"At the Mountains of Madness" is my favorite of Lovecraft's stories. I always find that horror stories set in cold or ice-type realms effect me the most.
I have always loved Herbert West- The Reanimator, and The Colour out of Space. Those ones, especially the reanimator really got too me. The thought of being brought back, having too go through that, and perhaps existing just as a portion of yourself... just your head for instance, or being revived as a mad being with just enough sanity left to realize what has happened too you... that is something that still haunts my dreams at times.
"Dreams in the Witch House" is one of my all-time favorites. Del Toro has the right idea. I wouldn't see "At the Mountains of Madness" unless it was pure to the story.
The Statement of Randolph Carter is the sentimental choice for me, being my first Lovecraft exposure. It has a great creepy vibe, like a campfire story told by a madman.
As others have suggested The Whisperer in Darkness, The Shadow out of Time, The Colour out of Space, and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward are all worthy of honorable mentions. Although not a mythos piece, Cool Air is another favorite of mine. Also The Lurker at the Threshold, by August Derleth, is one of my favorite mythos pieces not written by Lovecraft but true to his style in that it takes 3 separate narrators to tell the tale to completion...as the 1st & 2nd narrators cannot finish the tale themselves.
As a fanatic Lovecraft fan, I cannot disagree with your selection. As for Cameron directing "At the Mountains of Madness" starring Tom Cruise: one might as well do a remake of "Gone with the Wind" with Edward G Robinson playing the role of Rhett Butler.
The fact that The Whisperer in Darkness and The Shadow Out of Time aren't in here is a crime. They belong on this list more so than Rats in the Walls and The Dreams in the Witch House.
It is hard to pin down just 5 Lovecraft stories to feature, because there are so many. I like your picks and I'll have to be honest here, I've never read Rats in the Walls. So, I honestly don't know how well it stands up in the mythos. I have to agree with Jack here on The Dreams in the Witch House. I personally know 2 people who are now fascinated with Lovecraft and that was the first novel I told them to read. It is accessible for people being introduced to the subject matter. So, in my opinion, I really think it belongs on this list.
I'm really into Lovecraft I got the Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft. He's such a big influence on many authors, directors and musicians/bands. Once again awesome video Jack. Have more like this and keep them coming!
Not including the The Call Of Cthulhu? Mystifying! My top Lovecraft tale is The Music of Erich Zann, a brilliantly atmospheric story. With Lovecraft he seldom describes the horror outright, but what the story implies is always far worse than anything he can put to paper. Lovecraft never underestimated his audience, and knew that our minds would fill in the gaps of the story with awful realisations. That's especially true with The Music of Erich Zann, the implications of that story are the stuff of nightmares.
Nice picks. I`ve always loved and re-read millions of times The thing at the doorstep. Cannot think of a better line to start a story: "It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to shew by this statement that I am not his murderer". Fantastic. The Outsider is amazing too.
I must say. I'm impressed on the fact that such a classic writer is still influencing such productions even after years passed away he is displayed as the granddaddy of the most mysterious and bizarre type of horror. I applaud such a dedication as well for person like you Jack to maintain HP Lovecraft stories still alive and keep the publics interest amped up on such stories. I salute you! Continue with the great work and also another series on lovecraft haha, i find it awesome
Tom Cruise was signed on to do Del Toro’s version of The Moutains of Madness. There is a really good forward by Tom Cruise in the book Del Toro’s Notebooks in the chapter about the movies that didn’t get made. The main culprit for the Mountains of Madness not being made was Prometheus the movie by Ridley Scott.
You should do a collection of top Lovecraftian stories by authors other than Lovecraft himself. I've only read one so far: The Frolic by Thomas Ligotti (Unless you count The Time Machine and War of the Worlds which were kind-of precursors to the Cosmic Horror genre)
Alan Moore’s graphic novels Neonomicon and Providence are two of my favorites homages to Lovecraft. Plus I’ve never looked at the song ‘You Made Me Love You’ the same way since I’ve read Providence.
I have always been drawn to the Shadow Over Insmouth. The slow realization by the narrator of his destiny is pure bliss. It is also comforting to think that the US government's response of destroying Innsmouth and rounding up its inhabitants must have been approved by President Calvin Coolidge himself. Being a man of few words, he clearly never revealed the horror beyond human conception to anyone and never attempted to describe any of it.
IMAGINE THIS: Nietzsche as a scholar hunting down the Cthulhu mythos cults. The only reason he can survive the madness is his overconfidence, and the reason of his theories about the master and slave mentality would be based on his experiences with the cultist being slaves to the old gods and having to be your own master in order to resist the callings of the old gods. Other philosophers (existentialists) could have had experiences with the cult, and therefor question existence. This could be an action filled and mysterious cosmic horror with a lot of philosophical ideas and sometimes cheesy humor and oneliners. "If you stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
1. The Call of Cthulhu 2. The Shadow Over Innsmouth 3. The Whisperer in Darkness 4. The Shadow Out of Time 5. At the Mountains of Madness 6. The Color Out of Space 7. The Dunwich Horror 8. The Outsider 9. From Beyond 10. Cool Air
Has anyone else that has been frozen from the AC in places like doctors offices ever suggested to the people who work in them that they aught to read Cool Air?
Yes! “At the Mountains of Madness”!! Always been my personal favorite Lovectaft story! This was the final story I read of his and the one that completely blew my mind. Out of all the Lovecraft tales I return to over time this is the one I’ve reread the most. Any author recommendations for further delving into the Cthulhu Mythos?
As a founding member of the Esoteric Order of Petersen Games...makers of the massive boardgame, Cthulhu Wars. (Sandy Petersen is the author of the CALL OF CTHULHU RPG) I love each and every video you guys crank out..not just the Mythos. Please keep up the good work.
Huge Lovecraft fan for many eldritch moons here. Great vids and totally agree with this top 5...especially number 1. I'm biased towards "The Whisperer in Darkness"though and I would have included it here...but this isn't a top 6 video is it? Love this channel. More Lovecraft, plz!
Don't know if you're into gaming, but have you played Bloodborne? The Old Hunters DLC specifically. Especially the last area of fishers hamlet oozes Lovecraft from every pore.
CeetjeBeetje I also recommend Call of Cthulhu (2019), Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the earth, Eternal Darkness, Dead Space, Silent Hill 1-3, Drakengard, Alien Isolation, shadow of the comet, prisoner of ice, amnesia & amnesia a machine for pigs, Quak 1, the evil within, and the sinking city (out next month) if you are interested in Lovecraft inspired video games.
Another great Lovecraft-inspired game is Darkest Dungeon. Playing that game feels exactly like reading a Lovecraft story. And as a matter of fact, the developer's called Red Hook Studios, so there's that. Also, Uzumaki by Junji Ito is one of the best cosmic horror works I've read in a while. And the snail people from The Old Hunters DLC are probably taken from this comic.
All of the games I mentioned are heavily influenced by / concrete references to HPL. You did not do your homework, so maybe you should do some researche before you deny something.
Each one is great, unbelievable power of language, terrifying, appalling, hopeless nightmares. My favourite, if there is one, is Dagon. Simple, short, obviously well written, with a metaphorical ending that encapsulates the whole message of HPL: an unfathomable horror orbiting the void around mankind, sheltered only by the sheer, fragile distance of the light years.
If you’re gonna do lovecraftian games I hope y’all would include Darkest Dungeon. The narrator is phenomenal but the game overall plays on many stories and themes
I love this channel in the videos it's it does it's always great when y'all tell us a terrifying list of something supernatural or something to do with movies or he'll even this alone because HP logo have one of the greatest horror novelist of all times even of this generation store aspiring Young writers are people who want to make movies off of his stories of fiction so I love you guys cuz you're always awesome and you are always fun that was make a dull day for me a fun day and a scary one at that at night sometimes
The Rats in the Walls was the first H.P. Lovecraft story I ever read. I obsessed on finding more for a few years after that, and still stare into the abyss from time to time.
Dunwich horror is by far his best. It does great at implementing that main focus on “protagonists, not good guys,” (pretty much all characters are shitbag rapists, murderers, or incest doers). Also, it is the most tense of his stories. It builds tension, pops that bubble of tension, and then builds it even faster, only to never give a full release. It is his most grotesque, as in the brutality of whateley’s death, and other subjects. It is also definitely his best written. He does dialogue very well, and (like I said) it is the most tense and atmospheric, which ultimately makes it his most vile and terrifying story.
