Nonureva Really Surprised!

Tockinit not horrible nor great

SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

marcioharker I have not the habit of watching silent films , and my experience is based only on the incredible work of the unforgettable Charlie Chaplin. But no doubt it was worth it becomes aware of this fantastic work . Simple, crazy and dark are some of the best adjectives for it, it's a fantastic and recommended film from the writer renowned fans, but also for those who are fans of movies of terror and fiction or simply someone who look for a good movie to entertain themselves and think. Being extremely faithful to the story , Call of Cthulhu undoubtedly leave its mark on those who have the courage and the pleasure of watching it .

morrison-dylan-fan With having seen the film mentioned on IMDbs Horror board a number of time,I decided the it was time that I finally took a look at the movie. Disappointingly finding the DVD of the title to be deleted,I was happy to discover that the flick had recently been put online,which led to me preparing to at last hear the sound of Cthulhu.The plot:Gathering up his late uncles belongings as he takes care of his estate,a man finds a large box locked shut.Breaking the box open,the nephew finds disturbing newspaper clippings that his uncle has left behind.Decades earlier:Uncovering details of an occult praying for a strange creature called the Cthulhu to rise from the dead,the man/uncle starts searching round for clues about where the ritual is taking place.Gathering a crew to take him to a remote island,the man soon begins to regret ever having heard the name "Cthulhu."View on the film:Filmed over 2 years with a $50,000 budget from The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society,director Andrew Leman makes sure that every penny can be seen on the screen.Filmed in crisp black and white,Leman and cinematographer/editor David Robertson make the title look like a long lost German Expressionism artifact,thanks to a rich depth of field placing the unfolding newspaper story with a razor sharp edge.Harking back to the earliest days of cinema,Leman brings Cthulhu to life with excellent stop-motion animation,as the jerky animation movements give Cthulhu a stop/start spider-like creepiness.Bringing Lovecraft's tale to life,the screenplay Sean Branney perfectly uses a minimum of dialogue to build a striking sense of the fear that Cthulhu is held in.Building an investigating path with the dual nephew/uncle investigations,Branney peels away any hope that the characters have of finding an answer in "reality",as the deep-fried memories of victims cast a chilling shadow across the screen,as Cthulhu rises from the abyss.

Hitchcoc What a wonderful effort by a creative team. I've always been disappointed with Lovecraft inspired films. They tend to ignore the master's plots and the fear of the unknown, which is at the center of every story. Having read the canon several times, I went into this thinking, "OK. Another novelty film. What has transpired here is masterwork, using movie techniques from another era (ala "The Artist). The creation of dark shadows and the ongoing threat after discovery of documents that we should not see, sets this up so well. I had not heard of this production so will put it on the shelf with the great cinema surprises of my life. Cthulhu is there in many of the Lovecraft stories. All we know is that seeing him can induce horror that will drive one to madness (don't you just love it). Cthulhu hangs over every element, as the character bumble their respective ways from discovery to discovery. The scenes of terror are masterfully underplayed and are still designed to grasp us by the throat. I am hoping that someone else has the courage to try something like this again. Perhaps to do "The Dunwich Horror" properly.

MartinHafer While H.P. Lovecraft stories are not my thing, I sure can respect the job the folks did making "The Call of Cthulhu". After all, according to IMDb, the budget was only $50,000! In today's money, that's far less than an Ed Wood film--so you'd expect it to be terrible--which it wasn't.I loved how this movie began, as it appeared as if it was a production made in the art deco time of the 1920s--and it really got this look right. The opening screen was great and the film looked an awful lot like it was made long ago. I think they chose this for two reasons. First, Lovecraft died at that time. Second, and probably more importantly, they made the movie silent--as a 1920s film should have been. This fit in with the era BUT also was a great way to save money on production costs. And, since the film had to do with dreams, they chose to make it look a lot like the German Impressionist classic, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari".As far as the plot goes, this one is a bit hard to explain--especially if you aren't familiar with Lovecraft and his planet-destroying creation, Cthulhu. It has a lot to do with dates, dreams and events that all are working together and the protagonist felt compelled to figure this all out...and how does all this relate to Cthulhu?! While the plot didn't excite me, the bang for the buck did--and this short film was awfully good for something made so very independently! Worth seeing.