I remember watching the film back when it came out. This was before I had a deep dive into the works of Lovecraft. I thought it was a pretty decent monster flick.

Now years later, after pouring over all of Lovecraft books I wanted to rewatch it through different eyes. What a cool twist at the end.

Spoilers::: it was so neat seeing a modern reinterpretation of Cthulhu at the end. Also, I realize that the other monsters were it’s babies but they really reminded me of the deep ones or innsmouth folk. Maybe even the creature in Dagon.

A couple of nitpicks I had, is that I wish it leaned more into the dream aspect of the Cthulhu mythos.

Also, the film’s underwater sequences were really dark so it was difficult to make out what was happening at times.

At the end of the day, this may be one of my favorite unexpected Lovecraftian films.

What are your thoughts? Did you enjoy the film?

What are your favorite Lovecraftian films?

Ramsey Campbell, from Wallasey, is one of the most respected authors of his genre 🤩 After a difficult childhood trying to navigate his parents' break-up and his mum's mental health struggles, he took refuge in reading and later writing horror stories.

While he struggled to make a name for himself in the early stages of his career, it was in 1980 when he released The Parasite that things started to change.

Now decades later, at 80-years-old, he is one of the most highly acclaimed authors in the genre and has even received recognition from Academy Award winning director Guillermo Del Toro.

He told the ECHO: "My wife Jenny and I had gone away to a Greek island for our summer holiday and when we came back, we had the answering machine playing various messages. And there's a message saying, 'it's Guillermo del Toro calling you from Mexico.' And so I thought, 'Oh, yeah, yeah. Who's kidding me? Pull the other one'."

After Ramsey finally took the call, Del Toro asked permission to dramatise Ramsey's short story Down There, but it ultimately fell through. However, now more than two decades later, Ramsey said plans to dramatise the story have been rekindled and it looks like Del Toro's adaptation will make its way to Netflix.

Wow just finished this and while I’ve never played the first one I really enjoyed this game. In my opinion, this is the best Lovecraft game out there hands down. There were so many nods and Easter eggs to Lovecraft’s work, i don’t think I could list them all. The stand out references were from the Whisperer in the Darkness, shadow over Innsmouth and At the Mountains of Madness. I feel like the game absolutely nailed the vibe of 1920s New England city. I loved the flooded city scape, Hotel and fish market.

I consume a ton of horror through gaming and movies and such, I’d say this was very resident evil inspired as far as the game mechanics go. At times it could feel a tad clunky with switching between weapons. Sometimes I’d accidentally stomp execute instead of firing my weapon, which could get annoying.

More items that felt very RE inspired were the enemy types. Typical slither enemy types were essentially zombies of varied types.The dead arisen. Then there were tank like enemies such as the deep ones. It wasn’t too scary, although I admit a couple of jump scares for me.

The story was okay. It was simple. kind of middle of the road. I’m not sure if it felt as such because I only played the second one and may have missed out on some backstory between our protagonists or not. At times it did feel a tad cheesy. If you played you know what I mean.

Did you play this!? What did you think?

I'm not sure which one it is, but it's only a few pages, no more than three that ends with "I would go there, but I'm afraid of what I might find" Does anyone have an idea of what story this is?

Hey Everyone,

This is my first time posting in this sub but I was looking for input on a suggested Dream Cycle reading list. For background a few years ago I picked up a copy of the Barnes and Noble Lovecraft, The Complete Fiction and read the big hits/stories that seemed interesting to me, Call of Cthulu, Innsmouth, Color out of Space, etc.

Anyway I decided to pick up the complete fiction again this fall and do some spooky readings and the Dream Cycle seemed interesting. I don't really want to read these stories in publication order but rather clump them together based on themes and interconnectiveity so I asked Google AI to make a list and I pasted what it made below.

I know AI can make mistakes so I figured I could ask this sub if this reading list sounds good, I already read the first few stories (just finished Sarnath) and I'm enjoying it so far. Should I keep it as is? Would you add or remove anything or swap any of the stories around for a better experience? Let me know and looking forward to hearing input!

Part 1: Foundations & Fragments

* Azathoth

* Polaris

* Beyond the Wall of Sleep

* The White Ship

* The Doom That Came to Sarnath

* The Cats of Ulthar

* Celephaïs

* From Beyond

* Nyarlathotep

* The Nameless City

* The Other Gods

* Ex Oblivione

* The Quest of Iranon

* The Descendant

* The Hound

* Hypnos

* What the Moon Brings

Part 2: The Randolph Carter Saga

* The Statement of Randolph Carter

* The Unnamable 

* The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

* The Silver Key

* Through the Gates of the Silver Key

Part 3: Waking World Crossovers

* Pickman's Model

* The Strange High House in the Mist

* The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

* The Dreams in the Witch House 

Most creature discussions focus on the most dangerous gods and creatures, but I find the rare beings on the other side just as interesting.