My favorite Lovecraft story currently would probably be The Whisperer in the Darkness. The first Lovecraft stories I ever remember reading was either The Outsider or The Hound, (I’m not sure which was first.) The twist ending of TO really stuck with me at the time, and in TH with the narrator’s hopeless ending with death howling for him was unforgettable. For anyone starting out with Lovecraft; Leslie Klinger’s book The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft is really the way to go if you want a good introduction to the man and his mythos.
please PLEASE red jordan l hawks whyborne and griffin series, its based on lovecraftian mythos and features nyarlathotep as an overarching antagonist, with a lot of references to yog sothoth and genuinely well written and likeable diverse protagonists. i love these lovecraft videos, youre awesome
I love your videos I could listen to you talk about horror all day. I’ve never read any of these I’m going to give it a go. I like the story dark matter by Michelle paver as your not sure whether it is a ghost story or whether the protagonist is going mad
The Horror at Red Hook and The Thing on the Doorstep along with the aforementioned The Case of Charles Dexter Ward i think are classics insomuch as they have modern elements of horror and are ahead of their time. When I got tired of Stephen Kings formulaic writing I started reading Lovecraft.
My five favourite Lovecraft stories would be, in no particular order (Because that'd be impossible to do for me, in all honesty) The Rats in the Walls, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Shadow Out of Time, Out of the Aeons and The Call of Cthulhu.
I wonder if you've ever read Barton St. Armand's "The Roots of Horror in the Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft", an analysis which focuses on "The Rats in the Walls" as its primary text. It's a challenging, and very well done, piece well worth looking up. I don't necessarily agree with your list, but it is interesting. And, speaking on analysis... have you ever looked at the relationship between "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" and "At the Mountains of Madness"? It would be interesting to look at the references to the former in the latter in light of their implications....
ExceLlent picks no one has done justice to Lovecraft on video. Mountains of Madness is by far my top pick a scientist/professor for 30 years i know secrets i wont tell but i wont point anyone to some really scary science. Ill leave that to UA-cam and you Thanks
I've read only 5-10 stories, but The Whisperer in Darkness and The Thing on the Doorstep are my fav from the ones I've read, especially the former. I like King too, but HPL is another level of horror. My favorite horror game of all time - Amnesia The Dark Descent, which started the career of PewDiePie, has its engine named after HPL.
My absolute favorite story of his has always been at the mountains of madness. I would absolutely love to see that made into a movie by Del Toro. Hopeful dreams before I die.
1. The Shadow Out of Time
2. Dagon
3. The Mound
4. The Color Out of Space
5. The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Yeah a top 5 is so limiting, at the very least a list like this should be a top 10. There are too many good stories to choose only 5.
This.
Dagon? Really ?
@@Donkyelburro dagon is short but sweet.
1. The mound
2. The shadow out of time
3 Case of Dexter Ward
4. Whispers in darkness
5. Mountains of madness
"At the Mountains of Madness" is my favorite of Lovecraft's stories. I always find that horror stories set in cold or ice-type realms effect me the most.
H. P. Lovecraft was one of my inspirations for becoming a horror writer and I feel that on this channel, I can find more inspiration for my works.
H.P. Lovecraft inspires me as a musician as well!♥️
Me too
And what have you written? Hmmmm
My personal favorite Lovecraft story has to be The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
It is a goody.
Agreed
Yes! That one is all levels of creepy, especially with the doctor going into the bowels of the crypts towards the end
I like Cool Air and Ipswich
My personal is through the gate of the silver key
Del Toro is the only one who I think should lay hands of Lovecraft's work...because he appreciates it.
i dont trust him...he will turn it into a make up showcase, and will not be scary
@@rafaelmoura2103 yeah I agree
I have always loved Herbert West- The Reanimator, and The Colour out of Space. Those ones, especially the reanimator really got too me. The thought of being brought back, having too go through that, and perhaps existing just as a portion of yourself... just your head for instance, or being revived as a mad being with just enough sanity left to realize what has happened too you... that is something that still haunts my dreams at times.
