Great list Jason, I’ll have to add those to my next reads. I’m in the midst of reading Lovecraft finally, so far I’ve really enjoyed the Dunwich horror the most. Like that you don’t always go for the obvious stories.
Very cool listed video! I think my list would definitely include a whisperer in darkness. Probably shadow over aint's mouth too. But he has so many great ones. Nice surprise to see the hound, I should reread that one sometime soon.
The Hound is awesome. Whisperer in Darkness is also very good. Tbh, if I were to do this list again in a year, it would probably be different, aside from Colour Out of Space. 😀
Great ranking. I read a few of his stories last year but I had trouble understanding a lot of it due to the writing style and era. I do want to read Color out of Space though because I liked the movie.
Thank you! Lovecraft worked really hard to make his writing convoluted, and it shows a lot. It can sometimes be a real pain working through his stories.
@@JasonsWeirdReads yeah chronologically. A couple of years ago I read The Shadow Over Innsmouth and The Call of Cthulhu but now I've gone back to read them in order 🐙
Very good list, The Music of Erich Zann is actually my favorite. For my taste, it’s where he struck the perfect balance of weird reveals and ambiguity. The name of the cat in “The Rats of the Walls” is really unfortunate, it’s really distracting in an otherwise masterful gothic horror story.
Erich Zann could easily move up the list. Especially for the reasons you mentioned. I also agree with you on Rats in the Walls. It’s a brilliant story, but the damned name of the cat…
I just watched Underwater a while back.. it was worth the watch and much better than I expected. I tend to prefer Lovecraft inspired works more than the real thing.. I love the concepts, his work is just very wordy and dry.. I find I drag myself through it. "Tentacle" fingers gave me a giggle.
Here, take a 🦑 instead of a ghostie. Seems more appropriate haha Love me some Lovecraft. His contemporaries, too, in particular Robert E Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. It's sad that they all gave up the 👻 so young.
@@JasonsWeirdReads You might enjoy REH's 'Cthulhu: Mythos and Kindred Horrors' if you haven't read it already. A couple in that get me holding my breath in terror.
I just read The Colour out of Space and it was really good! Not quite my favorite Lovecraft tale but man was it creepy! Lovecraft is one of the few authors that can actually scare me lol. And Call of Cthulu and Rats in the Walls are both fantastic! Both of those would probably be in my top 10 😅
👻 very cool list. 🦑 There are a few you mentioned that I still need to read. My personal fave may be The Whisperer in Darkness but I haven’t read it in a long time.
I really like the *idea* of Lovecraft’s stories and mythos but I have a hard time getting into them - I think it’s a language thing, the way they’re written is tough for a Norwegian with only high school English completed 🤣
Just keep reading them. I'm a guy who will be 66 in a month and just have a 10 grade high school education and if I can read them you can too. God bless.
@@JasonsWeirdReads I've wondered to myself whether Clark Ashton Smith is easier or more difficult to read than Lovecraft. His prose certainlys eems to flow a lot more (he was after all a poet first and foremost) but the vocabulary at times even more archaic. I love it though -- CAS is probably my favourite of the "Big Three" Weird Tales writers.
I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t read all that much by CAS. I do see what you mean, though. His style is very dense and yet flows better. It’s really good when read aloud, too.
Very cool! I have not read near enough Lovecraft. Chris has the gorgeous collection you have behind you and I need to dive further into that when I can for sure. Enjoyed finding out some of your favs!
Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train had a photographer that was having his stuff shown at Galleries. So A different kind of Art, or was that the Movie. Now I can't remember. 🤪 LoL. So ....🤷♂️ My List 😁 1. At the Mountains of Madness 2. The Shadow Over Innsmouth 3. Dagon 4. The Call of Cthulhu (Its ok if it's popular) 5. The Color out of Space 6. From Beyond 7. Pickmans Model 8. The Music of Erich Zann 9. The Haunter of the Dark 10. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Also I have been reading Your Book of Short stories...Isolation. You Got something going there. So far Very Good. On The Serpent's Son now. You better hope one doesn't get stuck in my head. Because You know what that means. A Song🎶 LoL. 🤣 Then you will be forced 2 say nice things about it because it will be from your stuff. LoL. Great List, and Video. Even though we have a totally different List. Also I find it hard 2 hold things against a person that has been dead for almost 100 years. Different time. Nothing 2 be proud of for sure, but we must know our problems of the past, and move on 2 not reproduce them. Not dwell on them . IMO it solves nothing. Just my opinion. Now if the Guy wrote this 10 years ago different thing entirely. I Just wonder what things everyone thinks are ok now ...in a 100 years will be held against every one???🤷♂️ Again Just my opinions. Great Video 👍😁👍😁👍 Did You say Ghost .👻👻. I can't remember. LoL
I think that it’d be awesome if one of my stories got stuck in your head and became a song. Thank you for the kind words regarding my collection regardless! 😀 And I completely agree with you about Lovecraft’s racism. I honestly wish we could discuss Lovecraft’s work without dwelling on that for too long. Besides, Lovecraft was changing by the end of his life. But then, what do I know. I’m a middle aged white dude. 😂
What did you think of the recent Color Out of Space movie? I had kind of a love/hate reaction. The special effects were great, and it got seriously creepy at certain points but then the characters would act in the most stupid manner and it just took you out of what was happening. I feel like Jeff Vandermeer owes an awful lot to COOS as well, probably too much.
I really enjoyed that movie adaptation. It’s not perfect, but it’s probably one of the better, if not best, adapted Lovecraft story. And I agree about Jeff VanderMeer. 😂
@@JasonsWeirdReads growing up I would watch all the good horror books, but had o my read the classics, Carrie and Lovecraft tales. I absolutely love them, they still give me nightmares! I don’t talk about him much because he is controversial, but would still read! Loved this video!
Thank goodness you didn't bring up that about Lovecraft. Don't care. Every writer who has ever sat down with pen and paper had, and has, shortcomings. Drunks, drug addiction, wife beaters, I DO NOT CARE. And just heard the last of this video. Get another version of " Rats in the wall " ???? Fuck no ! Just how far are we from from all out book burning because a word hurts somebody's feelings ? Pretty damn close I'd say. So it's not right that Lovecraft didn't like other people but everyday somebody on TV is saying white people are trash ? Every day ? Sorry for the rant but I'm pissed right now. Not at Jason but this dystopian bullshit world we are building. YAY FOR H.P. LOVECRAFT !!
Great list Jason, I’ll have to add those to my next reads. I’m in the midst of reading Lovecraft finally, so far I’ve really enjoyed the Dunwich horror the most. Like that you don’t always go for the obvious stories.
Thank you! The Dunwich Horror remains a favourite of mine. I just think that it’s so much better written than some of his other stories.
Very cool listed video! I think my list would definitely include a whisperer in darkness. Probably shadow over aint's mouth too. But he has so many great ones. Nice surprise to see the hound, I should reread that one sometime soon.
The Hound is awesome. Whisperer in Darkness is also very good. Tbh, if I were to do this list again in a year, it would probably be different, aside from Colour Out of Space. 😀
Love your Cthulu impersonation! Great video
Thank you! 😀
Thanks for these, always looking for more Lovecraft suggestions. Jason have you read the Alan Moore comics inspired by Lovecraft?
Thank you! And no, I haven’t. But I want to. Do you recommend?
@@JasonsWeirdReads They are good, but very graphic.
Graphic doesn’t bother me. Usually. 😂
Great ranking. I read a few of his stories last year but I had trouble understanding a lot of it due to the writing style and era. I do want to read Color out of Space though because I liked the movie.
Thank you! Lovecraft worked really hard to make his writing convoluted, and it shows a lot. It can sometimes be a real pain working through his stories.
