This movie is interesting. I love horror and love Lovecraft. I have an extensive collection of horror and am proud to say that I own every Lovecraft movie made. Even the short for Beyond the Wall Of Sleep put out years ago in Canada at a film fest. Thank you EBAY!
I hope this give me the credentials to review as I have never reviewed a movie publicly before.
With that said I disagree with the reviewer who posted before me. I watched this movie with low expectations as I based my expectations on its predecessors who have always fallen short of the mark. This one however I thought has a lot of merit. A lot of chutzpah as Shakespearians might say. It was overly flashy with the editing and the acting at times did stretch into the painful realm. but, I love it and the overall story that drove the movie. That is why I gave it a ten.
The acting is obviously meant to be a bit top heavy in style and the script is an interesting take on one of Lovecrafts most promising stories. Not an angle I would go with, but an interesting one at best. The inner cut between black and white and color works. I actually wanted to see more. I believe that the black and white world is the real world and the color world is the celestial other world (in this movie of the demon) as mentioned in the story. Well done!
The montage where Edward starts to understand what is going on is amazing. The music really added the punch of that moment and everything after that for me was just candy. I have seen a few comments of people turning this off half way through and that is a shame as I didn't think the movie really kicked in until half way through. But, isn't that what all Lovecraft stories are like? They never really begin until they are actually over.
The ending left a cliff hanger. Will there be another one? Personnaly I hope so as I really enjoyed this film.
I hope this give me the credentials to review as I have never reviewed a movie publicly before.
With that said I disagree with the reviewer who posted before me. I watched this movie with low expectations as I based my expectations on its predecessors who have always fallen short of the mark. This one however I thought has a lot of merit. A lot of chutzpah as Shakespearians might say. It was overly flashy with the editing and the acting at times did stretch into the painful realm. but, I love it and the overall story that drove the movie. That is why I gave it a ten.
The acting is obviously meant to be a bit top heavy in style and the script is an interesting take on one of Lovecrafts most promising stories. Not an angle I would go with, but an interesting one at best. The inner cut between black and white and color works. I actually wanted to see more. I believe that the black and white world is the real world and the color world is the celestial other world (in this movie of the demon) as mentioned in the story. Well done!
The montage where Edward starts to understand what is going on is amazing. The music really added the punch of that moment and everything after that for me was just candy. I have seen a few comments of people turning this off half way through and that is a shame as I didn't think the movie really kicked in until half way through. But, isn't that what all Lovecraft stories are like? They never really begin until they are actually over.
The ending left a cliff hanger. Will there be another one? Personnaly I hope so as I really enjoyed this film.