Shadows Over Innsmouth blew my mind. I get chills just thinking about that story.
rats in the walls was the first Lovecraft story ive read
mine was shadow over innsmouth
@@willhuey4891 a very good one to start its has one of the best and intense chase scenes in the top of the gilman house hotel.
The Nameless City was my first. : D
An excellent place to start.
WarDogMadness That was my first as well and I was totally hooked from there!
"Dreams in the Witch House" is one of my all-time favorites. Del Toro has the right idea. I wouldn't see "At the Mountains of Madness" unless it was pure to the story.
The Thing On The Doorstep has always been one of my favorites.
The Statement of Randolph Carter is the sentimental choice for me, being my first Lovecraft exposure. It has a great creepy vibe, like a campfire story told by a madman.
My kids and I would listen to a fantastic version of this we found years ago on Librivox. That is a favorite memory.
"The dream in the witch house" is the very first Lovecraft story I read and my elder gods, my mind was not ready
As others have suggested The Whisperer in Darkness, The Shadow out of Time, The Colour out of Space, and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward are all worthy of honorable mentions.
Although not a mythos piece, Cool Air is another favorite of mine.
Also The Lurker at the Threshold, by August Derleth, is one of my favorite mythos pieces not written by Lovecraft but true to his style in that it takes 3 separate narrators to tell the tale to completion...as the 1st & 2nd narrators cannot finish the tale themselves.
As a fanatic Lovecraft fan, I cannot disagree with your selection.
As for Cameron directing "At the Mountains of Madness" starring Tom Cruise: one might as well do a remake of "Gone with the Wind" with Edward G Robinson playing the role of Rhett Butler.
The fact that The Whisperer in Darkness and The Shadow Out of Time aren't in here is a crime. They belong on this list more so than Rats in the Walls and The Dreams in the Witch House.
It is hard to pin down just 5 Lovecraft stories to feature, because there are so many. I like your picks and I'll have to be honest here, I've never read Rats in the Walls. So, I honestly don't know how well it stands up in the mythos. I have to agree with Jack here on The Dreams in the Witch House. I personally know 2 people who are now fascinated with Lovecraft and that was the first novel I told them to read. It is accessible for people being introduced to the subject matter. So, in my opinion, I really think it belongs on this list.
Agreed, Jarred. I have always thought these two, alone with The Thing On The Doorstep, are poor horror.
I don't know The Shadow Out of Time is a really, really cool story. But to me it's not scary.
These are great stories, but definitely not among the scariest....which is the point of this video here.
Yay😊 more H.P Lovecraft vids hosted by the amazing Jack😍
glad to be of service, Shadow Blackwing ! 🤘
H.P. Lovecraft is amazing!!!😁👍
Absolutely entertaining😇
I'm really into Lovecraft I got the Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft. He's such a big influence on many authors, directors and musicians/bands. Once again awesome video Jack. Have more like this and keep them coming!
Not including the The Call Of Cthulhu? Mystifying!
My top Lovecraft tale is The Music of Erich Zann, a brilliantly atmospheric story. With Lovecraft he seldom describes the horror outright, but what the story implies is always far worse than anything he can put to paper. Lovecraft never underestimated his audience, and knew that our minds would fill in the gaps of the story with awful realisations. That's especially true with The Music of Erich Zann, the implications of that story are the stuff of nightmares.
Love this story!!!
It's in part 2.
Nice picks. I`ve always loved and re-read millions of times The thing at the doorstep. Cannot think of a better line to start a story: "It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to shew by this statement that I am not his murderer". Fantastic. The Outsider is amazing too.
I do hope that del Toro does get the chance to do this movie. There just aren't many of Lovecraft's stories that turn out to be great movies.
I must say. I'm impressed on the fact that such a classic writer is still influencing such productions even after years passed away he is displayed as the granddaddy of the most mysterious and bizarre type of horror. I applaud such a dedication as well for person like you Jack to maintain HP Lovecraft stories still alive and keep the publics interest amped up on such stories. I salute you! Continue with the great work and also another series on lovecraft haha, i find it awesome
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is my favorite short story of all time.
