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starfkr

Nov 25 2008, 01:54 AM

nightingales

Nov 25 2008, 03:23 AM

EDIT: .....link removed, no problemo bud

interfector

Nov 25 2008, 07:46 AM

A great list of horror movies, I'm definitely not complaining, but I think it'd be nice to give credit where it's due. "The Thing" is based on a story called "Who Goes There?" and has nothing to do with Lovecraft. I only mention this because it's an excellent story that everyone should read, and I wouldn't want for people to be confused. Several of these movies have nothing to do with Lovecraft, but it's still an amazing set of flicks that everyone should watch, particularly "From Beyond" (which *is* Lovecraft) and "The Thing," perhaps the single greatest alien movie ever.

And as far as newer Lovecraft adaptations are concerned, "Dagon" isn't half bad, either.

interfector

Nov 25 2008, 07:48 AM

Also, "Quartermass And The Pit" is apparently no longer available, which is a crying shame.

starfkr

Nov 25 2008, 08:13 AM

QUOTE(interfector @ Nov 24 2008, 11:45 PM)

A great list of horror movies, I'm definitely not complaining, but I think it'd be nice to give credit where it's due. "The Thing" is based on a story called "Who Goes There?" and has nothing to do with Lovecraft. I only mention this because it's an excellent story that everyone should read, and I wouldn't want for people to be confused. Several of these movies have nothing to do with Lovecraft, but it's still an amazing set of flicks that everyone should watch, particularly "From Beyond" (which *is* Lovecraft) and "The Thing," perhaps the single greatest alien movie ever.

And as far as newer Lovecraft adaptations are concerned, "Dagon" isn't half bad, either.

This list isn't just for Lovecraft movies, but movies falling into the Chtulhu Mythos or Lovecraftian inspired/influenced as well.

As you may know, the alien in the original 'The Thing' was a plant-humanoid that used blood to grow it's babies, so it's easy to see the lovecraftian influence in John Carpenter's 'The Thing', i.e. an amorphous alien being that can take on any shape it pleases, and of course, which eats people.

Here's a new link for Quartermass And The Pit (I will update list):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGfrYN1WGDk...&playnext=1

Edit: Found this online:

"In addition to Who Goes There there has been much speculation that JC's version was partly inspired by Lovecraft's In The Mouth of Madness which you can judge for yourself as it is also available to read online. It is a good story (I think Lovecraft did some fantastic stuff) and above the obvious similarities (horror in the Antarctic) you can definitely seem some similarity in the themes, especially if you think of the creature in The Thing as more of a mythic entity than a simple alien. How much it did influence JC is anyone's guess."
http://www.geocities.com/j_nada/carp/thing.html

jerikofeng

Nov 25 2008, 07:52 PM

the playlist in the From Beyond link appears to be gone. I've checked the Youtube users playlists, and it doesn't seem to be there anymore.

starfkr

Nov 25 2008, 08:27 PM

QUOTE(jerikofeng @ Nov 25 2008, 11:51 AM)

the playlist in the From Beyond link appears to be gone. I've checked the Youtube users playlists, and it doesn't seem to be there anymore.

Thanks, I will search for another upload.

I did find one quite quickily, but it's on a site that QSS doesn't allow, so I can't post the link.

interfector

Nov 26 2008, 11:51 AM

Thanks for the updated link. Actually, Carpenter's "The Thing" is much closer to the original story than "The Thing From Another World." Frankly, it would be a difficult case to make that it was influenced by Lovecraft, who wasn't so highly regarded as a writer during his lifetime, even among writers of horror and science fiction, and who wouldn't become well-known until many years after his death. Campbell's "Who Goes There?" was published in 1938, one year after Lovecraft died. In other words, they were contemporaries, more or less.

You might speculate that Carpenter drew upon Lovecraft, but again I think you'd be mistaken. I am a big fan of both the original story and Carpenter's film, and have read practically every interview with Carpenter relating to the movie. By his own account, he was a huge fan of the James Arness film as a child, and upon deciding that he wanted to re-tell rather than remake the movie, he drew his inspiration from the original source material. Compare as necessary to Stuart Gordon, who's spent the better part of his adult life adapting Lovecraft stories for the big screen.

We could call the creature Lovecraftian, but mythological, amorphous creatures that ate people featured prominently in folklore and ancient literature, thousands of years before Lovecraft. Still, it's hard not to see similarities when we want to. Thanks again for this nice collection of movies.

starfkr

Nov 26 2008, 03:35 PM

QUOTE(interfector @ Nov 26 2008, 03:50 AM)

Thanks for the updated link. Actually, Carpenter's "The Thing" is much closer to the original story than "The Thing From Another World." Frankly, it would be a difficult case to make that it was influenced by Lovecraft, who wasn't so highly regarded as a writer during his lifetime, even among writers of horror and science fiction, and who wouldn't become well-known until many years after his death. Campbell's "Who Goes There?" was published in 1938, one year after Lovecraft died. In other words, they were contemporaries, more or less.

You might speculate that Carpenter drew upon Lovecraft, but again I think you'd be mistaken. I am a big fan of both the original story and Carpenter's film, and have read practically every interview with Carpenter relating to the movie. By his own account, he was a huge fan of the James Arness film as a child, and upon deciding that he wanted to re-tell rather than remake the movie, he drew his inspiration from the original source material. Compare as necessary to Stuart Gordon, who's spent the better part of his adult life adapting Lovecraft stories for the big screen.

