tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post1973093854323685587..comments2024-03-16T18:31:16.417+00:00Comments on BLACK HOLE REVIEWS: THE HAUNTED PALACE (1963) the first H P Lovecraft movieMark Hodgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08744056312268440003noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-5677542276503669062014-09-04T01:03:26.833+01:002014-09-04T01:03:26.833+01:00This just kept on stunning...one of my favorite mo...This just kept on stunning...one of my favorite movies.Luffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149523071142669242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-14988921616914999592009-04-26T11:47:00.000+01:002009-04-26T11:47:00.000+01:00I'm glad they've made such an impression, Pearl! I...I'm glad they've made such an impression, Pearl! I know some of these films are light on Lovecraft, but they are also too often dismissed on that basis. Personally, I can't live without revisting them.Mark Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08744056312268440003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-54822969449699921892009-04-25T16:51:00.000+01:002009-04-25T16:51:00.000+01:00This one scared the hell out of me as a little kid...This one scared the hell out of me as a little kid.On Saturday afternoons my elementary school showed 16mm prints with a clunky Bell & Howell projector. For about 50 cents you got the movie, a Coke, and a bag of popcorn. Anyway, all those immolations, mutations and exhumations really freaked me out. I think this is the most faithful cinematic rendering of Lovecraft to date. I'd love to see someone, perhaps M. Night Shayamalan, tackle Lovecraft's "The Whisperer in Darkness".Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09091178816857202355noreply@blogger.com