A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reacquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating series of events, he discovers aspects of his father's New Age cult which take on a dangerous and apocalyptic significance.
Cinematography
Fog-soaked Oregon coast becomes its own suffocating character.
Acting
Jason Cottle's slow unraveling—repression boiling into cosmic acceptance.
Writing
Adapts Lovecraft's xenophobia into queer metaphor with surprising teeth.
Director
Dan Gildark
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Astoria, Oregon, where The Goonies filmed—now repurposed as a town of creeping maritime doom.
Lovecraft's estate notoriously blocked the title 'The Call of Cthulhu,' forcing the generic 'Cthulhu' and limiting distribution.
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