We could call the creature Lovecraftian, but mythological, amorphous creatures that ate people featured prominently in folklore and ancient literature, thousands of years before Lovecraft. Still, it's hard not to see similarities when we want to. Thanks again for this nice collection of movies.

There's a lot of people who do see the similarities and for this reason, I have included it in this list. (Not copying his work, but his style, his elements, his view of horror.)

Lovecraft was highly copied by other authors, and amazingly, the authors who copied him tended to go on to become more famous than he ever was.

It's time to give Lovecraft his due.

dudeamis

Nov 26 2008, 07:41 PM

QUOTE(starfkr @ Nov 26 2008, 05:34 AM)

There's a lot of people who do see the similarities and for this reason, I have included it in this list. (Not copying his work, but his style, his elements, his view of horror.)

Lovecraft was highly copied by other authors, and amazingly, the authors who copied him tended to go on to become more famous than he ever was.

It's time to give Lovecraft his due.

I think a lot of them went on to be more famous because they were better. I'm not saying Lovecraft was bad, but these other authors took his good ideas and made them better. I feel that was about Star Wars, I enjoy the alternative media more than the actual movies.

mental_nomad

Nov 26 2008, 11:21 PM

Far be it for me to advise or anything but Hellboy certainly belongs. The denizens of evil that Red fights at the end of Hellboy is pure Lovecraftian.

starfkr

Nov 27 2008, 03:17 AM

QUOTE(mental_nomad @ Nov 26 2008, 03:20 PM)

Far be it for me to advise or anything but Hellboy certainly belongs. The denizens of evil that Red fights at the end of Hellboy is pure Lovecraftian.

Yup, you are correct. 'Hellboy' is definately Lovecraftian. Will update.

starfkr

Nov 27 2008, 03:59 AM

QUOTE(dudeamis @ Nov 26 2008, 11:40 AM)

I think a lot of them went on to be more famous because they were better. I'm not saying Lovecraft was bad, but these other authors took his good ideas and made them better. I feel that was about Star Wars, I enjoy the alternative media more than the actual movies.

Interesting. My personal take is that if you look at history, all the 'GREAT' artistis, authors, whatever, never achieved fame until after their death. So many of what we consider to be 'giants' died penniless and in obscurity. To me at least, if you are 'great' then you will be ignored until the rest of society catches up to you. -And that's what being 'great' is, to be lightyears ahead of the times.

This is exactly what Lovecraft was, lightyears ahead of society with regard to horror. Remember, before Lovecraft the horror genre was about quaint images like Dracula, vampires, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Lovecraft revolutionized the horror genre.

Before Lovecraft, horror writers based their creations on a normal, rational world where the occasional crazy thing happened and which the story is based on. -Not Lovecraft. Instead, to Lovecraft, reality was by it's verry nature unstable, irrational, and chaotic. In Lovecraft's work, people live in a 'rational bubble', which is popped, exposing Lovecraft's characters to the true state of reality.

The fact that Lovecraft was immitated so very often just goes to show that he was truly GREAT.

It is sad though, the fact that he died in obscurity. Most people who watch a Stephen King movie like 'It', 'Phantoms', and 'Dreamcatcher', don't realize that these are borrowed concepts to the true 'Master of Horror', -H.P. Lovecraft.

It all boils down to this (I will enlarge the writting to show how important Lovecraft was and what effect he had on society):

H.P. Lovecraft had such an effect on society that people to this day believe that The Necronomicon is a real book.

No other Horror author has achieved this effect on society, save for Lovecraft.

(A lot of people might say, 'But what about movies like, 'The Blair Witch Project?' -Well, the creators deliberately tried to fool people into believing it was real. Lovecraft did no such thing. He merely created a book as a literary device, which is used in several of his stories and people began to believe that such a book actualy existed! )

[Edit: 'Phantoms' is by Dean Koonzt, not Stephen King, -sorry!]

dudeamis

Nov 27 2008, 06:13 AM

QUOTE(starfkr @ Nov 26 2008, 05:58 PM)

Interesting. My personal take is that if you look at history, all the 'GREAT' artistis, authors, whatever, never achieved fame until after their death. So many of what we consider to be 'giants' died penniless and in obscurity. To me at least, if you are 'great' then you will be ignored until the rest of society catches up to you. -And that's what being 'great' is, to be lightyears ahead of the times.

This is exactly what Lovecraft was, lightyears ahead of society with regard to horror. Remember, before Lovecraft the horror genre was about quaint images like Dracula, vampires, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Lovecraft revolutionized the horror genre.

Before Lovecraft, horror writers based their creations on a normal, rational world where the occasional crazy thing happened and which the story is based on. -Not Lovecraft. Instead, to Lovecraft, reality was by it's verry nature unstable, irrational, and chaotic. In Lovecraft's work, people live in a 'rational bubble', which is popped, exposing Lovecraft's characters to the true state of reality.

The fact that Lovecraft was immitated so very often just goes to show that he was truly GREAT.

It is sad though, the fact that he died in obscurity. Most people who watch a Stephen King movie like 'It', 'Phantoms', and 'Dreamcatcher', don't realize that these are borrowed concepts to the true 'Master of Horror', -H.P. Lovecraft.

It all boils down to this (I will enlarge the writting to show how important Lovecraft was and what effect he had on society):

H.P. Lovecraft had such an effect on society that people to this day believe that The Necronomicon is a real book.

No other Horror author has achieved this effect on society, save for Lovecraft.

