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H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones

2024 · 84 min

A grim, slow-burning plunge into cosmic dread and body horror, heavy with atmosphere and a pervasive sense of inescapable doom.

Overview: In 1930, sea captain Russel Marsh saw the light, and for 93 years his body was not his own. Inhabited by a Great Old One, he committed unspeakable acts in the name of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Now free, he is in search of a way to go back in time to reverse the horrors wrought upon the world. But the cult has other plans and will stop at nothing to destroy him.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Madness, fate, corruption, guilt
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
fate
corruption
guilt
survival
Places: sea
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild