Alright, this one's a bit odd. It's a black & white silent movie based on the story of the same name, released in 2005 and produced by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. They call the filming style "Mythoscope" which is a blend of traditional and modern filming techniques that produces a film which very much adheres to the aesthetic of a movie from the 20s or 30s while still respecting certain modern sensibilities.
As such we have a lot of static cameras, but a few moving shots. What's funny is the static shots feel appropriate and refined but a lot of others that technically look better seem amateurish and out of place, like someone's home movie.
From what I can tell it's also the most accurate to the original story, aside from a few minor changes which do seem like they would make it easier to hook the narrative or make certain scenes easier to film. As an example, according to wikipedia the original story had the Alert crewed by cultists which would have required another scene with many many extras so they made it that the Alert was abandoned which required no additional cast members. Basically the sort of rigid adherence to the source material you'd expect from a group calling themselves the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
Beyond that I can't really judge anything because the movie is so far out of my realm of experience. It moved pretty briskly, and the music was nice. More dramatic than the silly scores I usually imagine going with silent movies. It was fun to watch...but it's really not my thing.
Tomorrow will be the 2007 Cthulhu, based on The Shadow Over Innsmouth. It will probably be the most "artistic" thing yet.
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