Recommend me some Lovecraftian movies
Recommend me some Lovecraftian movies
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why there are no big budget or at least widely known good lovecraftian movies?
He's a racist
So was Robert E. Howard and several Conan films have been made and one actually became a cinematic classic.
It was a different time
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Why didn't they make a decent Lovecraft film back in the 1980s then, Sup Forumscuck?
>Lovecraftian
more like Chambersian
this hack
stole his best ideas and make it his own
tease
The Void is Lovecraftian even if it tries a bit too hard. Great movie and it's on American Netflix.
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Straight from his stuff, Dagon is great
a bit ;)
Meant for
What about Kafkaesque?
M (1931)
The Wicker Man
The Village
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"Lovecratian" can mean a number of different things (which can overlap):
1) is based on Lovecraft stories - there are, to my knowledge, no good films in this category
2) has a spooky small town New Englandish atmosphere - The Mothman Prophecies does a good job conveying this sort of vibe
3) has a spooky 1920s/30s sort of atmosphere, potentially with strands of theosophy - not sure, but there's probably some stuff that fits. Any sort of film that refers to mystic ancient cultures in Tibet, etc... is tangentially related.
4) has a scholarly, intellectual feel revolving around a quest for knowledge - The Ninth Gate is pretty good for that, and it also conveys some of the Lovecraftian concern with old buildings and architecture
5) extraterrestrial intelligence, cosmic horror, cosmic wonder, and scientific mysticism - 2001: A Space Odyssey is a great example... also some aspects of the original Alien qualify
6) Dream Quest-y surreal stuff dealing with poignant journeys through fantastic realms - I though that The Cell (2000) actually did a pretty good job of conveying this
Overall, I would say that 2001: A Space Odyssey is the finest Lovecraftian film I'm aware of.
The X-Files sometimes effectively tapped into some combination of #2, #4, and #5
del Toro was gonna do Mountains of Madness but then Prometheus happened
Because most of his stories are badly written.
Gay Niggers from Outer Space
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Possession
>This movie's score
The Void or Enter The Void?
That's not what lovecraftian means. Its like a feeling of existential powerlessness
Indeed, the score is wonderful.