The Statement of Randolph Carter (2012 short)
Summary
A black and white silent film adapting of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter (fiction)". Shot entirely on greenscreen and presented in a highly stylized German expressionist fashion.
Details
- Release Date: 2012
- Country/Language: ?, silent (title cards in English)
- Genres/Technical: Fantasy, Horror, black-and-white, silent, expressionist/art
- Runtime: 5 min
- Starring: Starring Rich Sturdevant, Leif Stoehr, Ty Lucas
- Director: Dylan Howie Richardson
- Writer: H.P. Lovecraft (original story)
- Producer/Production Co: Mythos Pictures, Arkham Mass. Film Distribution Collective
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Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (none) (equivalent to a "G")
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SSSSS (Five Tentacles: definitively Lovecraftian; everything you'd expect from a Lovecraft adaptation and more)
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis
Told as a flash-back as part of his statement to police regarding Harley Warren's disappearance, Randolph Carter accompanies his friend Harley Warren on an expedition to an ancient cemetery to uncover some blasphemous secret revealed in an ancient book; Carter's task is to wait above ground while his friend descends into a deep crypt.
