Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day of the month. It might be terrifying, it might be funny. It could be an homage classic monsters or something entirely new. Check back every morning for a new scare as we celebrate horror shorts!

When Cthulu does finally call, it just feels right that your IT department will be the first to answer. So it goes in “Eldritch Code,” an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft classic “The Call of Cthulu” from filmmaker Ivan Radovic, based on the comic “One of Those Days” by writer Glen Cadigan and artist Chee.

I love all the little details in this one. It’s worth watching twice – once all the way through and then again, pausing to read some of the language in the code or to take a closer look at what you may have assumed was a Starbucks cup. The tribute extends to the narrative, as well, which, like “The Call of Cthulu,” is the first-person story of a man on a quest. Although the IT guy in this story doesn’t know at the outset the cosmic horror that he will encounter.

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