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The Call of Cthulhu

The Call of Cthulhu

20067.00h 47m

Overview

A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of his grandfather's inquiries, and soon he takes on investigating the Cthulhu cult as a crusade of his own.

Directed by Andrew Leman
Written by Sean Branney, H.P. Lovecraft
Produced by Sean Branney, Andrew Leman
Box OfficeBudget: $50K0

Top Cast

Matt Foyer

Matt Foyer

The Man

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John Bolen

The Listener

Ralph Lucas

Ralph Lucas

Professor Angell

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Chad Fifer

Henry Wilcox

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Susan Zucker

Landlady

K

Kalafatic Poole

Bartender

J

John Klemantaski

Professor Bell

J

Jason Owens

Professor Quintana

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D. Grigsby Poland

Professor Tutchton

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David Mersault

Inspector Legrasse

Themes & Keywords

nightmareobsessioncultnotebooksilent filmcthulhugrayscalelovecraftian

About The Call of Cthulhu

The Call of Cthulhu is a horror, thriller, fantasy, science fiction film released in 2006 exploring themes of nightmare, obsession, cult, notebook, silent film, cthulhu. Directed by Andrew Leman, it stars Matt Foyer, John Bolen, Ralph Lucas. A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of his grandfather's inquiries, and soon he takes on investigating the Cthulhu cult as a crusade of his own.

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