Being a big fan of Lovecraft and knowing most screen versions are pretty bad, I decided to watch this when I had the chance, seeing some good reviews of it.. Knowing it was cut down to an hour (50mins or so) means a lot would be removed, but this was a joke.
Basically everything about Brown Jenkin and Keziah Mason is removed (he is just 'the rat' and she is just 'the witch'). All the Lovecraft Mythical world from the story is scrapped (No Elder things, No Nyarlathotep, no Azathoth), though a.. weird version of the Necronomicon appears which doesn't tally with any version from Lovecraft's stories).
Gillman seams to be studying string theory which isn't quite right as a modern version of his work (Non-Euclidean calculus and quantum physics) but just about okay.. He isn't student of Mathematics and folklore, This garret room with the weird dimensions become one corner of the room being a bit off. and it's not really a garret room at all. Elwood, his friend and fellow student is now a female love interest leading to a nude scene which doesn't have much place in Lovecraft and the child from a local area becomes Francine Elwood's son Danny. The Building horror of the coming of Walpurgis night is completely removed. Joesph Mazurewicz becomes an old guy that was also used by the witch and killed many children in the past, which completely changes the character.
Gilman is less harmed by his battle with the witch, and instead of having his heart eaten out by Brown Jenkins, is put in an asylum and Brown Jenkins eats through his insides, coming out of his right side of his body, removing the whole eating out his beating heart. Gilman seams to not gain knowledge from the witch, but just has odd dreams.
It appears, apart from a small part, all the idea of drawing lines and curves is removed.
like with a lot of modern horror, thrown in tons of unrealistic gore, making things like Brown Jenkins no longer biting threw the child's wrist but chew open it's neck.
I can probably go on dissecting every part of this.. 'Inspired by' story but I'm probably expecting too much from it. While I'm not a fan of taking stories set in the past and making them modern day, I've seen far better examples which done ruin the original story so much..
IF you are a Lovecraft Fan, just don't bother with this and just stick to the works of people like the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society which have done two good versions of this story in both there Dark Adventures Radio Theatre (Under the original title 'The Dreams in the witch House', and the fantastic 'Dreams in the Witch House' rock opera album.
If you are just a modern day horror fan, you will probably like this if you have only school boy knowledge of Lovecraft's work.
Basically everything about Brown Jenkin and Keziah Mason is removed (he is just 'the rat' and she is just 'the witch'). All the Lovecraft Mythical world from the story is scrapped (No Elder things, No Nyarlathotep, no Azathoth), though a.. weird version of the Necronomicon appears which doesn't tally with any version from Lovecraft's stories).
Gillman seams to be studying string theory which isn't quite right as a modern version of his work (Non-Euclidean calculus and quantum physics) but just about okay.. He isn't student of Mathematics and folklore, This garret room with the weird dimensions become one corner of the room being a bit off. and it's not really a garret room at all. Elwood, his friend and fellow student is now a female love interest leading to a nude scene which doesn't have much place in Lovecraft and the child from a local area becomes Francine Elwood's son Danny. The Building horror of the coming of Walpurgis night is completely removed. Joesph Mazurewicz becomes an old guy that was also used by the witch and killed many children in the past, which completely changes the character.
Gilman is less harmed by his battle with the witch, and instead of having his heart eaten out by Brown Jenkins, is put in an asylum and Brown Jenkins eats through his insides, coming out of his right side of his body, removing the whole eating out his beating heart. Gilman seams to not gain knowledge from the witch, but just has odd dreams.
It appears, apart from a small part, all the idea of drawing lines and curves is removed.
like with a lot of modern horror, thrown in tons of unrealistic gore, making things like Brown Jenkins no longer biting threw the child's wrist but chew open it's neck.
I can probably go on dissecting every part of this.. 'Inspired by' story but I'm probably expecting too much from it. While I'm not a fan of taking stories set in the past and making them modern day, I've seen far better examples which done ruin the original story so much..
IF you are a Lovecraft Fan, just don't bother with this and just stick to the works of people like the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society which have done two good versions of this story in both there Dark Adventures Radio Theatre (Under the original title 'The Dreams in the witch House', and the fantastic 'Dreams in the Witch House' rock opera album.
If you are just a modern day horror fan, you will probably like this if you have only school boy knowledge of Lovecraft's work.