Working on an Lovecraftian Website

[Ferox13]

I finsihed a course a while back on Dreamweaver so I'm doing this as exercise to put what I learnt into practice..

The website will list and review films, tv shows and shorts that are based on or influenced by the works of HP Lovecraft.

I started off a YouTube Channel so I can stream the films from that to my site to save on Bandwidth.

LINK to the youtube channel: ARKHAM DRIVE-IN (http://www.youtube.com/arkhamdrivein)

This is a work in progress - not 100% sure on this - Here's a rough mock up of a review a review page with working video player: HERE (http://members.upc.ie/innsmouth/TESTER1.html)


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a360/ferox-13/Arkham%20Drive-in%20Stuff/arkhamReview.jpg

[TheWickerFan]

Looks good.:)

I watched Call Of Cthulhu, and loved it. Thank you so much for recommending it.

[Ferox13]

Excellent - the same people are bringing out a version of The Whisperer in Darkness, which should be just as good..

[TheWickerFan]

I'm there.:)

[Ferox13]

Feel free to Subcribe to the Youtube Channel :-)


[/whore]

[neverending]

A worthy enterprise. Good luck!

[Ferox13]

A worthy enterprise. Good luck!

Cheers man..

Just working on the reviews now. Alot to cover. I have a decent enough collection. I'll print a list of films/Shorts/tv shows I hope to cover so that ppl here can point out the gaps in it...

[Sam from TSC]

Very cool site. good work keep it up.

[Doc Faustus]

My girlfriend's brother and his friends did this for their film class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVOzKf-Hxs

It's an adaptation of The Picture in the House.

[Ferox13]

I love the opening scene of that...

[ferretchucker]

Love the design of the site - how long did it take you to get that down?

[newb]

looks pretty cool....will have to check it out later at home.

[Straker]

Looks quality, good luck with it.

[Ferox13]

Love the design of the site - how long did it take you to get that down?

Longer than it should. The Grpahics were easy and I flew through does but the layout and the CSS were very trial and error. Its a good learning process.

Now its content/copy I need to get off my ass and do.

[Fearonsarms]

Great to see such creative things done with Lovecraft keep up the good work :)

*waits impatiently for "The Whisperer In Darkness" to come out*

[Ferox13]

*waits impatiently for "The Whisperer In Darkness" to come out*

CAn't wait too..

Are you familar with HPPodcraft.com – The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast (http://hppodcraft.com/) - its really good..

[Ferox13]

Ok heres a list that I'm working from of Lovecraftian influenced work I want to cover on my site. I've Broken it down into Feature Films - SHort Films and Animation - Tv SHows/Series.

I've further broke this down into pieces that are: Based on Lovecrafts Work - Are in the Spirit of Lovecraft - Or just Namedroppers. Of course there is no hard and fast rules here and it just makes it easier for me. The also a few I've not seen so I put them in the wrong place...I'm sure I'm left some out by mistake and doubled some up. But there is obviously some I haven't heard of - so pleasr let me know...For example ant info on:

The Whisperer in Darkness (2007) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1347295/)


So here are the FEATURE FILMS based (however loosely) on HPs Work:

The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
Bleeders (1997)
Castle Freak (1995)
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
The Dunwich Horror (1969)
Chilean Gothic* (1997/99) - HPLS (not feature)
The Crimson Cult (1968) AKA Curse of the Crimson Altar and Witch House
The Farm (1987) AKA The Curse
Colour from the Dark (2008)
From Beyond (1986) AKA H. P. Lovecraft’s From Beyond
The Haunted Palace (1963) AKA The Curse of Arkham
Insumasu o oou Kage* (1992) AKA The Shadow Over Innsmouth (love some info on this)
Lurking Fear (1994)
The Resurrected (1992)
Out of Mind (1998) –HPLS
Cthulhu (2007)
Cthulhu (2000)
Re-Animator (1985) AKA H. P. Lovecraft’s Re-Animator
Pickman's Muse (2009)
Whisperer in Darkness (2007)
Chill (2007)

[Ferox13]

Lovecraftian Namedropping Films:

LovecraCked! The Movie
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009)
In Search of Lovecraft (2008)
Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2006)
Beyond the Dunwich Horror (2008)
The Tomb (Video 2007)
The Beyond (1998/2000)
Army of Darkness (1991/93) AKA Evil Dead III
Bride of Re-Animator (1990) AKA H. P. Lovecraft’s Bride of Re-Animator
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
Cthulhu Mansion (1990) AKA Black Magic Mansion and La Maison de los Cthulhu
The Evil Dead (1981) AKA Book of the Dead
Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987)
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
Necronomicon (1994) AKA H. P. Lovecraft’s Necronomicon: Book of the Dead
The Unnamable (1988) AKA H. P. Lovecraft’s The Unnamable
The Unnamable II: The Testament of Randolph Carter (1992)
Witch Hunt (1994)
Unknown Beyond (2001)
City of the Living Dead (1980)
The Halfway House (2004)
Mortuary (2005)


In the Spirit of Howard Philips

Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959) AKA II Monstro Immortale
The Crawling Eye (1958) AKA The Trollenberg Terror
Dark Intruder (1964)
Enemy from Space (1957) AKA Quatermass 2 (all 3 ?)
Quatermass and the Pit
Quatermass Experiment (1955)
Equinox (1967/71)
The Island of the Fishmen (1979)
Forever Evil (1987)
The Thing (1982)
Dark Waters (1993).
The Manitou (1978)
The Mist (2007)
Maléfique (2002)
HellBoy
Lemora, A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural
The Maze
Phantoms (1998)
Creepshow (1982)
Forever Evil (1987)
The Thing
Tales from the Crypt ( 1972) - Reflection of Death similar to the Outsider
The Shuttered Room (1967)
The Spider Labyrinth (1988) AKA II Nido del Ragno
The Fog
Berkeley Square (1933) -an inspiration for The Shadow Out of Time

[Ferox13]

Shorts+Animation

(need to short this out more - for animation I just kept it to stuff that was broadcast on TV and left out webstuff like the wonderful The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu - I might get around and do this too..)

