The H.P. Lovecraft Collection Volume 4: Pickman's Model

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Another clip from Volume 4 of this Stellar Collection!, 2008-05-07
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Another excellent collection from Lurker Films, 2007-06-01
There is something truly amazing about the motivating power of dissatisfaction. After decades of watching Hollywood fail at adapting Lovecraft, fans started taking matters into their own hands. And not just American fans, which is what makes this collection from Lurker Films such a treat. Of the three adaptations of Pickman's Model included, the foreign versions are the most delightful. A tale of ghoulish deeds such as this need not be tied down to a single locale or time period, so seeing it in modern day Chile or Italy is just as effective as Lovecraft's original New England setting. br /This is a wonderful collection of adaptations and another excellent DVD from Lurker Films. Bravo!

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A somewhat disappointing HPL adaption, 2007-05-05
This DVD by Lurker Films was something I quite looked forward to, but I was somewhat disappointed. I honestly felt one of the minor items included on the film were far better than the main feature, or some of the silly bonus material. The main feature was a Chilean version of Lovecraft's tale "Pickman's Model", a minor tale in my opinion, and not that much something to write home about. It's not a bad tale, it's just that it's "shock-value" has lost much of its effect upon the mind fed with horror films since childhood. That being said, it's a decent tale by HPL. The main feature "Chilean Gothic" just didn't really feel right to me. It might be the (sorry if you're all "shocked" now, but ask how yourself how Lovecraft would have felt) fact that all the actors in the adaptation are people of a not-so-European ethnicity, and this supposedly being a New England tale, not some tale about a lot of mestizos in South America. I don't know what to say apart from this about the main feature, it is mostly true to the tale, don't get me wrong, it's not "bad"; it is just not "great" either. It's an okay version; I'll leave it at that. br / br /The bonus material is mostly interviews with two horror authors I haven't read, so I have nothing to say about that. There is also a 3D-film version of the minor HPL tale "In the Vault", which was okay, but nothing special. It feels like a 1995 computer game, but oh well. There was also a strange film called "Between the Stars", which was kind of nice, but also admittedly (by the director) quite without meaning. br / br /Then there's the best adaptation of the tale "Pickman's Model" included on the DVD, in my humble opinion. This being the Italian version of it, and not the horribly silly Texas version of it also included that is best left uncommented. The actor playing Pickman in the Italian version was so excellent that I wish the adaptation could have been longer. They had changed the story a little, but mostly just given it a more violent touch, which was all okay to me, Lovecraft being a bit too subtle at times. I loved this version of "Pickman's Model", and it was well worth the price of the DVD in itself. br / br /All in all, get it if you're into HPL, but I fear this will only interest the already converted.