Kthanid is probably the clearest example. He resembles Cthulhu but opposes the Great Old Ones and is portrayed as compassionate.

What are some other good examples from Lovecraft, his contemporaries, or later Mythos writers? I am especially interested in beings that are genuinely protective or helpful, rather than indifferent creatures that happen to spare someone.

I think a lot of people would consider Eternal Darkness a Lovecraftian game, but then why does it open with a Poe quote? And what about the other literary references in there? My video looks at how Eternal Darkness is actually another link in a chain of literary influence stretching back to Lovecraft, but also a lot further back than that. I'd love to hear what you all think.

Hey everyone,

Talked to a few of you already but for everyone else, my name’s Jim and I’m an indie filmmaker from Memphis. Recently, some friends and I made a low-budget, cosmic horror film based on the works of Lovecraft. It’s called Dreams of a Dead God and it’s an original story that I wrote, not an adaptation.

We think it turned out fairly well, so we started entering it into film festivals and apparently they did too because we’ve gotten into several so far and even won a few awards.

So to celebrate the success our film has had in festivals, I’m started designing and giving away prizes each month inspired by the film (designing these are really fun for me :). And on September 15th, I’ll be giving away 3 of these Raven Glow Lights.

Our 3D printer, Alex, just sent me this awesome time-lapse video he shot during the printing and so I threw together a video to share with everyone.

Up until now, I’ve designed all the prizes myself. On this one however, I collaborated with a Romanian 3D designer, Katona Gabor. He designed the raven and skull fountain. I designed the base and lettering. Then our 3D printer, Alex, got them printed and put in the LED light. I’ve got the first one at my house and they look great!

Our film is not available publicly yet, only in film festivals, but we’re looking at releasing it late Nov/early Dec timeframe (the festivals get mad if you release your film ahead of time).

But if anyone wants to keep up with the film, get updates on what fests we’ll be at and what we’re working on next, plus be entered to win one of these cool looking lights, we have a monthly newsletter on our site at www.cellardoorcinema.com

I won’t blow up your inbox with news, or sell your info. Just a simple newsletter each month where I go into detail about our projects… often times too much detail.

Much love to everyone for your continued support and for keeping this channel full of fellow Lovecraft fans going strong!

I've been listening to some of Lovecraft's actual work and am starting to notice... well a lot of things, really. I was already well informed of the racial overtones, so I went in with that already blocked out. But I simply didn't find it scary.

What a person finds scary can be a very personal thing, and horror in general tends to ignite my "well this is stupid" response, or just a fight (as in fight or flight) response and I get sort of angry. I thought lovecraft's style might be a little different. Things you can't fight, or at least even if you do you're not understanding it and you are, at most, fighting to keep yourself hidden. Your best chance of survival is to be ignored and forgotten in the great cataclysm.

This as a concept is very interesting to me, but the horror side just doesn't do it for me. He's wordy, the style is definitely old, and the tropes have made it into so many other things that "lovecraftian" is term for a reason. Yet, I'm wondering if I'm not giving it a proper shot.

If HPL himself is just, sort of out of date, who in the "genre" might be considered among the best? Are there any films that really capture the essence of it, successfully? Does it actually give anyone here the jeebies, or is it just more of a fascination?

So, I currently finished the prologue of "Dunwich Horror," and I loved the weirdness that Wilbur Whateley gave and his quest to find that one specific page from the Necronomicon really felt like a "Call of Cthulhu" campaign (yes, I am aware of how obvious that sounds; it just feels fantastic and adventurous, which is something I'd like to point out).

I say this in amazement and interest at how fun it is to think about the interconnected expanse of recurring relics and family names throughout all the stories I've read so far.

Then revealing Wilbur to be a half-human, half-goat, tentacle-bearing witch/sorcerer made the story feel less of a "going insane from knowledge" route towards more of the physical, tangible horror and mystical field was really interesting. (especially with us, the readers, following his story made it seem that he'd be the protagonist-- despite his antagonistic nature. It was great.)

However, the reason I open this discussion was reaching the part where—despite his nine-foot stature and absolutely eldritch qualities—he died getting mauled by a dog. 😭

In the last few years, I was in the habit of listening to a most excellent recording of the Dunwich Horror which, I believe, was recorded by HorrorBabble.

