tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post856435440826276892..comments2024-03-16T18:31:16.417+00:00Comments on BLACK HOLE REVIEWS: H.P. Lovecraft movies - the older onesMark Hodgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08744056312268440003noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-81455093033515543872016-01-04T08:44:27.664+00:002016-01-04T08:44:27.664+00:00ReAnimaror is a delight. Dan needs to re-watch and...ReAnimaror is a delight. Dan needs to re-watch and re-assess. And Stuart Gordon's DAGON is a respectful adaptation, if a bit prone to unnecessary tit 'n bum.<br />The recent movie which comes closest to HPL in spirit is Frank Darabont's film of The Mist, from Stephen King's grim short story.iainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678079780927685172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-14039688756445375202012-12-30T15:35:44.383+00:002012-12-30T15:35:44.383+00:00I've yet to see something as good and more rec...I've yet to see something as good and more recent than REANIMATOR. Mark Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08744056312268440003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-13061328674748300072012-12-30T14:09:07.962+00:002012-12-30T14:09:07.962+00:00@Dan All those movies you just mentioned are prett...@Dan All those movies you just mentioned are pretty crappy though. Far worse than the ones you claim are bad.<br /><br />I find it amazing sometimes how people will cling to obscure or indie movies and swear they are better than their more popular counterparts. Without taking a critical eye to the films and waving their flags moreso out of their obscurity and indieness than any sort of inherent quality.<br /><br />The acting in The Whisperer of Darkness is especially atrocious and has no real use of black and white other than to call to the fact that what it was based on was an old author. How every lazy.Kurei Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064836781861623221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-30036060085741587562012-12-02T22:44:32.302+00:002012-12-02T22:44:32.302+00:00While some the 1980's Lovecraft were reallly b...While some the 1980's Lovecraft were reallly bad (ie: Re-Animator & From Beyond), and the Unnameable was at least watchable, nowadays we have great Lovecraft movies in The Call of Cthulhu, Die Farbe, and The Whisperer in Darkness,<br /><br />DanDannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-77968896345334753692012-12-02T22:43:16.197+00:002012-12-02T22:43:16.197+00:00While some the 1980's Lovecraft were reallly b...While some the 1980's Lovecraft were reallly bad (ie: Re-Animator & From Beyond), and the Unnameable was at least watchable, nowadays we have great Lovecraft movies in The Call of Cthulhu, Die Farbe, and The Whisperer in DarknessDannoreply@blogger.com