Le Changement de la Garde

A group of student animators posted this Lovecraftian short animation to Youtube a few days ago. Le Changement de la Garde (which I take to mean "The Changing of the Guard") is based on H.P. Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann," with a different twist. The French tenement in this version seems far more sinister than in Lovecraft's story. There's no discernible Erich Zann, but the strange phenomena has the potential to make many Zanns by means of supernatural possession or enslavement.

Interestingly, Le Changement de la Garde is told from the perspective of the landlord, an almost invisible minor character in HPL's work. This villainous fellow takes on a life of his own, making the animation a very original outgrowth of its source.



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