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Subject: Re: Lovecraft-based movies
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 16:37:45 EDT
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From: mtgzz!leeper (m.r.leeper)

Boyajian says:

 >I found references to three film adaptations of Lovecraft,
 >including THE DUNWICH HORROR (regardless of how close, or
 >not, as the case may be, you think it comes to Lovecraft, it
 >*is* still a film version of the story).  The other two are:
 >
 >(1) THE HAUNTED PALACE, American-International, 1963, screenplay
 >	by Charles Beaumont, adapted from "The Case of Charles
 >	Dexter Ward" (with a little E. A. Poe thrown in for
 >	good measure).
 >
 >(2) DIE, MONSTER, DIE!  [a.k.a.  MONSTER OF TERROR], American
 >	International, 1965, screenplay by Jerry Sohl, adapted
 >	from "The Colour Out of Space".

How's about:

(3) THE SHUTTERED ROOM, Troy-Schenck, 1967, screenplay by D. B. Ledrov
and N. Tanchuck, from a novel by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth.
With Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Oliver Reed.
[Lee, pg. 437]

"Filmography is a way of life."

				Mark Leeper
				...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper