Forum Overview :: Peter Molyneux's The Movies :: "The Call of Cthulhu" silent film: Surprisingly Good!

[quote name="Mischief Maker"]In case you never heard of it, a <A HREF="http://www.cthulhulives.org/cocmovie/" TARGET="new">movie adaptation</A> of "The Call of Cthulhu" came out fairly recently. The twist is that they did it as a 20s silent film. This let them avoid the hazards of their low special effects budget and Lovecraft's bloated prose to make for a taut and creepy horror film with at least one moment that made me jump (though it does benefit a great deal from the soundtrack.) You'll probably appreciate the film more if you read the <A HREF="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu" TARGET="new">short story</A> first. I can't wait for their upcoming talkie adaptation of <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQkos7WTHjg" TARGET="new">The Whisperer in the Darkness</A>.[/quote]