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I wouldn't call Re-Animator one of Lovecraft's " big ones" at all. It was, in fact, a relatively minor work of his, a work for hire, revising a story written by a client. The fact an excellent movie LOOSELY based on the story has been made, doesn't qualify the story as a major work.

His really major works, of course, would be The Color Out of Space, At the Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Over Innsmouth. All three are all excellent entry points into Lovecraft's world.

A personal favorite of mine is The Dream Quest of the Unknown Kadath for its striking and startling imagery. It can be a tough read, but well worth the effort, IMO.

I'm currently working on a Lovecraftian tale inspired by his early prose poem Ex Oblivione.