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Cthulhu (2000)

Cthulhu poster
Directed by
Damian Heffernan
Genre
horror film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
3.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young student learns that his best friend has joined a cult that wants to awaken a monstrous entity. He tries to stop them before they succeed.

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What happens

Cthulhu is a 2000 Australian low budget horror film that was directed, produced, and written by Damian Heffernan. It is mostly based on two Lovecraft stories, "The Thing on the Doorstep" and The Shadow Over Innsmouth. It stars Adam Somes as a young student that discovers that his best friend has become involved in a cult intent on raising Cthulhu. It screened at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, after which point it was purchased by Channel 9 for screening in Australia as part of their Australian content quota obligations. The film was also purchased by Trend Films in Italy for screening via their Satellite Television network. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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