Do you miss 70's and 80's grindhouse-style horror flicks with some 80's and 90's nihilism, mixed with real creature design and nearly no CGI? Do you miss when boobs, sex, and blood were in your cheesy horror movies? Do you miss when movies werent afraid to lean into camp?
Boy howdy do I got the movie for you!!!
I ran across this one on A-Z prime because it was on my recommended watch-list. I didnt check reviews or anything else, as the title was what drew me in.
I'm glad I went in blind!
I wont give a synopsis, but the movie is exactly what it shows itself to be. A call girl is possibly the catalyst for what brings Cthulhu back into our world.
This flick could have been trimmed down a little, but even with its excess, it feels like it revels in it rather than just rushing from plot point to plot point.
That is not to say this movie is dull or boring, as it pretty steadily keeps a solid pace for its running time.
There IS a lot of what is NOT in current horror movies: Blood, swears, boobs, sex, violence, animatronics and practical effects, amongst others, are littered throughout this movie in a fantastic way. You can really feel the vision they were going for and they executed it quite well.
The actors were not amazing, but they were proficient for this B-style movie. They play their parts well, and a few of them shine. It all mostly works for this script/film. They werent hamming it up, but you could tell all of the actors gave it their all with lots of gusto and enthusiasm.
The sound seemed to be taken from the raw audio many times without someone doing sound effects, which is both a blessing and a curse since some sounds do not match the tone they are going for.
The locations, for the most part, felt real and natural. The apartment of the main character feels very lived in and real for the two inhabitants.
Dont expect mind-blowing CGI or special effects as this is basically a well-done B movie. The practical effects were serviceable, but again, do not expect a $50 million dollar movie here. For instance, the masks of the Cthulhu cultists are just pieces of cloth cut into strips halfway, BUT IT WORKS!!! The cultists masks were mostly creepy.
If you've gotten this far and are still curious, give this flick a go!!! Check it out and you should be pleasantly surprised!
This was a fun little 'horror' movie with few scares but lots of "ick", as any story about Cthulhu should be.
This movie was more enjoyable and fun than most movies I've seen in the 6 years since this was released.
I'd give it a 6.5 rounded up to a 7 as I felt this movie deserved the bump-up, with points deducted for some of the unnecessary length and side plots that only exist for the sake of gore.
The ending was very 'Stephen King"ish but overall left me wishing for something a little more.
As a side note: They do a lot of match-cuts, which at first is refreshing because a lot of movies do not even bother with this anymore and jump from scene to scene, but it becomes a smidge excessive towards the end.
