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	* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.		* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.
	* ''[[Tremors (1990 franchise)]]'' Bored ranch-hands, a concerned seismologist, and an eccentric survivalist couple in the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada happen upon a series of mysterious deaths, and soon find themselves fighting for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.		* ''[[Tremors (1990 franchise)]]'' Bored ranch-hands, a concerned seismologist, and an eccentric survivalist couple in the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada happen upon a series of mysterious deaths, and soon find themselves fighting for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.
			* ''[[Ghost Brigade (1993 film)]]'' - A Union patrol is sent out to investigate a series of massacres that seem to have been carried out by a Confederate unit that was destroyed with no survivors.
	* ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)]]'' In a remote military outpost in the 19th Century, a U.S. cavalry regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.		* ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)]]'' In a remote military outpost in the 19th Century, a U.S. cavalry regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.
	* ''Shanghai Noon (2000 film)'' - Comedy in which Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China until Princess Pei Pei is taken hostage, and Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets a good-natured thief and occasional cowboy, who Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen. (Appears to have been loosely based on ''Red Sun (1971 film)''....)		* ''Shanghai Noon (2000 film)'' - Comedy in which Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China until Princess Pei Pei is taken hostage, and Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets a good-natured thief and occasional cowboy, who Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen. (Appears to have been loosely based on ''Red Sun (1971 film)''....)
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	* ''[[The Village (2004 film)]]'' Members of a remote pioneer community are threatened by the strange creatures that inhabit the surrounding forest under an uneasy truce when one villager enters the forest and breaks the pact.		* ''[[The Village (2004 film)]]'' Members of a remote pioneer community are threatened by the strange creatures that inhabit the surrounding forest under an uneasy truce when one villager enters the forest and breaks the pact.
	* ''[[The Burrowers (2008 film)]]'' In the American western Dakota Territories, a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances.		* ''[[The Burrowers (2008 film)]]'' In the American western Dakota Territories, a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances.



	== "Lovecraftian" Analysis ==		== "Lovecraftian" Analysis ==

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	* ''Get Mean (1975 film)'' - While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.		* ''Get Mean (1975 film)'' - While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.
	* ''Mad Max (1979 franchise)'' - Against the backdrop of decaying law and order in a dystopian future, one of the last lawmen goes rogue when a brutal gang murders his family, leaving him with nothing but his instincts for survival and retribution.... The film series is essentially a cynical Western in the "Spaghetti Western" tradition, reset in a post-apocalyptic future with an emphasis on souped-up cars over the traditional horses and guns....		* ''Mad Max (1979 franchise)'' - Against the backdrop of decaying law and order in a dystopian future, one of the last lawmen goes rogue when a brutal gang murders his family, leaving him with nothing but his instincts for survival and retribution.... The film series is essentially a cynical Western in the "Spaghetti Western" tradition, reset in a post-apocalyptic future with an emphasis on souped-up cars over the traditional horses and guns....
	* "Preacher Man (1987 short)" - cinematic Music Video for Fields of the Nephilim's "Preacher Man": a post-apocalyptic/occult western involving the showdown between a sheriff and a cult of mutants led by a sinister preacher.... ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsSFR43Z600 link])		* "Preacher Man (1987 short)" - cinematic Music Video for [[Fields of the Nephilim]]'s "Preacher Man": a post-apocalyptic/occult western involving the showdown between a sheriff and a cult of mutants led by a sinister preacher.... ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsSFR43Z600 link])
	* ''[[High Desert Kill (1989 film)]]'' - Three friends take a hunting trip in the eerie landscape of the New Mexico desert mountains, where they meet a mountaineer who has lost his horses, and a couple of strangely-acting "hippie girls" who soon disappear, leading to a series of increasingly strange events suggesting the influence of something unearthly among them....		* ''[[High Desert Kill (1989 film)]]'' - Three friends take a hunting trip in the eerie landscape of the New Mexico desert mountains, where they meet a mountaineer who has lost his horses, and a couple of strangely-acting "hippie girls" who soon disappear, leading to a series of increasingly strange events suggesting the influence of something unearthly among them....
	* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.		* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.