Tom Cruise was signed on to do Del Toro’s version of The Moutains of Madness. There is a really good forward by Tom Cruise in the book Del Toro’s Notebooks in the chapter about the movies that didn’t get made. The main culprit for the Mountains of Madness not being made was Prometheus the movie by Ridley Scott.
>del Toro making At the Mountains of Madness
All of my hype.
I wish he would, but hes kind of gone off it, from what I've heard.
You should do a collection of top Lovecraftian stories by authors other than Lovecraft himself. I've only read one so far: The Frolic by Thomas Ligotti (Unless you count The Time Machine and War of the Worlds which were kind-of precursors to the Cosmic Horror genre)
Ligotti is awesome.
Alan Moore’s graphic novels Neonomicon and Providence are two of my favorites homages to Lovecraft.
Plus I’ve never looked at the song ‘You Made Me Love You’ the same way since I’ve read Providence.
Thank you. I've enjoyed H.P. Lovecraft sins i was very young. His works will always haunt my indignation, dreams and nightmares
I have always been drawn to the Shadow Over Insmouth. The slow realization by the narrator of his destiny is pure bliss. It is also comforting to think that the US government's response of destroying Innsmouth and rounding up its inhabitants must have been approved by President Calvin Coolidge himself. Being a man of few words, he clearly never revealed the horror beyond human conception to anyone and never attempted to describe any of it.
Another great video Jack, as always you've done an excellent job.!! Keep up the great work.!!!
IMAGINE THIS: Nietzsche as a scholar hunting down the Cthulhu mythos cults. The only reason he can survive the madness is his overconfidence, and the reason of his theories about the master and slave mentality would be based on his experiences with the cultist being slaves to the old gods and having to be your own master in order to resist the callings of the old gods.
Other philosophers (existentialists) could have had experiences with the cult, and therefor question existence.
This could be an action filled and mysterious cosmic horror with a lot of philosophical ideas and sometimes cheesy humor and oneliners.
"If you stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
It can be said people love lovecrafts craft lol
Say that three times fast
@@robynewilliams-heller1816 haha especially after a drink or two!!
@@kerryann2041 LMAO
Some say kosm
It can also be written, it can be sent by Morse code, smoke signals, write it on some paper then mail it,
Jack you have now inspired me to read all these extraordinary stories of cosmic horror . I'm a huge horror and I love your channel mostly !!
More Lovecraftian please.
Can't get enough of this
Grew up on Poe & lLovecraft!!👍thanks again for the good show
Yesss!! Jack and Lovecraft!! Love these vids!!🖤🤘🏻
>no color out of space
I will admit, that is a big disappointment.
It's my favourite.
It's in part 2.
When i read the color out of space i was more scared of the mad people consumed by the "grey rot" than anything
Ash_Dies_Alone I don’t know. The trees swaying without wind gets to me for some reason.
As an avid reader of Lovecraft stories I agree with your choices for the list. 🐙
As a fan of Lovecraft, I love this video! My favorite story is " the call of Cthulhu"!
Another great video Jack!!
Lovecraft vid? Loving it!
Hey Jack, keep doing your thing man! Awesome vids.
you too J Chava !
1. The Call of Cthulhu
2. The Shadow Over Innsmouth
3. The Whisperer in Darkness
4. The Shadow Out of Time
5. At the Mountains of Madness
6. The Color Out of Space
7. The Dunwich Horror
8. The Outsider
9. From Beyond
10. Cool Air
Has anyone else that has been frozen from the AC in places like doctors offices ever suggested to the people who work in them that they aught to read Cool Air?
Yes! “At the Mountains of Madness”!! Always been my personal favorite Lovectaft story! This was the final story I read of his and the one that completely blew my mind. Out of all the Lovecraft tales I return to over time this is the one I’ve reread the most.
Any author recommendations for further delving into the Cthulhu Mythos?
nice job as always! love your t-shirt btw
Color Out of Space... it was one of the first stories that ever gave me chills.
As a founding member of the Esoteric Order of Petersen Games...makers of the massive boardgame, Cthulhu Wars. (Sandy Petersen is the author of the CALL OF CTHULHU RPG) I love each and every video you guys crank out..not just the Mythos. Please keep up the good work.
