The Dunwich Horror

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Duncan R @Duncanpuncan 3d First: embrace the existential fear of what exists just beyond the thin veneer of time and space (you might need to suspend disbelief at this point). Next: really groove on this film. See more Owen N. @NicaraguaR 5d Right away there’s a guy just casually carrying the necronomicon and hands it to a woman saying “If you’ll please walk this back to the library”. Then she’s in the library and with no thought of the consequences gives the most evil book of all time to a weirdo stranger from Quantum Leap bc he simply asked “can I see it”. “Sure, why don’t you take it into this private room” And the dude starts immediately casting spells and I almost fell off the couch. Oh and it doesn’t get any better. At all. See more Blu B Apr 23 Music is alright I guess. Kind of overused but it's probably the best thing here. Everything else is subpar. Or rather maybe decent by Corman Standards. Wilbur is so campy and wooden. Lots of the acting is just alright hnestly. It's crazy seeing Stockwell, & Shire here in very early roles. It's crazy how many future stars came through the doors of Cormans Productions. So this is basically like a Rosemary's Baby inspired type of flick but isn't nowhere near as good. The kills get pyschdelic out of nowhere (It's looks so 1969) and are so dated and out of place. Than there's weird brief second flash back cuts that are weird too. Besides Wilbur who is just weird, everyone else doesn't get hardly any backstory, is generic, or makes dumb choices. Christ the girls from Halloween get more backstory than these characters do. The fact Nancy just trusts Wilbur after seeing how weird he acts and wanting a freakin book of the dead and than going home with him is just so bizarre and classic making dumb choices in a horror movie. It's so hard to care about someone when they are so dumb right off the bat or so campy and not well acted. Than it just starts getting a bit jumpy on top of missing the character development. Her friends uncovering the mystery of what happened to Wilbur's Mom going insane, Wilbur doing a weird ritual, the creature attacking which we never actually see besides psychedlic POV shots. It's not hard to follow, it just feels very scattershot, campy, rushed in it's setup, and just not very well executed in general. Unless your a big fan of Corman & want to see some famous actors in early roles, most should skip this. It's not even scary really either. See more Justin T 10/02/2024 Whilst this is flawed it is still worth watching even fifty years later. It is a slow brooding Lovecraft mystery. It feels very seventies in style and tone. The fight scene is absolutely terrible, the lack of music, the bad fight cinematography and bad fight choreography really destroy this scene and make it unwatchable. Other than that the film has no real major issues but some might argue it is a little dated. It is a pretty abstract interpretation of Lovecraft which is probably the most correct and it also feels accurate to the original lore. See more Ranjit S 06/02/2024 When a strange man shows up to Miskatonic University asking to study the Necronomicon, or "Book of the Dead", a strange and terrible sequence of events is unfurled. A must-watch for fans of Lovecraft and/or of 1970s horror movies. Dean Stockwell offers an appropriately enigmatic portrayal of the main character, Wilbur Whateley. The psychedelic opening credit sequence is noteworthy. This movie moves slowly but builds to a horrific climax. Overall, I view this movie as a classic of 1970s horror. See more Steve D 07/31/2023 Some decent ideas but it doesn't come together. See more Read all reviews

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