Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:55

Guillermo Del Toro Finally Sets Sights On At the Mountains of Madness

Written by Charles Kline
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I recall reading about this in Fangoria magazine several years ago and getting really excited, because H. P. Lovecraft's work was going to get the big budget treatment it needed at last, especially in the capable hands Guillermo Del Toro, who directed Cronos, Mimic, Blade 2, The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, and the Hellboy pictures. Then I heard that Del Toro was going to direct The Hobbit next and thought At the Mountains of Madness was going to be put on  hold indefinitely. However, all of that has changed and it looks as though my wildest cinematic imaginings are going to come true:

Guillermo Del Toro (and James Cameron) follow Lovecraft passion

Not that I've thought any less of what other filmmakers, such as Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna,  have added to the pantheon of movies and television shows inspired by the New England writer's stories - because I shamelessly enjoy watching those over-the-top, low budget shockers Re-animator and From Beyond every once in a while. It's just that Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos cycle, perhaps the greatest literary contribution to 2oth-Century horror, deserves to be realized in epic fashion. John Carpenter was on the right track with In the Mouth of Madness, but I believe that Del Toro will go all the way and with Cameron producing there's just no stopping this one - a monster movie of epic proportions, set in frozen tundra of the Antarctic. The Old Ones will rise from their ancient, icy slumber in 3-D. I can't wait to see how this feature will turn out...

 

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"

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