Sigokat Wrote:
I do not consider them worthy of the Lovecraft moniker. I did enjoy In the Mouth of Madness and I watch it quite often and I see it more as an ode to Lovecraft than an interpretation (even loosely) of his work (the monsters of course are what everyone says is Lovecraftian and a few similiarities to Pickman's Model and some other stories).
Its been a very long time since I've seen Re-animator and Dagon, but I remember them being more gore-fests than Lovecraftish. And Necronomicon...I had to turn it off...couldn't stand it.
But I admit that Lovecraft has got to be extremely difficult to translate to film...even CoC wasn't as "true" as any Lovecraft fan would hope.
As much as I would love to see ATMOM be made, another part of me hopes it never is because the terror and fear of ATMOM just cannot be translated.
But that is all my opinion. It others like the other movies thats fine (I can agree to disagree and RESPECT other people's opinions.)
I agree about In the Mouth of Madness, I think I even read somewhere that it was Carpenters intention to do it more as an homage. As for Re-Animator, yes its a gore fest, Stuart Gordon's movies usually are, even so it has a certain charm. Dagon I thought set the atmosphere rather well, which to me was always one of the more important aspects to Lovecraft's stuff.
Necronomicon is definite cheese, I guess I just have a liking for stuff like that. Though the last segment, which was really why I recommended it, was the best.
As for ATMOM, I hesitate to think what Del Toro would make that look like, assuming its his version you are referring to. While he certainly has a flair for the odd, its too whimsical for my tastes. Thats also the reason why I wasn't too thrilled when I heard he was supposed to do the Hobbitt.