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Cthulhu Directed by Damian Heffernan Produced by Kevin Dunn, Damian Heffernan Starring Paul Douglas
Melissa Georgiou
Malcolm MillerMusic by Jason Sims Cinematography Carl Looper Running time 75 min Country Australia Language English Cthulhu is an Australian low budget horror film made in 1996-1997 and released in 2000, by producer-director Damian Heffernan. It was mostly based on the two Lovecraft stories: "The Thing on the Doorstep" and The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Filmed on location in Canberra during the winter of 1996 with additional scenes shot in early 1997, the film was finished digitally in 1998. Most of the filming was completed in the first two week shoot. A large number of the interior locations were shot in the (now demolished) Royal Canberra Hospital which was de-commissioned in 1991 and remained vacant for many years before the building was imploded in July 1997.
Produced on a very low budget the movie was actually shot on 16mm film and transferred to Digital Betacam for finishing. The film also features an entirely original soundtrack by Australian musician Jason Sims.
A rough cut, dual head print was screened for Miramax in the Australian Film, Television and Radio School's theatre in the hopes of obtaining finishing funds but was not ultimately purchased. The Producers abandoned hope of a theatrical release and raised additional funds to finish on video for a DVD release.
After a festival preview screening at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival the filmmakers signed with the sales agent Max Stuart and Associates for worldwide representation. The film was purchased by Channel 9 for screening in Australia as part of their Australian content quota obligations. The film was also purchased by Trend Films in Italy for screening via their Satellite Television network.
The film was most recently screened at the HP Lovecraft film festival in October 2007 in Portland, Oregon.
A tenth anniversary DVD was scheduled to be released in 2009 which will feature a commentary by members of the cast and crew as well as stills and DVD-ROM content.
Cast
- Paul Douglas - Inspector LeGrasse
- Melissa Georgiou - Asenath Waite
- Malcolm Miller - Professor Armitage
- James Payne - Edward Derby
- Adam Somes - Dan Upton
External links
- Australian Film Commission profile
- 12 July News News of the DVD release
- Independent Cthulhu movie official fan site
- Cthulhu at the Internet Movie Database
- HP Lovecraft film festival
H. P. Lovecraft Works List of works · Dream CycleLocations Characters Cthulhu Mythos deities Great Old Ones Outer Gods Elder Gods Cthulhu Mythos species List of species · Byakhee · Deep Ones · Elder Things · Gnophkeh · Hounds of Tindalos · Shoggoth · Great Race of Yith · Mi-goBooks about H. P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft: A Life · An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia · Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Nightside · Lovecraft: a Biography · Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos · Lurker in the Lobby: The Guide to the Cinema of H. P. LovecraftLegacy and influence Film adaptations The Haunted Palace (1963) · Die, Monster, Die! (1965) · The Dunwich Horror (1970) · Re-Animator (1985) · From Beyond (1986) · The Curse (1987) · The Unnamable (1988) · Cast A Deadly Spell (1991) · The Resurrected (1992) · The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) · In the Mouth of Madness (1994) · Necronomicon (1994) · Witch Hunt (1994) · Bleeders (1997) · Cthulhu (2000) · Dagon (2001) · Beyond Re-Animator (2003) · The Call of Cthulhu (2005) · H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House (2005) · Cthulhu (2007) · 'The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)Other adaptations Call of Cthulhu RPG (1981) · Arkham Horror (1987) · Shadow of the Comet (1993) · Prisoner of Ice (1995) · Anchorhead (1998) · Unspeakable Vault (of Doom) (2003–present) · Call of Cthulhu Living Card Game (2004) · Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005) · Call of Cthulhu: Destiny's End (unreleased) · Trail of Cthulhu (2008)Associated people Ambrose Bierce · Algernon Blackwood · Clive Barker · Robert Bloch · Ramsey Campbell · Lin Carter · Robert W. Chambers · August Derleth · Lord Dunsany · C. M. Eddy, Jr. · Robert E. Howard · S. T. Joshi · Stephen King · Brian Lumley · A. Merritt · Sandy Petersen · Edgar Allan Poe · Robert M. Price · Clark Ashton SmithRelated articles Cinema of Australia 
Categories:- 1996 films
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- Australian films
- English-language films
- 1990s horror films
- Australian horror films
- Cthulhu Mythos films
- Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft
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