THE Man
 

H.P. Lovecraft is the author that has had the most impact on my writing (oddly, the close second is Bob Salvatore. i havent written any fantasy in years) I figured i would start a little shrine to the man, considering some of the younguns (and some of the olduns) here are woefully undereducated on him.

here is a great site:
http://www.hplovecraft.com/


i have found some excellent artists who have done great pics of many of his creatures. I'll post them as i dig them up again.

He originally was from Newb's neck of the woods (Rhode Island), and set the stage for Stephen King to make New England out to be a hellhole of inbreds and monsters.

His motto should hacve been the same as Guinness "Often imitated, never copied" (i think thats guinness....)

He brought weird to a whole new level, and is pretty phenominal for not really wiriting too many stories on old subjects (not really any vampires or werewolves in Lovecraft)

And you have to respect a guy who makes up an entire pantheon that is still being added to and pulled from now.


Now, maybe someday they will make a GOOD movie based on one of his stories. Dagon was just a crappy, bastardized version of "Shadow over Innsmouth". They even named the spanish city where it was set "imbocca" (spanish for "In Mouth"):rolleyes:

We just watched Re-Animator...Bride Of Re-Animator...Beyond Re-Animator...AND From Beyond...Last night and the night before...Jeffrey Combs kicks SOOO much ass...lol


On a side note...We went to see The Grudge Last night...We BOTH fell asleep during different parts...Of course, to be fair, neither of us have been getting much sleep lately;).....Wicked Lady and Shinobi loved the movie, though....We were a bit disappointed with it...

It sucked. Ever see that video of the woman doing something nasty to a horse and then she choked on it? It sucked like that.


I havent seen the reanimator yet. I'm cautiously interested. i like Jeff. LOved him in the Frighteners, and he was about the only watchable person in Fortress.

How about a picture? This is a Gug. I have not yet read the story that features them:

Dustin laughed at your horse comment...He said, "Hey...I've seen that video"...lol...He said he wished he hadn't too...lol

What's that picture from?...Looks a little Cthulhu-ish

Check it out here:
http://www.templeofdagon.com/artists.htm

It is a creation of lovecraft's, but i am not very sure which story it is from.

Thanks, Vod...That reminds me...I've never seen Dagon...Guess I need to:)

dagon was on the other day on sci fi but i didnt watch it i fell asleep before it came on so it will remain on the top of my to see list right up there with creepshow 2

OMG!!!...How can anyone NOT have seen Creepshow 2???..Buy it NOW...That's an order :D



It's even better than the first one...I swear...


"Thanks for the ride, lady"

i know thats what everyone says. i havent seen any of the re animater sequals either but i loved the original should i check them out too or are they not worth it?




^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this was lbm's 2000 post! yay

Congrats on the posts...and YES...If you liked Re-Animator, you HAVE to have the sequels...ESPECIALLY Beyond Re-Animator...And...I recommend From Beyond, also...But it's difficult to find...I got mine from eBay