The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (2003)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Edward Martin III

Writers:

H.P. Lovecraft (short story)
Edward Martin III (screenplay)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Fantasy

Plot:

"Three times Randolph Carter dreamed of the marvelous city, and three times was he snatched away while...

Plot Keywords:

H.P. Lovecraft | Based On Novel

Cast

Toren Atkinson	...	Randolph Carter / Bragging Ghoul / Dylath-Leen Bar Mate #3 / Oriab Villager #3 (voice)
Raymond Beckett	...	Dylath-Leen Bar Mate #1 / Ghoul #4 / Inganok Tavern Goer #4 / Lava Gatherer #1 (voice)
Jason Brooks	...	Black Galley Cook / Hungry Ghoul / Inganok Navigator / Nasht / Oriab Lookout (voice)
Andrew Hamlin	...	Inganok Villager / Kaman-Thah / Quarry Man #2 / Scared Bar Mate #2 / Thran Sailor #3 / Vivisectionist Victim (voice)
Sheri Hinshaw	...	Grandson Kitty / Inganok Sailor #1 / Inganok Singer / Thran Cat (voice)
Marky Kelly	...	Inganok Sailor #2 / Old Zoog / Ruby Guilder #3 / Zoog Rabblerouser / Inganok Tavern Goer #1 / Curious Ghoul / Chief Ghoul (voice)
Lev Koszegi	...	Inganok Sailor #4 / King Kuranes / Ruby Guilder #2 / Third Ghoul / Warning Ghoul (voice)
Leopoldo Marino	...	Dylath-Leen Innkeeper / Inganok Captain (voice)
Edward Martin III	...	Oriab Innkeeper / Second Ghoul (voice)
Katrina Martin	...	Hostage-Minded Cat / Inganok Sailor #3 / Kind Farmer / Zoog #3 (voice)
Martin McClure	...	Wine Ghoul / Inganok Tavern Goer 2 (voice)
Enrika Newbury	...	Celephais Chief Cat / Inganok Tavern Goer 3 / Zoog 2 (voice)
Andrew Nicoll	...	Atal / Oriab Sailor / Ruby Ghoul #1 / Thran Sailor #1 (voice)
David Palmer	...	Dylath-Leen Bar Mate #5 / First Ghoul / Oriab Merchant (voice)
Michael Pearce	...	Richard Upton Pickman / Old Lava Gatherer / Ruby Guilder #1 / Thran Sailor #2 (voice)
Piph	...	Cat Leader (voice)
Rand	...	Celephais High Priest / Celephais Soldier / Dylath-Leen Bar Mate 2 / Oriab Villager 1 / Ruby Ghoul #2 (voice)
Silven Read	...	Zoog 1 (voice)
Tinessa Russell	...	Thran Sailor 4 (voice)
Eric Stenson	...	Narrator / Quarryman #1 / Dylath Leen barmate #4 / Scared Barmate #1 (voice)
Dwight Stone	...	Merchant (voice)
Jeffery Tubbs	...	Dylath-Leen Barbarian / Ghoul#5 / Quarry Man 4 / Thran Sentry (voice)
Kate Webb	...	Nyarlathotep (voice)
Marc Wells	...	Caravan Master / Oriab Captain / Oriab Villager 2 / Quarry Man 3 (voice)

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Portland, Oregon, USA

Company:

Guerrilla Productions

Quotes:

Merchant: One searches for gods, yet claims humility? The stories I could tell of presumption.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Other Gods (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

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Excellent adaptation.

This is not a perfect adaptation, but it's very close. It is obvious that this film did not have a budget of millions of dollars. However, that is not the main point. Like the HP Lovecraft Historical Society's black and white silent version of "The Call of Cthulhu", it is obvious that this film is also a labor of love. Both films follow the original story and do it well. If you are a true child of technology, you will probably not like this film. If you are more concerned with story, though, then you will love this. This film has more heart than any 50 multimillion dollar productions from Hollywood. A few things that make it less that 10/10 are the fact that the music occasionally is so loud that you can't hear the dialog, the animation is occasionally so poor that it pulls you out of the story, and a couple of the actors read their lines so woodenly that it pulls you out. For what this is, though, these are minor hassles. The music, even when it's too loud, is really quite good, too.