Doug Bradley's Spine Chillers - The Outsider by H. P. Lovecraft
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (2003)
The Evil Clergymen (2002)
The Music of Erich Zann (1980) – Zann played a Cello-like instrument (Viol)
H.P. Lovecraft Collection 1 – The Cool Air (+Nyarlathotep, The Hound, An Imperfect Solution, and The Hapless Antiquarian)
H.P. Lovecraft Collection 2 - Dreams of Cthulhu (Rough Magik, Terrible Old Man,Experiment 17 and Experiment 18)
H.P. Lovecraft Collection 3 – Out of Mind (+The Music of Erich Zann, The Outsider & My Necronomicon. )
H.P. Lovecraft Collection 4 - Pickmans Model (Cathy Welch Standard version, Giovanni Furore version, In the Vault and Between the Stars and Chilean Gothic)
H.P. Lovecraft Collection 5 - Strange Aeons (+From Beyond (animated), Maria's Hubris, and Do Not Feed the Books)

In the Spirit of Howard Philips

AM1200 (2005)


Television Shows/Series

The Quatermass Experiment (2005) v- (again not sure)
"Quatermass and the Pit" (1958)

The Real Ghost Busters – The collect call of Cathulhu
“Russian About”

Night Gallery (TV series)
Each of the following vignettes are part of a single episode of the show.
“Cool Air” (Episode 18)
“Miss Lovecraft Sent Me” (Episode 7)
“Pickman’s Model” (Episode 17)
“Professor Peabody’s Last Lecture” (Episode 14)
“The Return of the Sorcerer” (Episode 29)
Based on Clark Ashton Smith’s “mythos” story of the same name,

Masters of Horror - Dreams in the Witch-House
Nightmares and Dreamscapes - Crouch End
Superman: the Animated Series s2 ep14 “The Hand of Fate”
Rough Magik Initiative (2000)
Freakazoid! - Vorn the Unspeakable
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Prank Call of Cthulhu
Sealab 2021 - Isla de las Chupacabras
House - Knight Fall (any info on this?)
The Sea Devils - Doctor Who

[Ferox13]

Theres definitely some TV stuff I'm missing.

I've never watched Buffy/Angel was there any Lovecraftian monsters in that or any necronomican name dropping?

Also I'm sure Doctor Who had more than just The Sea Devils (which have more than a passing similarity to the Deep ones).

Thanks for any input and help..

[Ferox13]

Woops - forgot the Appearance of HP Hatecraft and a Cthulhu Creature in the wonderful new Scooby Doo series...

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a360/ferox-13/Arkham%20Drive-in%20Stuff/Scooby-Doo-Hatecraft.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a360/ferox-13/Arkham%20Drive-in%20Stuff/Scooby-Doo-ChargarGothakon.jpg

I also know very little about Anime/Manga and I'm sure I'm missing a ton there. I know Demoin Bane as some Lovecraftian elements..

[Fearonsarms]

I'll check out the webcast when I'm awake I don't touch lovecraft in the haunting mode i'm in right now.

That is an intimidating list of all things Lovecraft in the sense I thought I had seen a lot of Lovecraft stuff but clearly there's still plenty out there to still enjoy its obvious you have done some THOROUGH research and kudos to you great work :)

[Ferox13]

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The Necronomican is an enjoyable anthology film if you're not too precious about Lovecraft or the treatment of his work. Its divided into 3 stories (The Drowned/The Cold/WHispers+ a framing episode staring Lovecraft himself.). Combs makes a decent (if not too accurate) Howard Philips and its good to see David Warner appear even if he doesn't get a whole lot to do. "The Drowned" reminds me very much of an episode of Tales from the Crypt crossed with 'The Monkeys Paw'. I did like the idea of the ressurected wife being a kinda of meat-puppet on a Dagon-like creature.
"The Cold" is probably the best of the three stories and really the only one that has any sort of Lovecraftian source but a common fault with anthology films the characters lacked dept. Despie being a Brian Yuzna fan I thought "Whispers" was the weakest of the three and the situation and acting made it more unbeliable than a story about brain swapping aliens really should be. I did enjoy the ending despite it been something we've seen a dozen.

Necronomicon has a style and feel similar to Stuart Gordon's Lovecraftian pieces but fall short of their those films efforts. Thats not to say this isn't fun little flick and is worth a watch.

http://devildead.com/brianyuzna/necronomicon12.jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j4twdnk8ZvI/SjP4_OhAonI/AAAAAAAACFY/CBwY1UVVSD4/s400/necronomicon+face+rip.jpg

[Fearonsarms]

I agree with you that the third segment is the weakest in that and I would go far as to say that it would stop me recommending this compared to other Lovecraft inspired films. I agree that the first two are quite fun to watch but only if you don't take them too seriously.