The Complete H.P. Lovecraft Filmography by Charles P. Mitchell

Author:Charles P. Mitchell [Mitchell, Charles P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Language Arts & Disciplines, Film & Video, Performing Arts, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Communication Studies, Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780313316418
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2000-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

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exhilarated. Crawford concedes that he is pleased that the experience cleared him of the murder charge, but he is fearful of the beast that now possesses the mind of Pretorious. Bubba inquires about the erotic effect, and the psychiatrist suggests that the resonator enlarged their pineal glands which, in turn, aroused them sexually. She wants to repeat the experiment, but Bubba objects and Tillinghast flatly refuses. They agree to leave after getting some sleep, but Katherine slips off and turns on the resonator. She quickly falls prey to Pretorious, who captures her. Crawford heads down to the basement to shut off the power supply at its source. The expanding field, however, permits the monster to appear in the cellar, and a colossal worm prevents Crawford from reaching the circuit breaker. The slobbering creature envelopes Crawford’s head. Bubba grabs the electric cable and pulls it out of the circuit breaker, freeing the others. Crawford remains unconscious, however, with all of his hair dissolved by the saliva of the monster.

The terrible consequences fail to deter Katherine, who wants Bubba to leave with Tillinghast, so that she can resume using the resonator. The policeman refuses, claiming she has become addicted to the machine. Searching through Pretorious’ room, Katherine dresses up in a leather dominatrix outfit and attempts to seduce Bubba. While they are preoccupied, the creature uses its mental powers to reattach the electric cable to the circuit breaker, restoring power to the resonator. Crawford awakens and alerts the others that the resonator is working again. Bubba is attacked and eviscerated by a swarm of tiny monstrous insects. Crawford’s pineal gland, stimulated by the machine, grows and emerges out of his forehead, looking like an obscene four inch snake. The psychiatrist is seized by the tentacles of the monster. The Old One prepares to swallow and absorb her as it did Pretorious, when Crawford short circuits the power by dowsing the resonator with a fire extinguisher, and then collapses.

When Crawford reawakens, he is back at the asylum. Dr. Roberta Bloch, director of the hospital, is inspecting his forehead. Jordan Fields from the D.A.’s office, after hearing Katherine’s narrative, decides to commit her. Dr. Bloch, who despises Katherine as a rival, orders that she be subjected to electroshock therapy. Crawford revives and breaks out of the hospital, rescuing Katherine as he escapes. They steal an ambulance and drive back to the Pretorious mansion. The psychiatrist plans to blow up the laboratory with a time bomb. Crawford becomes delusional, and restrains Katherine. She warns that the Old One wants to devour the entire human race. When he tries to kiss her, she grabs his pineal gland with her teeth and bites it off. The resonator somehow becomes operational again, and Pretorious reappears, a mere head protruding out of a huge, flabby, unearthly body with pincers and talons. Crawford infuriates the monster by claiming that Pretorious had been nothing but a eunuch. It corners the physicist and devours him, permitting time for Katherine to escape before the bomb explodes.

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