7 Disturbing Lovecraftian Horror Movies You Should Check Out!
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Now Lovecraftian horror is, unfortunately, a somewhat cursed sub-genre. As it's films are primarily made by, enthusiasts, or influential directors who have little to work with due to budget constraints. However, while a lot of the movies this week aren't precisely what I would call big-budget blockbusters or loved by critics. I know that at least they will hopefully be appreciated by you guys. Oh and as a side note I'm restricting the number of movies directed by Stuart Gordon to two. Otherwise, I would be forced to rename this video to 7 Stuart Gordon movies featuring the works of HP Lovecraft!
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The Haunted palace (1963)
The Resurrected (1991)
Dagon (2001)
The Whisperer in darkness (2011)
Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993)
Re-Animator (1985)
The Curse (1987)
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what is the movie at 0:46?
The Ritual (2017)
Hi, fantastic channel. Already suscribed. Dying to know the title of all the movies showed at the beginning. Can you? Thanks in advance. Cheers!
What movie is the clip at 0:47 from??
@@theprizeinferno1817 Donovan already answered it lol The Ritual (2017)
It should be pointed out that "Dagon" is more an adaptation of "The Shadow over Innsmouth" than the title story. And it's pretty faithful to "Shadow."
the towns name in spanish still translates to innsmouth as well. i liked that movie. the constant wetness of the town made me unconfortable.
Bad Request fr when they skin the old dude fuck lmaoo
The face peeling sceen lol
I was thinking that as well! The actual story "Dagon" is nothing like the movie, but I did enjoy the movie.
I noticed that too.
The Color Out of Space (2010) was a solid indie film adaptation. We're supposed to get a new version this year as well.
@The Thing On The Doorstep I didn't know that. I think Cage is suitable for such roles.
@@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove try Mandy, it's one of the best Nic Cage movie in recent memories.
I'm really unsure how the 2019 adaptation is going to look. I enjoy Nic Cage but never as a serious actor. The Colour Out of Space is my favorite Lovecraft story, so I'm hesitant in case it gets butchered. Granted, Nic acting crazy could work for the story considering what the Colour actually does to people.
@@lugialover09 I have my doubts too. This upcoming movie doesn't have me hyped, but rather cautiously optimistic. Whether it turns out good or bad I just hope Nic doesn't go Ghostrider mode, or freaky oh god the bees scene in Wicker Man. As far as horror movies and Cage goes, I hope he carries his performance like he did in Mandy, or even Mom and Dad. It's just plain crazy fun to watch.
@@destho4308 Well, it's already been premiered, and it's apparently...fine? According to critics anyways. Although apparent Cage still acts up somewhat in it.
No "In the Mouth of Madness"? It's not based on any Lovecraft work but it's very much so inspired by it.
It's in my cosmic horror list, thanks for watching
I think it represents the very goal he was trying to accomplish with his writings. To drive his readers into a state of pure madness. The antagonist is himself an amalgamation of both Stephen king and H.P. Lovecraft. John Carpenter does a good job of capturing aspects of both in the story. I watch it religiously almost every month, that and event horizon.
Passed the actual church in the movie, shit was scary thought I was in the movie
I agree, it's probably the best or at least scariest of the Lovecraft-inspired movies.
yeah. that old lady sort of turned into one of The Old Ones.
The Curse is based on The Colour Out of Space by HPL.
He noticed the young Will Wheaton, but missed veteran actor Claude Akins!
I wish the studios let Guillermo del Toro make " The Mountains of Maddens ". It is one of my favorite storys and would have loved to see how he would have interpreted it.
Also, nice video 😊
Alien and the thing are both rather good adaptations whether intended or not, but I would like to see a true adaptation
Macobston Productions madness? Not mountain of Maddens, what is this? A scary story about a cult of the madden games
I was thinking the same while I watched this video! It's such a shame that Lovecraft's stories haven't had any high budget adaptation so far. There is just so many ideas that could've come to life 😔
I've been wishing for that for years. Probably won't happen. But I'll keep wishing for it.
Mountains of madness would work great as a TV series.
How is "From Beyond" not included in this list?
and, while we're at it, Call of Cthulhu as well
I flipped a coin between re-animator and From Beyond. I guess you know which one won lol. I've coverd both films before anyhow.
