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| − | [[Image:filename.jpg|thumb|200px|right|AltText]]
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| − | ==Summary==
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| − | ==Details==
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| − | This list of details is partly intended for those films produced by
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| − | film-makers, performers, producers/studios, etc. that tend to make
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| − | "Lovecraftian" films, for ease of finding related or similar films.
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| − | This list is also partly intended to make it easier to identify a
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| − | specific film out of many with the same name, to make them easier to
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| − | tell apart - some stories have been adapted numerous times by different
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| − | amateur short film makers! Some films have a "TVTropes" page, which
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| − | will often detail obscure "Lovecraftian" elements of a film that this
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| − | * Release Date:
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| − | * Runtime: X hr X min
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| − | * Starring:
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| − | * Producer/Production Co:
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| − | * View Trailer: ([URL link])
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| − | * Film Website: ([URL link])
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| − | * View Film: ([URL link])
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| − | * TVTropes: ([URL link])
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| − | * IMDB Page: ([URL link])
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| − | ==Ratings==
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| − | ===[http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/ MPAA Ratings]===
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| − | E.G., "Rated: R (Violence, Nudity, Language....)"
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| − | * Rated: MPAARATING (notes)
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| − | ===Tentacle Ratings===
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| − | (Use one of the following lines, and edit it as appropriate. Follow it with an
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| − | Some examples: one tentacle only if the mood and atmosphere are right but it's
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| − | isn't based on Lovecraft story and doesn't have the right mood; one tentacle only
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| − | if it has some tentacle monsters but the mood isn't very Lovecraftian and specific
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| − | Lovecraft creations aren't mentioned by name; if the film is based on a recognizable
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| − | * SSSS_ (Four Tentacles: Unusually Lovecraftian; written by Lovecraft, a remarkably faithful adaptation)
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| − | * SSSSS (Five Tentacles: definitively Lovecraftian; everything you'd expect from a Lovecraft adaptation and more)
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| − | A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
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| − | Review Links:
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| − | ==Synopsis (SPOILERS)==
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| − | ===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===
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| − | ===Associated Mythos Elements===
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| − | (A list of notable Lovecraftian creatures, tomes, Great Old Ones, characters,
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| − | probably unintentional. Vaguely/generically "Lovecraftian" elements might
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| − | * fiction: "[[title (fiction)]]" or ''[[title (fiction)]]''
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| − | * tome: ''[[Tome1]]''
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| − | * race: [[Race1]]
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| − | ===Keeper Notes===
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| − | (Optional. Notes to Keepers on using this for film for scenario ideas.
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| − | This section is more commonly used on YSDC Wiki pages for suggesting ways to
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| − | adapt the film to use as a Call of Cthulhu scenario; the Keeper Notes section
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| − | might include multiple such suggested adaptations.
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| − | * (One/two sentence story inspired by the film, starring investigators.)
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| − | TIP: Film plots are often difficult to adapt into RPG scenarios; try having
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| − | the clues to find out what happened. Adaptations of film plots to RPG scenarios
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| − | almost always benefit from changing cosmetic details around until the exact story
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