If you're looking for a faithful Lovecraft adaptation you will not find that here. In fact, you will not find that anywhere. Lovecraft stories defy cinematic adaptation without cracking in the process, the screen just can't catch that cerebral, ethereal quality that the imagination can. Either way, the filmmakers look to Lovecraft as inspiration and take many liberties with the story - this is a positive attribute because instead of a lackluster Lovecraft tale we get a fantastic Lovecraft inspired gore film.
This and Dead Alive are probably the most mainstream of the famous gore films and that isn't a shot at its quality just the odd crossover appeal it happens to possess. I have shown females raised on The OC and Green Day and they have enjoyed the film. I don't understand what the appeal is to a wide group of people but it is there. That said this is a great introduction to gore films.
The gore here is so over-the-top and cartoon-like that it doesn't tend to gross out like many of the more hardcore, meaner spirited gore films tend do. Despite the buckets of blood and gore this is a FUN movie to watch.
If you're looking for a good movie to watch with some beers and some friends you can't go wrong with Re-Animator.
This and Dead Alive are probably the most mainstream of the famous gore films and that isn't a shot at its quality just the odd crossover appeal it happens to possess. I have shown females raised on The OC and Green Day and they have enjoyed the film. I don't understand what the appeal is to a wide group of people but it is there. That said this is a great introduction to gore films.
The gore here is so over-the-top and cartoon-like that it doesn't tend to gross out like many of the more hardcore, meaner spirited gore films tend do. Despite the buckets of blood and gore this is a FUN movie to watch.
If you're looking for a good movie to watch with some beers and some friends you can't go wrong with Re-Animator.