If you want to see a scary and suspenseful Lovecraft adaptation watch "The Dreams in The Witch House" which was an episode of "The Masters of Horror" television series. To film this story in San Francisco is to rob it of any chance of atmosphere. Lovecraft's most important works always were set in New England with a few notable exceptions such as "The Horror At Red Hook". The plot borrows loosely from Lovecraft's "The Haunter of the Dark" by mentioning the tetrahedron stone and the Starry Wisdom Sect. The acting is elementary school level because I have seen far better acting at high school productions. This film falls into the latter category. Those that have been made thus far are either pure camp or pure crap. It is sad that given the state of the art effects available today that no major studio can make a quality adaptation of any of Lovecraft's major works. I have read everything ever written by Lovecraft including fragments and collaborations with other authors.
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