THE Man

[Vodstok]

H.P. Lovecraft is the author that has had the most impact on my writing (oddly, the close second is Bob Salvatore. i havent written any fantasy in years) I figured i would start a little shrine to the man, considering some of the younguns (and some of the olduns) here are woefully undereducated on him.

here is a great site:
http://www.hplovecraft.com/


i have found some excellent artists who have done great pics of many of his creatures. I'll post them as i dig them up again.

He originally was from Newb's neck of the woods (Rhode Island), and set the stage for Stephen King to make New England out to be a hellhole of inbreds and monsters.

His motto should hacve been the same as Guinness "Often imitated, never copied" (i think thats guinness....)

He brought weird to a whole new level, and is pretty phenominal for not really wiriting too many stories on old subjects (not really any vampires or werewolves in Lovecraft)

And you have to respect a guy who makes up an entire pantheon that is still being added to and pulled from now.


Now, maybe someday they will make a GOOD movie based on one of his stories. Dagon was just a crappy, bastardized version of "Shadow over Innsmouth". They even named the spanish city where it was set "imbocca" (spanish for "In Mouth"):rolleyes:

[bloodrayne]

We just watched Re-Animator...Bride Of Re-Animator...Beyond Re-Animator...AND From Beyond...Last night and the night before...Jeffrey Combs kicks SOOO much ass...lol


On a side note...We went to see The Grudge Last night...We BOTH fell asleep during different parts...Of course, to be fair, neither of us have been getting much sleep lately;).....Wicked Lady and Shinobi loved the movie, though....We were a bit disappointed with it...

[Vodstok]

It sucked. Ever see that video of the woman doing something nasty to a horse and then she choked on it? It sucked like that.


I havent seen the reanimator yet. I'm cautiously interested. i like Jeff. LOved him in the Frighteners, and he was about the only watchable person in Fortress.

How about a picture? This is a Gug. I have not yet read the story that features them:

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by Vodstok
It sucked. Ever see that video of the woman doing something nasty to a horse and then she choked on it? It sucked like that.


I havent seen the reanimator yet. I'm cautiously interested. i like Jeff. LOved him in the Frighteners, and he was about the only watchable person in Fortress.

How about a picture? This is a Gug. I have not yet read the story that features them: Dustin laughed at your horse comment...He said, "Hey...I've seen that video"...lol...He said he wished he hadn't too...lol

What's that picture from?...Looks a little Cthulhu-ish

[Vodstok]

Check it out here:
http://www.templeofdagon.com/artists.htm

It is a creation of lovecraft's, but i am not very sure which story it is from.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Check it out here:
http://www.templeofdagon.com/artists.htm

It is a creation of lovecraft's, but i am not very sure which story it is from. Thanks, Vod...That reminds me...I've never seen Dagon...Guess I need to:)

[last bad move]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Thanks, Vod...That reminds me...I've never seen Dagon...Guess I need to:) dagon was on the other day on sci fi but i didnt watch it i fell asleep before it came on so it will remain on the top of my to see list right up there with creepshow 2

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by last bad move
dagon was on the other day on sci fi but i didnt watch it i fell asleep before it came on so it will remain on the top of my to see list right up there with creepshow 2 OMG!!!...How can anyone NOT have seen Creepshow 2???..Buy it NOW...That's an order :D



It's even better than the first one...I swear...


"Thanks for the ride, lady"

[last bad move]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
OMG!!!...How can anyone NOT have seen Creepshow 2???..Buy it NOW...That's an order :D



It's even better than the first one...I swear...


"Thanks for the ride, lady" i know thats what everyone says. i havent seen any of the re animater sequals either but i loved the original should i check them out too or are they not worth it?




^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this was lbm's 2000 post! yay

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by last bad move
i know thats what everyone says. i havent seen any of the re animater sequals either but i loved the original should i check them out too or are they not worth it?




^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this was lbm's 2000 post! yay Congrats on the posts...and YES...If you liked Re-Animator, you HAVE to have the sequels...ESPECIALLY Beyond Re-Animator...And...I recommend From Beyond, also...But it's difficult to find...I got mine from eBay

[last bad move]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Congrats on the posts...and YES...If you liked Re-Animator, you HAVE to have the sequels...ESPECIALLY Beyond re-Animator...And...I recommend From Beyond, also...But it's difficult to find...I got mine from eBay can you give me a short dicription of re-animater


and in the bride of reanimater is the bride the blound chick i dont wat to reck anything so i wont say what happend at the end

[newb]

Loved the Re-animator movies, I can't believe Vod ,being such a hugh Lovecraft fan, hasn't seen it.

Also love From Beyond but can't find it, I'll have to check out E-BAY.

While we are on the Lovecraft subject, what ever happend to The Call of Cthulhua game?

[Kemal]

This guy is one of my favorites. It's interesting how his earlier stories involve things like witches and gods and black magic, and his later stories like The Shadow Our of Time depict complex alien societies, yet it all somehow seems to fit together.

I did read the story with the Gug. It's one of the ones with Randolph Carter; it's one of the longer stories. I don't remember the title.

Yeah, one day they'll make a good movie based on his writing. To make a decent Lovecraft movie I think you'd have to do a couple things. First, set it in Lovecraft's time period - the first 30 years or so of the 20th century. It would kind of ruin the sense of otherwordly horror to have characters watching CNN and talking on cell phones. And what fun would Cthulhu be if you could just vaporize him with a nuclear weapon?

Second, tone down the fantasy aspect of his stories-magic spells and all that. I don't mean eliminate it altogether necessarily; just tone it down.

Third, you've got to have a little action. Lovecraft's stories are big on psychological horror, but modern audiences want to see Stuff Gettin' Blowed Up. And I always wanted to see the army blowing away Innsmouth fish-men with BARs and tommy guns.

Finally, leave some mysteries unanswered. Some movies ruin themselves by explaining everything. Monsters come from radioactive waste or genetic experiments gone wrong, etc etc. What fun is that? Suggest things, and let the audience use its imagination to fill in the blanks.

[The Mothman]

wtf is the cthilthlu?

[Kemal]

In a story by H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu is a malevolent, alien entity trapped in an undersea city somewhere in the Pacific ocean.

[Vodstok]

I knew i liked you, Kemal :)

Cthulhu has many forms (he is maleable), but he is basically a giant winged octopus headed monster.:
Take your pick:
http://members.shaw.ca/csstrowbridge/Tulzscha/Cthulhu.jpg
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~damerell/CUWoCS/pix/cthulhu.gif
http://necrolibro.dreamers.com/cthulhu.jpg