Cthulhu (2007)

“Cthulhu 2007: a movie review poem”


Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!
a retelling of the H. P. Lovecraft
story “The Shadow over Innsmouth”
about the ‘Esoteric Order of Dagon’

Innsmouth is a backwater port town
a fishing town to which the oldest and only Marsh
male must return for the March Matriarch
has died and is to be put in the ground

Russell Marsh is a professor and chair of history
long exiled from Innsmouth, never wishing to return,
his father is the local priest of the ‘Esoteric Order of Dagon’
and can not accept that his son is gay and rejects their ancestry

The father needs an heir to complete his journey
on May 1, of his 50th year, a son should be conceived
to allow the Marsh line to continue when the Patriarch
of the family is called back to in the churning sea

My favorite part of the movie is when Russell goes
into the abandoned estate and sees all the names
of the town including his best friend and some times
lover, but now Russell needs to avoid that Tori Spelling ho

who has been hired to rape the blessed seed
from his body to insure that the March line
will continue forever and ever. There is also this part
where go down into this cave full of nasty weeds

and giant salamander like daemons and things.
The movie is really good even though this poem is not
so make sure that if you are a Lovecraft fan
you see this movie before it flies off shelves using wings.

Wow, that was harder that I thought it would be. I’m sorry that I put you through reading a poem review of the movie Cthulhu. I hope that you will see that movie, it was very good. I’m planning on re-reading Lovecraft’s short story “The Shadow over Innsmouth” and posting a review in a few days. I’ve also ordered a used copy of Dagon that I’m looking forward to watching and reviewing soon.