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An international research group is searching natural resources from the Arctic Ocean. They pick up a strange underwater sound from far north, and start to follow it to the uncharted waters. Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

On October 8th, 2017, this short won two awards at the 22nd annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon in Portland, Oregon. It won Best Short and the Audience Choice Award. Director Antti Laakso was there to accept both awards and commented that the film was made for this festival and made for this audience.

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    • Author: Wrathmaster
    Although the poster claims that Sound from the Deep is inspired by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, it is so ingrained with the minutia of his style that this 2017 short film feels like an extension of the maestro himself. In a mere 30 minute runtime, the writing and directing team of Joonas Allonen and Antti Laakso establish a dark and brooding world saturated with remnants of the Great Old Ones, only to leave our sole narrator a psychological mess.

    An international research group is searching for natural resources from the Arctic Ocean. As they are about to end the voyage empty-handed, a strange underwater sound is heard from far north. Thinking it might be natural gas, they start their journey to the uncharted areas. As they get closer, they begin to understand the true nature of the sound.

    The film's plot seems vaguely familiar, but Allonen and Laakso manage to capture the nitty-gritty of what makes a tale Lovecraftian and executes it perfectly. The result is the first truly horrifying and mind-bending attempt at Lovecraftian storytelling in years. The continual sense of impending doom is nailed perfectly by the strong performances from Eero Ojala, Lasse Fagerström, Anastasia Trizna, Mikael Andersson, and Fabian Silén, while Ville Muurinen's cinematography is supported by a frozen, watery wasteland and the cold, sterile interior of an exploration vessel. The production is as enormous as the threats that lurk in the icy depths of the ocean.

    Joonas Allonen and Antti Laakso and the team at Twisted Films have delivered a shocking and terrifying short film that also manages to be wonderfully mesmerizing. Hopefully, once Sound from the Deep ends its award-winning festival run, audiences everywhere will get a chance to see and own this fantastic piece of cinema.

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    • Author: Kalv
    This is a very generous 4/10, I really don't have too many good things to say about this Lovecraftian short film. The landscape shots and special effects looked great and Sofia's actor did good.

    I really wanted to like the movie but I can't overlook the clunky acting, nonexistent thrills and bad sound mixing and a cheesy ending. I wished for a more psychological approach instead of this.

    When they first hear the sound it gets messed with the soundtrack and overall it sounds a bit bad, it would've been a lot more scary if they'd cut off the background music. A man shouting in a room sounds more like he's in a different room, again, because the soundtrack gets too loud there.

    Scenes at the table looks very bad, the camera angles were really distracting and the actors seemed bored. Some of the lines (it's gas, what else could make that sound) are terrible.

    I didn't like the lead actor at all. He looks like he wasn't really cast and he somehow accidentally got caught in the filming process and he didn't want to say anything.
  • Credited cast:
    Mikael Andersson Mikael Andersson - Captain Johanssen
    Lasse Fagerström Lasse Fagerström - Professor Norberg
    Kristofer Gummerus Kristofer Gummerus - the Interviewer
    Eero Ojala Eero Ojala - Mikael Aalto
    Gabriela Rodriguez-Aflecht Gabriela Rodriguez-Aflecht - Scientist
    Fabian Silén Fabian Silén - 1st mate Ångstöm
    Anastasia Trizna Anastasia Trizna - Sofia
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