I have read most of his books but never searched for anything like movies, animations and etc, I know that there are some games based on lovecraft but never seem any of them. Based on how the stories are written I personally think that its really hard for an adaptation not to sound exaggerated and clumsy. So do you recommend anything that is not a waste of time?

a trial overview of lovecraft's Mythos

first trial sorting of entities. 2 main groups identified and two trial categories each with two groups and two notes

deities: Group 1 'those like astronauts'

number one - the Elder things nickname 'star heads', location Antarctica early arrival on Earth over a billion years ago

number two - the Great Race of Yith nickname 'The Tall cones', location Australia arrived on Earth 150 million years ago

deities: group 2 'those like gods'

number 3 - the Great Old Ones nickname 'the Chimera' filtered down over millions of years they were cast out by the Elder Gods

number 4 - the Elder gods nickname 'mythology like' they cast out the great old ones

on first looking at this I see that the first group reminds me of astronauts primarily, like Quatermass and the Pit, the pilot in the Alien, Aliens and Prometheus.

the entities in group 2 number three are more spiritualized in the sense that the deities in number 3 seem to be made of half material from another dimension and those in number four seem remote/ unearthly like the gods in classical mythology

I am not an expert in Lovecraft as a writer or his stories but I really like the two astronaut stories as a matter of taste. but I would like to know if there seems to be any credibility in the categories I've created here because it seems many people on these lists are practically amateur Scholars which I am not.

Notes: the entities in group 2 seem to be worshiped in the sense that Columbus let the indigenous people of the lands he explored worship Him as if he was a deity because it was convenient.

there seems to be a general almost perceivable progression from corporeal to noncorporeal over these four groups.

Trying to wrap my head around what Lovecraftian horror is. I read a few things by Lovecraft but I didn't really find them thrilling or spooky. I understand it is about ancient civilizations or secrets that are beyond comprehension.

The anime Evangelion had plenty of scenes and concepts I found downright disturbing. For example the angels are incomprehensible beings with strange powers. Adam is the founding being that first landed on earth and its body is found dormant or lifless underground.

How is the BBC tv Day of the Triffids/sorta color out of space?

It's on tubi !

Lovecraft wouldn't "go there" about in vitro, but it is harmonius with his breeding and things drifting down from space motifs if you think about it. So,.... Is that Midwich Cuckoos: Village of the Damned on Acorn any good?

How is The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, by Kij Johnson?

Before I ask, I’m aware the Necronomicon within Lovecraft’s work is fictional, and thus I am aware that technically there is no “official” list of contents.

But I was wondering if anyone knew of any resource online that had a complete list compiled of all the references to the Necromicon from all of Lovecrafts work?

E.g: In Colour out of Space it’s mentioned that page 34 of the Necronomicon says this. In Mountains of Madness it’s mentioned that page 254 says that, etc?

As soon as my statue arrives I will set aside a whole day as my Elder Thing day and page through the text listening to the CD.

● ....for a celebration of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Out of Time" - the Novel, the Radio Theater version and a handsom 8" Statue of an Elder Thing ●

● Original Text Version H. P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Out of Time edited and annotated by S.T. Joshi & David E. Schultz, Hippocampus Pr; Reprint edition (July 20, 2003) , 978-0967321530, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/

● Radio Theater Version Dark Adventure Radio Theatre® - The Shadow Out of Time, https://store.hplhs.org/products/dark-adventure-radio-theatre-the-shadow-out-of-time?_pos=1&_sid=abaa574b8&_ss=r

● "Elder Thing" resin statue, 8" tall x 8" wide by Jason McKittrick, on the Cryptocurium at https://cryptocurium@etsy.com https://www.etsy.com/listing/1683961977/elder-things

●

I'm looking for some suggestions to at least tentatively further my journey into Lovecraft in some systematic way. Currently, I have a few anthologies containing most (I hesitate to say all) of his published stories. These anthologies contain the stories he wrote as the sole author and through collaboration. As such, I've read and enjoyed many of his most well-known stories along with several of the lesser-known stories. However, I still have several queued up to read. Outside of that, I've really enjoyed Gao Tanabe's manga's, and a few Lovecraft inspired movies.

I'd just like to ask this crowd what you think would be a good next step for books to read (I really don't want to endeavor into the games)? It seems like the Anotated Lovecraft books, I am Providence (the rabbit hole that is Joshi is both quite impressive and intimidating), and Tour de Lovecraft are good starts into deeper dives into both the works and Lovecraft as a person.

Ultimately, I find Lovecraft really interesting and I'm looking for suggestions to both get more out of what I've been reading and to maybe read other peoples takes on these stories.

It would be really cool to have some modern movies about Lovecraft where we could see beings such as Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sototh & Azathoth with amazing CGI quality!

Does anyone have access to this movie? Im making my way through the film adaptations of my favorite Lovecraft works and its bugging me that I cant find this anywhere! Its in black and white and seems like its one of the better adaptations. If you have any info on this please let me know.

First things first, while I'm not new to the idea of lovecraft, my lifestyle hasn't allowed me to read the books. I have genuinely no time on my hands and I learned about the books later in my life than I like to admit.

I'd like to know the general standing of the mythos. I've had a discussion where the person I was speaking to made the claim that Cthulu could annihilate the outer gods, and something about that felt wrong. There's discussion on who is more important/active/powerful between Yog-Sothoth and Azathoth, but i haven't seen anything about Cthulu even being close to that precipice. This is probably an annoying question by now, but I'd love to know how the primary Lovecraftian beings stack within their particular hierarchy.

Secondary question, what book or story would be the best place to start actually listening to these stories? While I can't necessarily read them, I'd still love to listen to them.

I think I heard it in this sub, but I don't remember the name or if I'm imagining it.

beyond the obvious father of the genre does anyone have any suggestions of titles for me to dip my toes into the genre?? open to anything be it horror/mystic/modern/etc. thanks!

I DONT KNOW HOW I RANDOMLY STUMBLE UPON LOVECRAFTIAN MOVIES.

I mean I always knew them and loved them, cosmic horror is my fav genre after all but after the first 10 or so movies I stopped you know looking for them, I usually don’t watch much movies, but then whenever I randomly stumble upon a good movie and it strikes my interest for NO REASON and at first it doesn’t even seem lovecraftian at all. Id say Longlegs is the only non lovecraft horror movie i randomly stumbled upon and watched. rn im watching Daddy’s Head and turns out its lovecraftian horror aswell. THIS WAS SO RANDOM COMING ACROSS THIS, before it happened with antlers, underwater and 10-15 more movies I had no clue were lovecraftian horror.

TLDR; I bet you guys wont understand what Im actually tryna say. but tldr, I wont even know a film is lovecraftian horror and id get interested by just the title or the poster, its like HP Lovecraft came inside of me.. wait that doesnt sound right. but you get it.

something automatically draws me to such movies even if nothing about them, the trailer the poster the title gives it away that its lovecraftian.

EDIT: for all those who don’t get sarcasm, the main plot of this post is real but me being cosmically abled is obviously a joke i dont believe that shit.

Okay, could someone tell me how many creatures H.P. Lovecraft created? And what were they? (There are so many things with Lovecraft that I don't know what is something he created and what he didn't create -_-)

I remember this being a nice little app for easy access to Lovecraft stories and information, not corrupted with bloat such as ads. I'm saddened to see it's no longer readily available? It was such a wonderful service to us fans!

Several different narrators refer to Alhazerad as "The Mad Arab". Is this meant to just be a title/nickname everyone knows, like Alexander The Great or Ivan The Terrible? Or did this disparate narrators all independently just choose to describe him that way?

The King in Yellow | Full Horror Performance (Sheffield, UK) | BSU

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I just got my copy.... 😃

Delta Green is a TTRPG that takes the foundation of the Lovecraft mythos and Call of Cthulhu RPG and expands I to a secret government conspiracy to stomp out the unnatural before the general public discovers it's existence.

