The Lovecraft Thread

[DoomRulz]

In The Mouth of Madness isn't a Lovecraft film per se but the concepts used within it (The Old Ones, cosmic horror, old towns being a breeding ground for evil, etc...) were very Lovecraft-ian.

[OmegaZilla]

Doom my man. Yes. Spread the love for In the Mouth of Madness!

[Nightmare Asylum]

Yuppp. ITMoM comes with my highest recommendation.

[Sabby]

So it's not a Lovecraft film, it's just about a Lovecraft story and has lots of Lovecraft things in it? xD

[Nightmare Asylum]

It's a movie heavily inspired by Lovecraft and his works without being a direct adaptation of any single one of them. You won't find Cthulhu or any other named Lovecraft creations, but you will find the ideas, themes, and style of his work in spades.

[Cvalda]

It's a mix of Lovecraft and Stephen King. Not very Lovecraftian in tone, but it's a good film with some fun scares.

[SM]

I got a more Stephen King vibe out of it overall - and I've read very little Stephen King.

[Nightmare Asylum]

To be completely honest, I've never read any of King's books and I've only seen a few movies based on his work (The Shining, The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption, Misery, and maybe one or two others).

[SM]

I read bits of Four To Midnight and The Green Mile.

They were decent enough, but never been bothered to read more.  If I want to read horror, you can't beat Clive Barker.

[Aspie]

wat


King is the king of horror

[OmegaZilla]

Effectively, the nature of it of a meta-horror sort of tampers with the Lovecraftian tone (and so do certain little humorous scenes) but overall it does remind you of those writings, mainly for the cluster of similar concepts exposed in there.

[KiramidHead]

Since we're on ITMOM at the moment...

http://chipsdriver.ytmnd.com/

[Sabby]

wat


King is the king of horror

He really isn't.

It's a mix of Lovecraft and Stephen King. Not very Lovecraftian in tone, but it's a good film with some fun scares.

Sounds like the kind of thing IP lawyers would love :/ I'll give it a look though. Any other recommendations guys?

[KiramidHead]

I'm partial to The Resurrected, even if the budget is rather apparent and the acting is largely meh.

[DoomRulz]

wat


King is the king of horror

Lovecraft was King's inspiration.

Doom my man. Yes. Spread the love for In the Mouth of Madness!