Custom image of the Freak in 1995's Castle Freak against a blue background
The Big Picture What happens when a director mixes a classic Lovecraft novella with the genre’s gothic predecessor? Tate Steinseik’s 2020, Castle Freak, starring Clair Catherine is what! Based on one of H.P. Lovecraft’s most iconic tales, “The Dunwich Horror,” and an adaptation of Stuart Gordon’s 1995 film of the same name, Castle Freak is an ambitious attempt at portraying incomprehensible cosmic horror on the big screen. Adapting Lovecraft’s work to screen is a notoriously trying process.
Lovecraft’s brand of horror was, separate and aside from the man’s personal neuroses, a direct response to the choke-hold gothic literature had over the 19th century. Gothic horror was cold and sterile, with the stories lending themselves towards familial drama, generating themes of incest, abuse, and madness. In the first half of Castle Freak, Becca is called to Albania because her birth mother has died and left her the sole beneficiary of the Whateley estate.
‘Castle Freak’ Gives Viewers an Inventive and Curious Creature Close Despite it being so difficult to render Lovecraftian monsters, the titular castle freak and the brief appearance of Yog-Sothoth have excellent creature costumes. The castle freak takes obvious inspiration from the monster in Stuart Gordon’s version. Both share a gnarled visage, with thick, wrinkled skin and long, but sparse wisps of hair.
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