At the Mountains of Madness - Guillermo Del Toro's Next Project! - Part 1

[dark_b]

2014. and some still think that R rating means boobs,blood,gore,cursing.

god help me.

 

[Donut]

Anything that involves

Spoiler

Cthulhu

needs that song from South Park

 

[GremlinZilla89]

2014. and some still think that R rating means boobs,blood,gore,cursing.

god help me.

Is that supposed to be a smack against my post? I can't tell.

 

[dark_b]

the last 3 pages.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

2014. and some still think that R rating means boobs,blood,gore,cursing.

god help me.

Having read the script, There is indeed a substantial amount of gore.

 

[GremlinZilla89]

That's the thing though, the story is not gory at all really, so the outrage I've been seeing around the internet is unfounded. It's not like the source material is drenched in grue.

This film can work as a PG-13 just fine.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Honestly, I think some fans are more concerned with Del Toro's vision rather than with what Lovecraft actually wrote.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

2014. and some still think that R rating means boobs,blood,gore,cursing.

god help me.

For someone who claims to be such an expert on the film industry, you sure don't seem to have much understanding of how things really work.

Violence, language, drug use and sexual content. Excessive use of these nets you an R rating. No movie ever got hit with an R because of "atmosphere"

But just for giggles, why don't you enlighten us, o MPAA expert?

 

[Victarion]

2014. and some still think that R rating means boobs,blood,gore,cursing.

god help me.

A more recent telling of the Dunwich Horror featured heavily implied tentacles sexing up buxom blonde babes. It was a scifi channel adaption, of course.

 

[Piper Maru]

If ATMOM doesn't get made, what other Lovecraft films would you like to see get the big-screen treatment?

 

[GremlinZilla89]

For someone who claims to be such an expert on the film industry, you sure don't seem to have much understanding of how things really work.

Violence, language, drug use and sexual content. Excessive use of these nets you an R rating. No movie ever got hit with an R because of "atmosphere"

But just for giggles, why don't you enlighten us, o MPAA expert?

To be fair "The Conjuring" received an R for pretty much being scary. I don't recall F-bombs and there was barely any blood. But that film is an exception, not a rule.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

If ATMOM doesn't get made, what other Lovecraft films would you like to see get the big-screen treatment?

The Colour Out of Space
The Rats in The Walls
The Randolf Carter stories

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

If ATMOM doesn't get made, what other Lovecraft films would you like to see get the big-screen treatment?

At the Hills of Hilariousness. Or maybe At the Sea of Say-Whaaaat? You So Cwazy!

 

[Piper Maru]

The Colour Out of Space
The Rats in The Walls
The Randolf Carter stories

In addition to those;

The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Dunwich Horror
The Call of Cthulhu
Anthology film consisting of: The Nameless City, The Shunned House, The Temple, Dagon

At the Hills of Hilariousness. Or maybe At the Sea of Say-Whaaaat? You So Cwazy!

lmao.

t:

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

In addition to those;

The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Dunwich Horror
The Call of Cthulhu
Anthology film consisting of: The Nameless City, The Shunned House, The Temple, Dagon



lmao.

t:

Innsmouth has been adapted twice: Stuart Gordon's "Dagon" and Dan Gildark's "Cthulhu"

Dan O' Bannon made an awesome adaptation of Charles Dexter Ward called "The Resurrected" Which is arguable the best Lovecraft adaptation to date.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Innsmouth and Dunwich have both been done a few times but never particularly well. A competent version of those would be really cool.

 

[Piper Maru]

Innsmouth and Dunwich have both been done a few times but never particularly well. A competent version of those would be really cool.

That's what I'm talking about. As for The Resurrected, it's a good effort.

 

[Figs]

Dan O' Bannon made an awesome adaptation of Charles Dexter Ward called "The Resurrected" Which is arguable the best Lovecraft adaptation to date.

I have to agree. Went in expecting it to be bad but really liked it.

 

[Evil Twin]

Although it would probably have to be a loose adaptation, I think there's a lot of potential in "Under the Pyramids". Egypt, secret temples deep under the pyramids, the undead, and Houdini.

 

[Piper Maru]

Although it would probably have to be a loose adaptation, I think there's a lot of potential in "Under the Pyramids". Egypt, secret temples deep under the pyramids, the undead, and Houdini.

This could work!

 

[Naked Shia]

you can be a hardcore lovecraft fan and still love cthulhu. He's visually really interesting.

That said, I agree he's not needed in ATMoM. I haven't read the script, but I guess they are planning to merge it with the call of cthulhu.

 

[redhawk23]

For someone who claims to be such an expert on the film industry, you sure don't seem to have much understanding of how things really work.

Violence, language, drug use and sexual content. Excessive use of these nets you an R rating. No movie ever got hit with an R because of "atmosphere"

But just for giggles, why don't you enlighten us, o MPAA expert?

It doesn't get termed as "atmosphere" specifically but movies have certainly gotten R for basically that, or "atmosphere" has pushed movies intended to be pg13 or even pg into getting nearly nonsensical R ratings, the del Toro produced "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" included. That movie was straight up intended for children but was slapped with an R rating mostly for atmosphere and intensity. "Pervasive Scariness" was their exact term, hilariously. What they ended up with was an R rated horror film they were forced to market to adults when it was never even really made to appeal to that kind of audience.

 

[redhawk23]

Re-Animator is the the best film to come out of Lovecraft's work. The serial was among Lovecraft's least favorite stories among his own work, and he really upped the schlock to be sure. That schlock provided an ample source for the ridiculousness that is the Re-Animator film.

From Beyond, from the same director is also quite entertaining and really nails the "Lovecraft" ending. Some of the best horror effects outside of The Thing as well, I don't understand the lack of notoriety around that movie. Its weird as hell and very fun.

 

[The Endless]

Not really an direct adaptation of Lovecraft's work but i really liked Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness.

And of course The Thing also has a lot of Lovecraft influences.

 

[Naked Shia]

both movies are great and indeed strongly evoke some Lovecraft's imagery.