Saucycarpdog
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Never really read Hellboy but now you've got me interested. What's s good place to start?
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You're favorite works inspired by H.P. Lovecraft?
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KeyBladerXIII
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....the hell is this? This thing is creepier than the Orphan.
But yeah, Bloodborne. I'd like a sequel that gets even crazier.
JavonMcCloud
Neo Member
No love for Re-Animator yet? Definitely one of the more entertaining adaptations for me.
Hellbender
Member
Are there any recommended podcasts about the Lovecraft mythos?
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Bloodborne is one of the greatest video games of all time and the Lovecraftian influence is a big part of why.
Alan Moore's Necronomicon is...pretty crazy and includes Nyarlathotep.
Alan Moore's Necronomicon is...pretty crazy and includes Nyarlathotep.
blummer102
Member
Old pick here - Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness.
It wasn't till I got older that I realized how influenced by Lovecraft the game was. The big bad is called Avoozl!
It wasn't till I got older that I realized how influenced by Lovecraft the game was. The big bad is called Avoozl!
Since all the greats have been mentioned, In The Mouth of Madness and Quest for Glory 4 would be my personal picks, I'll throw out a little piece of low budget crazy that is sadly little seen:
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It is worth seeing for Corey Feldman's performance alone, he gives an amazingly crazy performance that seems to sit firmly between Jerry Lewis and Peter Falk yet somehow doesn't really feel like a caricature. I think because everything is so weird and just plain off his overly mannered performance ends up fitting right in.
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It is worth seeing for Corey Feldman's performance alone, he gives an amazingly crazy performance that seems to sit firmly between Jerry Lewis and Peter Falk yet somehow doesn't really feel like a caricature. I think because everything is so weird and just plain off his overly mannered performance ends up fitting right in.
Every time I watch the movie I can't get over how said professor looks just like John Kerry, and that makes his disembodied head doing its shenanigans even more funny.No love for Re-Animator yet? Definitely one of the more entertaining adaptations for me.
It is indeed a great watch for sure though!
Charles Brandon
Member
No doubt about it. Very clear Lovecraftian influences although they don't really get followed up on unfortunately and they were dropped in series 2. The King in Yellow is explicitly referenced which is obviously not a Lovecraft work but it was partially co-opted into his Cthulhu mythos. I'd like to see those themes return.
Re-animator is amusing but shite really though isn't it? I mean it's just silly.
The HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast is a lot of fun. They have guest readers and discuss the stories in depth along with the history of the time when he wrote them. I definitely recommend that one.
SkullHydra
Member
All the posts for In the Mouth of Madness are on point. It's definitely one of my favorite Lovecraft inspired films. I have to throw another vote to both Dead Space and Bloodborne as well.
Imma also say Bloodborne
What is this? A bunch of Lovecraft stories with accompanying drawings and sound effects, kinda like... I dunno, the dreams in Lost Odyssey? Because that sounds fucking amazing
What is this? A bunch of Lovecraft stories with accompanying drawings and sound effects, kinda like... I dunno, the dreams in Lost Odyssey? Because that sounds fucking amazing
Brutuspedia
Member
Third page without mention to Junji Ito's Uzumaki?
This and In The Mouth Of Madness for me.
This and In The Mouth Of Madness for me.
Charles Brandon
Member
I'm not seeing the Dead Space connection myself. But I'm willing to be convinced.
hendersonhank
Member
Hold that tongue. Movie is a fucking masterpiece, friend.
Charles Brandon
Member
All these reactions make me want to play Bloodborne, but I don't want to spend hundreds of euros on a PlayStation 4 just for one game.
Actually, no. The story True Detective season 1 draws from predates Lovecraft, though Lovecraft adapted the themes (and some of the characters and places) from this book in his own work. Anyway, TD season 1 is fucking excellent, but stay away from season 2 at all costs.
