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Cool Air

  • 1999
  • Unrated
  • 43m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
400
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Cool Air (1999)
HorrorShort

Randolph Carter moves into a squalid boarding house in the summer of 1925 where he becomes friends with a mysterious doctor who revives him after a near-fatal heart attack. Soon after, Carte... Read allRandolph Carter moves into a squalid boarding house in the summer of 1925 where he becomes friends with a mysterious doctor who revives him after a near-fatal heart attack. Soon after, Carter discovers the awful truth about the doctor and the fragile line that separates life and ... Read allRandolph Carter moves into a squalid boarding house in the summer of 1925 where he becomes friends with a mysterious doctor who revives him after a near-fatal heart attack. Soon after, Carter discovers the awful truth about the doctor and the fragile line that separates life and death. Featuring a stellar performance by Jack Donner as Dr. Muñoz, Cool Air remains a hau... Read all

  • Director
    • Bryan Moore
  • Writer
    • H.P. Lovecraft
  • Stars
    • Jack Donner
    • Ron Ford
    • Vera Lockwood
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    400
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Bryan Moore
    • Writer
      • H.P. Lovecraft
    • Stars
      • Jack Donner
      • Ron Ford
      • Vera Lockwood
    • 6User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Top Cast5

    Jack Donner
    Jack Donner
    • Doctor Muñoz
    Ron Ford
    Ron Ford
    • Repairman
    Vera Lockwood
    • Mrs. Caprezzi
    Bryan Moore
    • Randolph Carter
    Michael Sonye
    Michael Sonye
    • Street Bum
    • (as Dukey Flyswatter)
    • Director
      • Bryan Moore
    • Writer
      • H.P. Lovecraft
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    • Trivia
      The film takes place in 1925.
    • Goofs
      Dr. Munoz refers to Randolph Carter as a "young Hemingway". The story is set in 1925, and Hemingway did not attract public attention until he published his first novel ("The Sun Also Rises") in 1926.
    • Quotes
      • Doctor Muñoz: And like all the other young Hemingways, have you written your 'great American novel'?
      • Randolph Carter: Not unless it's called something like "The Awful Tentacled Thing that Should Not Be".
    • Crazy credits
      Among the persons thanked in the end credits: God The Permanent Residents of Rosedale Cemetery
    • Connections
      Version of Night Gallery: Cool Air/Camera Obscura/Quoth the Raven (1971)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 15, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The H.P. Lovecraft Volume 1: Cool Air
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 43m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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