Die Monster Die was one of the earliest film adaptations from an H.P. Lovecraft story. It was also one of Boris Karloff's last films. Made in 1965, the film is very loosely based off of Lovecraft's story, "The Color out of Space".It is a decent horror film. The two things that keep the movie interesting are the acting and the atmospheric film locations, particularly the cool mansion in which most of the story takes place.
The Blu-ray was recently release from Scream Factory. It is not a special edition release, the only extra is a trailer. The trailer is made up of all the action scenes in the movie, including the ending. It is kind of like fast-forwarding through the entire disk.
I did enjoy the movie. I would have preferred that the film had followed Lovecraft's story more faithfully, but I guess the special effect technology at the time wouldn't allow it. I would give it 3 out of 5 stars.
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