Coool stuff...can some one join em...

I'm shocked at the dislike for CAll of Cthuhlu - i loved it - Ryleh looked great and i loved the Cultists too...

Anyone see CTHULHU (actually based on Shawdow over Innsmouth) - its highpoint is Tori Spelling raping a gay fella. I expected it to be complete drek but it was ok...

Cool. My favorite Lovecraft adaptation..

Apart from all the other ones which have been discussed (a lot), I have a lot of fondness for this one...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107664/

One of my guilty pleasures. Not exactly a Lovecraftian adaptation, but its close enough..

Some die-hard fans of Lovecraft bash this movie to no end. I like it quite a bit. Pretty sure opinions are divided for it.

Necronomicon is kinda silly but I do admit to enjoying it too...

Here's a list (from another board) that I made:

The Call of Cthulhu (the recent Silent filmby the HPLS) is by far the best adaptation of his work ever. Very close to the story in both plot and mood. An amazing piece of work..Also there is all the short films the HPLS made - there is a great From Beyond and a decent (modern era) Strange Aeons: The Thing on the Doorstep but most of them suffer from a complete lack of budget..

I already mentioned the amazing Haunted Palace , The Resurrected is another excellent and more faithfull adaptation of the Charles Dexter ward.

Though Re-Animator and (too a much lesser degree) From Beyond are enjoyavle and fun movies they would have Lovecraft spinning in his grave...Nudity and girls for gods sake..LOL

The forementioned Beyond the Wall of Sleep was to see the great William Sanderson once again but that was about it..

Stuart Gordon's Dargon is a pretty decent adaptation of The Shadow over Innsmouth (despite the title) - Its weird how the lead looks like COmbs. Gordon version of Dreams in the Witch-House in the 1st series of Masters of Horror is excellent but the creature Brown Jenkin doesn't really translate well from paper to video. . The Crimson Cult was another poor but enjoyable all star cast version of Witch House too..CTHULHU (the 2007 film): IS another version of SHADOW OVER....its not as bad as i expected and the atmosphere is pretty good.

I enjoyed the DUNWICH HORROR - it did capture a little of the original story but not having Wilbur Whatley as the offspring of the Goat of 1000 young was dissapointing..Another version was made in 2009 which weirdly enough also stars Dean Stockwell.Its a complete mess but slightly closed to the story than the other 70's version..Jeffrey Combs plays Wilbur.

The Curse and Die Monster Die are both versions of The Color out of space and both are pretty lame despite the latter having the great boris Karloff in it.

Dark Heritage, The Lurking Fear and Hemoglobin are also sorta adaptions of Lovecraft's LURKING FEAR. The last film mentioned (with Rutger Hauer) is prolly the closet in my opinion despite never seeing a reference to it as such.

The Night gallery series has done a few good adaptations - Pickman's Model, Professor Peabody's Last Lecture and Cool air. There is another feature length version of Cool Air called 'Chill' though I've not seen it.

The Shuttered Room has mention of the Whatleys/Dunwich as well as been titled to the Lovecraft collaborator August Derleth.

Lemora, A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural, though not an adaptation has a lot of Lovecraft aspects including the Busride scene straight out of Innsmouth..Good film too..


Alot of other films have Lovecrafts influence:

Castle Freak - Similaritys to the Outsider

Necronomicon - Has Lovecraft as a character in it and The Evil Dead also has the Necronomicon as the cause of all the problems..

Cast a Deadly Spell - Also has Lovecraft as a character but this time he's a hardboiled detective in a fantasy world. It was folled with a sequal, Witch Hunt.

The Maze is another influenced with a man trying hide his family secret of tainted genes..

In the Mouth of Madness always seems to come up too..

Island of Fishmen - Vague Shadow influence.

Collect Call of Cthuhu - Excellent Real Ghost busters episode

The Unnamable is full of Lovecraft name dropping - Randolph Carter/Miskatonic University etc etc...and is crap..As was the sequal.

Sorry if i repeated my self a little.

No love for Die Monster Die? Love that one myself, just a really fun flick.

I enjoyed Necronomicon. I'm embarrassed to say I haven't read fuck all of this guy.

Karloff was good in it but over all it was a dissapointing film - I feel a bit the same about Curse of the Crimson Altar (though I like it more as a film).

I did... and I choose not to recognize it as a legitimate film. It failed in every aspect imaginable; shitty lead character, poor setting, terrible special effects, awful acting... etc etc etc! H.P. is rolling over in his grave about that one...
http://blog.oregonlive.com/ent_impac...e.cthulhu1.jpg
But there was enough gay love to satisfy any flag-waving parade goer...

http://img38.imagefra.me/img/img38/1...6m_53ad274.jpg



...and that pretty much sums up the whole film.


