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Originally Posted by California Tanker
Isn't there a new Cthulhu movie being made soon?
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I was only aware of the "silent"
The Call of Cthulhu (2005) which I think you can only buy via
The Call of Cthulhu DVD (and which I haven't seen but is apparently good).
But imdb says there's also
Cthulhu (2007). It's got Tori Spelling in it ... and yet
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To be blunt: Cthulhu is not a good film. I had high hopes going in, as I do with all films shown at SIFF, but I was disappointed throughout and I know others were as well. From the mediocre-to-outright-horrible acting (except, ironically, for Tori Spelling who plays a sexy, baby-seeking blonde), to the lackluster script, to the 2 hour running time (note to director: you should be GLAD you were forced to reduce it to this length).... starting at the half-way point I could not wait for it to be over. Had the film been written and shot as a tongue-in-cheek comedic version of the story with intentional sarcasm, etc, it might have worked. But the combination of trying to make a serious film, plus the bad acting, makes Cthulhu not quite worth the celluloid it's printed on.
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My digest from the other comments is that is could be quite a good quiet horror, but doesn't have any real connection to Cthulhu.