Actually, no. The story True Detective season 1 draws from predates Lovecraft, though Lovecraft adapted the themes (and some of the characters and places) from this book in his own work. Anyway, TD season 1 is fucking excellent, but stay away from season 2 at all costs.
Mr. Bad Example
Neo Member
If it's been mentioned, I missed it, but check out a short film (around forty minutes) called AM1200. It's about a man driving alone late at night in the middle of nowhere, and the titular radio station he tunes in to.
NekoFever
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Underrated novel. I rarely see it recommended, even by people praising King's recent stuff.
It was a really pleasant surprise for me, as a fan of both King and Lovecraft.
I only recently played through Bloodborne and never realised before how much the game was inspired by Lovecraft, I absolutely loved it and it's become one of my favorite games of all time. I must have made almost 100 gifs during my playthrough, I fell in love with the game and the creature designs.
Damn this is so good.
TheLetdown
Member
No Darkest Dungeon?
I mean, it's like literally playing a Lovecraft story vs playing a Lovecraftian story.
I mean, it's like literally playing a Lovecraft story vs playing a Lovecraftian story.
Lasthope106
Member
Half Life
Stranger Things
Hellboy
Some people argue that it isn't. I think it was. I wish the producers of the show had gone more in that direction.
Stranger Things
Hellboy
Some people argue that it isn't. I think it was. I wish the producers of the show had gone more in that direction.
Laokoon (1970)
A short, CZECH, animated movie from a few decades ago with a very distinct art style and animation that is very reminiscent of The Thing and was originally linked in the cosmic horror OT. Check it out, some really crazy and creepy stuff.
If you're wondering what's being said in the above, there are translations in the comments:
1:17 - In the universe there is a plenty of planets, plenty of forms, plenty of living entities, plenty of touching, hissing, flickering, stirring, blinking, bleating, lashing, waiting, watching and lurking, digesting, penetrating, clutching, restraining, plenty, plenty, plenty of living entities. Many are stronger, bigger, much more fierce than me, and yet I, me and my kind, rule all the creatures I've encountered upon millions of worlds. We have been here longer than most of this star cluster, and we will be here until we seize all the worlds, until we control every tremble and shiver of life. For we, astral amoebae of the scarlet planet in the Zr constellation, control all the hidden desires of all creatures, and we forge our goals in bright fire of their minds.
2:47 - Open all pores - long-range survey - engage receptors - amplify hearing. Unknown sound, unknown sound, unknown sound, unknown sound. Stench of metal. Round object, unknown object, flying object, metal object. Unknown entities, sentient beings, weak and upright, temporary, mortal.
4:13 - They are small, they are fragile, they are alive, they are soft, they are weak, they are cruel, they are great, they are hollow. They love stones shiny stones glittery stones dead and gleaming. They are greedy greedy greedy. Ready weapons - prepare seeding - camouflage - infiltrate - analyse the machinery - control their thoughts - deceive - infest - obfuscate - subjugate.
8:56 - Sprouts and kinks, hooks and claws, suction cups, tendrils, spikes and stems, feelers, mandibles, palpi, tentacles - grasp and squish, ensnare, pull down, kill. Taste of fists, taste of eye sockets, taste of bones, taste of food, taste of food, taste of food...[/QUOTE]
A short, CZECH, animated movie from a few decades ago with a very distinct art style and animation that is very reminiscent of The Thing and was originally linked in the cosmic horror OT. Check it out, some really crazy and creepy stuff.
If you're wondering what's being said in the above, there are translations in the comments:
1:17 - In the universe there is a plenty of planets, plenty of forms, plenty of living entities, plenty of touching, hissing, flickering, stirring, blinking, bleating, lashing, waiting, watching and lurking, digesting, penetrating, clutching, restraining, plenty, plenty, plenty of living entities. Many are stronger, bigger, much more fierce than me, and yet I, me and my kind, rule all the creatures I've encountered upon millions of worlds. We have been here longer than most of this star cluster, and we will be here until we seize all the worlds, until we control every tremble and shiver of life. For we, astral amoebae of the scarlet planet in the Zr constellation, control all the hidden desires of all creatures, and we forge our goals in bright fire of their minds.
