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Old 02-17-2011, 07:30 AM   #11
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Actually, I would play the movie From Beyond and Re-Animator. Then bust up at the disonance the game will provide. Strangely, I liked those film adaptations more than the source material. They were livelier.
I'd rather recommend the collection of short stories in the movie about Necronomicon (I think this is the movie's name too, but not sure). From Beyond is somewhat advanced.

Oh, Dagon was pretty good.

The game Dark Corners Of The Earth is very good for the feel, too.
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Old 02-17-2011, 08:48 AM   #12
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The Call of Cthulhu itself is pretty good; so is The Colour out of Space. I'm very fond of The Shadow out of Time and At the Mountains of Madness, but both are rather longer. If you can get hold of the silent film of The Call of Cthulhu (filmed within the past decade, I think, but in a classic 20s style), it's quite well made.

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Old 02-17-2011, 09:02 AM   #13
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The Dunwich Horror (with Dean Stockwell for bonus points!)
No no no no! Dean Stockwell trying to sacrifice _Sandra Dee_ to a Thing Man Was Not Meant To Know.
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Old 02-17-2011, 09:20 AM   #14
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Actually, I would play the movie From Beyond and Re-Animator. Then bust up at the disonance the game will provide. Strangely, I liked those film adaptations more than the source material. They were livelier.
"Dagon" by the same director is actually a very well done adaptation of Shadows over Innsmouth. Higher budget too.
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Old 02-17-2011, 04:41 PM   #15
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Del Torro's At the Mountains of Madness promises to be a faithful big-budget adaptation of the novel.
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:05 AM   #16
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Del Torro's At the Mountains of Madness promises to be a faithful big-budget adaptation of the novel.
Yes, I'm quite excited for this one.
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Old 02-18-2011, 04:24 PM   #17
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Del Torro's At the Mountains of Madness promises to be a faithful big-budget adaptation of the novel.
Yep, I am looking forward to it as well.
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Old 02-18-2011, 11:00 PM   #18
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Del Torro had a couple of Old Ones wandering about at the Goblin Market in Hellboy 2
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Old 02-19-2011, 01:01 AM   #19
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Wow. Missed that.
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Old 02-19-2011, 04:14 AM   #20
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Wow. Missed that.
There was so much going on it was easy to, I only saw that on the second disc.
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