I am a huge Lovecraft fan, and when I happened to come across "The Thing on the Doorstep" I must admit that I found myself instantly curious about the movie, especially since I had never heard about this movie in any way. But to be truthfully honest, then I was also somewhat hesitant about actually watching it, fearing that it would be suffering as most other Lovecraft adaptations do, and not really living up to the writer's product.
"The Thing on the Doorstep" turned out to be a very slow paced movie, and the fact that they changed the time setting of the movie, just took away some of the time period charm that adds so much to the theme of Lovecraft's writing. So it was sort of difficult to really get into this movie.
The acting in the movie was adequate, although there wasn't anyone in particular that stood out as being more memorable than the others. People were doing good jobs with their given roles and characters, but were somewhat hindered by the script and the pacing of the movie.
So was this a good addition to the adaptations of Lovecraft's immortal work? Hardly so. Sure, it had certain aspects and elements to it that had that particular Lovecraftian feel to it. But the whole picture wasn't particularly impressive.
This is hardly a movie that I will be returning to watch for a second time, because the movie just lacked appeal and didn't have enough solid contents to sustain more than a single viewing - provided you make it through the entire first viewing.
"The Thing on the Doorstep" scores a mere 3 out of 10 stars rating from me.
