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Shorts:
* "[[Lovecraft Chronicles: Leviathan (2010 short)]]"
 
* "[[Lovecraft Chronicles: Dumas (2010 short)]]"
 
* "[[Lovecraft Chronicles: Juggernaut (2009 short)]]"
 
 
* "[[Terrible Old Man (2014 short)]]"
 
* "[[Terrible Old Man (2014 short)]]"
 
* "[[H.P. Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man (2007 short)]]" Directors: Sean Kearney, Doug Simon | Star: Sean Kearney
 
* "[[H.P. Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man (2007 short)]]" Directors: Sean Kearney, Doug Simon | Star: Sean Kearney
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* "[[The Picture in the House (2013 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Picture in the House (2013 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Picture in the House (2015 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Picture in the House (2015 short)]]"
* "[[Outsider (1994 short)]]"
 
* "[[Outsider (2009 short)]]" animated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jryleVedWzA Narrator Victor Valance
 
* "[[Outsider (2012 short)]]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRHQ3bsx6FQ Dir. Rob Fitz
 
* "[[Outsider (2015 short)]]"  Director: Jarno Hol | Stars: Jarno Hol, Deborah Pel
 
* "[[From Beyond (2011 short)]]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mCzEnq3pu8
 
* "[[From Beyond (2013 short)]]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoARYjs96WI lego animation
 
* "[[From Beyond (2014 short)]]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXlZPiYyJww
 
* "[[From Beyond (2015 short)]]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YyR8PsQBtk
 
* "[[From Beyond (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[From Beyond the Beyond (2016 short)]]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUuJ9RSViZ4
 
 
* "[[Re-Animator: 1942 (2008 short)]]"
 
* "[[Re-Animator: 1942 (2008 short)]]"
 
* "[[Re-Animator (2013 short)]]"
 
* "[[Re-Animator (2013 short)]]"
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== Not Yet Released ==
 
