What Film Adaptations Do You Want To See?

[CMcCormack]

Hey all,

I don't know if this has been covered somewhere else before, but I was just noticing how most HPL adaptations tend to stick to the same handful of stories (there's been at least 3 versions of color out of space, 3 re-animator movies, 2 Dunwich horrors, etc), so I thought I'd throw it out there and see what unrepresented stories people would love to see adapted to film form!

My dream is to someday get the money to make an adaptation of The Thing on the Doorstep, as it has a lot of fun character stuff to play with, but still that nice HPL accent to make it juicy.

How about you?

[RedRetroRobot]

The Temple especially. I recall seeing some sort of adaption somewhere, but I can't seem to find it at the moment. Regardless, I can't praise this story enough, and hear a damnable soundtrack in my  mind every time I read it.

I also think an animated adaption of Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath would be great. Something akin to Wizards, or the LotR animated features (possibly with less rotoscoping however). When reading the story, a lot of the imagery reminded me of these psychedelic cartoons I watched as a child. Not only strange and weird, but incredibly cruel and brutal in their storytelling.

[CMcCormack]

Yeah!  I LOVE the Temple--That's definitely number 2 on my list!  You have all the great claustrophobia of a sub movie, PLUS the supernatural angle. Would be awesome.

Please tell me if you remember what that adaptation was called, I'd love to check it out!

[Graf von Altenberg Ehrenstein]

Doorstep I think would be quite a challenge since it needs a thorough refining process to make a good movie scricpt. It contains  much potential for both success and failure.
My prime candidate would be Rats in the Walls, since it seems to make a great Hammer style movie.

[Drew Unspeakable Name]

I would love to see "The Horror of Martin's Beach" done as a Merchant Ivory type production. With Maggie Smith as the protagonist.  I know, I know, I'm nuts.

[JulieH]

There is an adaptation/modernization of Thing on the Doorstep called "Strange Aeons", produced up here in Seattle by Maelstrom Films, and I wrote a kickass adaptation of it that I then condensed into an audio script for my show.

I've never heard of a filmed version of the Temple, but again have adapted it for audio.  Many long years ago, Andrew Miglorie was talking about making a film (casual conversation at dinner at a convention, not official announcement or anything), but that was before he started the HPLFF and that sort of ended up taking all his time, I assume.

I would love to see something constructive done with Beyond the Wall of Sleep - there have been numerous short adaptations, but there's something there, under all the redneck jokes, that I want to see brought out.

[catamount]

I would like to see a teleplay version, similar to the BBC's The Stone Tapes, for The Picture in The House...minus the cleansing lightning bolt though.

[CMcCormack]

I would like to see a teleplay version, similar to the BBC's The Stone Tapes, for The Picture in The House...minus the cleansing lightning bolt though.

Picture in the house would have made a great Twilight Zone or even Night Gallery episode!  One of my favorites!

[Bulbatron]

Ah, The Stone Tape.  That was a good watch.

[SammyBoyFTW]

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, or the Thing on the Doorstep.

There's a lot of potential for hard hitting drama and some serious character exploration methinks. If either were taken as a stone cold serious adaption with a focussed script, I could see a lot of meshing of the frightening unknown from the core horror plot element and developments working well in an intertwine with toils of the characters emotional overexposure, degradation and straight decline.

I'm inclined to think more towards the strong friendship between Edward Derby and Daniel Upton from the Thing on the Doorstep in this regard, as it is a true tragedy to see Edward getting swept away further and further into an abyss of no return, and then to see him try to return back when it's far too late. This could also be played upon effectively in Charles Dexter Ward, with Charles in a similar position when he contacts Willett (Why oh why did he wait until the end of the day? :\).

But that's just me