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Beyond the Wall of Sleep
A terrible movie. You could really tell that they tried hard to make this scary and menacing, but it was just so dumb... Just an example: the movie takes place in an asylum. One of the head shrinks is referred to as an "alienist" (which is actually the correct old-fashioned term for a psychiatrist.) However, at several points, another character calls him an alien. The main character wears a ridiculous wig, which makes it impossible to take anything he says or does seriously. My girlfriend and I spent the first 45 minutes laughing at it, and decided it wasn't worth finishing. So now it's been proven: Stuart Gordon is the only director who can do Lovecraft any justice. Overall: 2/10... 2 points awarded for unintentional hilarity.
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And no matter what I say I cannot resist or betray it. No one could do so because there is no one here. There is only this body, this shadow, this darkness.
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