It’s day 5 of Horror/Supernatural movie month and day 3 of H.P. Lovecraft week. The first movie was picked by Tony, as seen in the picture below. While knocking over all the other selections this is the one he settled on, I’m not sure why. I think maybe the thought of all the lovely fish hybrids at a bizarre seaside location influenced his choice.
Next is the second volume of The H.P. Lovecraft Collection “Dreams of Cthulhu – The Rough Magik Initiative.” This disc contains Stephen Parson’s “Rough Magik Initiative,” obviously. This is a pilot for a TV series which in my opinion would have been fan-freaking-tastic! It would have to be reshot and create a firm solid bible for the piece, but had a great solid premise. This is one of the areas where English TV production is far superior. Take for example the show “Life On Mars,” first made in the UK and later in the US. Both were great shows and geared toward their respective audiences, but the UK version was not restrained by the obsessive need for syndication and could do two solid seasons and end it on top.
The disc also contains Bob Fugger’s “The Terrible Old Man,” and a trailer of “From Beyond,” both fine shorts staying pretty true to the source material. I think someone should give this production team a real budget to work with.
Lastly two little gems for anyone who has played Delta Green, Christian Matzke’s “Experiment 17,” and “Experiment 18,” are about desperate Nazi occultists. Always fun to watch Nazis go down.
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