The Call of Cthulhu (2005) on Netflix
A dying professor leaves his great-nephew, Francis Wayland Thurston, a set of documents about the Cthulhu Cult. Thurston sets out to understand why the cult held his great-uncle's attention.
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Trailer
Plot summary
Francis Wayland Thurston receives a collection of documents from his dying great-uncle, all of them concerning the Cthulhu Cult. The papers show how deeply the subject had fascinated his great-uncle, and Thurston begins to read through them to understand the hold it had on him. What he finds draws him further into the same inquiry, until the cult that fascinated his great-uncle becomes his own pursuit.
Cast
- John Bolenas The Listener
- Chad Fiferas Henry Wilcox
- Susan Zuckeras Landlady
- Kalafatic Pooleas Bartender
- Jason Owensas Professor Quintana
- D. Grigsby Polandas Professor Tutchton
- David Mersaultas Inspector Legrasse
- Dan Novyas Esquimaux Shaman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Cthulhu was played by a puppet whose skeleton had almost one hundred points of articulation, not counting its wire tentacles; its head, hands and wings were latex and its eyes were two battery powered light bulbs.
- The Call of Cthulhu was the first film adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's famous story, and it used Mythoscope, a blend of vintage and modern filming techniques meant to look like a 1920s-era film.
- The swamp seen in the film was a miniature set built at a 1/24th scale, and it took six weeks to build.
- For the first fourteen months of shooting, producer Sean Branney kept an online journal of the production, noting how miserably hot the summer shoot was and how the camera was put in the ocean for action shots.