What an intro 🐙👻 I'm really enjoying working through HPL’s work, though I've not read ten yet so I can't do i video like this 😆
Haha Thank you! You’re going through the chronologically right? That’s how I read them the first time.
@@JasonsWeirdReads yeah chronologically. A couple of years ago I read The Shadow Over Innsmouth and The Call of Cthulhu but now I've gone back to read them in order 🐙
The movie "Re-animator" with Jeffry Combs, who played Herbert West, was a crazy funny movie.
That movie is so good! I haven’t seen it in a while. I think that it’s time to give it a rewatch.
@@JasonsWeirdReads It really is!!!😊😊
And a great video too Jason.
Thank you!
Very good list, The Music of Erich Zann is actually my favorite. For my taste, it’s where he struck the perfect balance of weird reveals and ambiguity.
The name of the cat in “The Rats of the Walls” is really unfortunate, it’s really distracting in an otherwise masterful gothic horror story.
Erich Zann could easily move up the list. Especially for the reasons you mentioned. I also agree with you on Rats in the Walls. It’s a brilliant story, but the damned name of the cat…
I just watched Underwater a while back.. it was worth the watch and much better than I expected. I tend to prefer Lovecraft inspired works more than the real thing.. I love the concepts, his work is just very wordy and dry.. I find I drag myself through it. "Tentacle" fingers gave me a giggle.
I’ve been wanting to watch that. Thank you for reminding me. I think that I’ll watch it this weekend.
I have a cuddly Cthulhu pillow myself… he’d be furious to know 😊
👻
I have one too! 😀
Here, take a 🦑 instead of a ghostie. Seems more appropriate haha
Love me some Lovecraft. His contemporaries, too, in particular Robert E Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. It's sad that they all gave up the 👻 so young.
Agreed! And I didn’t think of a squid!! 🦑
@@JasonsWeirdReads You might enjoy REH's 'Cthulhu: Mythos and Kindred Horrors' if you haven't read it already. A couple in that get me holding my breath in terror.
I have read some of his Cthulhu Mythos stories but I don’t think that I’ve read that particular collection. I’m going to check it out!! Thanks!
I just read The Colour out of Space and it was really good! Not quite my favorite Lovecraft tale but man was it creepy! Lovecraft is one of the few authors that can actually scare me lol.
And Call of Cthulu and Rats in the Walls are both fantastic! Both of those would probably be in my top 10 😅
Rats in the walls is very good! I really need to reread it as it’s been a long time.
👻 very cool list. 🦑 There are a few you mentioned that I still need to read. My personal fave may be The Whisperer in Darkness but I haven’t read it in a long time.
Whisperer in Darkness is very good! I haven’t read it in a while either. Thanks, Mike!
I see we are on the same boat... i consider The colour out of space his best story too. I think The shadow over innsmouth is worth mentioning too.
I personally never really enjoyed Shadow. I don’t know if giving it a reread might change my thoughts on it.
@@JasonsWeirdReads Sacrilegious 🤣
@@jamesfetcho6315 😂🤣
I really like the *idea* of Lovecraft’s stories and mythos but I have a hard time getting into them - I think it’s a language thing, the way they’re written is tough for a Norwegian with only high school English completed 🤣
Just keep reading them. I'm a guy who will be 66 in a month and just have a 10 grade high school education and if I can read them you can too.
God bless.
Lovecraft’s prose can definitely be rather dry and convoluted. 😀
@@JasonsWeirdReads I've wondered to myself whether Clark Ashton Smith is easier or more difficult to read than Lovecraft. His prose certainlys eems to flow a lot more (he was after all a poet first and foremost) but the vocabulary at times even more archaic. I love it though -- CAS is probably my favourite of the "Big Three" Weird Tales writers.
I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t read all that much by CAS. I do see what you mean, though. His style is very dense and yet flows better. It’s really good when read aloud, too.
Very cool! I have not read near enough Lovecraft.
Chris has the gorgeous collection you have behind you and I need to dive further into that when I can for sure.
Enjoyed finding out some of your favs!
Thank you Nichi! If you do dig into any Lovecraft, you gotta let me know what you think!
@@JasonsWeirdReads Of course! The couple that I have read I enjoyed! :)
Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train had a photographer that was having his stuff shown at Galleries. So A different kind of Art, or was that the Movie.
Now I can't remember. 🤪 LoL.
So ....🤷♂️
My List 😁
1. At the Mountains of Madness
2. The Shadow Over Innsmouth
3. Dagon
4. The Call of Cthulhu (Its ok if it's popular)
5. The Color out of Space
6. From Beyond
7. Pickmans Model
8. The Music of Erich Zann
9. The Haunter of the Dark
10. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
Also I have been reading Your Book of Short stories...Isolation.
You Got something going there. So far Very Good. On The Serpent's Son now.
You better hope one doesn't get stuck in my head. Because You know what that means. A Song🎶 LoL. 🤣
Then you will be forced 2 say nice things about it because it will be from your stuff. LoL.
Great List, and Video.
Even though we have a totally different List.
Also I find it hard 2 hold things against a person that has been dead for almost 100 years. Different time. Nothing 2 be proud of for sure, but we must know our problems of the past, and move on 2 not reproduce them. Not dwell on them . IMO it solves nothing.
Just my opinion.
Now if the Guy wrote this 10 years ago different thing entirely.
I Just wonder what things everyone thinks are ok now ...in a 100 years will be held against every one???🤷♂️
Again Just my opinions.
Great Video 👍😁👍😁👍
Did You say Ghost .👻👻. I can't remember. LoL
I think that it’d be awesome if one of my stories got stuck in your head and became a song. Thank you for the kind words regarding my collection regardless! 😀
And I completely agree with you about Lovecraft’s racism. I honestly wish we could discuss Lovecraft’s work without dwelling on that for too long. Besides, Lovecraft was changing by the end of his life. But then, what do I know. I’m a middle aged white dude. 😂
@@JasonsWeirdReads 😁👍
What did you think of the recent Color Out of Space movie? I had kind of a love/hate reaction. The special effects were great, and it got seriously creepy at certain points but then the characters would act in the most stupid manner and it just took you out of what was happening. I feel like Jeff Vandermeer owes an awful lot to COOS as well, probably too much.
I really enjoyed that movie adaptation. It’s not perfect, but it’s probably one of the better, if not best, adapted Lovecraft story. And I agree about Jeff VanderMeer. 😂
I'm not sure if I've even read ten in total!
I’ve read them all except for some of his ghost written works. 😀
@@JasonsWeirdReads Wow, that's impressive :D
👻
👻
@@JasonsWeirdReads growing up I would watch all the good horror books, but had o my read the classics, Carrie and Lovecraft tales. I absolutely love them, they still give me nightmares! I don’t talk about him much because he is controversial, but would still read! Loved this video!
Thank you! It really is a shame that Lovecraft was such a jerk.
Thank goodness you didn't bring up that about Lovecraft. Don't care. Every writer who has ever sat down with pen and paper had, and has, shortcomings.
Drunks, drug addiction, wife beaters,
I DO NOT CARE. And just heard the last of this video. Get another version of " Rats in the wall " ???? Fuck no !
Just how far are we from from all out book burning because a word hurts somebody's feelings ? Pretty damn close I'd say. So it's not right that Lovecraft didn't like other people but everyday somebody on TV is saying white people are trash ? Every day ?
Sorry for the rant but I'm pissed right now. Not at Jason but this dystopian bullshit world we are building.
YAY FOR H.P. LOVECRAFT !!
Little ghost 👻
👻🤘👻
👻 What ya gonna do when they come for you 👻
Boo! 👻 😂
👻
👻
👻
👻
👻
👻