediocre. Dark Corners of the Earth, even though it is old (2003?) is much better. Better story, better gameplay, pretty darn creepy and VERY challenging puzzles. I would be lying if I said I didn't have to look up the solutions to some. You can get the game for $5. If you do decide to get it I would suggest getting the GOG version as the Steam version is quite buggy and you have to install some fan-made patches to get it to work correctly.

Link to the GOG version of the game

@movie_nazi said:

I got the new one as soon as it came out and it is just OK.

That's disappointing. I'm still gonna give it a go when it comes down in price.

Dark Corners of the Earth, even though it is old (2003?) is much better. Better story, better gameplay, pretty darn creepy and VERY challenging puzzles. I would be lying if I said I didn't have to look up the solutions to some. You can get the game for $5. If you do decide to get it I would suggest getting the GOG version as the Steam version is quite buggy and you have to install some fan-made patches to get it to work correctly.

That looks pretty good for 2003. I don't really know what GOG and I've never used Steam. I'm pretty clueless when it comes to PC stuff. If it's available on PS3 or 4 I'll give it a go.

I've seen Whisperer in the Darkness too. I can't remember it very well but I don't remember it being very good.

@JustinJackFlash said:

That looks pretty good for 2003. I don't really know what GOG and I've never used Steam. I'm pretty clueless when it comes to PC stuff. If it's available on PS3 or 4 I'll give it a go.

If you've got an early PS3 (the type that plays PS2 games), Dark Corners was on PS2.

GOG and Steam are both well-regarded download stores. GOG games (I think) may be DRM free but Steam requires you to install their client. If you've got a recent Windows machine you may be OK playing something from 2003. Just don't do what I (and everyone else, probably) does after signing up to both: keep buying "It's only $/£2" or "I'd pay that for just one of the games in that bundle" games because you'll soon find that even if you did nothing but play games, you'd never have enough time to play them all.

@M. LeMarchand said:

@JustinJackFlash said:

That looks pretty good for 2003. I don't really know what GOG and I've never used Steam. I'm pretty clueless when it comes to PC stuff. If it's available on PS3 or 4 I'll give it a go.

If you've got an early PS3 (the type that plays PS2 games), Dark Corners was on PS2.

GOG and Steam are both well-regarded download stores. GOG games (I think) may be DRM free but Steam requires you to install their client. If you've got a recent Windows machine you may be OK playing something from 2003. Just don't do what I (and everyone else, probably) does after signing up to both: keep buying "It's only $/£2" or "I'd pay that for just one of the games in that bundle" games because you'll soon find that even if you did nothing but play games, you'd never have enough time to play them all.

LOL That is what I am facing now. I have so many games that even if I didn't have to work , workout, or sleep I don't think I would have enough time to play them all. I get sucked into those $2 deals very easily.