@@kostadinovstefan6870 Was in my original list, but gave up on it after failing to pronounce cuthulu on my 100th take.
It is very easy. It's Cthu-lhu (kthoo-lhoo) ( just "K" not "Ka" or "Ku")
I had given up on horror long ago after bad cgi, torture porn and jump scares took over. It seems I missed out on some older movies here which should have been impossible but I went through a rough patch I guess. I'll be checking out these movies and From Beyond. The last okay horror movie I seen was Open Graves. I made the mistake of watching Brightburn. I found it to be cruel torture porn. The Boys ( a t.v. show) does a better job of super heroes being jerks, it can be gruesome but it has that over the top vibe I like. I thought good horror and horror as art had died out so I switched to surrealism Mr. No Body, What Dreams May Come, Ruben Brandt the Collector, Loving Vincent, A Scanner Darkly ect. I hope I can come home to good horror, we shall see.
I would love to see a Lovecraft movie directed by David Lynch
You me both!
Me 3
I feel like Lynch is the inverse of Lovecraft. Where Lovecraft is about the horror of what you can't see or understand, Lynch is about the horror that you can only understand by seeing (and hearing).
I rather see Guillermo Del Toro...he want's to do 'at the mountains of madness', but I'd like to see 'The Dunwich Horror' or 'Rats in the Walls'.
Ufff you took words right outta my mouth
Jeffery Combs is the Bruce Campbell of cosmic horror
Isn't he awesome? And beside his great work in all the Lovecraftian stuff, I love how he turns all his previous characters on their heads in "The Frighteners"
@@hal900x Man The Frighteners was my introduction to Jeffery Combs, such an underrated film. But yeah perfect choice to play an undercover cultist cop that role was made for him.
Evil Dead is cosmic horror. Therefore Bruce Campbell is the Bruce Campbell of Cosmic Horror.
@@HolographicMagick initially I wanted to riposte with why Evil Dead is not cosmic horror but the more I think about it the less I can actually support that statement ... Especially the second one which even has the trademark loss of the protagonists sanity. Kudos my man
Evil dead is completely based around the Necronomicon..the book Lovecraft made..your statement is ridiculous lol
"The Color Out Of Space", recently released (earlier this year or late 2019), is my favourite HP adaptation to date.
If only it was a better movie.
@@gabriellang7998 It could only be improved with THE BEES! NOT THE BEES!
Apart from that I thought it was damn fine.
@@gabriellang7998 WTF? 2019's Color Out of Space starring Nicolas Cage is arguably the best Lovecraft-adaptation ever made. It's extremely rare for any horror film to garner anywhere near the 86% rating that Color Out of Space has on Rotten Tomatoes. It's a fantastic film.
@@tekelupharsin4426 I don't know, maybe you guys watched different movie?
I couldn't stand Cage's acting in this movie, he behaved as if he was in a big joke.
Also I laughed at some silly moments which ruined horror feeling for me.
@@gabriellang7998 I thought his acting in the film was superb. His character is pretty much in-line with Lovecraft's original story (in the book, I don't recall him having a daughter - I think he had his wife and three sons). They all went mad in different ways at different times, with the father eventually locking them up in the attic (I think one son was lost at the well like you see in the film, but under different circumstances). The father also went mad by convincing himself that he had everything under control, hence the giggling and clown-like behavior you see from Cage in the film. But to each their own. If we all liked the same stuff then the world would be pretty boring. Cheers!
So basically:
"Dagon" = "The Shadow Over Insmouth"
"Reanimator" = "Home Brew"
"The Curse" = "The Color Out of Space"
the curse was the only horror movie that ever scared me
A new collor out of space film coming in 2020 with nicolas cage in iit !!!!!!!! CANT WAIT
@@metalaras999 seen the new version of Color out of space, and it's great, Cage is fantastic, well worth a look..
@@kevincrowe1872 i hope so cause , im used soooo mutch to Sam Neil , for lovecraftian horror
@@metalaras999 Sam Neil, In The Mouth of madness, bloody great performance in my opinion, dam good film. Love him in Event Horizon too. 👍
Wow. You actually put some unique picks in here instead of regurgitating the same five movies everyone talks about. Thanks!
