Films based on HP Lovecraft

[Ferox13]

WOW - just found this:



Interesting his opinions on films...

Boy - I loved to see his reaction to Re-Animator..

[neverending]

I'm not sure that's real. I've read a LOT of material on Lovecraft, including two full length biographies, and I've never heard of any film being made of Lovecraft.

Checked around a bit- it's definitely a fake.

[Ferox13]

Originally Posted by neverending

I'm not sure that's real. I've read a LOT of material on Lovecraft, including two full length biographies, and I've never heard of any film being made of Lovecraft.

Checked around a bit- it's definitely a fake.

Damn - 'Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again' ..

I did take that as real...

Which bio would you recommend? I've read most of his stories but read little about his person life..

[neverending]

The first published bio of Lovecraft was by L. Sprague de Camp, and reinforces his image of a strange and lonely oddball out of touch with the world and people around him.

A second biography, which is quite lengthy, and I can't remember the author of, gave a far different picture- an oddball, certainly, but a somewhat well adjusted one who had many friends, and was reasonably well socialized.

There was also a small volume that I checked out from the rare books room of the Eugene, Oregon Public Library, which was comprised of the correspondence Lovecraft carried on with one young fan over the course of many years. I wish I could remember the name of the young author, because it gave a really intimate, uniquely personal view of Lovecraft. The end of the book is very touching and sad, as it details the correspondence between the fellow and Lovecraft's aunt, once Lovecraft had become ill. The letters exchanged after Lovecraft died are so full of sorrow and loss- both on his aunt's side and from the young man's side. A real testament to what he meant to the people he knew during his lifetime.

[Ferox13]

Cool thanks for the info..

Originally Posted by neverending

There was also a small volume that I checked out from the rare books room of the Eugene, Oregon Public Library,

Damn I thought this story would end with you summoning some nameless horror :-)

[Ferox13]

Any one seen/heard of a film called Pulse Pounders (1988) with Jeffrey Combs.

Its an antology film and one segment is meant to be based on The Evil Clergyman...Its said to be shelved in WIkipedia..

[Elvis_Christ]

Heard of it but yeh I it hasn't seen the light of day as far as I know.

[Ferox13]

I just finished a Dreamweaver course - I've not much web design experience and what I have done I did with tables etc.

I was going to do a site for practice/portfolio so i think I'm going to do it on Lovecraft adaptations for film and TV...Started my research yesterday. Theres a fair few films/shorts I need to track down..

I might even start my 20,000 word desertation on The Real Ghostbusters Lovecraftian episode The Collect Call of Cathulhu...



Then again I might go for option 2 and drink beer/talk about it and do nothing :-)

[Ferox13]

Doing some more research for the site and I can across Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. A new series made last year. The animation is great and is funny as hell without being to disrespectful to the original show.

The episode I checked was The Shrieking Madness - about at author called HP Hatecraft that rights about unspeakable horror and one of his creations Char Gar Gothakon (a dead ringer for Cthulhu himself)...Harlan Ellison also makes an appearance.

This show unlike previous reincarnations of the Scooby Doo seems to have an ungoing storylike from episode to episode..

One of Hatecraft's Unspeakable Tomes:



The Author Himself:



Arrgggghhhh MY SANITY!!!:

[Ferox13]

Cthulhu (2000)

Mega-low budget Ozzie version of The Thing on the Doorstep. Despite poor production values, dark and grainy cinematography and subpar acting, I still kinda liked it. Nice how they throw in the plot to The Dunwich Horror half way through.