Huge Lovecraft fan for many eldritch moons here.
Great vids and totally agree with this top 5...especially number 1. I'm biased towards "The Whisperer in Darkness"though and I would have included it here...but this isn't a top 6 video is it?
Love this channel. More Lovecraft, plz!
Don't know if you're into gaming, but have you played Bloodborne? The Old Hunters DLC specifically. Especially the last area of fishers hamlet oozes Lovecraft from every pore.
CeetjeBeetje bloodborne is a masterpiece
CeetjeBeetje I also recommend Call of Cthulhu (2019), Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the earth, Eternal Darkness, Dead Space, Silent Hill 1-3, Drakengard, Alien Isolation, shadow of the comet, prisoner of ice, amnesia & amnesia a machine for pigs, Quak 1, the evil within, and the sinking city (out next month) if you are interested in Lovecraft inspired video games.
Another great Lovecraft-inspired game is Darkest Dungeon. Playing that game feels exactly like reading a Lovecraft story. And as a matter of fact, the developer's called Red Hook Studios, so there's that.
Also, Uzumaki by Junji Ito is one of the best cosmic horror works I've read in a while. And the snail people from The Old Hunters DLC are probably taken from this comic.
All of the games I mentioned are heavily influenced by / concrete references to HPL. You did not do your homework, so maybe you should do some researche before you deny something.
Please do a top 5 practical effects in horror!!
Love the lovecraft material!!!
Each one is great, unbelievable power of language, terrifying, appalling, hopeless nightmares. My favourite, if there is one, is Dagon. Simple, short, obviously well written, with a metaphorical ending that encapsulates the whole message of HPL: an unfathomable horror orbiting the void around mankind, sheltered only by the sheer, fragile distance of the light years.
that quote by Lovecraft gives me chills.. its beautiful and scary at the same time
Doing the top five Lovecraft stories is like doing the top five classic rock songs - simply can't be done.
the outro should be on spotify, its always friggin amazing
Personally my favourite HPL stories are those of the Dream Cycle. So wonderfully trippy.
just wanted to leave a comment to help your channel numbers to encourage more lovecraft videos. thanks love em.
I've always had a soft-spot for "In The Vault". I feel it's underrated.
So glad you did another HP video!
hey guys big fan from across the pond...keep up the creepy videos always a pleasure watching them!
If you’re gonna do lovecraftian games I hope y’all would include Darkest Dungeon. The narrator is phenomenal but the game overall plays on many stories and themes
Great content dawgie i cant stop watching
You awesome, thank you for this awesome channel!
I love this channel in the videos it's it does it's always great when y'all tell us a terrifying list of something supernatural or something to do with movies or he'll even this alone because HP logo have one of the greatest horror novelist of all times even of this generation store aspiring Young writers are people who want to make movies off of his stories of fiction so I love you guys cuz you're always awesome and you are always fun that was make a dull day for me a fun day and a scary one at that at night sometimes
Lovecraft list, always good.
you guys are doing amazing videos, thank you :)
I am reading all his works now. Glad I did I had no idea how great he is
From Beyond has always been my favorite Lovecraft story. Just the idea of a world hidden within our own world is a very scary thought.
I agree with #1. One of my favorite short stories ever. I really hope that there will be a movie.
Dreams in the Witch House and The Haunter of the Dark are my two favorite Lovecraft stories.
The Rats in the Walls was the first H.P. Lovecraft story I ever read. I obsessed on finding more for a few years after that, and still stare into the abyss from time to time.
The Shadow Out Of Time & The Call Of Cthulhu are my two favorites
Dunwich horror is by far his best. It does great at implementing that main focus on “protagonists, not good guys,” (pretty much all characters are shitbag rapists, murderers, or incest doers). Also, it is the most tense of his stories. It builds tension, pops that bubble of tension, and then builds it even faster, only to never give a full release. It is his most grotesque, as in the brutality of whateley’s death, and other subjects. It is also definitely his best written. He does dialogue very well, and (like I said) it is the most tense and atmospheric, which ultimately makes it his most vile and terrifying story.
All are superb. I always have a fondness for - "The Thing on the Door Step".