The Agents find out that theirs is not the only organization to perceive the danger of the Unnatural.

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The game is at a very early stage of development. We want interesting lovecraftian style horror stories as inspiration for characters or places to feature in our game. What are your favourite lovecraftian style horror stories based in Asia? Which local lovecraftian style horror story based on your region was the most impactful to you?

So what exactly is our game? We are a NGO partnered with a local brewery. The game is based on Hong Kong Social Issues and Urban Legends with the city as a metaphor for cosmic horror. It is a Lovecraftian game, explores cosmic horror in its art, story, design and mechanics. We would also like to implement Eastern creation myths.

Whilst exploring the intriguing Asian lovecraftian style stories during the process. We want to convey the “madness” of the concrete jungle of Hong Kong with every piece of our board game. Coupled with brewing elements as the finishing touches to the “madness.”

We are currently going over Junji Ito’s stories for inspiration. Which of his stories was the most intriguing to you?

I have a distinct memory of playing a browser based adventure game in the '00s. I am pretty certain it was from an animated TV show that might have been on something like the WB or another non-network, cable/basic cable station.
The game itself was divided into different episodes, and featured an animated art style and had voice acting. It took place in Edwardian England and the main characters were an older scientist, his niece or granddaughter, and another guy who might have been an archeologist.
The game didn't make specific reference to Cthulhu or Lovecraft but there were monsters that resembled things like Night Gaunts and other beings from the Mythos.
Pretty certain I didn't make it up as I remember getting stuck on a level and if you spent too much time on a screen eventually a monster or cosmic force would appear and destroy your character.

EDIT: Solved: Arcane Online Mystery Serial by Warner Brothers

I watched s1 of true detective, I saw it recommended on this sub so I gave it a watch. I loved watching the show however the ending was a huge disappointment to me. Spoilers for s1 obviously. No I wasn't expecting the King in Yellow to make an appearance or some cult sacrificing the children to a giant tentacle monster or anything. But the ending was literally two... Well, incestpeople dumber than shit who evaded these genius detectives for so long? Seriously? I guess they were kidnapping the kids and women for the cult or something? And then we end off with the Tuttle family denying any ties to this incestdumbass and we just leave it at that? Case closed? They tease an entire cult to the King in Yellow with people in really powerful places doing human sacrifices and we get nothing on them, just these two incestbabies and we call it a day?

I loved the themes, loved the writing, loved the acting. Especially the scenes with Rust getting interviewed by those detectives. Just hoped they delved into the cult just a little, instead we got next to nothing. Did I miss something and did this show completely go over my head?

What are your thoughts on H. P. Lovecraft?

Good afternoon, I hope everyone is having a safe and wonderful holiday (or week if you don’t celebrate)!

Long story short, I use to hate reading in school. Now that I’m a young adult with the craziness of life I wanted to start a new hobby that allowed me to relax or wind down after a very long overstimulating day. I have developed a new love for reading!

This past month I haven’t had the chance to read anything new as I work and go to school full time. However, being that this school semester is coming to an end, I’ll have more free time!

I was reading a short online sci-fi horror post while scrolling through social media and one of the comments said that the theme reminded them of one of Lovecraft’s creatures, Azathoth.

I’ve never read any of his works but I’ve heard a lot of good things so I thought to come strait to this subreddit as the source! I’m new to the community so my apologies for my ignorance in advance.

Let’s start a conversation! What are your favorite books or stories from Lovecraft? Why do you like his writings so much? What’s the creepiest thing you’ve read from Lovecraft or what has stuck with you the most?

All recommendations and information is welcome as I have no knowledge on this topic whatsoever but I’m excited to learn!

The book heavily hints that it's a vampire, and also says multiple time that the heart needs to be destroyed if you want to kill one. In the book, the narrator kills it by pouring a lot of sulfuric acid on it's elbow, so how did it die?