Can't say enough about Stuart Gordon, would be awesome to see your focus close in around to his works
And Brian Yuzna as well!
Your voice is so incredible, i don't know how you don't have more subs, i only found your channel by accident from my recommendations, keep up the great work, solid video! There was also In The Mouth Of Madness, which is basically a lovecraft inspired film, with a decent budget.
I think out of the 10's of thousands of comments - this is the first time someone has said I have an incredible voice loL! I'm very tired of listening to myself while I'm editing these haha- so thank you very much. In the Mouth of Madness is highly underrated, I love it- I covered it in my cosmic horror vid!
necronomicon the third segment freaked me out especially where sarah wakes up in the hospital but my favorite segment out of the three had to be the first one.
Yes!! The 3rd part was just plain disturbing.
another scene that disturbed me was the scene in the cave where she finds out what happened to her partner like the back of his head was empty with his brain scooped out.
Watch that when I was kid. Glad I wasn't the only one disturbed.
I watched it as a kid and the third segment just fucked me up.
@@magnetdance i remember catching the movie late one night on the sci fi channel before it became syfy.
Far and above "The Call of Cthulhu " is my favorite, so lovingly rendered, so many great little touches! A true gem of a film.
The Void from a few years ago is amazing, I highly recommend it.
no. just.... no. that movie was hot garbage. plot that makes no sense, visuals that suck, it's definitely a try-hard and I've seen entirely too many people recommend it, and the only thing I can think is that you don't actually know what good film is, or potentially have ADHD like the creators of The Void did.
It tried to have a deep story with multiple levels and tied up into a neat little basket at the end, but.... Literally nothing gets concluded by the end, and the director is hoping you're just so baffled that you forget about the other plot points. Truly a terrible excuse for a Lovecraft film.
homegrowntwinkie Excuse me? The Void works great as a Lovecraftian Horror, perhaps a bit more gory than necessary, but nonetheless absolutely perfect. Just because the plot makes no sense doesn’t make it bad because it’s not supposed to: the enigma codes are endless which is vital for a Cosmic Horror Movie. The Void is the epitome of Lovecraftian Films. We follow a protagonist who knows nothing of the nature of the Void and as he slowly learns so do we. Remember, when we watch media we are an outward force looking into a new atmosphere, sometimes familiar but with alien qualities. We follow a protagonist, who like us, knows nothing but we watch the plot unfold together simultaneously, exactly like a Lovecraftian Horror Novella. That was such a strategic move that works so well for the film. The reoccurring imagery of the Sinister Black Triangle which is always there but conveys no meaning is so perfect. We know it’s something to fear so we fear it but with no conscious justification on why we should fear it, but simply because we have an instinctive compulsion to fear it, like the characters. In other words, to the normal person, the knowledge of the nature of the Void is unknown but our bodies still sense it because, in essence, it is always there, it’s another dimension that surrounds us and flows through our universe simultaneously but we just can’t perceive it, like From Beyond (The Lovecraft Novella). Speaking of which, have you read much of Lovecraft’s work? Do you understand the point of his work? The plots barely make any sense because it’s not meant to be comprehended by the reader who is presumably a human. Therefore the Void is watched like one would read one of Lovecraft’s book, the mythos used though is a far more modern interpretation of cosmic horror but still upholds the same values and ideals imposed by Cosmicism. It’s truly a Lovecraftian masterpiece and if you cannot appreciate it then you must be blind to the key concepts that makes the Void the most accurate of Lovecraftian Media.
@@homegrowntwinkie And surely you know what "good filmography" is, lmao.
@@TheMadsWitt Autocorrected Film to Filmography. However, Filmography is a word as well. Just not the right word.
But yes, yes I do. And The Void, is not it.
homegrowntwinkie Filmography is a word and The Void is not it. What are you in about, mate?
You might not like the movie and that’s cool. A lot of people did, though. You’re presenting your opinion as facts.
I really liked Dagon. It was pretty well made despite the low budget
When you realize that the greatest Lovecraft movie you've been expected actually doesn't exist...
Color out of space 2019 is good adaptation
Check out "The Void".
Wow, perfect timing! Just last weekend I was looking for Lovecraft-inspired horror movies. I’ll definitely be sure to check these out, thanks!
Your welcome!
