The H.P. Lovecraft Collection Volume 1: Cool Air

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A Great Homage, 2007-08-26
I was very impressed with the quality of the short films here. All of the films are true works of art which pay respectful tribute to the master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft. Cool Air is a superior film worthy of any film festival. It is beautifully photographed and for the most part, quite well acted. It is well worth checking out if you are a Lovecraft fan.

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An excellent on-screen adaption of Lovecraft's tales, 2007-04-14
The main feature on the disc is "Cool Air", a tale I find to be very underrated. The intense feeling of high temperatures, little time, glimpses of the past and the overhanging feeling of doom is something that is very skilfully captured in this wonderful film. Dr. Munoz is absolutely brilliantly portrayed by his actor, and he really brings the tale to life, but I found the main protagonist to be a very good actor too, and I felt they were both perfect for their respective roles. br / br /The tale is very intense, and the only minor criticism I have of the film is that I honestly felt the director should have made more out of the panic flight all over town to find more ice to keep the doctor's room cold. Just one run and back again in the only "action-scene" in the movie is just not enough, when he could have kept us on the edge of our seats for a few minutes more. That being said, it is absolutely wonderfully true to its source, and I won't say much more about the tale itself, to avoid ruining the film for any prospective readers/viewers. br / br /The bonus material deserves mention in itself, I watched "Nyarlathotep" once, and felt very unsure of what I felt about it afterwards. But after a good night's sleep, I discovered that I had greatly enjoyed the short and very literal adaptation of HPL's tale. It has a very intense and eerie feeling written all over it, and I found it to very skilfully portray its period of time. Another tale is "The Hound", also wonderfully done! Even though it was written with tongue-in-cheek by HPL (something S.T. Joshi informs us of in the very interesting interview with him included on the disc), I found it to be the scariest object on the disc. br / br /The rest of the material included are minor, with an on-screen chapter of "Re-animator" included, but by all means interesting. I enjoyed this part too, and all in all I found this disc to be some of my best spent money ever. Buy it!

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Great feature. Not so great extras., 2005-09-19
I've been gorging myself of Lovecraft lately and decided to give a film version of his work a shot that wasn't "The Necronomicon". "Cool Air" is a wonderful film. The cinematography is wonderful, the actors do a good job in their roles and the story takes on a much more human and sad quality than the original short story it was based on. The making of feature was informative and entertaining in its own right. br /Unfortunitely I watched the other shorts on the disc. Maybe I should have watched them first, because after cool air they just look like what they are. Ameteur short films done using Adobe Premier with some very bad costumes and props. br /In the end though, I have to say I'm happy I bought it. The shorts are at least good for a little bit of a laugh.

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Excellent - cheesy filmmakers take note, 2005-08-17
This was an outstanding rendering of HPL's 'Cool Air'. While I dearly love Re-Animator, this sets the bar for film adaptations of the master's work. br / br /My favorite extra - Dukey Flyswatter in the 'making of' featurette. Hilarious.