Synopsis
The Call of Cthulhu (2006) — watch online on iFILM. Andrew Leman's 47-minute American adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's most celebrated story, presented as a silent film from the 1920s.
Black-and-white, intertitles, period-accurate makeup — the HP Lovecraft Historical Society built this as the film that could have been made in Lovecraft's own lifetime. A man sorting through his great-uncle's papers pieces together the history of the Cthulhu cult from three interlocking accounts: sculptor Wilcox's worsening dreams, Inspector Legrasse's bayou investigation, and sailor Johansen's voyage to the sunken island of R'lyeh. Each thread arrives at the same conclusion, and none of it is meant to comfort.
Matt Foyer leads the cast. What large-budget Lovecraft adaptations usually miss — the dread, the sense of something too large for the frame — this short film finds by committing fully to its premise. Stream The Call of Cthulhu online on iFILM.
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