Cool Cthulhu flick

[CptJake]

Last night I watched "The last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu"
( http://www.amazon.com/Last-Lovecraft-Relic-Cthulhu/dp/B004EI2NPO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298929263&sr=8-1 )

I like it.  Low budget, but the effects were decent, the actors pretty good, and the story was cool too.  A fun flick to watch.  It will never win an oscar but I liked it.

A Cthulhu cult is trying to bring back the Big C and needs a relic to do so.  A 'Save the world from Cthulhu' cult gives this relic to HP's last decendent (some geentic advantage against mythos beasties).  The poor last reletive is NOT a Lovecraft fan, but his comic book geek buddy and he recruit another geek to help them out.  Along the way they fight cultists, deep ones, and some others.  You even get an animated History of the Big C explanation in which the Big C tears a T-rex in half.   

Again, not a big budget, but it was a fun movie to watch. 

Two tentacles up!

Jake

[Cory]

You're kinder than I, but then again my wife liked it which casts doubt on my taste.

That animated history of Cthulhu was the best bit and I'm tempted to use it to introduce new CoC/SA players to the genre.

[gauntman]

I'm waiting to receive this in the mail.


Let me suggest another Cthulhu esque film I just watched called "Primal" I watched this weekend.

It is very Cthulhu themed.  A 12000 year old horror in the wooded mountains of Austrailia.  It is very much worth a watch as well.

I would compare it and rate it alongside "The Ruins".

[supervike]

Thanks guys!  Added both to my 'queue' (gotta love Netflix)

[Uncle Mike]

Just picked up the dvd...rant to follow...

[zobo1942]

In my opinion, the best 'Cthulhu' flick is this one: http://www.cthulhulives.org/cocmovie/index.html

Pure awesome!

Oh, and they just finished 'The Whisperer in Darkness'... here's the trailer:

I can't wait until 'Whisperer' is released... it looks AMAZING.

Oh, and I agree: the animated 'History of Cthulhu' part of 'The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu' is the best part of the movie.

I'm hoping the upcoming big budget 'Mountains of Madness' ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1118070/ ) leads to LOTS more Lovecraft-inspired films.

[The Dozing Dragon]

Looking good!

[myincubliss]

You had me at

in which the Big C tears a T-rex in half. 

 

[Black Cat Bases]

Hey guys just remember we don't get it for another couple of months  in the uk, am looking forward to this one.
Ben

[Uncle Mike]

Gah! Tried to watch The Relic Of Cthulhu but the disk exploded in my hands as I tried to remove it from the packaging...I guess I'll have to take it back to the store...

[Anpu]

There are some things man are not meant to see 

Joking aside that's sounds really annoying, hopefully they'll replace it for you.

[Black Cat Bases]

ooh just found out the horror channel on sky are showing this tommorrow night 
I don't have to wait for the dvd deep deep joy will have to kick jo out so I can watch this without a sarcastic commentary about how bad it is we share a very different taste in films most of the time, I love bad movies watching them with jo is like MST3000.
Ben

[supervike]

Geez, I was wondering if they'd ever finish the Whisperer....seems like it's been ages.

[richarDISNEY]

Yea Jake....
It was a pretty fun one...

[Uncle Mike]

What a disappointment. Not sure what I was expecting exactly, but it was not good. The story was non-existent (fine. It is a comedy), The characters were all so unlikable (Again, comedy), the main characters were soooooooo unlikable it blew my mind! The filming/editing/effects were fine but couldn't save what was for me a pitiful attempt to 'cool up' Lovecraft for a new generation.This proves that Cthulhu and comedy do not mix well...if at all. Watch the trailer...it has all the best bits and none of the worst...rant over...