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Latest revision as of 21:28, 29 September 2018
"Cool Air" (1999 or 2000 short by Bryan Moore)
Summary
Based on H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story, "Cool Air" anticipates cryogenic research and the tragic consequences it can bring. Writer Randolph Carter moves into a squalid boarding house in the summer of 1925. In between confrontations with a colorful landlady, he becomes friends with a mysterious doctor who revives him after a near-fatal heart attack. Learning the circumstances that had brought the doctor to the boarding house, Randolph discovers the awful truth about the doctor, and the fragile line that separates life and death.
Details
- Release Date: 1999 or 2000
- Country/Language: USA, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, black-and-white
- Setting: 1920s New York
- Runtime: 44 or 50 min
- Starring: Jack Donner
- Director: Bryan Moore
- Writer: H.P. Lovecraft (original story)
- Producer/Production Co: Beyond Books
- View Trailer: (link)
- IMDB (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (none) (presumably equivalent to "G" or "PG" for mild violence/creepiness?)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SSSS_ (Four Tentacles: Unusually Lovecraftian; a remarkably faithful adaptation)
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- (needs review)
Synopsis
Based on H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story, "Cool Air" anticipates cryogenic research and the tragic consequences it can bring. Writer Randolph Carter moves into a squalid boarding house in the summer of 1925. In between confrontations with a colorful landlady, he becomes friends with a mysterious doctor who revives him after a near-fatal heart attack. Learning the circumstances that had brought the doctor to the boarding house, Randolph discovers the awful truth about the doctor, and the fragile line that separates life and death.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- fiction: "Cool Air (fiction)"
