The Call Of The Cthulhu

Starring: Sean Branney

Silent.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 837101095662
• Release Date: January 2005
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Microcinema
• Director: Andrew Leman
• Starring: Sean Branney
• Runtime: 1 hour, 12 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Color; NTSC; Silent; Closed-captioned
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

“What has risen may sink,”

“And what has sunk may rise. We hear it call and await our inevitable doom.” The film was produced in monochrome with fake scratch marks to give it that aged look. Most of the time, when someone tries to recreate silent films, it is so stupid and moronic. However, I am not sure there could have been a better way to portray this story and not stick closely to the original. I am not going into the story in case you have not read the story and are just now coming to Lovecraft. However, after seeing this film, you could believe that one night you will hear “The Call of Cthulhu” in your dreams. I first viewed a streaming version of the film, but they did not have all the DVD extras as Go “Behind the Scenes” with the HPLHS’ Motion Pictures Crew! So, it was necessary to get the DVD. My favorite part of the behind-the-scenes is where the director is telling the actor who is playing a sailor, “You will stay here looking out to sea.” The actor says, “Out to see what?” You can spend the day picking the language you want to see the film in. Just a note: I have a cat that will call to you until you play with it; if you do play with it, you'd better count your fingers, so it is named Cat-thulhu.