(A lot of people might say, 'But what about movies like, 'The Blair Witch Project?' -Well, the creators deliberately tried to fool people into believing it was real. Lovecraft did no such thing. He merely created a book as a literary device, which is used in several of his stories and people began to believe that such a book actualy existed! )

there is no doubt that his work has become apart of our culture, my only complaint about his work, is the structure. While HP is the grandfather of modern horror, his structure was a little bit crude. Its like he was the well spring and everyone else refined the original work. I love that you can find a piece of his work everywhere like little tendrils of the old ones refusing to lose their grip on our souls.

starfkr

Nov 27 2008, 06:31 AM

QUOTE(dudeamis @ Nov 26 2008, 10:12 PM)

there is no doubt that his work has become apart of our culture, my only complaint about his work, is the structure. While HP is the grandfather of modern horror, his structure was a little bit crude. Its like he was the well spring and everyone else refined the original work. I love that you can find a piece of his work everywhere like little tendrils of the old ones refusing to lose their grip on our souls.

Yeah, I know what you are talking about...like a 'diamond in the rough', and then people find it and polish it and use it as their own.

interfector

Nov 27 2008, 12:18 PM

True about Lovecraft. He was a great visionary, although still arguably not as good a writer technically as Poe, he's had every bit as significant an impact on modern fiction. And you're right about one major contribution: a bigger, alien reality that is mostly imperceptible to humankind. For so long, our own mythologies dealt with anthropomorphic creatures to the near total exclusion of great tentacled beasts, but they were there. Leviathan and Grendel come to mind. The chimera, Medusa, as well as other unseen and unknowable gods and monsters. Or even the God of Abraham Himself, creator and destroyer of worlds. There's no doubt that Lovecraft had his own set of inspirations which acted as both positive and negative influences on his work. Most of what he wrote stood in staunch opposition to the prevailing dogmatic rigidity of his time.

No doubt he has been a tremendous influence in his own right. There's a great "Night Gallery" episode that features Cthulhu. Hell, and that planet-eater from the original "Transformers" movie might have been Lovecraft-influenced. But the greatest modern H. P. Lovecraft takeoff? Flying Spaghetti Monster, hands down. I do have to give "Evil Dead" some credit for helping to propagate the "Necronomicon is real" myth, though. But still... never too late to write the definitive text.

NoobSaibot24

Nov 27 2008, 08:36 PM

My first post here : Theres a French Movie, i only know the title is Malefique or so, that is one of the best Lovecraft adaption i have seen in a long time. The Film is about Prisoner in a Prison Cell, where the Film plays, and they find a Book. The Book is the from the Great Old Ones and they summon the great Old Ones, as the prisoner heard a story that one prisoner escaped with the help of the great old ones.

starfkr

Nov 27 2008, 09:26 PM

QUOTE(NoobSaibot24 @ Nov 27 2008, 12:35 PM)

My first post here : Theres a French Movie, i only know the german title which is something like 666, that is one of the best Lovecraft adaption i have seen in a long time. The Film is about Prisoner in a Prison Cell, where the Film plays, and they find a Book. The Book is the from the Great Old Ones and they summon the great Old Ones, as the prisoner heard a story that one prisoner escaped with the help of the great old ones.

Thanks, I'll try to see if I can find a link.

Meanwhile, if aybody comes across a link to the 2007 movie, 'Cthulhu', do let me know!

starfkr

Nov 27 2008, 09:46 PM

QUOTE(interfector @ Nov 27 2008, 04:17 AM)

True about Lovecraft. He was a great visionary, although still arguably not as good a writer technically as Poe, he's had every bit as significant an impact on modern fiction. And you're right about one major contribution: a bigger, alien reality that is mostly imperceptible to humankind. For so long, our own mythologies dealt with anthropomorphic creatures to the near total exclusion of great tentacled beasts, but they were there. Leviathan and Grendel come to mind. The chimera, Medusa, as well as other unseen and unknowable gods and monsters. Or even the God of Abraham Himself, creator and destroyer of worlds. There's no doubt that Lovecraft had his own set of inspirations which acted as both positive and negative influences on his work. Most of what he wrote stood in staunch opposition to the prevailing dogmatic rigidity of his time.

No doubt he has been a tremendous influence in his own right. There's a great "Night Gallery" episode that features Cthulhu. Hell, and that planet-eater from the original "Transformers" movie might have been Lovecraft-influenced. But the greatest modern H. P. Lovecraft takeoff? Flying Spaghetti Monster, hands down. I do have to give "Evil Dead" some credit for helping to propagate the "Necronomicon is real" myth, though. But still... never too late to write the definitive text.

Of course Lovecraft was influenced by various mythological beasts and pagan gods from a variety of sources. The Old Testament God and his monster-Angels probably did inspire Lovecraft. Due to religious reasons, most people are trained not to recognize the 'monstrosity' of the Old Testament God and His Monster-Angels. It's weird, people can read the passages about God demanding blood and even human sacrifice, as well as the 12-winged, 4-headed monster-angels that do God's bidding, yet it never sinks into them how truly horrific it is.

On a similar note, I recently came across a shop selling a statue of the Aztec Mother-Goddes, Coatlique, and immediately realized that Lovecraft would have had a fit.