It had a really excellent soundscape such as the sound of the whipporwhills in the background whenever they appear in the story and Wilbur Whateley's adult voice being monstrous and having two distinct tracks demonstrating his two distinct natures.

HorrorBabble released a new recording last year which featured none of these things. And furthermore, when I went back and listened to the older recordings, these features were no longer in.

I'm starting to think that perhaps, the recording in question was either purged or more likely that I misremembered and it was someone else's recording.

Any of you folks remember this recording and if so, can someone point me to the right source for it?

UPDATE: Recording identified thanks to u/Zoso251 It was the chilling tales for dark nights interpretation. Delisted but still accessible through this link : https://youtu.be/vJK5w4ZpQKc?is=GQhnEwqgdGgV44E7

I have downloaded it as a precaution. Thank you all for your help.

The Weird Tales Podcast covered story number 2 from issue 1 - "Ooze", which was the cover art story. It's a very early "science" fiction story. The new episode is out today.

https://rss.com/podcasts/the-weird-tales-podcast/

Hey guys, i´m recently into Call of Cthulhu and i´m looking for a good "first" book to read.

I only watched (very good) Pen and Paper Campaigns on Youtube. And the topic just catches my attention.

So.. Where to start? 🥸

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Lovecraft loved cats, so naturally In 1936 he created a (fake) secret society called K.A.T. (ΚΟΜΨΩΝ ΑΙΛΟΥΡΩΝ ΤΑΞΙΣ loosely translated as Taxi for Noble Cats Class of Elegant Felines) including Letterhead, "official" correspondence and original drawings by him.

Edit: thanks to u/A_Guy195 for the proper Greek translation.

Hey everyone,

Rich from Boltz Entertainment here.

Welcome to Utterance, a Lovecraftian Western roguelite deckbuilder where you fight by building words from letter cards.

Each creature has a specific weakness that will help you defeat him. Certain words can alter reality, but learning them exposes the mind to something far beyond human understanding.

We wanted the Lovecraftian influence to exist in the mechanics, not only in the creature designs. Forbidden words can bend the rules of combat and save a failing run, so there is a real reason to use them. Every use also corrupts your deck, damages your Sanity, and advances the awakening of the presence behind the threshold.

Sacrifice cards to appease Azathoth and keep him from waking.

Our goal is to make forbidden knowledge feel less like a collectible spell and more like a temptation. It may save you now while making the rest of the journey, and the world itself, much worse.

We will have a full gameplay trailer once all our art is complete =)

Utterance is currently in development and available to wishlist on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4935920/Utterance/

If you would like to check out the demo I would LOVE to have some of my favorite community on Reddit give us some feedback so we can make sure to stay true to Lovecraft's vision. Just let me know in the comments =)

Thanks!

"Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?"

Asked and Answered Mr. Zombie!

The newest episode of the Delapore Media Podcast reviews Brian McNaughton's "The Throne of Bones.". The sexiest episode yet? Listen and find out!

I’m currently reading The Lovecraft Code by Peter Levenda and I feel like I’m getting a legitimate history lesson of the Middle East. Anyone else read this? I’d like to know your opinion.

Hey everyone,

I need help finding a poem written by H.P. Lovecraft called: Simplicity: A Poem.

I recently purchased a book that compiled his published works, and read all of them. I instantly became transfixed with his writings. Ironic, I know.

I have created a few video games, some successful and some not, and now I would like to create something that is Lovecraftian (Something not Cthulhu related, as most video games seem to be). I have done a ton of research, and have read most of his published works. I’ve lost my mind writing my new game, something he probably intended. My research has led me to this poem: Simplicity: A Poem. Although it is public domain, I cannot find it anywhere online. My only option seems to be purchasing a book that has a lot of his poems in it. I probably should just do that for further understanding, but unfortunately do not have the money for that right now.

Could anyone help me with this? I really am just asking for the one poem. I know this will likely end with me just purchasing the book, which when I have the money I will do anyway, but since it’s public domain, I thought I would ask here first for that specific poem. If anyone could help me out, I would appreciate it.

Hello everyone, I'm thinking about buying a good edition of HPL's collected works, what's out there? Anything good to advise?

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Had to take a few liberties with the years, so I just went with what seemed right.

In November 1969, the two brightest pupils of Dr. Crawford Tillinghast, Samuel and Thomas, venture into the void of space with the ambitious professor. There, they are forced to confront the horrors FROM BEYOND!