The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009)

Director:

Henry Saine

Writers:

Tom Konkle (script consultant)
Devin McGinn (written by)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Horror

Plot:

Jeff is an ordinary guy that is stuck at a dead end job with a boring life, but when a strange old man...

Plot Keywords:

Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft | Ancient Astronaut | Name In Title

Cast

Kyle Davis	...	Jeff
Devin McGinn	...	Charlie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Bauer	...	Deep One
Honor Bliss	...	Miss Roming
Sujata Day	...	Stacy Rahman
Todd Duffey	...	Cult member #1
Edward Flores	...	Sheldon
Marty Fortney	...	Mike
Justin Giddings	...	Comedic Cult Member #1
Charles Haigh	...	Head Man
Barak Hardley	...	Paul
Max Huber	...	Bum
Bryce Hurless	...	Comic book kid
Douglas Jantzen Jr.	...	Cult Leader
Harry Karp	...	Jimbo
Jessica Kinney	...	Susie
Gregg Lawrence	...	Captain Olaf
Edmund Lupinski	...	Professor Lake
Leah McKendrick	...	Chelsea
Richard Riehle	...	Mr. Snodgrass
Oren Skoog	...	Henry
Martin Starr	...	Clarence
Alexi Wasser	...	Nicole
Ethan Wilde	...	Starspawn

Directed by
Henry Saine

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tom Konkle		script consultant
Devin McGinn		written by

Produced by
Oliver Garrett	....	producer
Devin McGinn	....	producer
Mike McGinn	....	executive producer
Ashleigh Nichols	....	producer

Original Music by
Michael Tavera

Cinematography by
Cameron Cannon

Film Editing by
Devin McGinn
Henry Saine

Makeup Department
Anthony P. Dalbis	....	prosthetic makeup effects artist
Kimberly Graczyk	....	assistant special makeup effects artist
Kimberly Graczyk	....	key makeup artist
Kris Kobzina	....	creature effects makeup artist

Sound Department
Tom Boykin	....	second sound recordist
Kirtan Carignan	....	foley mixer
Bridget Farrington	....	foley artist
Nickolas Meade	....	sound editor
Walter New	....	sound re-recording mixer
Walter New	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Anthony P. Dalbis	....	special effects makeup
Kimberly Graczyk	....	creature creations
Kris Kobzina	....	creature creations

Stunts
Randall Archer	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
David Conley	....	director of photography: second unit

Music Department
Scott Cochran	....	scoring mixer

Other crew
Brandon Blake	....	legal services: Blake & Wang P.A.
Dawn DeBenedetto Maurer	....	studio teacher

Production Companies

• Outlaw FIlms

Distributors

• Cinemavault (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• Dark Sky Films (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment (2011) (UK) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (DVD)
• Schröder Media (2012) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Blake & Wang P.A.  legal services
• EMS Payroll  payroll services
• Filmmaker's Resource, The  production services
• Wooden Nickel Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• XYZ Films  agent

Also Known As:

"Devin McGinn's The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu" - USA (complete title)
"Jyashin Busters" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Canada:18A (Ontario) | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Australia:MA15+ | Germany:16

Company:

Outlaw FIlms

Trivia:

The guts that fall to the floor in the boat are actually pig guts the crew purchased from the local Mexican market.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the beginning of the movie, two characters are drinking beer on a boat, when one of them pours some out of his bottle. The "beer" is clearly water.

Quotes:

Paul:Oh, would you look at this? Looks like there's no peanut butter. Boy, sure would be great if I could make a sandwich, if my own grandmother wasn't such a PEANUT BUTTER WHORE!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bad Movie Beatdown: Scissors (#4.11)" (2012)

A big wasted opportunity.

When the Cult of the Cthulu uncover the first of 2 pieces of a relic needed to unlock the Cthulu's prison, it's up to the last remaining bloodline of H.P. Lovecraft to protect the remaining piece from the Cult of Cthulu's possession or the Cthulu will be unleashed on the planet. For a movie about Cthulu, there's a COMPLETE absence of Cthulu. The whole film is a giant mis-step. Our main characters are extremely unlikable, the direction seems confused and the editing does nothing but squander what's left of this ultra low budget waste of time. There's nothing wrong with low budget films. I love them. This is a prime example of the kind of movies that give low budget films a bad rep. It's too cool for school attitude gets old in the first 10 minutes. "Fu@k" is said on an average of one time per sentence and feels so forced that it's uncomfortable. I shouldn't be consciously aware of how often the characters are swearing. It unnatural and completely out of place. The character of Paul is the only highlight of the whole group although since The Hangover, it seems like every fat hairy character in a comedy has to be the same person. There are a few moments of entertainment but 45 minutes in I was already calling "bullsh@t" and there was no help on the horizon. The editing takes away every comedic beat, or moment of action and pulverizes it into a helpless mess of mediocrity. This is being compared to Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer and Shaun of the Dead. That's like comparing Shark Attack 2 to Jaws and Alien. The only good thing I can say about it, is that 90 percent of the effects were done practically. That's a rare thing in movies like this these days and it's nice to see people still making an effort to do that, even if they don't look that good. I could recommend any number of other things to watch, but you're best bet is to just grab something randomly and watch it instead of this. There were two people responsible for this. One of them directed. One of them wrote it. They both produced it and edited it. There's the problem. They should've given the job to someone else and saved a lot of people an hour and a half. There aren't enough films with this subject matter. They didn't have to ruin it for everyone else.