Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!
By anders pearson 10 Jun 2003
the other week the sci-fi channel was showing a movie called <a href=”http://us.imdb.com/Title?0264508”>Dagon</a>, which was loosely based on HP Lovecraft’s <a href=”http://www.gizmology.net/lovecraft/works/innsmouth.htm”>The Shadow over Innsmouth</a>. as a Lovecraft fanatic, i had no choice but to watch. unfortunately, as i’ve pretty much come to expect from HP Lovecraft stories turned into movies, it really sucked. they moved it from new england to the coast of spain which seems criminal to me since the new england atmosphere was so important to Lovecraft. they added a few characters, changed the plot so it doesn’t really make sense anymore and destroyed what was left with bad acting and cheesy special effects.
why has no one ever been able to make a decent movie out of a Lovecraft story? more importantly, why has no one ever really even tried? all it would take would be a half-way competent director and a little bit of a budget to hire a cast that can actually act and slightly better than B-movie special effects.
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