H. P. Lovecraft's the Old Ones

OMG!!!!! What did I just watch? A horror movie? Or a comedy?

I think they tried to make a serious movie and totally misfired.

The script is low level moronically bad. The acting is non-existent.

Early on a kid's father gets murdered and he shows little remorse. The creatures all have the worst rubber masks you can ever imagine. And they used way too much red in the Karo syrup for the blood.

It's got dialog like: "You said it was dead." "It appears I was wrong."

Who wrote this crap?

Sorry, unlike some other reviews, I just don't think this was so bad it's good. It's just plain bad. Sorry.

The film is actually a remake of the famous '80s "From Beyond," a former videotape hit. Of course with a much reduced budget, but instead a strange humor, and a few sequences changed here and there. It's not a badly made movie, if you compare it to other bigger or lower budget movies, for fans of the genre it's worth watching. And for those who haven't seen the original "From Beyond" yet, take the time to watch it. ("Something is coming").

The ending is predictable and leaves the impression of a hopeless situation for the "Good Samaritans", those who try to help. The funny thing is the leftovers sequence. Greatness, I have brought you gifts. What gifts? Leftovers?

HP Lovecraft is hard work and The Old Ones has a pretty impossible to film concept anyway, but this movie is too low budget and poorly made to hold an audience.

The basic idea of ancient beings possessing humans for centuries and one escaping into the modern world hoping to destroy them could have been entertaining, but sadly this independent film doesn't have the scope or budget or acting talent or script to make it work.

Too much of the dialogue is spoken in demon possessed tones that you cannot understand what is being said, and the filming locations are junkyards, swamps and wastelands that don't fit the action or situation at all.

I tried very hard to stay the course but gave up after about 50 minutes as too many scenes dragged on where the demonic humans chasing the main character spoke reams of dialogue in their devil voices, and simply made no sense.

Far too ambitious a source material to be tackled on the cheap like this. It looks laughable when it ought to be impressive and is rather a bore as well.

In comparison to its predecessor "The Deep Ones", this is more of a "guys night" horror film. An ex-Dagon cult leader and a young man team up to try and turn back time. They are chased by 3 Dagon cult members, one possessed by an "old one." They seek out a Lovecraft god Nyarlathotep for the time travel help. "The Old Ones" has more and better monster special effects than "The Deep Ones." "The Deep Ones", however, has more memorable scenes: weird introduction to the cult members, fire-dancer, and strange doctor house call. "The Old Ones" has more of a masculine vibe than "The Deep Ones." The one female character is the ex-Dagon cult members wife. She has a few small scenes. There is a scene with a man dressed up like a woman, but it comes across like maybe he lost a bet and had to do that.

Clearly made for next to nothing, this little movie still manages to effectively evoke the spirit of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulu mythos of madness and despair. It also adds a twist in the shape of a spry and dry sense of humour. Lovecraft fans will get it, even if most viewers may be bemused and befuddled.

Limited resources aside, there are some memorable scenes from the David Lynch playbook and the plot involving the Old Ones, eldritch terrors, time travel, mind control, insanity and more is creepy fun.

Drawing inspiration from several Lovecraft classics, it gets the basics right.

The script, direction and some of the performances may be evocative of Ed Wood, but a thick slathering of humour - and even occasional outright comedy - shows the filmakers do not take themselves too seriously.

Rubber monsters, dime store costumes, bizarre locations and weird set dressing (the giant fire hydrant in the scrapyard is a doozy!) give it "so bad it's good" vibes, but it's better than that. It's got an authentic atmosphere, some surprisingly decent horror effects and gore, a good ending. And could well attract a cult following...