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The Apocalypse Cinema Slot
CTHULHU
(June 2007)
I’ve known about
this one for awhile though only now have managed to catch up with it, and I
must say, this one’s an interesting and excellent Lovecraft adaptation by director
Dan Gildark, a piece that tries things and goes places that are foreign to
other Lovecraft adaptations.
Take “The Shadow
Over Innsmouth” as a foundation, then splice in some gay themes and strains of
apocalypse cinema, and throw in Gus Van Sant stalwart Scott Patrick Green and the Tori Spelling, and you’ll have a
vague notion of what’s in store for you in Cthulhu.
For my money,
one of the best Lovecraft adaptations I’ve seen…
THE DIVIDE
(March 2011)
This is one of
those films I got to see over the past year, but didn’t have the time to write
about previously.
Apologies, Monsieur
Xavier Gens.
This one takes
the boiler room scenario of titles like The
Mist, as a bunch of tenants in an apartment building are crammed into the
basement with the crotchety super, Mickey (Michael Biehn, baby!), in the hopes
of riding out the nuclear devastation that’s wreaked havoc aboveground.
Sadly, human
nature creeps to the surface and things don’t go so well for the poor
unfortunates, who include Lauren German, Rosanna Arquette, and Milo
Ventimiglia.
(Cthulhu OS courtesy of impawards.com and
The Divide OS courtesy of
reelizer.com.)
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