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Cthulhu is an Australian low budget horror film made in 1996-1997 and released in 2000, by producer-director Damian Heffernan. It was mostly based on the two Lovecraft stories: "The Thing on the Doorstep" and The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Filmed on location in Canberra during the winter of 1996 with additional scenes shot in early 1997, the film was finished digitally in 1998. Most of the filming was completed in the first two week shoot. A large number of the interior locations were shot in the (now demolished) Royal Canberra Hospital which was de-commissioned in 1991 and remained vacant for many years before the building was imploded in July 1997.
Produced on a very low budget the movie was actually shot on 16mm film and transferred to Digital Betacam for finishing. The film also features an entirely original soundtrack by Australian musician Jason Sims.
A rough cut, dual head print was screened for Miramax in the Australian Film, Television and Radio School's theatre in the hopes of obtaining finishing funds but was not ultimately purchased. The Producers abandoned hope of a theatrical release and raised additional funds to finish on video for a DVD release.
Actors: Tom Gore (actor), Tom Gore (producer), Joseph A. Covas (director), Dashawn Byron (actor), Dashawn Byron (editor), Cortland Cloos (writer), Cortland Cloos (actor), Debby Olavarria (actress), Brian Dukes (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: H.P. Lovecraft (writer), Ian Fagan (actor), Brian Neil McInnis (actor), Michael Tice (actor), Victor Wood (actor), Rebecca Strong (actress), Cheryl Vuong (actress), Chris Exner (actor), Lesley Matheson (director), Glenn Glazer (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Short,Actors: Tori Spelling (actress), H.P. Lovecraft (writer), Scott Osborn (editor), Scott Osborn (producer), Brand Gamblin (editor), Brand Gamblin (actor), Brand Gamblin (writer), Brand Gamblin (producer), Brand Gamblin (director), Paul Pawluk (actor), Paul Pawluk (actor),
Plot: This comedic send up of H.P. Lovecraft's master work, "Call of Cthulhu" takes the main character (Cthulhu, an alien god, bent on the destruction of man in an orgy of chaotic destruction) and presents it as a fluffy puppet who is running his own call-in show. People call in to ask for relationship advice, farming suggestions, and cooking tips. The answer, more often than not, is a foaming rant confirming for the caller that Cthulhu will one day swallow their souls.
Keywords: ancient-astronaut, cthulhu, independent-film, puppetI wouldn't touch you with someone else's dick.
Don't worry bitch, you don't have anything I haven't seen before.
I am the last of a dying breed.
I already told you what your name means, and if you call me "Vince" one more time I'm going to rip your fucking head off.
It's nothing more than a failure to listen, but it's a giant sign of disrespect.
Nothing more than a failure to listen, but a giant sign of disrespect.
If you really want to know something you'll look it up.
If you really want to know something you'll do the fucking research.
Google, Youtube, W dot something.
The future is at your finger tips.
Backpedaling into the primordial ooze.
Board the windows try to hide.
This is going to hurt you more than me.
Beauty isn't skin deep, beauty doesn't exist.
My mind has been made up for me.
Dreamt of a world without life.
Woke up and you don't exist.
No one can stop me I am the death machine.
You are doomed.