OMG thank you! I watched The curse when i was far too young, but couldn't remember enough details to find out the name, and here it is! I will have to find out where it is to watch it!
I guess i got my HP Lovecraft interest a lot earlier than i first suspected... this and of course the real ghostbusters call of Cthulhu episode!
You totally should do movie lists by directors! Would be very interesting.
Btw i just stumbled upon your channel and damn i love it, always nice to see new suggestions to my ever growing movie watchlist ;D
Keep up the good work. Bonus points for the movie release year after every movie title, IT'S A LITTLE THING BUT EVERYBODY DOESN'T DO THAT.
Anyway, thank you.
You're very welcome, thanks for watching!
Stuart Gordon's "Dreams in the Witches House" was short but surprisingly good as well
Such book is a big piece of shit
@Rick G Good one! The old witch was sinister, and Brown Jenkin--the rat with the human face--was especially unsettling & memorable. Loved the "Masters of Horror" series. 👍👍
Thank you for including the Haunted Palace. It doesn't get enough mention as Lovecraftian. Though I was upset that I may have seen a bit of Die Monster Die in the opening, but it got no mention among the "7".`
Just what I needed for this sunday. Thank you.
You're very welcome.
Been hoping for this one! Excellent!
You gave me a few suggestions with this list. I love horror and I'm always looking for suggestions. I especially love the classics. I just subscribed to your channel. I can't wait to see what other lists you have.
I liked Dagon quite a lot. It was a very decent movie.
You should investigate "Spring" (2014). It's 100% lovecraftian and a nice movie .
The last one you mentioned is a mix of sci-fi/romance/horror sprinkled with comedy as well. For a lovecraftian inspired movie it's not much of a creature feature, but a lighthearted tale of love. A strange and interesting myth.
Okies will do, thanks for the suggestion.
What's lovecraftian about Spring
@@lamario295 It's a Lovecraftian situation, but instead of being all "I CAN'T TAKE IT I'M GOING INSANE FROM THE HORROR" the protagonist is like "... But I really love her though. I want this to work. I'm going to find a way to make this work..."
@@lamario295 🤨She's basically a deep one. A few Benson/Moorhead flicks are VERY apologetically Lovecraft and/or cosmic horror. The Endless is excellent, and the prequel Resolution is pretty damn good too.
Whisperer in Darkness is really very good.
Yup. I thought their Call of Cthulhu was better, but still enjoyed it very much. They even took pains to film the New England scenes here in New England. They explained the liberties they took with the storyline saying if they hadn't padded the plot, it would largely have been a movie about an old man reading his mail..... true dat, I suppose
Try to watch "Die Farbe" (2010) and "The Call of Cthulhu" (2005)
The Call of Cthulhu by HPLHS is a fantastic movie that really captures the Lovecraft atmosphere in a silent movie format. The Shuttered Room (1967) is also a decent take on a Lovecraft story.
@@rflett5797 Yes, I bought a copy of CoC - nice pastiche of 1920s film deco, with nods to Nosferatu & Caligari. And the extras (outtakes, interviews, "making of" details) were sometimes hilarious. I loved how they took the material - but not themselves - very seriously.
Die Fabre (The Colour Out Of Space) is a criminally overlooked film. Easily the best screen adaptation of all of Lovecraft's works ... with the exception of The Call Of Cthulhu by THPLHS (which is near perfection).
If I could find Die Farbe, I would give it a watch.
@@puffnisse It's available to stream on Amazon www.amazon.com/Color-Out-Space-Marco-Leibnitz/dp/B07FY1CNRF/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?keywords=the+colour+out+of+space&qid=1572117076&sprefix=the+colour+out&sr=8-4
Glad to see you included the HPLHS's take on "Whisperer in Darkness"! Beautifully crafted, especially considering it was an AMATEUR film - truly a labor of love. I didn't like it as much as their previous effort, "The Call of Cthulhu", but it really does show you that sometimes less is more.
Also agree that "The Resurrected" is one of the better commercial adaptions of HPL, or at least one of the most honest. The music was a little intrusive at times, but the storyline hewed fairly closely to the original, and the makeup & puppetry were properly grotesque & disturbing. I thought some of the rock-jawed acting by the protagonist a bit over the top, but overall I'd say this film was better than most of its kind.