(saved you $4 and a trip to the video store)

I thought it better than the recent Dunwich Horror and Beyond the Wall of sleep.

oh and my Cthulhu picL

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ishfuckers.jpg

Wrong.



It sucked.

LOL@posher.

LoL@Ferox for LoL'ing@posher...

haven't seen much of films based on Lovecraft stories. Only Re-Animator, In the mouth of madness, Dagon, the recent gay-Cthulhu and that MOH episode.

Here's a youtube channel of some Lovecraft films but I don't get the idea why it added John Carpenter's The Thing & The Fog??!!?!

Well - I think most ppl mention The Thing as the both feature Scientists in the Antarctics facing an 'Alien' terror. The shoggoths in ATMOM are to some degree shapeshifters but not really in the same way as The Thing.

The Fog is only mentioned because of some Lovcraft name dropping like Arkham Reef etc...There loads of films that do this that I wouldn't consider Lovecraft inspired like the Evil Dead with the Necronomican and The Beyond with the Book of Ebon (though the atmosphere is a little Lovecraftian) - also isn't City of the Living Dead Set in Arkham?

http://www.joblo.com/images_arrownews/cfd43.jpg

Interesting dreamlike, hallucination filled version of the HP Love Craft story "The Colour Out of Space" ...

Set during wartime Italy, Lucia and her Husband (along with her sister, Alice) live a rural farm. Their well water gets infected by the 'Colour' (an alien and/or spiritual force) - the apparrent good effects on the farm are soon replaced by madness and demonic possession...Unlike the original story the force here has some Satanic/Evil agenda rather than just a presence from the cosmos..

Lovecraft stories by their very nature are hard to adapt to film because as soon as that unspeakable indescribable monster is show in all its glory it loses alot of its impact..So compared to most this is a decent adaption and overall an atmospheric and enjoyable film...Acting from the 3 main characters isn't bad but fair city drop out Gerry Shanahan is just dire as the irish accented Italian Neighbour.....

queued on Netflix
thx for the review

Getting a buzz outta this at the moment...I'm re-reading the stories and then listen to the appropiate podcast:

H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

Is there any decent audio books of Lovecraft stuff? Been enjoying listening to books/poetry on my mp3 player before I go to sleep. Will have to hunt some out.

Yeah theres loads of both Audio Books and Dramatizations (and I do listen to them going to sleep too - it does make for weird dreamscapes too as the stories often get incorporated)...

http://www.zombieastronaut.net/MP3s/...t-cover-sm.jpg

Heres The Shadow Over Innsmouth (by Atlanta Radio Theater Company) - its a great Dramatization of one of my fave stories...

The Shadow Out Of Time (again a Dramatization of Lovecrafts probably most accomplished story/nova)

The Colour Out of Space - not heard this one...

WOW - just found this:



Interesting his opinions on films...

Boy - I loved to see his reaction to Re-Animator..

I'm not sure that's real. I've read a LOT of material on Lovecraft, including two full length biographies, and I've never heard of any film being made of Lovecraft.

Checked around a bit- it's definitely a fake.

Damn - 'Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again' ..

I did take that as real...

Which bio would you recommend? I've read most of his stories but read little about his person life..

The first published bio of Lovecraft was by L. Sprague de Camp, and reinforces his image of a strange and lonely oddball out of touch with the world and people around him.

A second biography, which is quite lengthy, and I can't remember the author of, gave a far different picture- an oddball, certainly, but a somewhat well adjusted one who had many friends, and was reasonably well socialized.

There was also a small volume that I checked out from the rare books room of the Eugene, Oregon Public Library, which was comprised of the correspondence Lovecraft carried on with one young fan over the course of many years. I wish I could remember the name of the young author, because it gave a really intimate, uniquely personal view of Lovecraft. The end of the book is very touching and sad, as it details the correspondence between the fellow and Lovecraft's aunt, once Lovecraft had become ill. The letters exchanged after Lovecraft died are so full of sorrow and loss- both on his aunt's side and from the young man's side. A real testament to what he meant to the people he knew during his lifetime.

Cool thanks for the info..

Damn I thought this story would end with you summoning some nameless horror :-)

Any one seen/heard of a film called Pulse Pounders (1988) with Jeffrey Combs.

Its an antology film and one segment is meant to be based on The Evil Clergyman...Its said to be shelved in WIkipedia..

Heard of it but yeh I it hasn't seen the light of day as far as I know.

I just finished a Dreamweaver course - I've not much web design experience and what I have done I did with tables etc.

