No, this is not about everybody's favorite down-on-his-luck sociopath Cthulhu the Rage Cannon, but on an issue I have with Hollywood. For, you see, numerous movies have been titled "Cthulhu", which would lead one to believe that the movie featured Cthulhu prominently, or was an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft tale from which the deity originates, "The Call of Cthulhu". But, NO. IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS A HORRIFICALLY DISFIGURED VERSION OF 'A Shadow Over Innsmouth', ANOTHER LOVECRAFT STORY. Worse yet, the movies that aren't mistitled adaptations of that story, but still do not feature Cthulhu whatsoever, or take such liberties with the concept that you're left wondering if it's really about breakdancing Swedish pot-head babies come to eat your skulls. This angers me greatly. As a rule of thumb, any movie containing the name 'Cthulhu', however misspelled, should it be 'Ktulu', 'Kathulu', 'Cthulu', and so on, must include this deity, and not in a brief mention coupled with the one small scene featuring the Necronomicon that was edited and stretched for the trailers shown in theaters and on television to attract people who think they know about ficticious occult content. You know what I mean, Hollywood. Evil Dead and its sequels, whilst not Lovecraftian in nature, successfully pulled off the concept of the Necronomicon and its usage in cinema. Such a feat has not yet materialized in mainstream, widely-distributed, or well-funded horror films in recent time. If it is more based on The Shadow Over Innsmouth than The Call of Cthulhu, it should be named 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth', or should that prove too long a title, something along the lines of just 'Innsmouth' would be acceptable. However, if the movie takes extreme liberties with the adaptation of this as well, it should just be retooled into something else, because it has strayed from the vision of the original story and is not true to the spirit or character of Lovecraft's writing. While I applaud the makers of the American film with the title of 'Cthulhu' being released this year for using a gay protagonist, I strongly disagree with the direction of the plot, and the attempted symbolism.

Now, give me an adaptation of The Temple, or an actual adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu that doesn't suck, Hollywood, and that would make me happier. Not 'happy', nor 'cheery', and not anything along the lines of 'jovial', but less angry at the film industry for their treatment of Lovecraft's work.