Would LOVE to see movies by Directors so we can see maybe a film or two we missed and new comers can see some of the best directors in the horror genre and support their works. Thank you for this a very fun watch.
Cheers, thanks for the feedback!
@@Hyperdriveuk Happy to have found the channel and subbed look forward to checking out the back catalog of stuff over the next few months with the wife.
Missing 'The Dunwich Horror' (1970)
I'd wondered if there was ever an adaptation of "Whisperer in Darkness", I have to find that movie now. It would be really cool as a classic movie, but the fact it was made in 2011 in the style of an old movie makes me so much happier for some reason. Of the stories I know, I think this may be my second favorite, only behind Dream Quest. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
“The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be.
Not in the spaces we know, but between them.
They walk serene and primal, undimensioned and to us unseen.”
― H.P. Lovecraft
THE MASTER OF HORROR!!!
Dagon is worth seeing. The concept is great.
that "abomination" scene in The Resurrected is amazing
Great vid man. Rather make a vid about what are in your opinion underated movies from certain directors (and why) or the same but with actors?
Ok Mistilteinn I will have a look around and make a list. I used to do the underrated actors videos- but the never seemed very popular.
@@Hyperdriveuk oh yeah that's right I saw those! But I think most directors don't have big enough filmographys for a top 10 when they only have like 13 movies haha
I actually subscribed to this channel before watching a video and I haven't been disappointed.
Have seen all these flicks and love most of them, some great choices here! Vincent Price and Jeffery Combs are always an absolute joy to watch and some of these picks have left me desperate for a rewatch.
lol Cheers and thanks for watching!
The Ressurected and Dagon were awesomeness embodied. Good stuff 👍.
What about “The Void”
It's in my cosmic horror selection
The Call of Cthulhu (2005, directed by Andrew Lehman) was another great film that was faithful to the source material. It was made using vintage and modern filming techniques to reproduce the look of a 1920s-era film, and as such is a silent film. It is atmospheric and creepy, and only 45minutes long. Well worth the time to watch.
Thank you. I didn't know about most of these films -- and I first read Lovecraft 50 years ago.
Another great video of information.
"The Endless" is a great movie too.
That movie fuckin bloooowwws hahaha
I've got it on my Netflix list and have been considering watching it. If you had to give it a one out of ten, what would you rate it?
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@@itskyyuuuu I was asking op. But what don't you like about it?
@@asterodon moves slow. Nothing happens 80% of the movie. And its pretty low budget.
Keep doing lovecraftian lists. I need morrrreeee
What film is that thing at 0:45 from? That creature design is fantastic.
The ritual.
@@santiagosola6144 Many thanks!
I love how the opening music of this video is from The Mummy Demastered
I think you're the 1st to notice - well at least comment on it. I liked it so much I now use it for genre suggestions lol.
The Void, From Beyond and ofc the famous In the Mouth of Madness! That's my 3 favorit ones that's Lovecraftian.
While not directly based on any of Lovecraft's works, the film Session 9 is definitely worth checking out. It's about an abandoned mental asylum in the woods of Massachusetts. It was actually a real asylum back in the day and Lovecraft himself even mentions in The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Das Bild im Haus (2019) was also a great foreign film adaption of Lovecraft’s short story: The picture in the House
I love dagon and re-animator ! The first easterly & mysterious and the 2nd was so full of Gore & black humor that you can't help but like it.
Mario Bava's "Caltiki, The Immortal Monster" needs to be on this list. The earliest and one of the best Lovecraftian monster movies out there. It's not based on any actual HPL story, but all the elements are there.
John Dies At The End, multi-dimensional evil god cults combined with some of the wickedest dark humour around. They really need to make movies of the follow-up books, especially This Book Is Full Of Spiders (Serisouly Dude, Don't Touch It). If you enjoyed the fun in Re-animator, and the possibility of being surrounded by things you can't see From Beyond, this is the epitome of modern Lovecraftian storytelling.
Bless your sense of humor!! Love it like love craft 👍
Thanks for the informative content. Some of these movies I haven't seen. I don't understand how you can say Dagon is not over-the-top in gore. I'm not going to ruin the movie for anyone, but there's a particular scene that really got to me unlike other horror movies. I've been going to horror movies for over 40 years. Horror movies were how my family bonded.
"Sacrifice" is another good one that released just last year (and it also features Barbara Crampton). Also, I'm a little freaked out that Jeffrey Combs in H.P. Lovecraft makeup is a dead ringer for Bruce Campbell.
I think it's weird that Jeffery Combs' appearance while trying to look like Lovecraft he ends up looking like Bruce Campbell.
Some more recommendations:
Die Farbe
The endless
Spring
The Apocalypse trilogy by John Carpenter (The thing, prince of darkness and In the mouth of madness)
The call of Cthulhu (2005)
The Beyond
From beyond
Autumn Harvest
The Lighthouse
Alien
The void
Jacobs Ladder
The Dunwich horro (1970)
Annihilation
Event Horizon
Absentia
The Mist
No, not all of these have tentacle monsters or are direct adaptations but I think these capture Lovecraft’s brand of horror really well
Vincent The Lighthouse is an amazing film! I didn't notice Lovecraft symbolism.
HP with his sword cane and kicking some butt I'm all in on that
I noticed clips from several other films at the beginning of this video. I wasn't able to identify them all, but here are the ones I could spot. Which ones did I miss?
Annihilation (2018)
Call Girl of Cthulhu (2014)
The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
Castle Freak (1995)
Die, Monster, Die (1965)
From Beyond (1986)
The Lurking Fear (1994)
The Ritual (2017)
The Thing (1982)
What's the movie from the scene of the creature at 0:46?
Jeffrey Combs was "the man" for HPL movies. I was glad to see his career improve for him but I was happy seeing him in B movies with insanity/cosmic horror.
-Fuck Dagon!
-Yes
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I love that scene.
I saw "The Haunted Palace" first-run at the Malco on Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It's typical 1960's Roger Corman drive-in fodder, a pastiche of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P Lovecraft. The plot is loosely derived from "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" (making Curwen almost a sympathetic character!) but the title is from the Poe poem. In fact, the official advertised title of the film is "Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace." Corman believed that most of the appeal of a movie is in the title, since often that's all you see in the movie ads; and his target audience would get the implication since they were forced to read Poe in high school. But then, Poe and Lovecraft were pretty much kindred spirits; both were pretty much public domain; and neither was around to sue.
On the plus side it had Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Elisha Cook Jr, and Lon Chaney, Jr. The costumes were good, too. The opening montage is the same as "The Raven" (also 1963) with Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and a young Jack Nicholson, and having very little of Poe except the title. Some of the sets were re-used in "The Terror" (also 1963), a retread of "The Fall of the House of Usher" with Karloff and Nicholson.
Price and Paget were also in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" (1956).
In the hard-core trivia department, it's one of only two films to team up Vincent Price and Lon Chaney, Jr. The other is "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948); and in that, Price is voice-only as the Invisible Man at the end. (You can tell I haven't wasted MY life.)
I missed the others in this list but I do remember "Re-Animator," either in previews or on TV. Thanks for the memories.
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Love, love, love the Resurrected. Great creature effects and a genuinely fantastic creepy villain. In my opinion possibly the best Lovecraft movie.
Necronimicon is...not. Decent effects that barely get shown off, and honestly just an overall lack of respect for the stories being adapted. The only real highlight is Jeffrey Combs as Lovecraft. Would have loved an anthology series with him in the role as the the host.
its the third segment that freaked me out.
One small detail I like about Dagon is that the Spanish actress who plays the mermaid is famous here for her comedy.
I did not know that LOL! Makes sense now!
Actually thought Dagon was really good.
You might have put these elsewhere but The Thing is "At the Mountains of Madness", In the Mouth of Madness and Prince of Darkness are very HPL in tone and theme.
Yes indeed I have- Hmm in my cosmic horror and Apocalyptic fiction videos. Thanks for watching!
Color Out of Space was one of the best modern adaptations of work made by Lovecraft and friends.
can't wait for that goerge video and all his movies
Director movie recommendations sounds amazing! People always recommend directors but never specific movies ugh...
Would you want something like a video essay with their stuff... or something more like this video format? Thanks for watching btw.
@@Hyperdriveuk I would be very interested in a video essay on the director, but introduce their films throughout as they pertain to that directors style and what not. That way we get recommendations with examples of why we would like it, what importance it have to the director's craft, and ultimately just give us a great movie recommendation. That's my take at least. These are your videos and you probably have your own style and vision for your content.
And honestly I'm super flattered you replied to my comment.
subscribed! i love your list! I've seen half of them n I'm a huge Lovecraft fan! i think Whisperer in Darkness is my favorite film in the list. and as much as i love ReAnimator....i think i love From Beyond even more!
Cheers, thanks for watching & subbing.
"The Curse" is now a Nicholas Cage film "Color Out of Space".
We're getting a Lovecraft movie in theatres soon The Color Out Of Space which premiered at some film festival and got great reviews, I'm hoping it's good, and also Guillermo Del Toro is said to be working on a passion project right now after winning an Oscar for The Shape of Water, I believe he's working on a At The Mountain of Madness movie since he has been trying to get that made since 2006.
WE ALWAYS NEED MORE LOVECRAFT.
Too much lovecraft, is almost enough.
You should also check out Hemoglobin, it's a quite proper adaptation of "The Lurking Fear".
Thanks for the suggestion.
If you think about it, Annihilation is probably one of the best unintentional adaptations of the Colour Out of Space. Could have been intentional, though...
I think die hard is one of my favorite lovecraftian tales. Wonderfully crafted horror.
Used to love the curse as a kid. Mom sewing her hands up always creeped me out. Plus, you know she looked like a mutant
lovecraft have inspired so muc, that i think we can consider that almost every horror moviees have a bit of him inside.
How could you not put “The Void”. That movie is a fantastic lovecraftian flick
Dagon gave me nightmares for weeks after I saw it.
4:11 you nailed it !
dude, 1965's "die monster, die" is a rendition of "The Color Out of Space". I honestly feel like it should be on this list...
I was very close to putting it in- but Haunted Palace was the victor. I put in quite a few segments of it in the intro.
I'd suggest Annihilation too, sure it's based on a book series, but it's clearly based on one of lovecraft's better known stories; also the lol had me laughing when talking about dagon!
Maybe someday they'll let Del Toro make "At the Mountains of Madness". Also, I've always loved "The Shadow Out of Time", but I wonder if it could be effectively done as a movie.
Someone may have pointed it out already, I'm not scrolling down - at 1:42 "It's a genuinely scary film.." the closed captions say "it's a d??nj??n genuinely scary film...". Not sure how or why!
Came for the subject but will be looking into Whisperer because the style is amazing for what it is!
Hmm weird- will check that out- cheers!
New video about lovecraft?
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Yeah dude, I'll never forget Dagon, that skinning scene was sooo real!!
As if you have seen a human being skinned, right?
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The Occult (Okaruto) 2009, Altered States 1980 and Event Horizon are all very “Lovecraftian” even though none of the films are based on his works. Thought it would be worth mentioning. :)
Oh yes Altered states is a great example! Check out my Cosmic horror video- it covers similar films to the ones you suggested.
I think The Lighthouse entertains elements of Lovecraft, in that it probably wouldn't exist if wasn't for Lovecraft
I was expecting "int the mouth of madness" on this list. Guess my expectations don't get fullfilled.
It's in my Cosmic horror video.
I love The Haunted Palace. Good times watching it.
Now i can see why the game: Sinking City had an interesting story. Great videos,man. Keep it up! By the way,check out the netflix series: Dark. It's amazing.
Cheers, thanks for watching. I've covered Dark in my Top 15 Netflix series lol!
Walter White dark was really good!
have you played the vid game Eternal Darkness? its awesome
His very short story ''The Terrible Old Man'' is one of the rare terror tales told with witty humour.
How about an honorable mention for "Evil dead"?
I love your channel (Greek here with a more than 30 year old love for movies).
Why your was dissapeared from my recommended vids though? It has been like this for more over a year.
I haven't made many of these for a long time. But I want to keep doing 2-3 a month from now on! Thanks for watching!
I love “The Curse”, but I think I would swap it for “The Unnamable”, Die Monster Die!” Or “Dark Intruder”. “Cast a Deadly Spell” was an awesome Lovecraftian film, but it’s more comedy/fantasy than horror.
Vincent Price is my favorite. Still trying to find Haunted Palace on dvd