Here's an original statue of the goddess:

Here's the museum-copy replica:

Coatlique
"She is represented as a woman wearing a skirt of writhing snakes and a necklace made of human hearts, hands and skulls. Her feet and hands are adorned with claws (for digging graves) and her breasts are depicted as hanging flaccid from nursing. Coatlicue keeps on her chest the hands, hearts and skulls of her children so they can be purified in their mother's chest. Her face is formed by two facing serpents, referring to the duality of her nature."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatlicue

Now that's a statue suited for any 'Lovecraftian' collection!

starfkr

Nov 29 2008, 07:05 PM

Your 'Lovecraftian' News Of The Day:

I watched an episode of the t.v. show, 'Gangland' last night, an episode about the Mexican gang called, 'Los Zetas'.

The gang worships 'Santisima Muerte', a.k.a. 'Santa Muerte' or 'Holy Death', a banned folk saint connected to the occult
and who appears as a female grim reaper, holding a globe to show worldly dominion as well as a set of scales to symbolize
her invocations for justice and revenge.

Santa Muerte

Santa Muerte is invoked for many things, revenge, love, money, and protection. Los Zetas worship Santa Muerte
in the belief that she aids them in their criminal deeds and protects them from the law.

The cult of Santa Muerte continues to grow strong, even having it's own Church!

La Santa Muerte (Saint Death) Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgQftFWM41Q

Santa Muerte

Santisima Muerte
http://www.luckymojo.com/santisimamuerte.html

Santa Muerte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Muerte

The New God In Town
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29...1676932,00.html

Lovecraft would have a fit!!!

Santa Muerte

FYI: I have a statue of Santa Muerte, and her talisman, given to me by a former friend. Being a Lovecraft fan, I collect this type of stuff!

deep_mindquest

Nov 30 2008, 09:28 AM

http://users.iafrica.com/n/ne/nephilim/fields1.html LEVIATHAN CHAINED: The Legend of the Nephilim and the Cthulhu Mythos

starfkr

Dec 1 2008, 09:47 PM

Have You Accepted Cthulhu As Your Lord & Master?

Cthulhu Cult Religious Tract
http://www.fredvanlente.com/cthulhutract/

Join The Cthulhu Cult Today!

dudeamis

Dec 2 2008, 06:11 PM

Oh yeah, add Batman to the list, Arkham Asylum

deep_mindquest

Dec 4 2008, 01:15 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNz7k6FXo_4 H.P. Lovecraft part 1
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWY57Y4hWyA H.P. Lovecraft part 2
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRCrudA4j9I H.P. Lovecraft part 3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiSZh9o6qFE H.P. Lovecraft part 4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1N0h7MXpeM H.P. Lovecraft part 5
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJDS9jUx0Ic Cthulhu Trailer - H.P. Lovecraft
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzXtrRybOnU Official Trailer for Cthulhu, the Movie -- NEW JULY 07
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHuY2wXTd0o Trailer - The call of Cthulhu movie, the old one
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jQtkGJMtH0 H. P. Lovecraft 1933 WPA Newsreel Interview
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ16VIvna34 IA!IA!CTHULHU F'THAGN!
Behold Great Cthulhu's return from his sleep beneath the sea! Turn the lights down and the volume up and the screen BIG .Follows the vein of the original Lovecraft story which can be found on line, link to come!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHOpGxp9fNU Unclassified find, 1928 - Cthulhu
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSjv9bqJI98 STRANGE CREATURES CTHULHU H.P. LOVECRAFT SIDESHOW GAFF
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOrFzqtaCo H.P Lovecraft - Cthulhu Mythos A movie tribute to Lovecraft horrors with use of clips from "In the Mouth of Madness" (1995) and music "Diary of a Madman" by Ozzy Osbourne.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC2D1pNB7y0 Call of Cthulhu - full length Ending - (100%@Rank A)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DsgZ4JXXB8 Calls For Cthulhu Episode 1
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOc0W6JsZFI Calls For Cthulhu Episode 2
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Greetings puny mortals. It is I, the mightiest of the Old Gods, Cthulhu. I slumber now, lying eternally, until the stars are right, and I return for my ravening delight. Great will be the wailing and powerful the lamentations when . . .

Okay, look. Fact is, I can't sleep. It's nothing serious, I'll probably get back to sleep in a few years or so. But I didn't want to just lie there, counting the holes in the ceiling tiles, and watching reruns of "Mister Ed". So, I figured I'd get up and answer some letters.

So go ahead. If you've got questions for Cthulhu, hit me. I may just be bored enough to answer.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt_ZE_ib9Wk Call of Cthulhu (Metallica)
The song is "Call of Ktulu" by Metallica. The pictures are of Cthulhu the Great and Metallica...
Cliff Burton, the bass guitarist of Metallica (R.I.P), was a fan of Cthulhu so it was his idea to write this song. ppl enjoy... Fhtagn!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r55MuNazhmM Fields of the Nephilim-One more nightmare, Cthulhu pictures paintings
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqSyNaHN4Cc PERCUTO: Nightgaunt´s Waltz

starfkr

Dec 4 2008, 08:34 AM

Cthulhu Emoticon:

I tried to reproduce it but I had to alter it to prevent pre-programmed emoticons from interfering.

~(,;,;,)~

jordivision

Dec 4 2008, 10:37 AM

aaaaaaaaaaaaah
someone please find the new movie called Cthulhu. must. see. deep ones.

dudeamis

Dec 4 2008, 07:36 PM

QUOTE(starfkr @ Dec 1 2008, 12:15 PM)

Have You Accepted Cthulhu As Your Lord & Master?

