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Old 31st October 2022, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Demoncrat View Post
I've come to the conclusion that HPL just does not transfer to the screen at all ... with an honourable mention to the HPLHS film The Call Of Cthulhu as being the only example I can think of to contradict myself AHEM.
Being as even handed as I can be, the source material isn't very ... cinematic anyhow, consisting of a muttered relaying of past events that ends with the usual sting in the tale that he perfected tbh.

As a creepy piece of tv, it works well enough.
I read a review of this on Letterboxd earlier and they said it was the worst segment so far and I thought of you!!

Anyway, there are a couple of good HPL adaptations, I though The Curse was pretty good at least
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