The Call of Cthulhu: A high-end fanfic, produced for about $50k by the HP Lovecraft Historical Society, a fan group out of California, this is a silent, black-and-white film running just shy of an hour, adapted from the HPL story of the same name, about an ancient statue attached to other-worldly, horrific “old gods” and the bad things that befall those that come in contact with it. This film does a great job with its limited budget, utilizing low-tech effects from community theater (fabric billowing replacing waves in the ocean, for example), and surrealist nightmare backgrounds that look like they were lifted from “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”. The creators wanted the film to feel like it could have been made at the same time that Lovecraft’s work was initially seeing print and I think they are largely successful in their efforts. Now, granted I’m a big nerd and this is right up my alley, but I think this was well-done. Woodchuck sez, “Me likey.”
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