I need more of this ... geeeezzz .... am so behind on the H.P Lovecraft universe! Thanks jack for keeping me infromed! I love this channel so much!
Love all your videos very interesting love it
My favorite Lovecraft story currently would probably be The Whisperer in the Darkness.
The first Lovecraft stories I ever remember reading was either The Outsider or The Hound, (I’m not sure which was first.)
The twist ending of TO really stuck with me at the time, and in TH
with the narrator’s hopeless ending with death howling for him was unforgettable.
For anyone starting out with Lovecraft; Leslie Klinger’s book
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft is really the way to go if you want a good introduction to the man and his mythos.
Jack, excellent content in your video, thank you.
Aaaaaye! A shout out for Clark Ashton Smith AND Robert E. Howard?
I fangirled so hard
Can we get a part 2 please Jack. Loving these vids
please PLEASE red jordan l hawks whyborne and griffin series, its based on lovecraftian mythos and features nyarlathotep as an overarching antagonist, with a lot of references to yog sothoth and genuinely well written and likeable diverse protagonists. i love these lovecraft videos, youre awesome
great job!! even tho id put colour out of space in front of the mountains of madness
The Shadow out of Time and the Color out of Space are my favorites.
Great video topic!
Fascinating stuff!♥️
I curently read your number one pick At the Mountains of Madness and listening to the audiobook read by David Nathan. So freaking thrilling.
I love your videos I could listen to you talk about horror all day. I’ve never read any of these I’m going to give it a go. I like the story dark matter by Michelle paver as your not sure whether it is a ghost story or whether the protagonist is going mad
Have you seen the yellow sign
Don't think that's Lovecraft but that and it's main story The King In Yellow did inspire him.
@@kaelanmcalpine2011 Yeah, but he does use Carcosa
No, & I hope I never do! Just joking. "Great Old Ones, Eldar Gods - a bunch of malarkey. Hastur, Hastur Hastur! See nothing hap"
The Horror at Red Hook and The Thing on the Doorstep along with the aforementioned The Case of Charles Dexter Ward i think are classics insomuch as they have modern elements of horror and are ahead of their time. When I got tired of Stephen Kings formulaic writing I started reading Lovecraft.
My five favourite Lovecraft stories would be, in no particular order (Because that'd be impossible to do for me, in all honesty) The Rats in the Walls, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Shadow Out of Time, Out of the Aeons and The Call of Cthulhu.
I wonder if you've ever read Barton St. Armand's "The Roots of Horror in the Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft", an analysis which focuses on "The Rats in the Walls" as its primary text. It's a challenging, and very well done, piece well worth looking up. I don't necessarily agree with your list, but it is interesting. And, speaking on analysis... have you ever looked at the relationship between "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" and "At the Mountains of Madness"? It would be interesting to look at the references to the former in the latter in light of their implications....
ExceLlent picks no one has done justice to Lovecraft on video. Mountains of Madness is by far my top pick a scientist/professor for 30 years i know secrets i wont tell but i wont point anyone to some really scary science. Ill leave that to UA-cam and you
Thanks
I've read only 5-10 stories, but The Whisperer in Darkness and The Thing on the Doorstep are my fav from the ones I've read, especially the former. I like King too, but HPL is another level of horror. My favorite horror game of all time - Amnesia The Dark Descent, which started the career of PewDiePie, has its engine named after HPL.
Tom Cruise.....No,no,no, Lovecraft is way out of his league...keep the Lovecraftian going Jack!
I love your vids
The Color Out of Space is my very favorite next would be Fhe Thing on the Doorstep.
Another great video! However you don’t pronounce it Dun-witch it’s Dun-itch. Silent W.
Jack! You gave me the best news! A movie! I’ll cross my fingers with you. I hope it will be good!
There is also The Lurking Fear ... which is a great read.
Any suggestions on 1st lovecraft book to read to dive into the universe?
The Whisperer in Darkness is his greatest work imo!
My absolute favorite story of his has always been at the mountains of madness. I would absolutely love to see that made into a movie by Del Toro. Hopeful dreams before I die.
I just started reading H.P Lovecraft and, Shadows over Innsmouth is my favorite.