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Friday, 7 October 2016

Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom DVD Review And Giveaway

Released earlier this week by Lionsgate Home Entertainment, just in time for Halloween, is the monster-filled movie for children of school age, Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom. Based on the 2009 graphic novel of the same name, and inspired by the writing of the American author H. P. Lovecraft, this is a teeny bit creepy and there is a maybe a little peril...


The movie has a great voice cast including Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer, and Doug Bradley - who the adults watching may recognise as the far more grown up Pinhead from Hellraiser!

In the story Howard visits his sick father in hospital, and his Dad tells Howard to destroy a book that "I should never have written". When he gets home Howard finds the book, and can't help but read, accidentally opening a portal to another world, the Frozen Kingdom. There are all kinds of mysterious creatures there, including a creature who looks like a cross between a bat and an octopus - Spot.

Spot tries to eat Howard at first, but then they become friends. Howard also meets 4 children who join the party, and they all help him on his quest attempting to escape the Frozen Kingdom to make his way home.


I think this is a movie that suits school-aged children best. It's only a tiny bit dark and creepy, and Spot is a bit scary-looking, although there's no terrible peril as such. The storyline is quite complicated, and I'm not convinced my 6 year old even understood it entirely, although he enjoyed the whole movie anyway.

This is an animated movie, with models moving in front of CGI backgrounds, and the style reminds me of Boxtrolls or Tim Burton. The scenery is quite dark and brooding, it may be an ice kingdom, but this is not Frozen. It appeals to my 6 and 8 year old boys, and to the older people in the house, one of our teenagers watched it again today.

Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom is out now, released by Lionsgate UK, it has an understandable PG rating. Priced around £6.99 from all good DVD stockists including online at Amazon.

Lionsgate have offered a copy of Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom as a giveaway prize for one of my readers. Entry to the giveaway is open to UK entrants only and it will end at midnight Sunday October 30th...just before Halloween...

To see my other giveaways, including Crazy Claw Game (age 5+), or for assistance with Gleam, please go to my Giveaways Page...

Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom DVD Giveaway


We were sent our copy of Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom for review.
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57 comments:

  1. Kelly Hirst7 October 2016 at 21:39

    It'd have a giraffes neck with a bats head & wings

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  2. Solange7 October 2016 at 22:52

    A shark's teeth and a giraffe's neck.

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  3. Kim Styles8 October 2016 at 09:47

    An eagle and a bat

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  4. Unknown8 October 2016 at 10:08

    Wings of an ant, claws of a praying mantis

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  5. maci2348 October 2016 at 10:13

    a lion and rhino

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  6. Cthek Goru8 October 2016 at 10:52

    A leopard and eagle. To magnificent creatures

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  7. Margaret8 October 2016 at 14:49

    Bats for a hat and werewolf for the teeth with obligatory blood stained teeth

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  8. kelliesteed8 October 2016 at 20:25

    This looks like a great movie, would love to win. Thanks for the chance!

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  9. Ruth Harwood9 October 2016 at 08:48

    A Bat and a Sheep :)

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  10. Unknown9 October 2016 at 11:56

    spiders legs and an armadillo face. I think they would be a scary combination and definitely an original idea.

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  11. DebMac9 October 2016 at 15:57

    Hmm.. I think a nipper ant and bat

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  12. Susie Wilkinson9 October 2016 at 16:22

    Maybe a snake's head and pterodactyl wings!

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  13. X_MD_X9 October 2016 at 17:05

    I would add a horses lower body and give them fish eyes

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  14. Unknown10 October 2016 at 06:21

    A shark with wings would be pretty scary :)

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  15. Unknown10 October 2016 at 10:34

    Wolf & bear

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  16. helen tovell10 October 2016 at 12:30

    I would cross a scary black cats body with puffer fishes head

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  17. Annabel Greaves10 October 2016 at 15:00

    A bat and a spider xx

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  18. chery11 October 2016 at 11:55

    bat and a vampire :-)

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  19. LeilaB11 October 2016 at 13:03

    An owl and a wolf.

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  20. kasza11 October 2016 at 17:14

    Head of a Condor and the body of a lizard

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  21. Angela Boucher11 October 2016 at 21:13

    A spider and a wasp, scary!

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  22. Unknown12 October 2016 at 15:46

    For me it would be a spider with a snakes head..my two worst fears!

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  23. Unknown12 October 2016 at 19:38

    Tiger and dragon

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  24. Unknown13 October 2016 at 07:41

    Dragon

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  25. Unknown13 October 2016 at 21:14

    owl and a spider

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  26. katie skeoch 16 October 2016 at 15:56

    A lion's head & a eagles body

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  27. pretty pistol16 October 2016 at 19:09

    spiders legs and bat wings

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  28. Jo Glasspool16 October 2016 at 20:56

    Anything that involves spiders, they give me the chills.

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  29. markmarkw17 October 2016 at 15:30

    I'd turn a previous suggestion and have an eagles head on a lions body

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  30. Unknown17 October 2016 at 21:11

    Spiders legs and a shark head

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  31. Anonymous17 October 2016 at 21:54

    Halloween I believe will be well Celebrated this year. As I know of several parties and events.

    Rachel Craig

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  32. daniel18 October 2016 at 19:34

    Kangaroo legs and scorpion body

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  33. janine atkin22 October 2016 at 12:19

    half spider an half wasp

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  34. Carly Belsey23 October 2016 at 05:23

    Spider legs hanging off and crocodile face :-0 haha

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  35. Unknown23 October 2016 at 13:31

    A bat and a spider would be super scary!

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  36. Sarah Prescott23 October 2016 at 19:06

    A snakes head and a scorpions body

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  37. Shalene Hodder25 October 2016 at 09:20

    A dragon and an eagle

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  38. sheridarby27 October 2016 at 20:31

    A dinosaur head and a tiger body

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  39. Unknown28 October 2016 at 01:11

    A lions head and spiders body xx

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  40. Ellen Stafford28 October 2016 at 20:30

    Wolf and spider.

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  41. Laura Corrall28 October 2016 at 21:07

    A shark fin, and then dragon wings.

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  42. Rebecca Mercer28 October 2016 at 21:16

    A shark and a spider

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  43. Martha64429 October 2016 at 08:31

    T-Rex tail and giant rat's head!

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  44. Rich Tyler29 October 2016 at 14:45

    A dragon & a Lion

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  45. joanna_kow29 October 2016 at 20:22

    cat and rat

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  46. Eloise29 October 2016 at 20:43

    horses body and a giant spiders face with multiple eyes!

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  47. Unknown29 October 2016 at 20:49

    Elephant head , spiders body

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  48. Christopher Read30 October 2016 at 00:28

    A pigeon with a wasp's sting

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  49. Diana30 October 2016 at 09:16

    Tiger with bat wings

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  50. Tammy neal30 October 2016 at 09:23

    Sharks head and a Spiders Body! x

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  51. Andrea A30 October 2016 at 11:26

    A bat and a spider.

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  52. Pauline black30 October 2016 at 12:00

    Spiders body and sharks head

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  53. Natalie Crossan30 October 2016 at 16:09

    A pigeon with bats wings

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  54. claire davey30 October 2016 at 16:17

    has to be a elephants body and head with bats wings xx

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  55. Lynsey Buchanan30 October 2016 at 19:56

    A wolf head on a gorilla body

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  56. paula cheadle30 October 2016 at 21:47

    A lizared's head and eagle's claws

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  57. Unknown30 October 2016 at 22:56

    A scorpions body with a sharks head. xx

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