Mike Flanagan’s first film that was a Lovecraftian masterpiece (Absentia 2011) (lovecraftzine.com)

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I interviewed Mike Flanagan after his first film Absentia came out. It’s been a while, but I wanted to remind people that it’s out there. It’s one of my favorite Lovecraftian films.

Read the interview here.

Flanagan told me that he’s a huge Lovecraft fan. And it’s really quite interesting how the movie came to be. He wrote: “I live(d) across the street from the tunnel that would eventually become the backdrop for the film, so I knew I wanted to do something involving that creepy tunnel. But I didn’t have a storyline in mind.”

If you have not yet seen the movie, skip the trailer and go in cold. Trust me. It’s a slow burn, but very much worth your time.

TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN1kyOUm8uk

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[-] Morph9@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Man... the trade scene...

[-] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Never heard of it. Will need to check it out.

[-] kinther@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Its pretty good from what i recall

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I loved this film, didn't think of it as Lovecraftian at the time, but it totally is.

Best to go in cold, but do know it is a slow burn which really fit the story.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

I love this movie. I watched it for maybe the fourth time just last week.

And I agree that it's best to go in blind.

[-] Tundra@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

That sent me down a rabbit-hole, what a great website

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