2:47 - Open all pores - long-range survey - engage receptors - amplify hearing. Unknown sound, unknown sound, unknown sound, unknown sound. Stench of metal. Round object, unknown object, flying object, metal object. Unknown entities, sentient beings, weak and upright, temporary, mortal.
4:13 - They are small, they are fragile, they are alive, they are soft, they are weak, they are cruel, they are great, they are hollow. They love stones shiny stones glittery stones dead and gleaming. They are greedy greedy greedy. Ready weapons - prepare seeding - camouflage - infiltrate - analyse the machinery - control their thoughts - deceive - infest - obfuscate - subjugate.
8:56 - Sprouts and kinks, hooks and claws, suction cups, tendrils, spikes and stems, feelers, mandibles, palpi, tentacles - grasp and squish, ensnare, pull down, kill. Taste of fists, taste of eye sockets, taste of bones, taste of food, taste of food, taste of food...[/QUOTE]
Greigor The Fellhand
Member
The Void.
all I see in this thread is that there needs to be more eldritch horrors done.
would love an x-files type show thats more creepy and filled with eldritch horrors
all I see in this thread is that there needs to be more eldritch horrors done.
would love an x-files type show thats more creepy and filled with eldritch horrors
acheron_xl
Member
The King in Yellow link to Lovecraft mythos is a bit strange, yeah. The book has maybe 2 or 3 vaguely Lovecraftian stories and the rest is theme-wise just... well, you have to read it to believe it. There's the romantics influence, Clark Ashton Smith-ese stuff, politics...
That said, The Repairer of Reputations is one of the best short stories in the Mythos if we want to include it there.
I would have to say Eldritch Horror because it is what really introduced me to what H.P Lovecraft did. Before it, I only knew he wrote horror stories and Cthullu was from him. I had no idea how much of a world he created.
Now I have read quite a bit of his works, own most of Eldritch Horror, Mansions of Madness and all expansions and Arkham Horror the Card game + a few expansions. Currently, I am going through the providence graphic novels.
Now I have read quite a bit of his works, own most of Eldritch Horror, Mansions of Madness and all expansions and Arkham Horror the Card game + a few expansions. Currently, I am going through the providence graphic novels.
Magic Mushroom
Member
I believe the Koudelka / Shadow Hearts universe has the Necronomicon in it. I'll have to check if it was just a comparison, but I do know The Emigre Manuscript does seem fairly close to it. It's an ancient book that can teach people to resurrect the dead and such. There are some pretty dark themes in that series, some fairly Lovecraftiam though perhaps focused a bit more on gothic horror in the earlier entries.
Edit: There is the Codex of R'yleh and it speaks of how to summon old and Outer Gods. Close enough!
Also, Lord Dunsany is a playable character in Koudelka. Dunsany was a pretty big influence on Lovecraft if I remember correctly.
Edit: There is the Codex of R'yleh and it speaks of how to summon old and Outer Gods. Close enough!
Also, Lord Dunsany is a playable character in Koudelka. Dunsany was a pretty big influence on Lovecraft if I remember correctly.
Charles Brandon
Member
Did anyone mention The Evil Dead yet?
Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day has some excellent Lovecraftian elements which are used to draw parallels to 9/11. Might be my favourite, might be Bloodborne.
Incredible book.
I love it when King ventriloquises Lovecraft. The short story N is another fantastic example where he merges Lovecraft's ideas with his own storytelling ability.
Incredible book.
I love it when King ventriloquises Lovecraft. The short story N is another fantastic example where he merges Lovecraft's ideas with his own storytelling ability.
Nostremitus
Member
I'm still really fond of Eternal Darkness.
Dark Souls/Bloodborne, Shadow Hearts, Resident Evil 4, Eternal Darkness, The Thing, Hellboy.
