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Cthulhu (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 9

Fresh: 4

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 4.6/10

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: Aug 22, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: Adapted from a story by H.P. Lovecraft. A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reaquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a... Adapted from a story by H.P. Lovecraft. A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reaquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating series of events, he discovers aspects of his father's New Age cult which take on a dangerous and apocalyptic significance. [More]

Starring: Jason Cottle, Scott Green, Cara Buono, Tori Spelling

Starring: Jason Cottle, Scott Green, Cara Buono, Tori Spelling, Robert Padilla

Director: Dan Gildark

Director: Dan Gildark
Screenwriter: Grant Cogswell, Jason Cottle
Studio: Regent Releasing

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Too much about the movie is just amateurish.

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09/12/08
Mark Rahner
Seattle Times
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H.P. Lovecraft has a history of mistreatment in the cinema, but nothing comes near the abomination of Cthulhu, which not only desecrates Lovecraft, but film craft.

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09/11/08
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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What is best about Cthulhu is the style that insists on keeping the viewer completely off-balance.

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09/11/08
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders
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Cthulhu isn't awful, but it isn't particularly compelling either, as Glidark and Cogswell make their message so plain that it robs the story of its broader mysteries.

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08/22/08
Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
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As the creepy gives way to the criminal, and ultimately to the genuinely supernatural, Cthulhu maintains its grounding in the sort of real-world interests that holds one's attention without shocking demonstrations like dismemberment or decapitation.

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08/22/08
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine
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A trippy, unsettling experience with a clear eye for mesmerizing visuals. Genre fans grown weary by today's mainstream spate owe it to themselves to seek out this grim, creatively sumptuous, unapologetically chilling indie effort.

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08/22/08
Dustin Putman
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Stuart Gordon adapted the story more conventionally in 2001's Dagon, and it remains the better bet for Lovecraft lovers.

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08/21/08
Luke Y. Thompson
L.A. Weekly
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The most fantastical plotline can be a perfectly convincing movie, but in Cthulhu, the acting is so emotionally unhinged and erratic it borders on camp.

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08/19/08
John Anderson
Variety
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The film effectively locks down a literally captive audience, and the eerie images of the mystical, tempestuous Oregon coast are both stunning and nerve shredding for the entire bewitching duration.

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08/14/08
Prairie Miller
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