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	* ''Get Mean (1975 film)'' - While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.		* ''Get Mean (1975 film)'' - While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.
	* ''Mad Max (1979 franchise)'' - Against the backdrop of decaying law and order in a dystopian future, one of the last lawmen goes rogue when a brutal gang murders his family, leaving him with nothing but his instincts for survival and retribution.... The film series is essentially a cynical Western in the "Spaghetti Western" tradition, reset in a post-apocalyptic future with an emphasis on souped-up cars over the traditional horses and guns....		* ''Mad Max (1979 franchise)'' - Against the backdrop of decaying law and order in a dystopian future, one of the last lawmen goes rogue when a brutal gang murders his family, leaving him with nothing but his instincts for survival and retribution.... The film series is essentially a cynical Western in the "Spaghetti Western" tradition, reset in a post-apocalyptic future with an emphasis on souped-up cars over the traditional horses and guns....
	* "[[Preacher Man (1987 short)]]" - cinematic Music Video for Fields of the Nephilim's "Preacher Man": a post-apocalyptic/occult western involving the showdown between a sheriff and a cult of mutants led by a sinister preacher....		* "Preacher Man (1987 short)" - cinematic Music Video for Fields of the Nephilim's "Preacher Man": a post-apocalyptic/occult western involving the showdown between a sheriff and a cult of mutants led by a sinister preacher.... ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsSFR43Z600 link])
	* ''[[High Desert Kill (1989 film)]]'' - Three friends take a hunting trip in the eerie landscape of the New Mexico desert mountains, where they meet a mountaineer who has lost his horses, and a couple of strangely-acting "hippie girls" who soon disappear, leading to a series of increasingly strange events suggesting the influence of something unearthly among them....		* ''[[High Desert Kill (1989 film)]]'' - Three friends take a hunting trip in the eerie landscape of the New Mexico desert mountains, where they meet a mountaineer who has lost his horses, and a couple of strangely-acting "hippie girls" who soon disappear, leading to a series of increasingly strange events suggesting the influence of something unearthly among them....
	* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.		* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.

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Film List

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	* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.		* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.
	* ''[[Tremors (1990 franchise)]]'' Bored ranch-hands, a concerned seismologist, and an eccentric survivalist couple in the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada happen upon a series of mysterious deaths, and soon find themselves fighting for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.		* ''[[Tremors (1990 franchise)]]'' Bored ranch-hands, a concerned seismologist, and an eccentric survivalist couple in the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada happen upon a series of mysterious deaths, and soon find themselves fighting for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.
			* ''[[Ghost Brigade (1993 film)]]'' - A Union patrol is sent out to investigate a series of massacres that seem to have been carried out by a Confederate unit that was destroyed with no survivors.
	* ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)]]'' In a remote military outpost in the 19th Century, a U.S. cavalry regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.		* ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)]]'' In a remote military outpost in the 19th Century, a U.S. cavalry regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.
	* ''Shanghai Noon (2000 film)'' - Comedy in which Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China until Princess Pei Pei is taken hostage, and Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets a good-natured thief and occasional cowboy, who Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen. (Appears to have been loosely based on ''Red Sun (1971 film)''....)		* ''Shanghai Noon (2000 film)'' - Comedy in which Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China until Princess Pei Pei is taken hostage, and Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets a good-natured thief and occasional cowboy, who Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen. (Appears to have been loosely based on ''Red Sun (1971 film)''....)
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	* ''[[The Village (2004 film)]]'' Members of a remote pioneer community are threatened by the strange creatures that inhabit the surrounding forest under an uneasy truce when one villager enters the forest and breaks the pact.		* ''[[The Village (2004 film)]]'' Members of a remote pioneer community are threatened by the strange creatures that inhabit the surrounding forest under an uneasy truce when one villager enters the forest and breaks the pact.
	* ''[[The Burrowers (2008 film)]]'' In the American western Dakota Territories, a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances.		* ''[[The Burrowers (2008 film)]]'' In the American western Dakota Territories, a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances.



