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Anyone know of recommendable films, either old or new, based on H.P. Lovecraft's writings?.
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Post Sat Feb 21, 2004 4:17 pm
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Hmmm... I've seen some films that claim to be based on Lovecraft's works, but they've all been garbage. I'd be interested to know if there are any decent ones.
Post Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:51 pm
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your right, all movies based on lovecraft up to this point have been crap ... truly sad considering his mythos is one of the most creative works to date.
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Actually, "From Beyond" is a pretty good flick.
Fair amount of gore and kink, not one to watch with Mom.

Panned by the critics and most people of course. That usually means it's pretty good ='.'=
I got it on VHS for 10 bucks at some ma' n pop movie rental place.
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Hopefully Call of Cthulhu will be a decent game. It looks interesting...

http://www.callofcthulhu.com/

As far as movies I recently watched Dagon. It was garbage. I wish they would make a Sci Fi miniseries just for HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. They could just make 30 or 60 minute episodes set in the 1920s. Making all of his Cthulhu stories into episodes would be awesome if done correctly.

Basically, anything that has claimed to be a new Cthulhu Mythos that I have read is nothing like his writings. His peer pulp-writers RE Howard & Clark Ashton Smith are that good though.
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In addition to From Beyond, try The Reanimator. It's made by the same company that made From Beyond and has pretty much the same cast. It's an adaption of Lovecraft's short story: Herbert West: Reanimator.

Also try In the Mouth of Madness starring Sam Neill, Jurgen Prochnow and directed by John Carpenter. I've seen this one a few times and I liked it a lot. It's loosely based on Lovecraft's work, and pretty creepy at times.

Finally, there's a movie called Necronomicon (1993). I saw about half of it on HBO one night. The part that I saw tried very hard to utilize the Cthulhu mythos. It was pretty good, especially if you're an HPL fan.
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There's a movie called Cast A Deadly Spell starring Fred Ward as Detective Howard Phillip Lovecraft, a 40's gumshoe in a world in which everyone uses magic. It's filled with cheese and ends up as more of a comedy than horror but for archival purposes..

Also, every October there is a Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon which always has some interesting material.
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The film Congo was inspired by the story Arthur Jermyn. Although thats about it, Hollywood does like its happy endings nowadays. So I can't see many of his stories being true to form if adapted to the moving pictures.
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I thought Dagon was rather nice for a Lovecraft-based horror flick.
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quote:
Originally posted by Davo
Also try In the Mouth of Madness starring Sam Neill, Jurgen Prochnow and directed by John Carpenter.


Saw this, it was a really good movie. It has some vague Lovecraft references. I liked it cause it was trippy...not because it had anything to do with Lovecraft.

So far, there is not a single movie that captures the spirit of 1920s/30s pulp horror in the Lovecraft style. His stuff was not the cheap modern day blood/sex "horror" which is not even interesting or scary.
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