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The Dunwich Horror
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:22 pm
by Eternities End
I just watched the 1970s take of the story on Drive in Classics, it was pretty hilarious. The production quality wasn't too bad for a 70s horror movie, it was missed the story quite a bit, but when I think about it, it could of been worse. The music was hilarious, probably ruined the whole feel of the movie. Whatley wasn't a goat man and for some reason his grandpa seemed like a good guy. The Son of Yog-sothoth was pretty funny, he had a kind of color vision he used to kill people with. One of the big problems was the final confrontation was really weak...essentially the Dean and Whatley just yelled at each other until Whatley caught fire and fell off a cliff (he didn't die trying to steal the Necronomicon, he actually killed a guard with a spear!)
Overall I'd give it a 6.5 out of 10 shitty twangy horror soundtracks.
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:38 pm
by miz redavni
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:05 pm
by JJ Burke
he should have called ziggy on his lite-brite phone and made a quantum leap out of there
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:16 pm
by Ian Whateley
Sometimes I wonder if there is actually a curse against making a movie based on Lovecraft that gets even the broadest details rihgt-other than the HPLHS one.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:34 pm
by Eternities End
JJ Burke wrote:he should have called ziggy on his lite-brite phone and made a quantum leap out of there
Man that captain Archer guy pisses me off. "We have an old saying on Earth, don't eat cheese before noon!"
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:14 am
by Danial
It does seem there are more bad Lovecraft adaptations than good ones.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:55 am
by Ian Whateley
I've always wondered how one could film The color Out of Space. I suppose just filming in black and white would work, but still...
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:11 am
by TheEdge
I saw that movie. I forced myself to sit through it. It was a bad idea, the garbage is burned into my retna now.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:13 pm
by Eternities End
Ian Whateley wrote:I've always wondered how one could film The color Out of Space. I suppose just filming in black and white would work, but still...
Meh, evil looking fog thats filmed in reverse! I could think of a few ways
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:50 am
by Ian Whateley
Outside of not actually showing the color, I suppose one could hire a massive team of psychiatrists and computer programmers and do some subliminal-messaging/group selection evolved images that would be frightening and maddening beyond their first appearance, but who has the budget for that?
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:23 pm
by Eternities End
You could always just wave a towel around, that looks pretty scary on film.
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:28 pm
by JJ Burke
especially if you're naked
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:47 pm
by Hodgson
Ian Whateley wrote:I've always wondered how one could film The color Out of Space. I suppose just filming in black and white would work, but still...
http://fantastichorror.blogspot.com/200 ... ut-of.html
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:18 pm
by Ian Whateley
The clip looks pretty good. Are you producing it? If you are, I'll yell at you with what I think are insightful comments essential to producing a truly effective Lovecraftian film.
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:30 am
by Hodgson
No, it's not mine, but I'd like to see it.