![]() ![]() But after reading the stories, I actually feel that a schlocky, campy adaptation is appropriate to the source material. Someone told me, back when it was a recent release, that its cheesy schlockiness didn't do Lovecraft justice. I haven't seen the movie that was based on these stories. Each segment tries to outdo the one before with gross and disturbing gory details. ![]() Frankenstein was an earnest experimenter, Dr. It can be viewed as a parody of or an homage to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' - but where Dr. Once the re-cap bits are dealt with, though, the story itself is great fun. Originally published as a serial, the magazine that they were written for apparently (and unfortunately) demanded that Lovecraft 're-cap' previous events in each installment, which makes for repetitive, tedious reading when you're not waiting a month between segments. More than anything else by Lovecraft, these feel like true pulp fiction, written for pure shocking entertainment, with a dashed-off, distinctly "non-literary" feel. ![]() ![]() Although presented here as one story, this is actually a series of six linked stories about the mad scientist, Dr. ![]()
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