The Lovecraft Thread

[TheMonolith]

Happy birthday Howie. Plan to sit down and read a favorite today.

[OmegaZilla]

I have read Dagon, The Colour out of Space, The Dunwich Horror, The Whisperer in Darkness, and to top it off, The Call of Cthulhu.


Going to watch the HPLHS movie shortly.

[KiramidHead]

I have read Dagon, The Colour out of Space, The Dunwich Horror, The Whisperer in Darkness, and to top it off, The Call of Cthulhu.


Going to watch the HPLHS movie shortly.

Which one?

[OmegaZilla]

The Call of Cthulhu, obviously.

[KiramidHead]

The Call of Cthulhu, obviously.

My copies of both are in storage.

[Shasvre]

[Nightmare Asylum]

That's pretty awesome. Always loved the claustrophobic look of those scuba-suits, and the aesthetic works perfectly with Mr. Cthulhu (who himself looks pretty great as well, I should add).

[Blacklabel]

What did everyone think of the Cthulhu design in the Del Toro Simpsons opening?





Indicative of his look in the "Mountains of Madness" film?

I quite like how it has lots of eyes... the original Lovecraft drawing seemed to indicate at a larger number of eyes than the typical 2 we see him with.. less of a humanoid face..

[OmegaZilla]

God I hope not. I mean I loved the wink at Lovecraft enthusiasts but I wouldn't like that design as an actual movie Cthulhu.

[Blacklabel]

Of course, remember that what we see on the simpsons opening is a simplified comic booky version of Del Toro's design.

It could look good with the typical great detail creatures have in Del Toro's flicks.

Btw.. there's still talks about At the Mountains of Madness... they are still trying to make it happen.... let's hope for the best.

[ShadowPred]

Any version of Cthulhu is the best version. Can't f**k it up.

[OmegaZilla]

I do know that. But I prefer Cthulhu with a proper octopoid head (without an external mouth like that) and most of all it should adhere to the description. Means two arms, two legs, big wings, 'prodigious' claws.

[ShadowPred]

It should, but it won't matter because it will be best version.

[KiramidHead]

How about no Cthulhu for ATMOM? Seriously, that part of the script was just dumb.

[[cancerblack]]

What did everyone think of the Cthulhu design in the Del Toro Simpsons opening?