Cthulhu Cult Religious Tract
http://www.fredvanlente.com/cthulhutract/

Join The Cthulhu Cult Today!

Sorry I only serve one master

Tigger2

Dec 5 2008, 08:50 AM

Eureka! I found the perfect Winter Solstice
Gift for Starfkr

starfkr

Dec 5 2008, 07:06 PM

QUOTE(Tigger2 @ Dec 5 2008, 01:18 AM)

Eureka! I found the perfect Winter Solstice
Gift for Starfkr

LOL...thanks. If they were only available when we were kids.

gavdownunder

Mar 30 2009, 09:06 PM

Any got a copy of Cthulhu they could upload anywhere? Release date was today or yesterday i think.

Gav

starfkr

Apr 2 2009, 11:59 PM

QUOTE(gavdownunder @ Mar 30 2009, 02:34 PM)

Any got a copy of Cthulhu they could upload anywhere? Release date was today or yesterday i think.

Gav

Yes, LadyHawk posted link, updated first post as well.

plop888

Apr 3 2009, 06:31 PM

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Thanks for posting this photo. Reminds me of the Vedic (Hindu) goddess Kali. Mama Kali is the mother godess, as well. Her face is jet black with the mouth & teeth of a tiger. Her breasts are flaccid from nursing & her belly is swollen with pregnancy. Each of her 6 arms holds weapons of war & execution. Her crown is of human skulls, her skirt is human arms, & she's depicted sitting or dancing on dead bodies or skeletons. Sorry, I don't have an image for you. Namaste!

starfkr

Apr 3 2009, 10:18 PM

QUOTE(plop888 @ Apr 3 2009, 11:59 AM)

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Thanks for posting this photo. Reminds me of the Vedic (Hindu) goddess Kali. Mama Kali is the mother godess, as well. Her face is jet black with the mouth & teeth of a tiger. Her breasts are flaccid from nursing & her belly is swollen with pregnancy. Each of her 6 arms holds weapons of war & execution. Her crown is of human skulls, her skirt is human arms, & she's depicted sitting or dancing on dead bodies or skeletons. Sorry, I don't have an image for you. Namaste!

Kali
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali

The word 'Thug' comes from the word Thugee, a cult associated with the worship of Kali. The group was dangerous and killed travelers as sacrifices to Kali, though in a way in which no blood was shed. (No blood must be shed as Kali was said to drink the blood.) The victims were usualy strangled.

Thugee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee

plop888

Apr 6 2009, 03:44 AM

Thanks for the updated link to "Mortuary".

starfkr

Apr 21 2009, 04:03 AM

*Bump*...Updadated with The Dunwich Horror (2009)

Dustbunny

Apr 25 2009, 12:09 PM

The Unnamable: http://www.megavideo.com/?d=C44ROKB8

AmazonMother

Apr 25 2009, 03:41 PM

QUOTE(Dustbunny @ Apr 25 2009, 06:37 AM)

The Unnamable: http://www.megavideo.com/?d=C44ROKB8

Thank you very much. It's been years since I've seen this movie. I love the scary, corny ones.

starfkr

May 3 2009, 12:25 AM

*Bump*

Updated with The Tomb (2007)

meltedpriest

May 3 2009, 01:34 AM

QUOTE(starfkr @ Nov 27 2008, 09:14 PM)

Now that's a statue suited for any 'Lovecraftian' collection!

No, I'm afraid it's not. I'm with Interfector on this one. Kudos to you for compiling this list: but if you fill it with every single influence of Lovecraft's, you'd have to include every single film/reference about cults, pagan gods, Asian/exotic cultures, archeology, detective-stories, monsters, and just about anything now considered horror, or sci-fi, genre. And if you include anything even remotely inspired by Lovecraft (such as "Army of Darkness," where the only real connection to Lovecraft is the name of the magic-book), that list could grow to fill a book.

Great darkness rising and threatening humanity was an idea far older than Lovecraft: and should not be included for the plot-angles, IMO). In short, if you stay true to your own defining limits, your list would include about 85% of the films out there. So, where does it end? I'm a big fan of Lovecraft's (or HPL): but there are some movies that are definably "not" part of the genre...anything that has a Christian hell in it, for instance. HPL seemed to avoid the whole Judeo-Christian myth. So, "Hellboy," the "Hellraiser" series, "The Devil's Rain," and TV-shows like "Angel," "Buffy," and "Reaper" are out. A Judeo-Christian Hell just sort of ruins the whole Lovecraft mystique of "there are greater things out there, than you can imagine." In fact, ANY preconceived reliqious afterlife seemed separate from the HPL world.

Also, huge monsters have been around in fiction/myth for far longer than HPL, and have inspired many other writers. So, "Cloverfield," "The Host," "The Thing," "Godzilla/Mothra/"Japanese monster movies are also out. As is the "Golden Voyage of Sinbad," "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman," and "Monsters, Inc."

So, what you have left is a good indice for HPL. Does it--

1. make direct or indirect reference to HP's writings (must be more than just one title, or name);
2. employ gods or demons that are closely patterned after HPL's works (and this is easy to spot. HPL tended to rely on a formula. Ancient deities or beings imprisoned and forgotten, awake again with the help of a book, cult, or other villain). Coatlique, Kali, the Devil, or Hans Christian Anderson do not fit into a HPL world, altho he may well have been inspired by it.
3. Are the heroes horribly outmatched; dealing with psychoses; and probably going to lose (altho, this is not a hard and fast rule. "Winning," in HPL's stories, meant imprisoning the Old Ones for a little longer. So, in a sense: "Jeepers Creepers" does fit into the genre, in that the monster can never really be killed. But again...no Ancient One)? "Slither" isn't a good candidate, then, even if it had a HPL-type god pushing the aliens around (which it didn't).

