Clocking in at just under an hour, Stuart Gordon's adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams In The Witch House is one of Gordon'e better films though not his best adaptation of the author. That particular honour goes to Re-Animator which will probably be the best Lovecraft film ever. Certainly, Gordon and coscripter Dennis Paoli have figured out over the years what makes a Lovecraft film work and what doesn't. Dreams does manage to make for some enthralling viewing. There's some updates to the storyline from the original short for sure, but they always figure out how to do these things and still make the film close to what Lovecraft wrote. Ezra Godden returns to the Gordon camp after his stint in Dagon and appears to be setting himself up to be the next Jeffrey Combs who would probably have played this role had it been made back in the mid eighties when Combs was Godden's age. All in all a good adaptation.
Review of Dreams in the Witch-House
