Lovecraftian Cinema

List creator: JPdellamorte Created on: August 19, 2008 - 5:50 AM PDT Description: Films based on, inspired by, or bearing resemblance to the works of H.P. Lovecraft

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	From Beyond (1986)			Not Rated
	Re-Animator (Millenium Special Edition) (1985)
	Dagon (2001)
The middle section of the film is almost page-by-page from 'The Shadow over Innsmouth'.
	Masters of Horror: Carpenter & Gordon (2005)			Not Rated
Stuart Gordon's "Dreams In the Witch House" is one of his most faithful adaptations.
	The Tower of London/The Haunted Palace (1963)			Not Rated
'The Haunted Palace' is an adaptation of 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'.
	Castle Freak (1995)
	The Dunwich Horror (1970)
	Die, Monster, Die! (1965)			Not Rated
'The Colour Out of Space', roughly.
	The Call of Cthulhu (2005)			Not Rated
	The Shunned House (2002)			Not Rated
	The H.P. Lovecraft Collection, Vol. 1: Cool Air (2004)
	The H.P. Lovecraft Collection, Vol. 2: Dreams of Cthulhu (Rough Magikinitiative) (2004)
	The H.P. Lovecraft Collection, Vol. 3: Out of Mind (2005)
	The H.P. Lovecraft Collection, Vol. 4: Pickman's Model (2007)
	The Thing (1982)
In my opinion, the film that most closely approximates Lovecraftian terror. The title "thing" could conceivably be a shoggoth.
	In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
	Marebito (2004)
Depressive & eerie. Highly recommended.
	Roger Corman Collection: The Premature Burial/ X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes (Disc 3 of 4) (1959)			Not Rated
'The Man With the X-Ray Eyes' is one of Corman's most somber films with some very Lovecraftian themes. Highly recommended.
	Curse of the Demon (1957)			Not Rated
Atmospheric film based on a tale by fellow weird-tale author M.R. James.
	Night Gallery: The Complete First Season (Disc 3 of 3) (1969)			Not Rated
"Professor Peabody's Last Lecture" is a humorous & surprisingly accurate chalkboard summary of the Cthulhu Mythos & Necronomicon among others.
	The Case of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1998)
	Bleeders (1997)
Pretty awful direct-to-video adaptation of 'The Lurking Fear'. Skip it.