But if you want to get into all the works "inspired" by HPL, that list would be quite long, and somewhat diluted. You could argue that HPL has influenced every bug-eyed alien that walked in front of a camera...are you going to list all of those movies, too?

starfkr

May 3 2009, 02:15 AM

QUOTE(meltedpriest @ May 2 2009, 07:02 PM)

No, I'm afraid it's not. I'm with Interfector on this one. Kudos to you for compiling this list: but if you fill it with every single influence of Lovecraft's, you'd have to include every single film/reference about cults, pagan gods, Asian/exotic cultures, archeology, detective-stories, monsters, and just about anything now considered horror, or sci-fi, genre. And if you include anything even remotely inspired by Lovecraft (such as "Army of Darkness," where the only real connection to Lovecraft is the name of the magic-book), that list could grow to fill a book.

Great darkness rising and threatening humanity was an idea far older than Lovecraft: and should not be included for the plot-angles, IMO). In short, if you stay true to your own defining limits, your list would include about 85% of the films out there. So, where does it end? I'm a big fan of Lovecraft's (or HPL): but there are some movies that are definably "not" part of the genre...anything that has a Christian hell in it, for instance. HPL seemed to avoid the whole Judeo-Christian myth. So, "Hellboy," the "Hellraiser" series, "The Devil's Rain," and TV-shows like "Angel," "Buffy," and "Reaper" are out. A Judeo-Christian Hell just sort of ruins the whole Lovecraft mystique of "there are greater things out there, than you can imagine." In fact, ANY preconceived reliqious afterlife seemed separate from the HPL world.

Also, huge monsters have been around in fiction/myth for far longer than HPL, and have inspired many other writers. So, "Cloverfield," "The Host," "The Thing," "Godzilla/Mothra/"Japanese monster movies are also out. As is the "Golden Voyage of Sinbad," "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman," and "Monsters, Inc."

So, what you have left is a good indice for HPL. Does it--

1. make direct or indirect reference to HP's writings (must be more than just one title, or name);
2. employ gods or demons that are closely patterned after HPL's works (and this is easy to spot. HPL tended to rely on a formula. Ancient deities or beings imprisoned and forgotten, awake again with the help of a book, cult, or other villain). Coatlique, Kali, the Devil, or Hans Christian Anderson do not fit into a HPL world, altho he may well have been inspired by it.
3. Are the heroes horribly outmatched; dealing with psychoses; and probably going to lose (altho, this is not a hard and fast rule. "Winning," in HPL's stories, meant imprisoning the Old Ones for a little longer. So, in a sense: "Jeepers Creepers" does fit into the genre, in that the monster can never really be killed. But again...no Ancient One)? "Slither" isn't a good candidate, then, even if it had a HPL-type god pushing the aliens around (which it didn't).
But if you want to get into all the works "inspired" by HPL, that list would be quite long, and somewhat diluted. You could argue that HPL has influenced every bug-eyed alien that walked in front of a camera...are you going to list all of those movies, too?

Let me start by addressing my post that you replied to, the one concerning Coatlique.

If you research it, Coatlique, is a part of the Cthulhu Mythos. (Of course you realize that the Cthulhu Mythos encompasses more than just Lovecraft's work, right?)

Second, again, this compilation concerns movies that are based in or inspired by Lovecraft or which fit into the Cthulhu Mythos.

Josh Whedon and Stephen King are both huge Lovecraft fans. Buffy/Angel are completely based on the Cthulhu Mythos worldview, save for the inclusion of the humor and the good guys winning most of the time. Otherwise, the core Mythos elements are there, plain as day. Stephen King has written several books/short stories that were inspired by Lovecraft. Such movies have been included. However, not every single Stephen King movie is included, as not every single Stephen King movie is inspired by Lovecraft.

Same with all the other horror movies. It would be insane to include every single horror movie, as 1.) Lovecraft didn't invent horror, and 2.) not every horror movie is inspired by Lovecraft or the Cthulhu Mythos.

I hope I cleared that up for you.

meltedpriest

May 3 2009, 03:50 AM

QUOTE(starfkr @ May 3 2009, 01:43 AM)

Let me start by addressing my post that you replied to, the one concerning Coatlique.

If you research it, Coatlique, is a part of the Cthulhu Mythos. (Of course you realize that the Cthulhu Mythos encompasses more than just Lovecraft's work, right?)

Gosh, if I didn't know better: I'd say that your tone is starting to sound...what's the word I'm seeking? Ah yes..."condescending."

Not being an avowed HPL expert myself (as opposed to others): I took your advice, and failing to be near a Meso-American library: I google'd Coatlique, found 4870 hits. Most notable was the wikipedia-entry, noting that Coatlique was

"Coatlicue, also known as Teteoinan (also transcribed Teteo Inan), "The Mother of Gods" (Classical Nahuatl: Cōhuātlīcue IPA: [koː.waː.ˈtɬiː.kʷe], Tēteô īnnān), is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war. She is also known as Toci (Tocî, "our grandmother") and Cihuacoatl (Cihuācōhuātl, "the lady of the serpent"), the patron of women who die in childbirth.

