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* ''[[Feed the Light (2014 film)]]''
 
* ''[[Feed the Light (2014 film)]]''
 
* ''[[Call Girl of Cthulhu (2014 film)]]''
 
* ''[[Call Girl of Cthulhu (2014 film)]]''
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* "[[Callgirl of Cthulhu (2014 short)]]"
 
* ''[[Extraordinary Tales (2015 film)]]''
 
* ''[[Extraordinary Tales (2015 film)]]''
 
* ''[[Badass Monster Killer (2015 film)]]''
 
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* "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth (2009 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth (2009 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Rats in the Walls (2006 short)]]" (or film?) Director: Tim Uren | Star: Tim Uren
 
* "[[The Rats in the Walls (2006 short)]]" (or film?) Director: Tim Uren | Star: Tim Uren
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* "[[The Rats in the Walls (2010 short)]]"
 
* "[[Rats in the Wall (2010 short)]]"
 
* "[[Rats in the Wall (2010 short)]]"
 
* "[[Shadow Beyond Time (2011 short)]]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFqhFIqcgDU
 
* "[[Shadow Beyond Time (2011 short)]]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFqhFIqcgDU
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* "[[At the Mountains of Madness (2016 short)]]" http://www.mountainsofmadness.net/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLC_vByu0k
 
* "[[At the Mountains of Madness (2016 short)]]" http://www.mountainsofmadness.net/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLC_vByu0k
 
* "[[The Silver Key (2010 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Silver Key (2010 short)]]"
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* "[[Poetry and The Gods (2016 short)]]"
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* "[[Azathoth (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Evil Clergymen (2002 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Evil Clergymen (2002 short)]]"
* "[[Curse of Yig (2011 short)]]" Paul von Stoetzel Killing Joke Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_GAgMY3WM0
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* "[[The Curse of Yig (2011 short)]]" Paul von Stoetzel Killing Joke Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_GAgMY3WM0
 
* "[[Whisper and I'll Come to you (1968 short)]]"
 
* "[[Whisper and I'll Come to you (1968 short)]]"
 
* "[[Casting the Runes (1979 short)]]"
 
* "[[Casting the Runes (1979 short)]]"
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* "[[The Ritual (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Ritual (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Earth Rejects Him (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Earth Rejects Him (2011 short)]]"
* "[[The Curse of Yig (2011 short)]]"
 
 
* "[[Static Aeons (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[Static Aeons (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[Shine 3D (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[Shine 3D (2011 short)]]"
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* "[[The Short Shrift (2012 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Short Shrift (2012 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Narrative of Victor Karloch (2012 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Narrative of Victor Karloch (2012 short)]]"
* "[[The Music of Jo Hyeja (2012 short)]]"
 
 
* "[[The Living Want Me Dead (2012 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Living Want Me Dead (2012 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Celebrant (2012 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Celebrant (2012 short)]]"
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* "[[Raising a Nuisance (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[Raising a Nuisance (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[Radha (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[Radha (2016 short)]]"
* "[[Poetry and The Gods (2016 short)]]"
 
 
* "[[Knock! (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[Knock! (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[In Lucidity (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[In Lucidity (2016 short)]]"
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* "[[Click (2010 short)]]"
 
* "[[Click (2010 short)]]"
 
* "[[Moxina (2012 short]]"
 
* "[[Moxina (2012 short]]"
* "[[Innsmouth (2015 short)]]"
 
 
* "[[Portal to Hell!!! (2015 short)]]"
 
* "[[Portal to Hell!!! (2015 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Captured Bird (2012 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Captured Bird (2012 short)]]"
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* "[[The Yellow Sign (2001 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Yellow Sign (2001 short)]]"
 
* "[[Miskatonic University (2014 short)]]"
 
* "[[Miskatonic University (2014 short)]]"
* "[[Azathoth (2016 short)]]"
 
 
* "[[The Book (2008 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Book (2008 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Stranger Who Came from the Deep (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Stranger Who Came from the Deep (2016 short)]]"
 
* "[[Lovecraft's Pillow (2006 short)]]"
 
* "[[Lovecraft's Pillow (2006 short)]]"
 
* "[[Escape from Midwich Valley (2014 short)]]"
 
* "[[Escape from Midwich Valley (2014 short)]]"
* "[[Callgirl of Cthulhu (2014 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Curse of Yig (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Rats in the Walls (2010 short)]]"
 
 
* "[[Black Goat (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[Black Goat (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Earth Rejects Him (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[The Earth Rejects Him (2011 short)]]"
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* "[[Ethereal Chrysalis (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[Ethereal Chrysalis (2011 short)]]"
 
* "[[A Fish Called Martha or: Who's Really Afraid of H. P. Lovecraft Anyway? (2010 short)]]"
 
* "[[A Fish Called Martha or: Who's Really Afraid of H. P. Lovecraft Anyway? (2010 short)]]"
 
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* "[[The Lovecraft Syndrome (2004 short)]]"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjuhWT0vKig
  
  

Revision as of 14:15, 12 December 2016

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.

Yronimos quickly realized there was a number of films that are clearly "Lovecraftian" - being based explicitly on Lovecraft's stories with varying degrees of faithfulness - while others were almost universally considered "Lovecraftian" in spite of not being based on any particular story; then, there were a number of films in a grey area which could be suggested without objection, and finally a number which would prompt some lively objection and debate over whether it could be included; thus the "tentacles" rating system was born; depending on how "Lovecraftian" Yronimos found the films to be on a slightly less-than-completely subjective scale, with the most accurate adaptations getting five tentacles, and the films most likely to cause argument getting only 1 tentacle, and films that Yronimos could not see any but the most tenuous and distant relationship to Lovecraft (not even a brief mention of his name or anything) in getting left out of the catalogue.

Links

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

Notes

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 this section could really use the following added to their pages:

  • 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.
  • 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.


Catalogued

In no particular order:


In Progress

The following "Lovecraftian" Film suggestions with red links are not yet catalogued:


TV Series, Anthologies:


Documentaries?


Shorts:


Unfiltered Animations and Shorts =

I haven't gone through these yet at all; they seem to be a mix of short-subject films, anthologies, and cartoons (which range from episodes imitating Lovecraft's fiction, to episodes that might have a Lovecraft reference as a punch-line somewhere):


Audio Books, Radio Plays, & Other Audio-Adaptations


I don't Get These

I couldn't really figure out the "Lovecraftian" angle on the following films that I've seen suggested as "Lovecraftian":


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: