Lovecraftian Film

[fishy]

Does 'Die Farbe' have subtitles in English? I will be lost if it is only in the GERMAN LANGUAGE.   

You mean " in the GERMAN LANGUAGE" ? (Italics are very important here )

[Cloven Sunfish]

The trailer has subtitles. I assume the complete film does, too.

[Bulbatron]

The first Alien vs Predator film may have been a pretty bloody poor take on both franchises, but taken on its' own merits, it's a very Lovecraftian film indeed.  It particularly makes me think of At the Mountains of Madness, for lots of reasons other than the Antarctic setting.

[Parallaxicality]

The plot of AVP was borrowed from the original plot of Alien, which made it as far as pre-production. In the original draft, the crew encountered the remains of three alien races, not two. The pilot alien left a mark on his computer that led the crew to an abandoned pyramid-shaped temple. In it, we see the heiroglyphs left by the indigenous inhabitants of the planet; a primitive race with a technological level akin to ancient Egypt. As the crew made their way into the bowels of the pyramid, the heiroglyphs revealed the Aliens' lifecycle, and also that the indigenous people sacrificed themselves to them in religious rites. Kane found the eggs lying on an altar, awaiting their next sacrifice.

The Alien series has always been very Lovecraft inspired. Giger draws heavily from Lovecraft; heck, the Alien's design was taken from a painting Giger did called "Necronom #IV".

Here is Giger's concept art for the heiroglyphs

He also did a concept drawing for the pyramid, but I can't find it.

[Bulbatron]

That's really interesting, great bit of extra info there.  Thanks!  So much of the Alien series seems to be influenced by Lovecraft, to varying degrees.

[Cloven Sunfish]

Here's a really cool animated short of "The Statement of Randolph Carter." I just stumbled across it on Reddit. It's been up on Youtube for a few months now so some of you have probably seen it. Either way, it's a great, faithful rendition with an interesting twist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcLm_7Yip_E

[Crazon]

I could be wrong but Junji Ito's "Tomie", A manga and movie series about a girl with unknown origins who drives men insane and makes them kill her, only to have her regenerate and cause further hysteria, seemed like lovecraftian to me.

[MindlessFocus]

I'm very surprise no one mentioned the episode The Sea Devils on Doctor Who. It's the most direct stab at HPL in the entire series. The episode is about the Doctor encountering a race of aquatic anthropomorphic reptile called the Sea Devils. In it, the Sea Devils are mentioned worshipping the Great Old One, Dagon. Here they are:

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Sea_Devils

[Kaelestes]

That must be the older generation of Who. I haven't seen much before Doctor #9, and what I did see was decades ago, but for some reason those Sea Devil weapons look vividly familiar to me. Did they work kind of like deadly flashlights?

[MindlessFocus]

Yeah, it is from the older series. And yeah, it was similar to a flashlight. Sorta. Think dinner plate with a handle on the back. It shot a heat ray that melted metal.

[Bulbatron]

Yep, I should've mentioned the Sea Devils myself!  D'oh!

I don't remember anything about them worshipping Dagon.  At least, not in the story they were in.  Could you perhaps be referring to one of the Doctor Who novels?

The Sea Devils worshipping Dagon is certainly a cool idea!

EDIT:  It says as much on the very link you provided.  Perhaps I should've read it before opening my big, fat gob.

My apologies to you, sir.

[Ferox13]

The new(ish) and also excellent Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated has an episode titled "The Shrieking Madness" which features an author called Hatecraft and a very Cthulhu-like creature..(Harlan Ellison also appears)..

AN Unspeakable Tome:



Hatecraft:



Char Gar Gothakon:

[Bob Lovecraft]

I came across a movie called "The Burrowers" (a 2008 full length movie, not the 2007 miniseries) last year around Halloween. It is by no means based on anything written by Lovecraft but has an almost perfect Lovecraftian feel to it. It is set in the old west and revolves around the disappearance of a homestead family and the events set into motion when one of the victims is found. I don't want to include any spoilers so i will just say that this movie is dark and depressing from first to last and i was left with a really strange sense of despair by the end of it. I would Highly recommend this movie.

Bob

[Kaelestes]

I came across a movie called "The Burrowers" (a 2008 full length movie, not the 2007 miniseries) last year around Halloween. It is by no means based on anything written by Lovecraft but has an almost perfect Lovecraftian feel to it. It is set in the old west and revolves around the disappearance of a homestead family and the events set into motion when one of the victims is found. I don't want to include any spoilers so i will just say that this movie is dark and depressing from first to last and i was left with a really strange sense of despair by the end of it. I would Highly recommend this movie.

Bob

I watched the short film prequel, Blood Red Earth, on Fearnet. It's not great, but the atmosphere was also right up there.

[wyrmis]

I watched the short film prequel, Blood Red Earth, on Fearnet. It's not great, but the atmosphere was also right up there.

I found the prequel short on FearNet before I had heard of the movie itself. I watched it, thought it was ok, but then became curious what was being referenced and so pre-ordered the DVD of the The Burrowers. Thoroughly enjoyed the full movie and watched it several times to show friends and family. Sort of like "What if The Searchers had been written by more socially conscious REH and involved monsters". Definitely entertaining.