The word "Coatlicue" is Nahuatl for "the one with the skirt of serpents". She is referred to variously by the epithets "Mother Goddess of the Earth who gives birth to all celestial things", "Goddess of Fire and Fertility", "Goddess of Life, Death and Rebirth", and "Mother of the Southern Stars".

She is represented as a woman wearing a skirt of writhing snakes and a necklace made of human hearts, hands and skulls. Her feet and hands are adorned with claws and her breasts are depicted as hanging flaccid from nursing. Her face is formed by two facing serpents, referring to the myth that she was sacrificed during the beginning of the present creation.

Most Aztec artistic representations of this goddess emphasize her deadly side, because Earth, as well as loving mother, is the insatiable monster that consumes everything that lives. She represents the devouring mother, in whom both the womb and the grave exist."

So, even IF HPL mentioned Coatlique: I imagine he was focusing solely on her physical appearance. But taking your advice again: I google'd

"Coatlique Lovecraft" 183 hits
"Coatlique Cthulhu" 125 hits

So yes, I cede the point about Coatlique being obliquely part of the Cthulhu mythos, as there was a HPL film with her in it. But sorry: merely because there was a Cthulhu film or two with her mentioned: hardly means that every Coatlique statue has bearing on HPL's works/movies/fiction.

QUOTE

Second, again, this compilation concerns movies that are based in or inspired by Lovecraft or which fit into the Cthulhu Mythos.

Josh Whedon and Stephen King are both huge Lovecraft fans.

That's great: so am I. So, when I make my film of "Joe the Plumber Invades New Orleans," I can be assured of its link being here, right?

A fan doth not, an adherent make. Stephen King wrote reams of stuff...little of it would go into an objective list of Cthulhu-inspired stories. In fact, he is quite clear when he writes a Lovecraft-inspired film. "Crouch End," from his "Nightmares and Dreamscapes," (both film and book) is a good example. But by your logic: "Christine," "The Shining" and "The Stand" should go here, as well.

QUOTE

Buffy/Angel are completely based on the Cthulhu Mythos worldview,

If you can show me a story where Lovecraft uses angels, Christian demons or Hell: I'd say you have a point. Till then,,,

QUOTE

save for the inclusion of the humor and the good guys winning most of the time. Otherwise, the core Mythos elements are there, plain as

your...not my...

QUOTE

day. Stephen King has written several books/short stories that were inspired by Lovecraft. Such movies have been included. However, not every single Stephen King movie is included, as not every single Stephen King movie is inspired by Lovecraft.

Again, see above. King was enough of a writer to clearly illustrate when he was writing a HPL-inspired story (perhaps even, a little too much). And, you can call where a writer gets his inspiration as "plain as day:" for which I am amazed at your prescient ability to know the source of inspiration for any writer, let alone Stephen King!

Funny: but there seems to be no documentation to back your "prescience." Pet Sematary, inspired by Cthulhu? Let's see...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098084/trivia

"The original screenplay featured the 'wendigo' (a Native American demon) that was mentioned in the novel, but it was ultimately cut from the film. It's presence is only implied once in the scene where Louis is walking through the woods at night and hears something large knock down a tree."

HPL did not invent wendigo's: but you know that already. But, maybe you'd like to claim that HPL inspired the wendigo-myth?

QUOTE

Same with all the other horror movies. It would be insane to include every single horror movie, as 1.) Lovecraft didn't invent horror, and 2.) not every horror movie is inspired by Lovecraft or the Cthulhu Mythos.

I hope I cleared that up for you.

Yes you did. You cleared up that anyone can make a list, call it anything they want. By your standard: I could post a "Superman films" link; find every macho-man film/man-with-costume/superpowers film (or heck, anything that inspired Shuster and Siegel to create a superhero; find every single film that vaguely resembles, or mentions, strong supermen, men or women in costume, or using powers to fight crime: and call it "Superman-inspired."

I could,,,but that would be kinda silly. Sort of like claiming mindreading powers over what inspires writers, and how much they are inspired by other writers. But hey: that's just me.

starfkr

May 3 2009, 04:22 AM

QUOTE(meltedpriest @ May 2 2009, 09:18 PM)

Gosh, if I didn't know better: I'd say that your tone is starting to sound...what's the word I'm seeking? Ah yes..."condescending."

Not being an avowed HPL expert myself (as opposed to others): I took your advice, and failing to be near a Meso-American library: I google'd Coatlique, found 4870 hits. Most notable was the wikipedia-entry, noting that Coatlique was

"Coatlicue, also known as Teteoinan (also transcribed Teteo Inan), "The Mother of Gods" (Classical Nahuatl: Cōhuātlīcue IPA: [koː.waː.ˈtɬiː.kʷe], Tēteô īnnān), is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war. She is also known as Toci (Tocî, "our grandmother") and Cihuacoatl (Cihuācōhuātl, "the lady of the serpent"), the patron of women who die in childbirth.

The word "Coatlicue" is Nahuatl for "the one with the skirt of serpents". She is referred to variously by the epithets "Mother Goddess of the Earth who gives birth to all celestial things", "Goddess of Fire and Fertility", "Goddess of Life, Death and Rebirth", and "Mother of the Southern Stars".

She is represented as a woman wearing a skirt of writhing snakes and a necklace made of human hearts, hands and skulls. Her feet and hands are adorned with claws and her breasts are depicted as hanging flaccid from nursing. Her face is formed by two facing serpents, referring to the myth that she was sacrificed during the beginning of the present creation.

