Welcome to the latest installment in our regular Movies You May Have Missed series here on Nerdly, in which I highlight some of, what I think, are the best movies that have flown under the radar of many or have been “forgotten” in the intervening years since its release. This time round its the comedy horror The Last Lovecraft.
Stars: Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Matt Bauer, Honor Bliss, Sujata Day, Todd Duffey, Edward Flores, Marty Fortney, Charles Haigh, Barak Hardley, Max Huber, Bryce Hurless, Douglas Jantzen Jr., Harry Karp | Written by Devin McGinn | Directed by Henry Saine
Official Synopsis:
Jeff is just an ordinary guy stuck in a dead end office job. But when he discovers he is the last living relative of famous horror novelist, Hp Lovecraft, he is entrusted with finding an ancient relic and saving the human race. With the help of his best friends, the comic...
Stars: Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Matt Bauer, Honor Bliss, Sujata Day, Todd Duffey, Edward Flores, Marty Fortney, Charles Haigh, Barak Hardley, Max Huber, Bryce Hurless, Douglas Jantzen Jr., Harry Karp | Written by Devin McGinn | Directed by Henry Saine
Official Synopsis:
Jeff is just an ordinary guy stuck in a dead end office job. But when he discovers he is the last living relative of famous horror novelist, Hp Lovecraft, he is entrusted with finding an ancient relic and saving the human race. With the help of his best friends, the comic...
- 2/14/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Directed by: Henry Saine
Written by: Devin McGinn
Cast: Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Matt Bauer, Honor Bliss, Sujata Day, Todd Duffey
H. P. Lovecraft was no fan of the cinema.
In a 1933 letter to poet Richard Morse (quoted in the book Lurker in the Lobby: A Guide to the Cinema of H. P. Lovecraft), he wrote:
"I shall never permit anything bearing my signature to be banalised and vulgarised into the flat, infantile twaddle which passes for 'horror tales' amongst radio and cinema audiences."
One can only imagine the venom that would have flowed from Lovecraft's pen had he seen The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu. Writer/actor/producer Devin McGinn's heart was in the right place, but this attempt to merge Lovecraftian horror with Shaun of the Dead humor fails miserably.
The film opens with Cthulhu cultists finding one part of the key that will open the gates of R'lyeh.
Written by: Devin McGinn
Cast: Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Matt Bauer, Honor Bliss, Sujata Day, Todd Duffey
H. P. Lovecraft was no fan of the cinema.
In a 1933 letter to poet Richard Morse (quoted in the book Lurker in the Lobby: A Guide to the Cinema of H. P. Lovecraft), he wrote:
"I shall never permit anything bearing my signature to be banalised and vulgarised into the flat, infantile twaddle which passes for 'horror tales' amongst radio and cinema audiences."
One can only imagine the venom that would have flowed from Lovecraft's pen had he seen The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu. Writer/actor/producer Devin McGinn's heart was in the right place, but this attempt to merge Lovecraftian horror with Shaun of the Dead humor fails miserably.
The film opens with Cthulhu cultists finding one part of the key that will open the gates of R'lyeh.
- 4/27/2011
- by Chris McMillan
- Planet Fury
The Last Lovecraft
Stars: Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Matt Bauer, Honor Bliss, Sujata Day, Todd Duffey, Edward Flores, Marty Fortney, Charles Haigh, Barak Hardley, Max Huber, Bryce Hurless, Douglas Jantzen Jr., Harry Karp | Written by Devin McGinn | Directed by Henry Saine
Jeff is just an ordinary guy stuck in a dead end office job. But when he discovers he is the last living relative of famous horror novelist, Hp Lovecraft, he is entrusted with finding an ancient relic and saving the human race. With the help of his best friends, the comic book loving Charlie and Lovecraft super-nerd Paul, he embarks on the danger-filled adventure. What they don’t know is that Lovecraft’s monsters are very real and determined to resurrect a prehistoric monster that will destroy the world! Now, not only do they have to survive a hysterical collection of human characters including Paul’s foul-mouthed Gran, but...
Stars: Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Matt Bauer, Honor Bliss, Sujata Day, Todd Duffey, Edward Flores, Marty Fortney, Charles Haigh, Barak Hardley, Max Huber, Bryce Hurless, Douglas Jantzen Jr., Harry Karp | Written by Devin McGinn | Directed by Henry Saine
Jeff is just an ordinary guy stuck in a dead end office job. But when he discovers he is the last living relative of famous horror novelist, Hp Lovecraft, he is entrusted with finding an ancient relic and saving the human race. With the help of his best friends, the comic book loving Charlie and Lovecraft super-nerd Paul, he embarks on the danger-filled adventure. What they don’t know is that Lovecraft’s monsters are very real and determined to resurrect a prehistoric monster that will destroy the world! Now, not only do they have to survive a hysterical collection of human characters including Paul’s foul-mouthed Gran, but...
- 4/2/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu, a horror comedy directed by Henry Saine and starring Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Matt Bauer, Honor Bliss and Sujata Day, arrives to DVD on February 15, 2011.
A desk jockey becomes a slayer of aquatic demons in this blend of horror, fantasy and comedy from director Henry Saine. Jeff (Kyle Davis) is a regular guy with a dull job in an office complex who is certain there's nothing remarkable about himself. But Jeff learns he's wrong when he's approached by an eccentric old man and told he's surviving relative of the great horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. That might seem interesting in itself, but there's more -- Jeff is informed Lovecraft's tales of terror weren't entirely fictional, and the Cthulhu, the evil fish-like humanoids that figured in so many of his stories, are real and poised to emerge from the sea and take over the world. Jeff...
A desk jockey becomes a slayer of aquatic demons in this blend of horror, fantasy and comedy from director Henry Saine. Jeff (Kyle Davis) is a regular guy with a dull job in an office complex who is certain there's nothing remarkable about himself. But Jeff learns he's wrong when he's approached by an eccentric old man and told he's surviving relative of the great horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. That might seem interesting in itself, but there's more -- Jeff is informed Lovecraft's tales of terror weren't entirely fictional, and the Cthulhu, the evil fish-like humanoids that figured in so many of his stories, are real and poised to emerge from the sea and take over the world. Jeff...
- 1/7/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
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