Saturday, October 7, 2017

A Quick Look: DIE, MONSTER, DIE! (1965 - color)


   Although Lovecraft had been popular in literary circles, it wasn't until the mid 60's that an official adaptation of his work made it to the screen. How close the results were to the author's work I can't say, but it was a considerable amount of time until another film referenced Lovecraft. DIE, MONSTER, DIE! was combination science fiction and horror, as a scientist uses meteorite fragments to cultivate a menagerie of horrors. Boris Karloff plays the scientist, challenged by Nick Adams as the hero. I'm not sure what impact the film had at the boxoffice, thought I believe it was paired with the popular PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES. Though a few Lovecraft themes would be explored cinematically, the author's name wouldn't be used as a selling point until RE-ANIMATOR in the 1980's.

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