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Line 1: {{work}} {{quote\|''"Do it, Russell! Make sacrifice! Look into the red eye of your god!"''~~\|'''Reverend Marsh'''}}~~ \|'''Reverend Marsh'''}} Russell Marsh, a homosexual professor of history in Seattle, returns to his hometown of [[Town with a Dark Secret\|Rivermouth]], Oregon after a long estrangement from his family to execute his late mother's estate. He becomes reaquainted with his childhood friend and lover Mike, and over the next few days becomes aware that his father's New Age cult, [[Religion of Evil\|The Esoteric Order of Dagon]], is planning to bring about [[The End of the World as We Know It]]. It should be stated straight up that ''[[Cthulhu]]'' does ''not'' have [[H.P. Lovecraft~~\|H.P. Lovecraft's~~]]'s most famous [[Eldritch Abomination]] in it -- the title was simply meant to grab the attention of his fans. Some find the gay themes distracting and irrelevant in a [[Lovecraft on Film\|Lovecraft film]], the movie lacking in true shock value, and the [[Pacing Problems\|plotting uneven]] (the latter is acknowledged by the first-time filmmakers). Others like the [[Nothing Is Scarier\|general sense of creepiness]], and argue that the homosexuality of the main character is not only a suitable metaphor for isolation but a relevant plot point. ''Cthulhu'' is loosely based on "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" with elements of "The Call of Cthulhu" thrown in, but overall it's best if you view this movie as one that simply draws on the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] rather than an adaptation of the above stories. ~~=== Tropes in this movie include: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The catacombs which "go on for miles" beneath Rivermouth. Filmed in the real-life [[wikipedia:Underground Seattle\|Seattle Catacombs]] where one of the producers worked as a tour guide. * [[Anvilicious]]: Averted. Various anti-[[George W. Bush\|Bush]], urban sprawl and gay themes were written into the script, but fortunately edited down to subtext level. Line 13: * [[Black Screen of Death]] * [[Black Speech]]: The Dagon cults' version of [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]. {{quote\| "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu Rl'yeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"}} * [[Body Horror]]: Averted, despite it being the main subject of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". {{spoiler\|Unless you count the [[Fetus Terrible]] in the bathtub.}} * [[Bury Your Gays]]: {{spoiler\|Well I guess that depends on what you think happened to Mike.}} * [[Ceiling Cling]]: The [[Fish People]] in the catacombs. {{quote\| "There were ''things'', and they were everywhere! They were on the ground, they were on the ceiling, they were everywhere!"}} * [[Chewing the Scenery]]: The drunken [[Father Neptune\|old seaman]], Zadok. {{quote\| "They ate children, DROWNING!"}} * [[Creepy Child]]: The blind boy Kellin Miles, especially when he sits 'watching' the [[Snowy Screen of Death\|static-filled television set]]. * [[Darkness Equals Death]]: Russell wakes up in an alley to find that ''something'' is dragging him into the dark interior of a doorway. Not surprisingly he runs like hell. Line 32: * [[Foreshadowing]]: Russell {{spoiler\|shaves his head and starts wearing purple quite early in the movie.}} * [[Human Sacrifice]]: The cult of Dagon has apparently been sacrificing children (and other 'missing' persons) for some time. One [[Nightmare Fuel]] dream sequence shows screaming children crammed into a wooden cage for the [[Fish People]] to devour when the tide comes in. * [[If ~~Its~~It's You ~~Its~~It's OKOkay]]: Mike has an ex-wife and daughter, and regards his affair with Russell as simply an extension of their friendship. * [[If Jesus, Then Aliens]]: Russell ridicules Mike's suggestion that the [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer\|Absurdly Spacious Sewers]] are the legendary [[wikipedia:Shanghai tunnels\|Shanghai tunnels]] (subterranean passages allegedly used to transport men kidnapped as slaves) and says sarcastically, "What other explanation could there be, UFOs?" Which is amusing given the origins of the [[Starfish Aliens\|Great Old Ones]]. * [[Little Dead Riding Hood]]: Julia (a blonde girl in a red top) the liquor store clerk who tries to warn the protagonist {{spoiler\|and ends up [[Chained to a Rock\|tied to a bitthead with barbed wire]] as a sacrifice to the Fish People.}} Line 57: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Horror Films]] [[Category:Films of the 2000s]]