The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (2003)
This is the barely animated film which was adapted from Jason Thompson's 1997-1999 illustrated comic book series.
Due to limited resources, this movie is really nothing more than a weird, indie 'motion' comic!
Some versions of HPL's story...
1. Cover of an early edition collection.
2 & 3. Some great Stephen Fabian interior art!
4. Cover for another collected edition.
5. A fabulous Dreamlands map - of which there are many versions online.
6. Perhaps the best "Sunset City" cover ever drawn!
7. Four issues of the comicbook version that inspired this motion picture.
8. Art from the graphic novel collection?
9. Simply the best Lovecraftian cover that I've ever seen...
Though Carter is drawn very simply (the 'everyman' idea), the film has beautifully detailed art - where it really counts!!
And especially with the ghouls.
Sadly, the voice acting lacks emotion & any dynamic range - with only Carter & Nyarlathotep being handled well.
The film is only recommended for HPL completists & not to casual fans.
Lovecraft's original story was finished in 1927 but, it was finally published in 1943, years after his death in 1937.
The short tales about the Dreamlands are HPL's closest attempt to write a weird adventure story.
Although "Cats of Ulthar" is more of a cautionary tale...
Anyway, the plot here is a search for Randolph Carter's "Sunset City" - by petitioning the Gods of Kadath, a city in the Cold Waste of the North.
Unfortunately, Carter (& some amazing allies - cats & ghouls!!) has to travel thru out the Dreamlands to find his way to Kadath.
And, once there, he faces Nyarlathotep - the Messenger of the Gods & quite the deadly Trickster too...
Hope that you can enjoy it.