Il Mistero di Lovecraft – Road to L. (2005 film)
Summary
A group of young documentary film-makers discover unprecedented evidence that the reclusive American horror writer may have journeyed to Italy to find inspiration from local folk stories, and follow his foot-steps into a Gothic nightmare.
Details
- Release Date: 2005
- Country/Language: Italy, English and Italian
- Genres/Technical: Horror (found footage), Thriller, Drama
- Runtime: 1 hr 32 min
- Starring: Eraldo Baldini, Alfredo Castelli, Donatella Ceccarello
- Director: Federico Greco, Roberto Leggio
- Writer: Federico Greco, Roberto Leggio, Igor Maltagliati, and some material from H.P. Lovecraft
- Producer/Production Co: Digital Desk
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (not rated) (perhaps equivalent of a PG or PG-13, for some Profanity and Adult Content?)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SSS__ (Three Tentacles: Lovecraftian)
What is allegedly a found-footage film following Lovecraft's footsteps through a fictional trip to Italy for inspiration actually becomes a sort of loose, low-budget adaptation of "Shadow Over Innsmouth (fiction)".
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
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Synopsis
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A group of young documentary film-makers discover unprecedented evidence that the reclusive American horror writer may have journeyed to Italy to find inspiration from local folk stories, and follow his foot-steps into a Gothic nightmare.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- fiction: "Shadow Over Innsmouth (fiction)"
- location: Po Delta, Italy
- character: H.P. Lovecraft is a minor "character" in the film's occult mystery story
- tome: The Filò Tales
- location: Santa Maria Punta, Italy
- race: Deep Ones