	== "Lovecraftian" Analysis ==		== "Lovecraftian" Analysis ==

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	* ''Jesse James meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966 film)'' - Exactly what it says on the tin: Maria Frankenstein puts a monster's brain in the body of Jesse James' sidekick.		* ''Jesse James meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966 film)'' - Exactly what it says on the tin: Maria Frankenstein puts a monster's brain in the body of Jesse James' sidekick.
	* ''[[Valley of the Gwanji (1969 film)]]'' - Everything goes wrong when a Wild West showman and his cowboy adventurers try to capture a stop-motion-animated dinosaur god near a Mexican town, and are placed under a Gypsy curse....		* ''[[Valley of the Gwanji (1969 film)]]'' - Everything goes wrong when a Wild West showman and his cowboy adventurers try to capture a stop-motion-animated dinosaur god near a Mexican town, and are placed under a Gypsy curse....
	* ''[[El Topo (1970 film)]]'' - A black-clad gunfighter embarks on a dream quest through an Old West Sodom and Gomorrah....		* ''El Topo (1970 film)'' - A black-clad gunfighter embarks on a dream quest through an Old West Sodom and Gomorrah....
	* ''Red Sun (1971 film)'' - Bandits rob a train conveying a Japanese gift sword to President Grant, and one of the Samurai escort takes off in pursuit of the thieves.		* ''Red Sun (1971 film)'' - Bandits rob a train conveying a Japanese gift sword to President Grant, and one of the Samurai escort takes off in pursuit of the thieves.
	* ''[[Horror Express (1972 film)]]'' In 1906 China and Siberia, a British anthropologist who discovered a frozen prehistoric creature teams up with a physician, a mad monk, and a brutal Cossack officer to stop the monster after it escapes on their train, leaving a trail of death in its wake. (Not an obvious choice of "Western", as a British horror film set in China and Siberia, but it would be only a little less weird if it were reset in a more traditional Western setting....)		* ''[[Horror Express (1972 film)]]'' In 1906 China and Siberia, a British anthropologist who discovered a frozen prehistoric creature teams up with a physician, a mad monk, and a brutal Cossack officer to stop the monster after it escapes on their train, leaving a trail of death in its wake. (Not an obvious choice of "Western", as a British horror film set in China and Siberia, but it would be only a little less weird if it were reset in a more traditional Western setting....)

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	* Settings:		* Settings:
	** [[Weird West]]		** [[Weird West]]
			** [[Deadlands]]
	** ''[[Devil's Gulch: Basic Roleplaying Adventures in the Weird Wild West]]''		** ''[[Devil's Gulch: Basic Roleplaying Adventures in the Weird Wild West]]''
	** ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Utterly Insane]]''		** ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Utterly Insane]]''
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	* ''Get Mean (1975 film)'' - While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.		* ''Get Mean (1975 film)'' - While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.
	* ''Mad Max (1979 franchise)'' - Against the backdrop of decaying law and order in a dystopian future, one of the last lawmen goes rogue when a brutal gang murders his family, leaving him with nothing but his instincts for survival and retribution.... The film series is essentially a cynical Western in the "Spaghetti Western" tradition, reset in a post-apocalyptic future with an emphasis on souped-up cars over the traditional horses and guns....		* ''Mad Max (1979 franchise)'' - Against the backdrop of decaying law and order in a dystopian future, one of the last lawmen goes rogue when a brutal gang murders his family, leaving him with nothing but his instincts for survival and retribution.... The film series is essentially a cynical Western in the "Spaghetti Western" tradition, reset in a post-apocalyptic future with an emphasis on souped-up cars over the traditional horses and guns....
			* ''[[High Desert Kill (1989 film)]]'' - Three friends take a hunting trip in the eerie landscape of the New Mexico desert mountains, where they meet a mountaineer who has lost his horses, and a couple of strangely-acting "hippie girls" who soon disappear, leading to a series of increasingly strange events suggesting the influence of something unearthly among them....
	* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.		* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.
	* ''[[Tremors (1990 franchise)]]'' Bored ranch-hands, a concerned seismologist, and an eccentric survivalist couple in the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada happen upon a series of mysterious deaths, and soon find themselves fighting for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.		* ''[[Tremors (1990 franchise)]]'' Bored ranch-hands, a concerned seismologist, and an eccentric survivalist couple in the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada happen upon a series of mysterious deaths, and soon find themselves fighting for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.

