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Call of Cthulhu Available on DVD

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the say-is-that-a-tentacle dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society is finally finished with the ultimate labor of mythos-love. The Call of Cthulhu is now available on DVD! For those not familiar with the long-awaited project, The Call of Cthulhu is a silent film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's famous literary masterpiece of the same name. It really looks like something that would have been shot in the 1920's silent film era. I, for one, welcome our new multi-tentacled, aquatic, ancient overlord. Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn."

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  1. warning by cow_licker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I ordered it the other day and got the testimonial of randolph carter as well (based on my favorite lovecraft story). and this is the message I got back.

    Thanks for your order; your DVDs will ship the end of the week via US
    Airmail. Be forewarned, the quality of The Call of Cthulhu is WAY better
    than Randolph Carter. TTORC was shot on VHS tape and suffers from poor sound
    and image quality. It's watchable but I wanted to give you fair warning.

    Sean

    I have no problem with that. But thought I would share.

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  2. Silent Film Eh? by Kawahee · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's been a while since I've seen a silent film. I don't think too many have been made since we've had the technology to have audio in films. Does anybody know of any?

    At least this means that the movie can be multilingual with few problems.

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    1. Re:Silent Film Eh? by nunchux · · Score: 3, Interesting

      There's a great silent theater on Fairfax in L.A. (I think it's still around, though I haven't paid attention for a few years) that shows old films, complete with live piano accompaniment. I think the Turner Classics channel also shows them occasionaly.

      As for recent silent films-- there are plenty, but most are made by film students and obscure artistes. The "e" was intentional. It's a lost art, but like making a black and white movie today it's a conceit, so if you're doing it you better have a good reason and do it well... Most films of the silent era would have used sound if they could. It would be fun to see a major or large independant studio make one-- it really is a different kind of filmmaking, and works well with creepy horror and broad physical comedy-- but it's not likely to happen, since most moviegoers would avoid silent films like the plague. Also, they don't tend to play well on TV, it's harder for a silent film to hold your interest on the small screen... You really need to be in a theater.

  3. Cthulhu on Sunday Morning Cartoons by Nihilist+Hippie · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Lest we forget The Real Ghostbusters? http://archive.ghostbusters.net/episodedetail/rgh/ 28/