![]() ![]() The problem with the slow moments in this is that so many of them are outright full stops while we pan over a still image. ![]() Good horror needs quiet, slower moments to build up suspense and get the viewer tensed. ![]() The big narrative problem this has, and first major stumbling block it faces as an adaptation, is that the pacing is a bit shite. If you’re familiar with Lovecraft’s work, you know what kind of content to expect. We start with The Picture in the House, move to Dunwich and end with The Festival. There are three short Lovecraft stories in the OVA. Simply because so much of it relies on stoking the audience’s imagination and adaptations usually make the mistake of showing too much of the ancient ones and other Stygian creatures. Lovecraftian horror is quite tricky to pull off. Back in 2007 Toei animation decided to make a short OVA based on some short stories by well known racist Howard Phillips Lovecraft. ![]()
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