Most Aztec artistic representations of this goddess emphasize her deadly side, because Earth, as well as loving mother, is the insatiable monster that consumes everything that lives. She represents the devouring mother, in whom both the womb and the grave exist."

So, even IF HPL mentioned Coatlique: I imagine he was focusing solely on her physical appearance. But taking your advice again: I google'd

"Coatlique Lovecraft" 183 hits
"Coatlique Cthulhu" 125 hits

So yes, I cede the point about Coatlique being obliquely part of the Cthulhu mythos, as there was a HPL film with her in it. But sorry: merely because there was a Cthulhu film or two with her mentioned: hardly means that every Coatlique statue has bearing on HPL's works/movies/fiction.
That's great: so am I. So, when I make my film of "Joe the Plumber Invades New Orleans," I can be assured of its link being here, right?

A fan doth not, an adherent make. Stephen King wrote reams of stuff...little of it would go into an objective list of Cthulhu-inspired stories. In fact, he is quite clear when he writes a Lovecraft-inspired film. "Crouch End," from his "Nightmares and Dreamscapes," (both film and book) is a good example. But by your logic: "Christine," "The Shining" and "The Stand" should go here, as well.
If you can show me a story where Lovecraft uses angels, Christian demons or Hell: I'd say you have a point. Till then,,,

your...not my...
Again, see above. King was enough of a writer to clearly illustrate when he was writing a HPL-inspired story (perhaps even, a little too much). And, you can call where a writer gets his inspiration as "plain as day:" for which I am amazed at your prescient ability to know the source of inspiration for any writer, let alone Stephen King!

Funny: but there seems to be no documentation to back your "prescience." Pet Sematary, inspired by Cthulhu? Let's see...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098084/trivia

"The original screenplay featured the 'wendigo' (a Native American demon) that was mentioned in the novel, but it was ultimately cut from the film. It's presence is only implied once in the scene where Louis is walking through the woods at night and hears something large knock down a tree."

HPL did not invent wendigo's: but you know that already. But, maybe you'd like to claim that HPL inspired the wendigo-myth?

Yes you did. You cleared up that anyone can make a list, call it anything they want. By your standard: I could post a "Superman films" link; find every macho-man film/man-with-costume/superpowers film (or heck, anything that inspired Shuster and Siegel to create a superhero; find every single film that vaguely resembles, or mentions, strong supermen, men or women in costume, or using powers to fight crime: and call it "Superman-inspired."

I could,,,but that would be kinda silly. Sort of like claiming mindreading powers over what inspires writers, and how much they are inspired by other writers. But hey: that's just me.

Please read the title of this thread. If it falls under Lovecraft or Cthulhy Mythos, then it is included.

Peace

JohnR

Jun 2 2009, 03:13 AM

The Call of Cthulhu (2005) Eng Txt with Spnish Sub txt

http://stagevu.com/video/bzyzalzmzbqa

Cast a Deadly Spell (1991 made for tv)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101550/
Fred Ward ... Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft
David Warner ... Amos Hackshaw
Julianne Moore ... Connie Stone
Clancy Brown ... Harry Bordon

QUOTE

In 1948 Los Angeles, everyone uses magic- everyone except hard-boiled private detective H. Phillip Lovecraft, who refuses for "personal reasons." Lovecraft is hired by a mysterious rich man to recover a stolen book, the Necronomicon. Investigating, he finds that the book holds the key to taking over the world by magical means, releasing the "Old Ones". (Contains several in-jokes to H.P. Lovecraft's horror fiction and also the hard-boiled detective genre.)

http://www.ectomo.com/index.php/2008/04/10...a-deadly-spell/

poohluvs

Aug 11 2009, 06:31 PM

starfkr

Aug 24 2009, 05:38 PM

*Bump*

Updated w/ AM1200 (2008)

Nikkiflinn

Sep 5 2009, 02:25 AM

First time posting on this thread but since I just got the Complete Works of HP Lovecraft, I thought it was about time.

Oh, and I posted a link for Re-Animator a while back. You can find it here: http://ipb.quicksilverscreen.com/index.php...c=83667&hl=

Just doing my bit.

starfkr

Sep 5 2009, 04:31 AM

QUOTE(Nikkiflinn @ Sep 4 2009, 08:13 PM)

First time posting on this thread but since I just got the Complete Works of HP Lovecraft, I thought it was about time.

Oh, and I posted a link for Re-Animator a while back. You can find it here: http://ipb.quicksilverscreen.com/index.php...c=83667&hl=

Just doing my bit.

Unfortunately, the link is dead.

It's been sent to the archive, the graveyard of movie links.

Nikkiflinn

Sep 5 2009, 02:04 PM

QUOTE(starfkr @ Sep 4 2009, 11:19 PM)

Unfortunately, the link is dead.

It's been sent to the archive, the graveyard of movie links.

Guess, I should do something about that, then?

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=77...animator+part+1

Never let it be said I am not persistant. There are some other good movies on the play list though I don't know if they're all Horror or Lovecraftian.

starfkr

Sep 22 2009, 09:54 PM

Updated with Color From The Dark

starfkr

Sep 22 2009, 09:57 PM

QUOTE(Nikkiflinn @ Sep 5 2009, 07:52 AM)

Guess, I should do something about that, then?

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=77...animator+part+1

Never let it be said I am not persistant. There are some other good movies on the play list though I don't know if they're all Horror or Lovecraftian.

The last clip of Reanimator has been deleted.