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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Dan O'Bannon |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1991 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Artisan Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Horror |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012236900733 |
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Customer Reviews of The Resurrected
The benchmark of Lovecraft inspired films While most of the other films that claim "inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft" are trash, this one delivers. Loosely based on "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", it follows a private detective as he looks into the peculiar activities of young and wealthy Charles Dexter Ward. While it makes no mention of the Mythos directly, it does capture much of the feel of HPL's novelette by the same title.
This film is well-directed and despite what was certainly a modest budget, contains acceptable special effects when needed. The acting is solid, if not exactly inspiring.
All-in-all this is a good movie. It sets a benchmark for quality in HPL inspired films that anyone else considering making one should watch first and learn from.
Faithful Adaption
This is the most faithful adaption of an H.P. Lovecraft tale that I have ever seen. It is based upon the novella "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", one of Lovecraft's masterpieces. The film doesn't bring about the sense of dread and horror that Lovecraft easily manages to evoke in hos story, but it is reasonably faithful to the storyline. It is updated to a modern day setting, and some of the more doubtful aspects of Lovecraft's tale are updated (the substituion of a private detective for CDW's uncle, for example). The emphasis on the history of the sorceror who possessed CDW is not emphasised enough, but on the whole a very accurate treatment. Unlike most horror flicks, there is little extra violence or nudity added where the plot does not call for it. A very good film, in my opinion.
Solid
Out of all the dozen or so films directly based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, this one is the most loyal to Lovecraft's original story, "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward." The other best Lovecraft films took liberty with the original short stories- Re-animator, From Beyond and Dagon. This one had some nice gore and good-looking monsters. At one point in the film, there is a graphic scene of a fat man with his rib cage opened, guts and all. What I like most from this film is it is an alternative to the utterly bland world of mainstream films. Lovecraft is cult.