# The Call of Cthulhu **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-call-of-cthulhu/558208 "2010-10-24T18:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-call-of-cthulhu/558208/1 "2010-10-24T18:43:06Z")
I watched _The Call of Cthulhu_ last night. _The Call of Cthulhu_ is an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name. The unique thing about it is that it was shot as a 1920s-style silent film. It worked very well. It has its problems, no doubt caused or contributed to by the low ($50,000) budget; but it is an outstanding effort. Would recommend. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-call-of-cthulhu/558208/2 "2010-10-24T19:14:12Z")
Check out the intertitles options. There are like 30 in there, including things like Welsh. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-call-of-cthulhu/558208/3 "2010-10-24T19:15:51Z")
It’s the single best Lovecraft movie adaptation - which is actually faint praise, given how bad the typical Lovecraft adaptation turns out to be. My only complaint is that the animation of the title character is too amaturish even for a 20s silent flick. The rest of it is simply excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-call-of-cthulhu/558208/4 "2010-10-24T19:28:15Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > My only complaint is that the animation of the title character is too amaturish even for a 20s silent flick. I disagree. I think it fit in with the style perfectly. . ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-call-of-cthulhu/558208/5 "2010-10-24T19:49:52Z")
This was the very first thing I watched on Netflix streaming, and I thought it was an excellent film. One of those where I go: wow, I can’t even imagine a better film with this subject matter. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-call-of-cthulhu/558208/6 "2010-10-24T21:43:09Z")
It was fantastic. The [same bunch](http://www.cthulhulives.org/) are just finishing a version of The Whisperer in Darkness as well. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-call-of-cthulhu/558208/7 "2010-10-24T23:00:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I watched _The Call of Cthulhu_ last night. > > _The Call of Cthulhu_ is an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name. The unique thing about it is that it was shot as a 1920s-style silent film. It worked very well. It has its problems, no doubt caused or contributed to by the low ($50,000) budget; but it is an outstanding effort. > > Would recommend. Could you put a link? I’m interested, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-call-of-cthulhu/558208/8 "2010-10-24T23:09:23Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Could you put a link? I’m interested, thanks. [The film](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu_(film)). [The short story](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu). A friend asked me to review the film, and had the DVD sent to me as an ‘early Christmas present’. I ended up writing over a thousand words (he’d asked for 150), including a short, spoiler-free (I think) synopsis and some paragraphs on the film itself and the DVD. I tried to be fair, and included criticism of a few things. (e.g., it was obviously shot on digital video, and some of the s/fx.) I’m not entirely sure what he’s going to do with it, other than it’s going to be part of a ‘13 low-budget film’ thing. If anyone is interested, I can post a link to my review after it’s posted on the 31st.