It is one of a handful of new films made by fans of the late great authors work, who not only see the prospect in the mines, but are able to understand the rock they are hidden within".
Daniel Siwek from DVD Talk gave the film 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "very eerie and enjoyable", and A true testament to what can be accomplished with a lot of work and passion, but with limited funds." DW Bostaph Jr from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 4/5, writing, "Ambitious in its own right, The Call of Cthulhu is indeed a step forward for the world of H. Paul di Filippo of Science Fiction Weekly called it "the best HPL adaptation to date", labeling the decision to adapt it as a silent film "a brilliant conceit".
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ĭennis Schwartz from Ozus' World Movie Reviews rated the film a grade B, writing, " haunting labor of love tribute", praising the film's style, and score.
It holds 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 7.1/10 based on 6 reviews. Reception ĭespite the long-standing conventional wisdom that the story was inherently "unfilmable", The Call of Cthulhu garnered mostly positive reception from critics. The Call of Cthulhu was selected to appear at numerous film festivals, including the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival and North America's largest, the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival, where it sold out both screenings thanks in part to a glowing review from The Stranger, a local paper. In the end, he passes the torch to his psychiatrist, who in turn hears Cthulhu's call. As he pieces together the dreadful and disturbing reality of the situation, his own sanity begins to crumble. The nephew notes that Inspector Legrasse, who had directed the raid on cultists in backwoods Louisiana, died before the nephew's investigation began. Sailors aboard the Emma encounter the Alert abandoned at sea. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of his grandfather's inquiries, and soon he takes on investigating the Cthulhu cult as a crusade of his own. The nephew (Matt Foyer) begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. The film begins with a dying professor who leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult.
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