Cthulhu / Lovecraft

Redundant Retard · Post by **Redundant Retard** » 23 Apr 2007, 11:55

So.. anyone who wants to recomend something good in the spirit of Lovecraft? Either essays on Lovecraft, filmatic adaptions of his works or others who have wrote or filmed in the spirit of Lovecraft.

I´ve seen the rather new silent film Call of Cthulhu, which I can absolutely recomend. Also, the film "Dagon" was interesting enough to be seen, though it weren´t exactly "up there".

I´m going to see "Necronomicon" one of these days.

Grotocult · Post by **Grotocult** » 23 Apr 2007, 11:58

Houellebecq wrote a book on Lovecraft...haven't read it, but it's said to be good. Against Life or something.
In The Mouth Of Madness is a good movie, not sure how Lovecraftian it is tho.

Redundant Retard · Post by **Redundant Retard** » 23 Apr 2007, 12:02

In the mouth of madness is pretty cool, I agree. I´ve seen it a couple of times and it is Lovecraftian to the bone. It doesn´t include any of the Mythos, but even the title is in Lovecraft´s spirit.

That book by Houellebecq is on my "To read"-list, but I won´t have time for that untill summer. Too much reading these days anyway.

Has anyone seen "Re-Animator" ? It´s supposedly Lovecraftian, but it seems rather silly.

Also, I highly recomend that "Call of Cthulhu" movie for everyone, even those not familiar with Lovecraft.

Roark · Post by **Roark** » 24 Apr 2007, 19:29

I dig the whole Cthulhu mythos.

Aggro already mentioned the best Lovecraftian film. ITMOM is creepy as hell.

Re-Animator was supposed to be a bit tongue-in-cheek I thnk...

Read Mask of Cthulhu and Trail of Cthulhu, but in the reverse order of how I just typed them.

Uh, yeah.

Redundant Retard · Post by **Redundant Retard** » 28 Apr 2007, 12:46

I saw "Necronomicon" today. Shitty film. Do not watch it, even if you're a hardcore Lovecraft fan.

Redundant Retard · Post by **Redundant Retard** » 16 May 2007, 17:10

erutlucorgga";p="867350 wrote:Houellebecq wrote a book on Lovecraft...haven't read it, but it's said to be good. Against Life or something.

Started reading it today, and will probably finish it today too, or tomorrow. It's pretty darn interesting. Highly recommended for people into Lovecraft and\or Houellebecq.