Regarding an earlier BB post on a silent film about the Elder God who has more noodly appendages than the Flying Spaghetti Monster himself, Boing Boing pal Craig Engler of SciFi network says:
After seeing this on BB I ordered a copy on a lark and my girlfriend and I watched it tonight at midnight with the lights out. This is one of those genius, word-of-mouth, Hollywood-will-never-understand-it kind of films. Made mostly with love and hard work, plus a bit of money. It’s both silent and black-and-white, which gives it a great Lovecraftian feel but guarantees it will never go mainstream. And considering they tried to use only materials that would have been available in the 1920s, they did an awesome job of bringing Cthulhu and R’Lyeh and all that other gooey Lovecraft goodness to life. The non-Euclidean geometry is built with cardboard. The ocean is really a sea of waving canvas. And the Elder God himself is a wacky stop-motion/clay-mation deal that still manages to be menacing. Best $20 I ever spent on a DVD.
Link to The HP Lovecraft Historical Society website, where you can purchase the DVD if you are so inclined.
Previously:
Call of Cthulhu silent film nearly done
Creativhe Cohmmons Cthulhu Comhic
Update: For those of you who are in LA, Flash Film Works’ Dan Novy (who supervised VFX on the film, appeared in several small roles, and is also the co-organizer of DorkbotSoCal) says the film’s LA premiere takes place tonight at 7 at the Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax. But the bad news: it’s a small venue and the event is already booked to capacity.
Reader Comment: “It’s Raining Florence Henderson” says, “The Seattle Times is reporting that a new indie version is being filmed in Astoria: Link.”