As a Bostonian, former art student and Lovecraft fan, the discovery of a film adaptation of "Pickman's Model" (Lovecraft's short story about a painter whose horrifying subjects may not be a product of a brilliant imagination) was an unexpected treat. It's wonderful that digital video production has put the means of filmmaking in the hands of fans ( Read more... )

It is often said (by those who are looking for an excuse to incorporate horror movies as part of their liberal arts education) that horror movies reflect the anxieties of the time in which they are made.  That's why The Mist so accurately captures our modern fears:  weird weather, non-functioning cell phones, fundamentalist Christians, secret ( Read more... )

Filmmakers have had a hard time adapting the supernatural horror of H.P. Lovecraft to the screen.  On the page the stories are wordy, evoking dread through accumulated verbiage, with Cyclopean vistas and eldritch tomes and all manner of unspeakable dread.  Trying to convey these feelings in a visual medium falls short, and having characters speak ( Read more... )