CALL OF CTHULHU: The Movie

H.P. Lovecraft's classic 1920s novella, THE CALL OF CTHULHU, has finally become a movie, now out on DVD.

For those of you unfamiliar with Lovecraft or Cthulhu, Lovecraft is the twentieth centry's answer to Edgar Allen Poe. He wrote RE-ANIMATOR, FROM BEYOND and THE DUNWICH HORROR (among other short stories that have been adapted to the big screen). He invented the Cthulhu Mythos, which inspired countless other authors and filmmakers. The Mythos deals with sanity-destroying alien gods, crazed cultists, and ancient books of unspeakable evil like The Necronomicon. Cthulhu, a giant octopus-headed, bat-winged monstrosity, is one of these ancient alien gods, who sleeps in suspended animation in his city at the bottom of the sea, waiting until the "stars are right" to rise and reclaim dominion over the earth. The recent Stuart Gordon film, DAGON, based on Lovecraft's short story, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, deals with a Cthulhu cult and the inbred maniacs and fish monsters that worship him.

Check out CALL OF CTHULHU (done in the style of a 1920s silent film!) and watch the online trailers.