I was going to do a site for practice/portfolio so i think I'm going to do it on Lovecraft adaptations for film and TV...Started my research yesterday. Theres a fair few films/shorts I need to track down..

I might even start my 20,000 word desertation on The Real Ghostbusters Lovecraftian episode The Collect Call of Cathulhu...



Then again I might go for option 2 and drink beer/talk about it and do nothing :-)

Doing some more research for the site and I can across Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. A new series made last year. The animation is great and is funny as hell without being to disrespectful to the original show.

The episode I checked was The Shrieking Madness - about at author called HP Hatecraft that rights about unspeakable horror and one of his creations Char Gar Gothakon (a dead ringer for Cthulhu himself)...Harlan Ellison also makes an appearance.

This show unlike previous reincarnations of the Scooby Doo seems to have an ungoing storylike from episode to episode..

One of Hatecraft's Unspeakable Tomes:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...y-Doo-Tome.jpg

The Author Himself:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...-Hatecraft.jpg

Arrgggghhhh MY SANITY!!!:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...arGothakon.jpg

Cthulhu (2000)

Mega-low budget Ozzie version of The Thing on the Doorstep. Despite poor production values, dark and grainy cinematography and subpar acting, I still kinda liked it. Nice how they throw in the plot to The Dunwich Horror half way through.

To whoever asked-City Of The Living Dead was about Dunwich.There's no mention of Arkham in the film.

I loved In The Mouth Of Madness, The Call Of Cthulhu, Cool Air, Dagon, gay Cthulhu, From Beyond and Castle Freak.
I didn't think much of the recent Dunwich Horror or The Lurking Fear or The Haunted Palace. But the film to truly avoid is "The Last Lovecraft:Relic From Cthulhu" absolutely diabolically awful. avoid avoid avoid

I actually kinda enjoyed The Last Lovecraft - I didn't have much expectations and it exceeded those. They could have improved the shitty Star Spawn outfit though..

Still working up the courage to watch In Search of Lovecraft...

From Beyond (1999)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...romBeyond3.png

This is definitely one of the better low budget 'Fan' made films that are available through from Lurker Films (this on Volume 2) and follows the story to a tee. The acting isn't bad and though the effects are limited they work very well in this context. Its shot in black and white while the creatures and machine effects are done in colour. As good as shoestring budget Lovecraft can get.

The director, Bob Fugger, played bass for excellent Canadian Lovecraftian inspired rock band, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Jordan Pratt who plays who plays the Narrator is the bands drummer.

*A sticker for Miskatonic University can be seen on the window of the car at the start.

*The narration and dialogue is straight out of the original story.

*Fugger also shot a version of 'The Terrible Old Man'.

In Search Of Lovecraft? Dare I ask?

I'm also on the lookout for last year's Pickman's Muse which is another low budget film but is supposed to be pretty decent.

I have In Search Of Lovecraft but I'm a bit scared to watch it. I'll wait til I have a few beers or a mate over looks bad..

Pickman's Muse looks a bit more interesting. A kinda art version of Haunter in the Dark. I'm meant to be getting a promo copy so hopfully that comes thru.

Let us know by the way have you heard of chilean Gothic or is that the same film as Pickman's Model?

Yeah - Its another version of Pickmans Model (one of at least 4 that I know)

I'm going to make a list of Lovecraft related films I hope to cover on my website..

Heres my (so far) definitive LIST of films/shorts/animation/Tv SHows that were influenced by Hp Lovecraft.

Thanks I didnt realise you had done that list when I made those posts great job compliling it :)

Stuart Gordon currently writes a blog for the Full Moon website (dealing with his films, celebs he's dealt with, etc.). Here's the link:

http://fullmoonhorror.com/lab_report/

The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, the people who brought you the silent version of Call of Cthulhu, has just finished their first "talkie", The Whisperer in Darkness. The trailer for which can be seen here,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ee9K9hXtw

It also highly recommend Out of Mind from Vol. 3 of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Collection. Christopher Heyerdahl does an amazing job of playing HPL. See for yourselves,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2xpFj1CH3k

And while not outright adaptions, Lucio Fulci made some very Lovecraftian films, City of the Living Dead, The Beyond, and House By The Cemetery.

Bava also "adapted" the Case of Charles Dexter Ward both in Black Sunday and Baron Blood.

Interestingly, Bava was all set to direct an adaption of the Dunwich Horror, which was going to star Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee. Unfortunately, Bava chose to drop the project after it became apparent that the budget just wasn't there. The project limped off to England to become Curse of the Crimson Altar.

The fourth Blind Dead film, Night of the Seagulls, was based on the Shadow Over Innsmouth.

Also, there's the very Lovecraftian Quartermass and the Pit, probably the best de facto HPL flick made yet.