Cthulhu is an Australian low budget horror film made in 1996-1997 and released in 2000, by producer-director Damian Heffernan. The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the It was mostly based on the two Lovecraft stories: "The Thing on the Doorstep" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy "The Thing on the Doorstep" is a short story written by H "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is a Novella by H P Lovecraft.
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.
After a festival preview screening at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival the filmmakers signed with the sales agent Max Stuart and Associates for worldwide representation. The film was purchased by Channel 9 for screening in Australia as part of their Australian content quota obligations. The film was also purchased by Trend Films in Italy for screening via their Satellite Television network.
A tenth anniversary DVD is scheduled to be released in 2007 which will feature a commentary by members of the cast and crew as well as stills and DVD-ROM content.
Cast
- Paul Douglas - Inspector LeGrasse
- Melissa Georgiou - Asenath Waite
- Malcolm Miller - Professor Armitage
- James Payne - Edward Derby
- Adam Somes - Dan Upton
Crew
- Damian Heffernan - Producer/Director/writer
- Patrick Gallagher
External links
- Australian Film Commission profile
- 12 July News News of the DVD release
- Independent Cthulhu movie official fan site
- Cthulhu at the Internet Movie Database
- HP Lovecraft film festival
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