== Not Yet Released ==
  
* Not Released Yet:
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Not Released Yet:
** ''[[From Beyond (20?? film)]]'' pre-prod, Director Martin Villeneuve
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* ''[[From Beyond (20?? film)]]'' pre-prod, Director Martin Villeneuve
** ''[[Arkham Sanitarium (20?? anthology)]]'' post-prod Director: Andrew g Morgan | Stars: Lexi Wolfe, Zoe Dean, Edward Lewis French, Jilly Bond
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* ''[[Arkham Sanitarium (20?? anthology)]]'' post-prod Director: Andrew g Morgan | Stars: Lexi Wolfe, Zoe Dean, Edward Lewis French, Jilly Bond
** ''[[Colonizer (20?? film)]]'' dir. Dale Windle (announced)
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* ''[[Colonizer (20?? film)]]'' dir. Dale Windle (announced)
** ''[[Collected Swedish Cults (20?? anthology)]]'' (announced) Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
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* ''[[Collected Swedish Cults (20?? anthology)]]'' (announced) Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
** ''[[Reel Nightmare (2017 film)]]'' Director: Armand Petri | Stars: Madeleine Heil, Garrett Morosky, Andres Mejia Vallejo, Armand Petri (post-prod)
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* ''[[Reel Nightmare (2017 film)]]'' Director: Armand Petri | Stars: Madeleine Heil, Garrett Morosky, Andres Mejia Vallejo, Armand Petri (post-prod)
** ''[[Hollow (20?? film)]]'' post-prod Director: James Radcliff | Stars: Kaza Marie Ayersman, Michael Paradise, Dina Masar, Max Gould
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* ''[[Hollow (20?? film)]]'' post-prod Director: James Radcliff | Stars: Kaza Marie Ayersman, Michael Paradise, Dina Masar, Max Gould
** ''[[Cult of Cthulhu (2016 film)]]'' filming Director: Travis McHenry | Stars: Franziska Altmeyer, Pavan Pulipati, Travis McHenr
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* ''[[Cult of Cthulhu (2016 film)]]'' filming Director: Travis McHenry | Stars: Franziska Altmeyer, Pavan Pulipati, Travis McHenr
** ''[[Mortis Rex (20?? film)]]'' (or short?) filming Director: Peter Briggs
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* ''[[Mortis Rex (20?? film)]]'' (or short?) filming Director: Peter Briggs
** ''[[Call of Cthulhu: At Darkest Tides]]'' announced Director: Leonel Ortega-Valdez | Stars: Jason Reynolds, Maris Brill, Hannah Luyten, Hope Worley
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* ''[[Call of Cthulhu: At Darkest Tides]]'' announced Director: Leonel Ortega-Valdez | Stars: Jason Reynolds, Maris Brill, Hannah Luyten, Hope Worley
** ''[[Derico (20?? film)]]'' (completed) Director: Alex Lucchesi | Stars: Zac Zanghellini, Camilla Daldoss, Alex Lucchesi, Ivan King
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* ''[[Derico (20?? film)]]'' (completed) Director: Alex Lucchesi | Stars: Zac Zanghellini, Camilla Daldoss, Alex Lucchesi, Ivan King
** ''[[Black Goat (20?? film?)]]'' Director: Joseph Nanni | Star: Adam Kenneth Wilson
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* ''[[Black Goat (20?? film?)]]'' Director: Joseph Nanni | Star: Adam Kenneth Wilson
** ''[[Hypnos (2016 film)]]'' (post-prod) Director: Juho Aittanen | Stars: Seppo Paajanen, Jaakko Väisänen
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* ''[[Hypnos (2016 film)]]'' (post-prod) Director: Juho Aittanen | Stars: Seppo Paajanen, Jaakko Väisänen
** "[[The Miskatonic Acid Test (2006 short)]]" (or film?) (does this film actually exist?)
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* "[[The Miskatonic Acid Test (2006 short)]]" (or film?) (does this film actually exist?)
** "[[Whispers of Carcosa (20?? short)]]" (announced) Director: Pete Yagmin | Stars: David Graziano, Tiffany Howcroft, Kris Salvi
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* "[[Whispers of Carcosa (20?? short)]]" (announced) Director: Pete Yagmin | Stars: David Graziano, Tiffany Howcroft, Kris Salvi
** "[[Wide Awake (20?? film?)]]" (announced)
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* "[[Wide Awake (20?? film?)]]" (announced)
** ''[[The Festival (2010 film)]]''  - I don't think this suggested film ever existed; perhaps it refers to "[[The Festival (2008 short)]]''?
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* ''[[The Festival (2010 film)]]''  - I don't think this suggested film ever existed; perhaps it refers to "[[The Festival (2008 short)]]''?
** ''[[Colour Out of Space (1971 film)]]''  Never made?
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* ''[[Colour Out of Space (1971 film)]]''  Never made?
** ''[[Cry of Cthulhu, The (1979 film)]]''  Never made?
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* ''[[Cry of Cthulhu, The (1979 film)]]''  Never made?
** ''[[House of Re-Animator (2008 film)]]''  Never made?
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* ''[[House of Re-Animator (2008 film)]]''  Never made?
** Colour Out of Space (F-inc short) (1971 short)
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* Colour Out of Space (F-inc short) (1971 short)
** Cry of Cthulhu, The (F-inc short) (1979 short)
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* Cry of Cthulhu, The (F-inc short) (1979 short)
** Howler, The (F-inc short) (1992 short)
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* Howler, The (F-inc short) (1992 short)
** Shadow Over Innsmouth (F-inc short) (1989 short)
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* Shadow Over Innsmouth (F-inc short) (1989 short)
** Thing on the Doorstep, The (F-inc short) (1989 short)
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* Thing on the Doorstep, The (F-inc short) (1989 short)
** Haunter of the Dark, The (2002 film)  Never made?  http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskatonic/dcommunications/films/thefilms05.htm#HaunterOfTheDark
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* Haunter of the Dark, The (2002 film)  Never made?  http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskatonic/dcommunications/films/thefilms05.htm#HaunterOfTheDark
** ''[[Scarlet Friday (1963 film)]]'' (never made)
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* ''[[Scarlet Friday (1963 film)]]'' (never made)
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* ''[[Lovecraft's Hidden Religion (???? short)]]'' - mentioned at http://www.hplovecraft.com/popcult/necronomicon/5.aspx and http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskatonic/dcommunications/films/thefilms00.htm as a (short?) film played at the fifth NecronomiCon in 2001; I could find no other description or evidence that this film exists....
  
  
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* ''[[Brain Eaters (1958 film)]]''
 
* ''[[Brain Eaters (1958 film)]]''
 
* ''[[Supernatural (1977 series)]]''
 
* ''[[Supernatural (1977 series)]]''
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* ''[[Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (2008 film)]]'' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg9VCf5einY&t=334s Full Movie])
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* ''[[The Eldritch Influence: The Life, Vision, and Phenomenon of H.P. Lovecraft (2003 film)]]''
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* ''[[The Whole Wide World (1996 film)]]'' (a biography of REH)
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* ''[[Barbarian Days (2011 film)]]'' (documentary about REH fans)
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* ''[[Ackermonster Chronicles (2012 film)]]''
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* ''[[Beware the Slenderman (2016 film)]]''
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* ''[[Giger's Necronomicon (1975 film)]]''
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* ''[[The Case of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1998 short)]]''
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* ''[[Ghosts of Mars (2001 film)]]''

Revision as of 22:24, 12 April 2017

This is the "big, dumb list" of "Lovecraftian" movies that Yronimos Whateley is in the process of cataloguing in the Wiki. It's "big", and it's "dumb" because if Yronimos were smart, he'd never have started undertaking such a mad task.

