Review by Eric Sever
Based on a graphic novel trilogy, the film follows "weird fiction" author H.P. Lovecraft as a boy. Initially anchored in the facts of Lovecraft’s real life, Howard is raised by his mother after his father is put in an asylum for “nervous exhaustion.”
Some historians say it was syphilis-induced, but the film’s plot says dad’s crazy because of his experiences with ancient, dark magic, which he has written about in a book he calls the Necronomicon.
