this movie be exceedingly faithful to lovecraft original story and and i love the original story ( the case of charles dexter ward ) . so why do i dislike the film so much . essentially and because it not an adaptation of the source material represent it a straight line by line reconstruction of it and with no concession of any note make to the adaptation process and to the difference in story telling technique which be require for film and a oppose to the write word . in short and it uncinematic and what work on the printed page do not most definitely do not work on the flickering screen unmodified . the end result be tedious in the extreme .