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The
Shunned House (2003)
The
Shunned House is an anthology film set in the same
house during the 1930's, 40's and the present. The film
combines three Lovecraft stories: The Shunned House,
the Music of Erich Zann, and Dreams in the Witch
House. The film is directed by Ivan Zuccon, the director
of The Unknown Beyond and the Darkness Beyond.
Zuccon has the best of both worlds, setting his story
in the present but flashing back and forth between a number
of periods in this house's past. A restrained use of CGI
allows for some wonderful transitions between these time
periods as well.
This film does a pretty great job of combining the three
stories. I'm especially happy with it's handling of Dreams
in the Witch House. The concept of interdimensional
travel from that story really becomes the keystone for
the whole film. The house is a major character (ala The
Shinning, or HPL's The Street), and my god,
what an incredible location. This rivals the old house
in The Shuttered Room for potential, but here that
potential is fully realised.
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