I have a conspiracy theory that there's an active competition in the film industry among directors who can do the worst Lovecraft adaptation ever. How else could you explain all these terrible adaptations that make the same mistakes over and over and over again?! They don't even try to do a decent adaptation.
If the actual challenge was to make all the mistakes possible then Joe Lynch really did his homework, otherwise he failed miserably. And it all seems pretty intentional to me.
Wanna ruin a Lovecraft adaptation?
Shame on you Joe Lynch, shame on you!
If the actual challenge was to make all the mistakes possible then Joe Lynch really did his homework, otherwise he failed miserably. And it all seems pretty intentional to me.
Wanna ruin a Lovecraft adaptation?
- Move it to the present. (CHECK)
- Add lots and lots of sex. (CHECK)
- Remove the fear from the unknown (CHECK) and replace it with lame body horror elements (CHECK).
- Remove logic (CHECK), tension (CHECK) and the disturbing narrative process where the bad things already have happened and the protagonist is already dead or went insane (CHECK)
- Remove everything else that made Lovecraft great (CHECK) and keep some Cthulhu related props (CHECK) and famous names like Arkham and Miskatonic only (CHECK).
Shame on you Joe Lynch, shame on you!