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H.P. Lovecraft movie marathon Feb 6, 2017 4:05:09 GMT The Social Introvert likes this

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I've been intending to read all of Lovecraft's stories for a long time, and would like to accompany them with as many Lovecraft adaptations, or films with Lovecraftian themes as possible. I've compiled a list of the stories and their corresponding cinematic adaptations. Would anyone care to add to the list if you can think of any I missed?

Which ones are your favorites? Which ones do you hate?
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1920, November 16: From Beyond
From Beyond (1986)

1921: The Outsider
Castle Freak (1995)

1921: Herbert West—Reanimator
Re-Animator (1985)
Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
Beyond Re-Animator (1989)

1922: The Lurking Fear
Dark Heritage (1989)
Lurking Fear (1994)

1923: The Unnamable
The Unnamable (1988)
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992)

1926: Cool Air
Chill (2007)

1926: The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
Cthulhu (2007)

1927: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Haunted Palace (1963)
The Resurrected (1991)

1927: The Colour out of Space
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
The Curse (1987)
The Color Out of Space (2010)

1928: The Dunwich Horror
The Dunwich Horror (1970)

1930: The Whisperer in Darkness
The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

1931: The Shadow over Innsmouth
Screamers/Island of the Fishmen (1979)
Dagon (2001)

1932: The Dreams in the Witch House
The Crimson Cult (1968)
Masters of Horror Season 1, Episode 2: Dreams in the Witch House (2007)

Miscellaneous Lovecraft related\themed films

Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993) (anthology that adapts The Rats in the Walls, Cool Air, and The Whisperer in Darkness)
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (2008) (documentary)
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) (TV movie with character "Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft")
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft (1998)
The Thing (1982)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
In The Mouth of Madness (1994)
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
Ghost Story (1981)
Possession (1981)
Altered States (1981)
Europa Report (2013)
Under the Skin (2013)
Banshee Chapter (2013)
X - The man with the x-ray eyes (1963)
Bleeders (1997)
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009)
Call Girl of Cthulhu (2014)

I'm sure you could also argue that the Alien/Prometheus series has Lovecraftian themes too.

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H.P. Lovecraft movie marathon Feb 7, 2017 2:02:58 GMT

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Feb 6, 2017 4:05:09 GMT @nonsequitur said:

Screamers/Island of the Fishmen (1979)

I'm ashamed to have never heard of that one! I'll definitely check it out ASAP.

The Shadow Over Innsmouth is my favorite Lovecraft story. I liked Dagon even though it wasn't a perfect adaptation.

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H.P. Lovecraft movie marathon Feb 8, 2017 1:01:26 GMT

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Feb 7, 2017 2:02:58 GMT cryptoflovecraft said:

The Shadow Over Innsmouth is my favorite Lovecraft story. I liked Dagon even though it wasn't a perfect adaptation.

Dagon felt like an 80's horror movie in the best possible way. I feel it's underrated.

Even though he didn't really stick to the source material as closely as he could have, Stuart Gordon made the best adaptations of Lovecraft's work out there... or at least made the most entertaining ones. I love how bonkers Gordon's films are.

And on that note... where's the blu-ray for Dagon???

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H.P. Lovecraft movie marathon Apr 10, 2017 22:01:02 GMT

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1921: Herbert West—Reanimator
Re-Animator (1985)
Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
Beyond Re-Animator (1989)

I have all three movies on DVD. I love Herbert West, played by Jeffery Combs

Anyone else notice the theme music is nearly identical to the theme music that was used in original Psycho?

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H.P. Lovecraft movie marathon Apr 11, 2017 17:09:20 GMT

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I just caught The Whisperer in Darkness last night, not knowing it even existed. A nicely done B&W, atmospheric rendering of the story that has a superb 1st half and a lesser last third, but worth watching regardless.

There are also several "Lovecraftian" films that were not from Lovecraft writings, but evoke the same kind of unnerving qualities of Lovecraft's work, or have similar elements regarding otherworld beings.

I would say a few of this type are:

Curse of the Demon 1957, aka Night of the Demon

And even the 1980 Curse of the Demon to a lesser extent

The Haunting 1963

Both Corman films, Not of this Earth and Attack of the Crab Monsters from 1957

Nearly all of the Quatermass films.

There's probably many others that I just cannot think of right now.

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H.P. Lovecraft movie marathon Apr 14, 2017 12:12:56 GMT

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Apr 10, 2017 22:01:02 GMT MCDemuth said:

1921: Herbert West—Reanimator
Re-Animator (1985)
Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
Beyond Re-Animator (1989)

I have all three movies on DVD. I love Herbert West, played by Jeffery Combs

Anyone else notice the theme music is nearly identical to the theme music that was used in original Psycho?

There's another Re-Animator film to be released at the end of this year with Brad Dourif; Re-Animator: Evolution.

None of the original cast or crew from the previous films are involved. It's supposedly going to be another adaptation of Lovecraft's story and according to the director a faithful take.

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