The main Hellboy comic series. Start with volume 1. BRPD is supposedly good but I haven't read much so I can't vouch for it.
The main Hellboy comic series. Start with volume 1. BRPD is supposedly good but I haven't read much so I can't vouch for it.
LordOfChaos
Member
I only recently played through Bloodborne and never realised before how much the game was inspired by Lovecraft, I absolutely loved it and it's become one of my favorite games of all time. I must have made almost 100 gifs during my playthrough, I fell in love with the game and the creature designs.
Brain of Mensis
Upon investigating the Nightmare, the School of Mensis discovered an eldritch mind, lined with the sacred and elusive "eyes on the inside" that were said to be the key to evolution. But these eyes were of some inexplicably evil nature, and the brain had immense rot, so that its gaze would drive mortals lethally mad with Frenzy even though they could not see it from a large distance. Despite this, the Brain of Mensis was still a true Great One, and the scholars left it there.
Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos
The object of the Healing Church's worship, Ebrietas communes only with the highest members of the Church, guiding them in the ways of Blood Ministration. She is one of the Great Ones who was left behind in the old labyrinth, eventually discovered by the Healing Church. The Healing Church later founded the Choir to protect and study her. She is the only Great One that wants to coexist with humans.
Moon Presence
One of the Great Ones in Bloodborne, the Moon Presence controls and manipulates all that resides within the Hunter's Dream. The Moon Presence's origin is largely unknown, but its first known appearance to humanity was to Laurence, who summoned it for unknown reasons. Evidenced by the note located on the upper floor of the Lecture Building, the Moon Presence also has a connection to Paleblood.
"The nameless moon presence beckoned by Laurence and his associates. Paleblood."
Before being encountered by the Hunter, the Moon Presence had bound Gehrman, the First Hunter to the Hunter's Dream, an outlet seemingly used by the Moon Presence to further its own desires, mainly involving the killing of the other Great Ones. Whether or not this has to deal with halting the Scourge of the Beast and the slaughter of other Great Ones is unknown. However, a note found in the upper floor of the Lecture Hall lends legitimacy to the idea that the Moon Presence is actively seeking out and trying to eliminate other Great Ones.
"Hunt the Great Ones, Hunt the Great Ones."
Amygdala
Amygdala appears to be one of the most revered Great Ones as numerous statues of it can be found in the Cathedral Ward and Yahar'gul, Unseen Village. A much larger statue that appears to be part of a shrine is located in the Church of the Hypogean Gaol.
Patches the Spider is seemingly one of the most devoted of Amygdala's worshippers and apparently offers sacrifices to his "God" through the use of the Tonsil Stone, transporting them into the Nightmare Frontier. However should the player slay Amygdala, he expresses no remorse or anger, merely believing they "bestowed salvation" upon the entity.
Gahhhh I need Bloodborne 2 injected via vial into my veins!
The Secret World (now known as Secret World Legends) is heavily inspired by a lot of classic horror, with Lovecraft being a major influence. The biggest example being the "Dreaming ones", mysterious extradimensional beings behind most of the major events that happen in the game. The writers have done a great job at keeping them this huge presence in the background, without letting players know too much about them.
I'd also argue that some parts of the Silent Hill games have some really Lovecraftian tendencies.
I'd also argue that some parts of the Silent Hill games have some really Lovecraftian tendencies.
It helps that they hired the narrator specifically because they loved his work with Lovecraft audio books.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Oh, gonna second (or third, fourth, etc.) Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem here. Great Lovecraft inspired game.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
It seems like a lot of people are just mentioning stuff with weird-looking creatures.
Anyway, the comic Fatale by Ed Brubaker is an excellent series about a woman's run-ins with a Lovecraftian cult trying to capture her and harvest her supernatural powers.
Anyway, the comic Fatale by Ed Brubaker is an excellent series about a woman's run-ins with a Lovecraftian cult trying to capture her and harvest her supernatural powers.
NintendosBooger
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Event Horizon.