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Call of Cthulu itself may not have been made yet, but there are still a number of other Lovecraftian works out there.
Re-Animator. Jeffrey Combs is fantastic. Not terribly Cthuloid, but so what. Most of you have probably already seen this, anyway.
From Beyond. Not very well regarded, especially in comparison to Re-Animator, but in some ways I like this film more. A bigger budget meant more madness.
Unnamable I and II. Again, budget constraints held this one back, but I liked their Randolf Carter. Not for purists.
H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon. An anthology of short films inspired by Lovecraft's work. I had friends ask me which stories these shorts were taken from, and it took me weeks to convince them that this wasn't an adaption. Bonus, Jeffrey Combs as Lovecraft himself.
There are dozens more, mainly hailing from the late 60s and early 70s. Cast a Deadly Spell and Witch Hunt supposedly have HPL as a character, but I have never seen them, and don't think I want to. Also, the filmakers who made Re-Animator and From Beyond are finally starting work on their Innsmouth movie. Here's hoping it's better than Castle Freak.
I highly recommend In The Mouth of Madness, John Carpenter's homage to Lovecraft. People either love or hate this movie, but I have at least a few friends who made the ridiculous statement that this wasn't actually a horror movie because it was, gasp, intelligent. Faceless cultists, creepy New England towns, tomes, barely perceived creatures from beyond our realm, and all brought into a modern day context with a bit of metafiction thrown in for good measure.
Honourable mention should go to Out of Mind:The stories of HP Lovecraft, if only because the actor playing Lovecraft looks exactly like the author. Poor guy.
And if you want real, authentic Cthulhu action from outside the works of Lovecraft himself, play the RPG. |
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and I still can't walk around SF's Chinatown without hoping to see Jack Burton drive down the street.