The list was generated largely by mining several lists of suggestions made to Cthulhu-themed internet discussion boards in response to questions about "Lovecraftian" films. It's also (currently) unorganized - it's mostly listed roughly in the order that Yronimos felt like adding them to the catalogue in, without regard to date, alphabetical order, or any other system of sorting. A much-needed index is on the "to do" list, but not yet started.


Want to Help?

Want to help, but do not feel like creating your own entry from scratch? See the "Catalogued" section below for films that interest you - most catalogued films in that section could really use the following added to their pages:

  • REVIEWS: Graham has helped a great deal with adding reviews to film pages, but many film pages could probably still use some additional review links...
    • REVIEWS, EXISTING: Links to reviews needed! Especially reviews from a "Lovecraftian" angle; films reviewed in "Lovecraft film marathons" or on Lovecraft-themed sites are ideal; reviews from general horror-themed sites are OK, reviews written by YSDC members (maybe by YOU) are awesome!
    • REVIEWS, NEW: If you've never seen a film before and want to track it down and watch it, feel free to blog your own review of the film, and add a link to your review on the film's page. (YSDC has some great reviewers, I just haven't been able to concentrate on tracking their reviews down!)
  • SYNOPSES: Very few of these film pages include detailed plot synopses. Feel free to expand the Synopsis section of your favorite film with an original, more detailed play-by-play of the plot.
  • ASSOCIATED MYTHOS ELEMENTS: Whenever possible, in this section I try to mention "Lovecraftian" elements that appear in the film, like tomes, creatures, deities, etc. Sometimes, I forget some elements and miss others for films I have seen, or I just don't know what elements appear in films I've never seen. In rare cases, films will include tomes, creatures, gods, etc. that I don't recognize. If you notice anything missing from the "Associated Mythos Elements" section, feel free to add them.
  • KEEPER NOTES: If you've used a film as a basis for an RPG scenario before, feel free to add suggestions and advice to the "Keeper Notes" suggestion describing ways the film can be adapted to adventures for Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green, etc. I hope to include such notes for every film eventually, but they tend to be time-consuming to write from scratch.

The following might also be fixed on older pages or in future projects:

  • add indexes of films:
    • a master index with better organization than the "big dumb film list" (I wish I'd picked a better name for that page in retrospect!)
    • movie suggestion guides by categories ("I'm in the mood for... Films with tentacles in them!" See: Category:Film:TentacleMonster")
  • improve categorization -
    • I've added a number of film categories since the Lovecraftian film project began, and earlier film pages do not yet include them
    • new categories for films by decade: 1950s, ..., 1990s; Contemporary; and, a single category for anything from before the 1950s (there wouldn't be very many)
    • alternatively, categories for films by style/sub-genre/technical: Found Footage, 1980s Horror, Made-for-TV, 1950s Paranoia, Weird Western, Weird World War (which seems to be a subset of the so-called "eldritch location" films)...
    • there should perhaps be a category for films with downer endings - it has just sunk in that I've been told that is a criteria used by some people for considering a film "Lovecraftian", and I didn't consciously notice!
    • in retrospect, "eldritch location" does not precisely capture the essence of the sort of film I was trying to describe - when I think of a better name for this category, it'll take some work to re-categorize the numerous surreal, nightmarish films categorized there
  • add setting details
  • add TVTropes and IMDB links
  • all films could probably use an improved rundown on associated Lovecraftian elements included in the film (especially RPG setting, creatures, tomes, etc.)
  • add "Keeper Notes" with suggested RPG story-starters based on the film

Film Catagories:

  • Template and Categories for Films and reviews, plus a "Lovecraftian" rating system:
    • Created Tentacle Ratings system
    • Category:Film:General
    • Category:Film:Franchise
    • Category:Film:Film
    • Category:Film:Short
    • Category:Film:Series_or_Serial
    • Numerous other categories by type of "Lovecraftian" content, style, etc. (see template)

Links

  • Tentacle Rating overview: (link)
  • Film Page Template: (link)



In Progress

Shorts:


Backlog: Unfiltered Animations and Shorts

I haven't gone through these yet at all; they seem to be a mix of short-subject films, anthologies, cartoons (which range from episodes imitating Lovecraft's fiction, to episodes that might have a Lovecraft reference as a punch-line somewhere), British made-for-tv miniseries, and TV movies that might (or might not) have a minimal, tangential relation to "Lovecraftian" horror:


TV movies that are apparently not Lovecraftian, but perhaps useful - moved to Backlog for future consideration:

Perhaps a page for some Harryhausen adventures, and a handful of other sword-and-sandal style things (pages for some of these already exist)?


I couldn't really figure out the "Lovecraftian" angle on the following films that I've seen suggested as "Lovecraftian", placed in backlog for future reexamination:

Audio Books, Radio Plays, & Other Audio-Adaptations



Not Yet Released

Not Released Yet:


Teasers:


Games

I really don't feel like doing these; perhaps on a slow day I'll just make sure some "red links" are added somewhere, so someone with the motivation can do the work:




Catalogued

In no particular order: