From the Recesses of Netflix: So far the movies are more entertaining than atrocious.

Our intention with these articles was to share some really low quality finds with you.

But with our last two reviews the movies turned out to be ok. Of course the author of this article may be biased since he absolutely adores H.P.

And it is an excuse for him to make all kinds of literary allusions throughout the article.

Well make a run at keep him in line though.

The film opens with a great scene of a sea monster attack, at sea.

We get to see a great and incredibly fake looking entrail removal.

The only person who can save the world is the last living descendent of H.P.

Unfortunately the last living descendent turns out to be a totally average guy named Jeff.

And apparently fun as well.

He initially refuses the call to adventure (in fact, he has never heard of H.P.

Lovecraft fan) and heads out to save the world.

They end up at the desert looking for a man named Captain Olaf.

All along the way the Cult of Cthulu attempts to thwart their world saving mission.

It finally ends in a showdown between the killer fish people and Starspawn vs our band of misfit heroes.

Starspawn is able to piece together the relic and everyone except Jeff is immediately thrown into excruciating pain.

So how was it?

Well start with the negative.

The costumes were awful.

Lovecraft had an incredibly macabre imagination.

He helped craft what is considered modern horror.

So these creatures really should have been scarier.

They did look like something that came out of the filmThe Creature From the Black Lagoon(1954).

Which is unacceptable for a film made in the past ten years.

Weve seen things at Halloween that were scarier.

It makes us thankful they didnt show Cthulu because we are sure we would have been disappointed.

The only other part of this film that frustrated us was Kyle Davis role as Jeff.

Jeff is supposed to be related to H.P.

We were waiting for him to come into his own, but he never really does.

Even the creepy Cult of Cthulu people overshadow our main character.

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Besides these two things, the film was very fun.

Barak Hardley did an incredible job playing our Lovecraft obsessed Geek Paul.

He single handedly made the film funny.

He also played a Geek very well (and trust us, it takes one to know one).

We also really adored Gregg Lawrence in his role as Captain Olaf.

He was absurd and bizarre.

And it was beautiful.

Should you see this movie?

If you adore H.P.

Lovecraft as much as we do, yes!

But only when the stars are right…

Den of Geek Rating: 3 Out of 5 Stars