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As a long time appreciator of Lovecraft's work, I would simply like to thank Mr. Gordon for his effort. Dreams in the Witch House remains one of my favorite Lovecraft tales. Mr. Gordon has done a commendable job with respect to this piece. I have often wondered what would be involved in rendering Lovecraft's better tales for the screen without botching the job totally. Here Mr. Gordon demonstrates what can be done on a limited budget with a short Lovecraftian story.

All told, it's a shame someone doesn't hand him carte blanche to try his hand at one of Lovecraft's more ambitious works. Wouldn't if be fine to see a respectable rendition of something like "At the Mountains of Madness" or "The Rats in the Walls"? As for my personal favorite, "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward," it's been done (Vincent Price, et al, qv) but wouldn't it be nice to see it done right and without so much of the tongue-in-cheek?

I'm sorry. I've seen some really bad horror flicks in my time, but this one just about took the cake. Bad acting, bad monsters, lousy plot. I hope the investors lost their shirts. This was such a waste of time. There are so many decent horror & suspense stories waiting to be filmed, why bother with this crap? I don't know, and really wouldn't care but for having wasted the time on it.

BTW, this comes from someone who truly appreciates a good horror film. Hoew did the history of film-making in this genre ever degenerate into this? Give me old Hammer films, or modern ones like Alien (1,2,3,4) any time. Give me a low-budget Lovecraft rip (e.g. Dagon). Even give me Attack of the Killer Tomatoes or a Troma flick. This Feast had no redeeming virtues, might better have been called "Famine."