By Brian M. Sammons

Lifeforce (1985). Director: Tobe Hooper. Cast: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth.

As I travel around this crazy world we share (at least, until the Great Old Ones return), either physically or virtually via the Internet, I have met lots of Lovecraft fans or horrorheads in general. One thing that my brothers, sisters and I love to do is talk about horror movies. When we’re engaging in such discourse, things inevitably turn to the second golden …

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By Orrin Grey

The Eye 2 (2004). Directors: The Pang Brothers. Cast: Qi Shu, Jesdaporn Pholdee. Country: Hong Kong.

The Eye is pretty much a modern classic and I’d hold it up against the best that the Asian ghost horror boom has thus far offered. Maybe, one of these days, I’ll do a column on it, but in the meantime, take my advice and check it out.

The Eye 2 is really a sequel to The Eye in name only. …

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By Brian M. Sammons

Dark Waters (1993). Director: Mariano Baino. Cast: Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist. Country: Russia; Italy; UK.

Hello, my fellow cinecephalophiles and welcome back to Cthulhu Eats the Movies, the place where we look at Lovecraftian films, for better or worse. Today, we have a special review, requested by a reader named ‘Michael’. Yes, I do requests every now and then, as not even my Cyclopean knowledge of Lovecrafty flicks knows all the films that …

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