The Call of Cthulhu
2005 · Movie · 50 min. · United States
The Call of Cthulhu is a silent movie adaptation of the H. P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, produced by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman and distributed by the HP Lovecraft Historical Society. It is the first film adaptation of the famous Lovecraft story, and uses Mythoscope, a blend of vintage and modern filming techniques intended to produce the look of a 1920s-era film. The film adheres very closely to Lovecraft's story, but there are a few changes. The sailors aboard the Emma first encounter the Alert abandoned at sea, rather than crewed by Cthulhu cultists as in the original story. Additionally, the film depicts the narrator present at the time of his great-uncle's death, who dies peacefully in his sleep, rather than being summoned upon the mysterious death of his great-uncle, who was presumably killed by Cthulhu cultists in the original short story. The narrator (Matt Foyer) notes as well that Inspector Legrasse, who had directed the raid on cultists in backwoods Louisiana, had died before the narrator's investigation began.
Direction Andrew Leman
Cast Ramón Allen Jr. · Leslie Baldwin · Daryl Ball · John Bolen · Aidan Branney · Sean Branney · Andra Carlson · Mike Dalager · Matt Foyer · Bruce Graham
Soundtrack Chad Fifer · Ben Holbrook · Troy Sterling Nies · Nicholas Pavkovic
Screenplay Sean Branney · H.P. Lovecraft
Cinematography David Robertson
Original title The Call of Cthulhu
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