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Post by I AM the Way on Nov 4, 2012 13:23:59 GMT -6
An interesting analysis of 1963 film, The Haunted Palace.lovecraftzine.com/2012/10/24/lovecraft-by-any-other-name-why-the-haunted-palace-is-great/#comment-11115The following is my comment... just in case it gets deleted.
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Do the Great Old Ones not think to open the door... or are they unable to unless aided by their terrestrial servants?
I'm all for the idea that Lovecraft's mythos considers Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, and so forth as being above human concerns; however, there's something deeply primal buried within this cosmology, making humanity relevant. Let's face it, the Old Ones probably need us just as much as we need them. Not all of us, of course, but sensitive artists, degenerate cultists, and malevolent madmen.
I, too, adore The Haunted Palace. This is the interpretation of a few men (Roger Corman, Charles Beaumont, and Vincent Price) who created their own kind of masterpiece. Not necessarily a direct adaptation of "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", but certainly within the Lovecraft tradition.
By His loathsome tentacles,
Venger As'Nas Satanis Ipsissimus Cult of Cthulhu
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Post by sin on Nov 4, 2012 19:56:54 GMT -6
Poetic. You have such a way with words, truly.
I'll have to check this out, I haven't seen this. I love Vincent Price!
CS
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