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	* ''Get Mean (1975 film)'' - While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.		* ''Get Mean (1975 film)'' - While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.
	* ''Mad Max (1979 franchise)'' - Against the backdrop of decaying law and order in a dystopian future, one of the last lawmen goes rogue when a brutal gang murders his family, leaving him with nothing but his instincts for survival and retribution.... The film series is essentially a cynical Western in the "Spaghetti Western" tradition, reset in a post-apocalyptic future with an emphasis on souped-up cars over the traditional horses and guns....		* ''Mad Max (1979 franchise)'' - Against the backdrop of decaying law and order in a dystopian future, one of the last lawmen goes rogue when a brutal gang murders his family, leaving him with nothing but his instincts for survival and retribution.... The film series is essentially a cynical Western in the "Spaghetti Western" tradition, reset in a post-apocalyptic future with an emphasis on souped-up cars over the traditional horses and guns....
			* "[[Preacher Man (1987 short)]]" - cinematic Music Video for Fields of the Nephilim's "Preacher Man": a post-apocalyptic/occult western involving the showdown between a sheriff and a cult of mutants led by a sinister preacher....
	* ''[[High Desert Kill (1989 film)]]'' - Three friends take a hunting trip in the eerie landscape of the New Mexico desert mountains, where they meet a mountaineer who has lost his horses, and a couple of strangely-acting "hippie girls" who soon disappear, leading to a series of increasingly strange events suggesting the influence of something unearthly among them....		* ''[[High Desert Kill (1989 film)]]'' - Three friends take a hunting trip in the eerie landscape of the New Mexico desert mountains, where they meet a mountaineer who has lost his horses, and a couple of strangely-acting "hippie girls" who soon disappear, leading to a series of increasingly strange events suggesting the influence of something unearthly among them....
	* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.		* ''Grim Prairie Tales (1990 film)'' - Anthology. An Old West bounty hunter and clerk try to top each other's ghost stories around a campfire.
	* ''[[Tremors (1990 franchise)]]'' Bored ranch-hands, a concerned seismologist, and an eccentric survivalist couple in the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada happen upon a series of mysterious deaths, and soon find themselves fighting for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.		* ''[[Tremors (1990 franchise)]]'' Bored ranch-hands, a concerned seismologist, and an eccentric survivalist couple in the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada happen upon a series of mysterious deaths, and soon find themselves fighting for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.
	* ''[[Ghost Brigade (1993 film)]]'' - A Union patrol is sent out to investigate a series of massacres that seem to have been carried out by a Confederate unit that was destroyed with no survivors.
	* ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)]]'' In a remote military outpost in the 19th Century, a U.S. cavalry regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.		* ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)]]'' In a remote military outpost in the 19th Century, a U.S. cavalry regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.
	* ''Shanghai Noon (2000 film)'' - Comedy in which Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China until Princess Pei Pei is taken hostage, and Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets a good-natured thief and occasional cowboy, who Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen. (Appears to have been loosely based on ''Red Sun (1971 film)''....)		* ''Shanghai Noon (2000 film)'' - Comedy in which Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China until Princess Pei Pei is taken hostage, and Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets a good-natured thief and occasional cowboy, who Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen. (Appears to have been loosely based on ''Red Sun (1971 film)''....)
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	* ''[[The Village (2004 film)]]'' Members of a remote pioneer community are threatened by the strange creatures that inhabit the surrounding forest under an uneasy truce when one villager enters the forest and breaks the pact.		* ''[[The Village (2004 film)]]'' Members of a remote pioneer community are threatened by the strange creatures that inhabit the surrounding forest under an uneasy truce when one villager enters the forest and breaks the pact.
	* ''[[The Burrowers (2008 film)]]'' In the American western Dakota Territories, a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances.		* ''[[The Burrowers (2008 film)]]'' In the American western Dakota Territories, a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances.



	== "Lovecraftian" Analysis ==		== "Lovecraftian" Analysis ==