So did haters also consider Lovecraft to be 'boring'?

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king_of_bob — 10 years ago(September 28, 2015 05:42 AM)

Which Call of Cthulhu? There has been more than one adaptation of that story. I'm partial to this one though:
http://www.imdb.com/board/10478988/
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kepotaz — 12 years ago(April 07, 2013 12:43 PM)

Lovecraft knew how to use suspense. This film didn't

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marknathanziff — 12 years ago(July 20, 2013 03:56 PM)

I have not seen this film yet (but I will) I came across it through one of the Lovecraft fanzene sights (Lovecraft eZene). The person who runs the sight seems very taken wth it.

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marknathanziff — 12 years ago(August 24, 2013 12:01 AM)

Seen it now.The feel is much more Arthur Machen secret horror than it a Lovecraftian cosmic horror!

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Reallusion1 — 12 years ago(August 25, 2013 08:39 PM)

Its a very good and very subtle movie. IMDB boards are full of whiny children that love to troll and complain. Theres a difference between respectfully reasoning why you didn't like a film and throwing a sissy fit of insults.

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aastrid — 12 years ago(December 06, 2013 12:38 PM)

Thank you! I couldn't agree more! There is more to critiquing a film than just saying "it sucks". I realize not everyone has the best writing skills, myself included, but come on people, at least TRY to expand on why you think somethings sucks.

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Reallusion1 — 12 years ago(August 25, 2013 08:40 PM)

Oh and a good lovecraft inspired film is Dagon.

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BakuryuuTyranno — 12 years ago(August 27, 2013 01:05 PM)

Dagon was good but didn't feel like a Lovecraft story.

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jackluminous1965 — 12 years ago(December 25, 2013 01:45 AM)

IMHO 2 Asian Horror films get closest to the Lovecraft vibe are Occult:The Unidentified and MarebitoDagon and The Call Of Cthulu were fun though

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john-1451 — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 07:36 AM)

There's an early 2000's Japanese movie "Uzumaki," about a town transformed by a mysterious force that is also quite Lovecraftian.

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marknathanziff — 12 years ago(August 27, 2013 01:38 PM)

That's one I enjoyed. I only wish one of the crews who updated Sherlock Holmes ( Sherlock or Elementary) who turn there hands to Lovecraft.

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divisionbell-2 — 12 years ago(March 10, 2014 02:00 PM)

This was definitely lovecraftian for sure. Excellent flick.

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ThatNoodleLizard — 11 years ago(December 09, 2014 10:17 AM)

If you want to see a good recent horror film (with a similarly low-budget) which has Lovecraftian elements, check out The Borderlands from last year. Absentia isn't bad because of the themes it deals with, it's bad because it's appallingly amateurish and the (actually quite large) budget has nothing to do with that, it has to do with incompetent filmmaking.

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samgiannn — 10 years ago(May 18, 2015 06:29 AM)

"Actually quite large budget"
Yup, $70k is a pretty big budget.

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AlwaysSilent — 10 years ago(April 12, 2015 11:44 PM)

Lovecrafts works are complete trash. No one reads anymore especially in 2015. But Absentia is a legend to any extreme horror fan!

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marknathanziff — 10 years ago(September 28, 2015 06:12 AM)

I didn't find this "extreme" and plenty of people still read Lovecraft & will keep doing so. So your wrong!

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debabrata4747 — 10 years ago(January 30, 2016 02:06 PM)

Lovecraft is the king of horrors, he has inspired numerous great minds diluted minds cannot understand his works
~Hasta la vista..Baby

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VBeretta — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 01:35 PM)

If anything, the last ten years have seen a big resurgence of Lovecraft in pop culture - but thanks for your contribution.

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king_of_bob — 10 years ago(September 28, 2015 05:41 AM)

They've likely no idea who Lovecraft is.
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FooserX — 9 years ago(September 14, 2016 08:23 AM)

Jug Face is another indie horror Lovecraftian themed movie that I've seen recently and was really impressed.
It's awesome seeing such low budget movies be more impactful than big budget jump scare fests