''The Deep Ones'' (also known as ''H.P. Lovecraft's the Deep Ones'' or ''H.P. Lovecraft was a Deep One'') is a 2020 American horror science fiction film written and directed by Chad Ferrin and based on H.P. Lovecraft's 1931 novel ''

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''. The film stars

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, Silvia Spross, Jackie Debatin, Nicolas Coster and was produced by Chad Ferrin, Gina La Piana, Robert Miano and Jeff Olan. It was premiered at Sitges Film Festival on October 10, 2020. The film is about a couple that is recovering from a recent miscarriage encounters overly friendly locals and strange goings-on at a coastal getaway.

Synopsis

A married couple rents a beachside

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, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. They soon discover they are in the grip of a mysterious cult and their ancient sea god.

Cast

as Alex *

as Russel Marsh *

as Petri * Silvia Spross as Ingrid Krauer * Jackie Debatin as Deb * Nicolas Coster as Finley *

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as Ambrose Zadok * Timothy Muskatell as Dr. Gene Rayburn

Release

The film was premiered at Arizona Underground Film Festival on September 19, 2020, HARDLINE Film Festival on September 24, 2020, Santiago Horror Film Festival on September 30, 2020, H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival on October 2, 2020, Grimmfest International Festival of Fantastic Film and AFI Silver on October 9, 2020, Sitges Film Festival on October 10, 2020 and Irish Film Institute Horrorthon on October 24, 2020. It also premiered at The Dark Hedges Film Festival on October 26, 2020, Anatomy Crime & Horror International Film Festival on October 29, 2020, Another Hole in the Head Film Festival on December 11, 2020, MidWest WeirdFest on March 5, 2021, UK Motion Picture Festival on March 11, 2021. The film has a limited release in the United States on April 23, 2021.

Reception

On Culture Crypt the film has a review score of 45 out of 100 indicating "unfavorable reviews". Emilie Black of Cinema Craze gave the film a 3.5/5 rating and wrote:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deep Ones, The Cthulhu Mythos films Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft Works based on The Shadow over Innsmouth 2020 science fiction horror films Films based on American novels Films based on science fiction novels Films shot in California Films set in California Films scored by Richard Band