The Resurrected.

This film is GOOD. It's probably the best adaptation of a Lovecraft story to film you're ever likely to see, although that accolade isn't to hard to come by :P. What can I say? It's got mutants, explosions, cheap special effects and some decent acting. Chris Sarandon, who plays both Charles Ward and Joseph Curwen, is particularly good, and is *insane*  as Curwen.

The story itself has been 'modernised'. Dr Willett is replaced by a private eye, a Mr. March, and it's Ward's wife that brings the whole schemozzle to the PI's attention.
Rather than strange chantings and magic circles, the whole resurrection process is done by more alchemical means, with a 'reflux' device. This is a bit of a let down, as I'm a sucker for people chanting ;).

The best part, by far, are the flashbacks to the 1700s or whatever, especially the mutants that float down the river when it floods, they truly 'shall not be soon forgot'. Unfortunately, some bits come a cross as a little contrived... why just take one flashlight down into the catacombs? Of course, literary and movie tradition dictates that it *must* stop working at a crucial point. The main characters must be a bit dim not to see that one coming.

The film has some delightfully gory moments, and some rather amusing lines as well. I'd quote them, but they're actually not that funny out of context ;P Awww, what the hell ;)

Doctor: Now, Charles (really Curwen), how are you feeling today?
Curwen: Unspeakable!

*In Curwen's padded cell*
March: I visited your catacombs...
Curwen: And how fares my ... domain?
March: I blew it up. In fact, I blew the shit out of it. If you wanna go home, you're gonna have to do it with a shovel.

In some parts of the film, you can just see Lovecraft's writing staring at you, straight out of the screen. Curwen just luurvs to waffle on, and he says things like: 'I have called down demons out of the sky', and 'I have designs by which the suns and planets revolve around me!' And so on, and so forth. It's vaguely Lovecraftian, but Lovecraftian enough to fit it with the whole feel of the film.
 

I caught the film on a late night screening on the TV... god only knows where else you could lay your hands on it... it's also called 'Shatterbrain', so good hunting!
 

RATIN':
'The Resurrected' gets 4 flayed cultists and a barrel of spare mutant body parts out of 5.