The
cultists are at it again when they dig up one half of a relic that will set the
elder god Cthulhu free from his underwater prison to wage war on the human
race. Lucky for us the other half of the relic is being kept safe by the
council who send one of their own to give it to the last living relative of
H.P. Lovecraft so that he can protect it. Though I’m not sure they would have
done that if they had known that Jeff was such a slacker. But when monsters and
cult members show up at his house to murder him and take the relic back he is
forced to try and stop them with the help of his friends.
For the
most part I really liked The Last Lovecraft. The story is entertaining and has
a lot of in jokes for H.P. Lovecraft fans as well as some humor that will appeal
to non-fans as well. While you get the typical pick on the nerdy guy sort of
jokes they are well done and witty. They do some fun stuff with the cultists
that is both amusing and in one case genuinely creepy. I don’t want to spoil
the story by giving away too much, but the topic of fish rape does get
discussed in some detail.
When not
being funny the movie is still entertaining. I enjoyed the characters and never
felt like the movie was dragging at any point, which is a credit to how well
paced the movie is. It also doesn’t hurt that the runtime is a tight
seventy-eight minutes. Far too many horror comedies end up being a series of
gags with painfully slow setups in between them. That isn’t the case here which
is a huge plus.
I was also
very impressed with the creatures in this movie. You get some deep ones,
Cthulu’s general, and a fish man that while only seen briefly is really
memorable. All of them are latex and practical, but we do get some CGI tentacles
(it is a Lovecraft movie after all!) that are pulled off pretty well on the
budget. All in all, the creature design was more then I had expected from an
independent movie. Hell, we even get some gut munching and other bloody mayhem,
which is always a good thing from my perspective. Again, I feel it is important
to stress that this is a low budget flick so don’t expect too much and you won’t
be disappointed.
The only
thing that I could even say negatively about the movie is that some of the
acting is a bit rough. This hurts some of the scenes and comedic bits as the
delivery of the lines is noticeably off. But this is a minor complaint that I
don’t think it takes away from the enjoyment of the movie that much at all. With
that in mind I do recommend that fans in the mood for some silly fun check out
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu.
© Copyright 2018 John Shatzer
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