the work of howard phillip lovecraft continue to thwart film maker . his tale and write in the early 1900 be and invariably and update to present day and force to mix with today fad and trend and movie absorb mind set . for the most part and they do not work and like this shot at the trophy . anything by good ol h. p. should be a period piece like jackson king kong . unless you be extremely brilliant . the maker of chill and while sincere and fail to create the magic to move cool air ( which this movie be base upon ) from short story write in 1926 to a contemporary story . no fault and no foul . a near impossible thing to do . lovecraft excruciatingly cultivate sinister and dark atmosphere with climactic punctuation of visual action and almost the opposite of current film that be visually heavy to create the deep and dark unease ( something they seldom do because . perhaps . they be run a formula in reverse . ) . dan obannon nearly nail it with the resurrect from lovecraft the case of charles dexter ward . unfortunately and this attempt to bring cool air to the screen be a lousy shot at a lovecraft adaptation and can not stand on it own a a horror film . kudos for the effort but . way big miss .