Dejan Ognjanovic’s big preview of the script and concept/teaser/poster art for the forthcoming anthology-film Arkham Sanitarium (Oct 2011)…

“It seems that anthology format is better suited for Lovecraft’s shorter fiction: three short sharp shocks in a row are better than a single one padded for feature length. This, at least, must be the rationale behind the script written by Andrew G. Morgan based on “The Haunter of the Dark”, “The Shunned House” and “The Thing on the Doorstep”. His anthology H. P. Lovecraft’s Arkham Sanitarium is produced by Survivor Films, an independent film production company based in London, as their first feature-film. The filming of this low budget venture begins in May 2011 (on Friday the 13th!), with the movie planned for release in October 2011. What follows are my impressions of the screenplay. Briefly and simply put, this is a very, very good script.”

Three or four months to add the CGI, music score, and edit on a feature-length film is perhaps rather ambitious — but if they have a great script, a solid cast of veteran role-players, and talented and well-equipped crew on location then they’re halfway there. The release deadline of October suggests it’s possibly a “get it done before we go back to university” film?

To alleviate the disappointment of the news of the canning of del Toro’s Mountains, comes news that the much-awaited film adaptation of The Whisperer in Darkness is completed.