Computer Animated Versions of "The Terrible Old Man" and "Dagon"

A couple more computer generated adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's stories have surfaced on Youtube as of late. Versions of "The Terrible Old Man" and "Dagon" are the latest to join the video website's vast archive of amateur Lovecraftian productions. Each one runs models from popular video games through the proper editing programs, resulting in 3-D films set to music that closely retell the events of the Lovecraft tales in question, with varying degrees of success. The "Dagon" video seems stronger, in my opinion, since the black and white color scheme almost minimizes the cartoonish aspects of this type of animation. Computer generated products continue to be a popular form for relatively easy, no budget Lovecraft adaptations. And incredibly, some are rather better than what has been heaved up by Hollywood in previous years. At least these amateur attempts try to follow Lovecraft's scripts, without introducing hackneyed elements neither Lovecraftian nor unsettling.





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