Review – The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu

Lovecraftiana gets an Office Space comedy makeover. I should have hated this. And to be honest, the second half does lose focus and start to drag a bit. But wow, what a start. As much as I hate horror comedy in general and "disrespectful" overhauls of Lovecraft in particular, I should never have started watching this. So I was completely shocked to find myself laughing at many of the jokes and at least not hating the monsters. The picture tells the story of the last living (obviously non-lineal) descendant of H.P. Lovecraft who must give up his life as a cube warrior and prevent Cthulhu from rising to destroy the earth. The script – aided by clever animation and passable creature effects – smoothly combines snarky humor with apocalyptic doom and occasional gore to truly good effect. Worth seeing