LovecraCked! The Movie (2006)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Directors:

Elias
Tomas Almgren

Writers:

Elias (story)
H.P. Lovecraft (story) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The truth is out there... we're just not entirely sure where.

Plot:

With tongue planted firmly in cheek, our story follows the exploits of a bumbling investigative journalist...

Plot Keywords:

Exclamation Point In Title | Black Comedy | Reanimation | Splatter | Sex

Cast

Elias	...	Journalist
Chad Bernhard	...	70's Journalist
Rich Casella	...	Cameraman
Anna Ganster	...	Alien Mom
Nick Basile	...	H.P. Lovecraft
Ryan L. Johnston	...	Stockbroker (as Ryan Johnston)
Brian A. Bernhard	...	Sci-Fi Nerd / Howard's Voice (segment "And This Was On A Good Day")
Mary Holloway	...	Suburban Mom
Suzy Hotrod	...	Rump-shaking Troma Babe
Vicky Voltage	...	Busty Troma Babe
Lloyd Kaufman	...	Himself
Nick Rezabek	...	Lance (as Nicholas Rezabek)
Richard Wein	...	Herr Schlieffenzingenmeckleheimer
Barbara Hubach	...	Boat Rower
Martina Ganster	...	The Vagrant

Runtime:

87 min | 92 min (extended cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Germany

Company:

BiFF JUGGERNAUT Productions

Trivia:

The makeshift dummy (fondly nick-named "Gary Oldman" for his unwavering commitment to his role) was constructed primarily out of a department store bouncy ball, a basket ball, a couple of water noodles, some juggling balls (for joints) and a lot of duct tape. While the dummy was being thrown over the lookout railing of the Walhalla temple in Germany, a group of Austrian tourists were watching off camera and shouting encouragement as attempt after attempt was made to hurl poor Gary over the edge without "hurler" Elias' arms being caught on camera. Ultimately his arms could still be seen in the footage, so they were removed digitally in post. Gary the Dummy eventually immigrated to the United States in a cardboard box and now resides safely in Elias' closet.

Quotes:

Journalist: Lovecraft was born in Providence Road Island on August 20th, 1890. This... is not his home.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Re-Animator (1985)

They should have hired an experienced CGI artist

Presented as an anthology of stories loosely tied together through vignettes featuring an investigative reporter researching the life and writings of fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft, LOVECRACKED! THE MOVIEis sometimes amusing, but often is too hard to follow or falls flat. There are no truly brilliant, wacky, or worthwhile pieces throughout the movie, none to speak of, at any rate.

I'd tried to watch the movie several before I finally got through it on the thirteenth attempt. Earlier, I figured the problem was me. I was distracted, too tired from work to concentrate, or really in the mood for something that was easy to get into. But I had the same problems the fourteenth time through. The movie is so disjointed in places that it's almost like channel-surfing captured on DVD, although the stories all have to do with some aspect of Lovecraft, his work, or his Cthulhu Mythos so as not to be completely disjointed.

But there were several stories within the movie that just never connected, not with the rest of the movie and not with the audience. I often found myself scratching my head and wondering what it was I had just seen. Or why I was supposed to care.

A lot of people really liked Shaun of the Dead. I didn't. I felt that movie had some highlights that were worth watching, but that it missed the boat on delivering a solid film experience. So maybe it's just me. Maybe the audience that enjoyed that film will enjoy LovecraCked! The Movie. It's watchable but just so very uneven that I believe it will depend on the individual as to whether or not it's enjoyable. But it's not worth looking at to find out for yourself.