why no lovecraft kino? is it really unfilmable?
Why no lovecraft kino? is it really unfilmable?
Jonathan Parker
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John Flores
they made a Cthulhu movie
and I think a shadow over innsmouth was made
Landon Bailey
the movie about his car is pretty kino
Josiah White
Nic Cage is starring in a colour of of space film
Joseph Johnson
Lovecraft is too racist for today.
Connor Cox
t. nigger who worships a sea monster
Aaron Barnes
slow burn bone chilling
Landon Baker
DUDE COSMIC HORRORS SO SCARY LIKE YOU CANT EVEN IMAGINE DUDE
Wyatt Adams
I said he was too racist for today. As in todays siciety would bitch and whine about it. I don't give a shit if they make lovecraft films or not. Now fuck off.
Luis Reyes
I watched the Cthulhu movie from from 2007. Despite the name it's a pretty boring Shadow over Insmouth film. There's a decent scene taking place under the town that feels true to the spirit of the source material but aside from that it's not worth watching. The Call of Cthulu would be difficult to film faithfully because so much of the story is epistolory or told in flashbacks. I think it could work in a noir detective fashion though.
There's also a German independent film of The Colour out of Space. It's low budget and has some pretty terrible acting but is worth a watch. The scenes of the neighbour exploring the house when the family are pretty much done for are great.
Del Toro's Mountains of Madness was cancelled because it would have been identical to Prometheus.
>Band of adventurers explore ancient alien ruins and discover that the ancient civilisation isn't as dead as they thought.
It's a shame because it is one of Lovecrafts most filmable works.
Juan Clark
once I read At the Mountains of Madness, I realized that Alien and The Thing were just condensations of that story
also, I recommend Banshee Chapter, if you want some Lovecraftian horror involving drugs
Noah Lewis
FUCK, i just want me goddamn "The Dunwich Horror" movie, bros.
Ethan Brown
2001 is the best cosmic horror film.
Jaxon Harris
Maybe, but it's optimistic humanism is a sharp departure from the genre.
Jacob Smith
I found this one pretty entertaining, but don't expect too much.
There's also "Die Farbe" mentioned. Having the whole movie be black and white and only using color for the meteorite corruption was a great idea, but I wish they didn't use some sick purple tint just so you see it's bad.
You also have "Dagon", which is mostly Shadows over Innsmouth in a small Spanish fishing village.
Brayden Jones
COLOR OUT OF SPACE KINO OUT IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS
Benjamin Anderson
Its is possible but hard
Im not sure that there is some1 who can film it
Most people making movies are focused on retarded fast paced movies
Jacob Hernandez
>Del Toro's Mountains of Madness was cancelled because it would have been identical to Prometheus.
Be very glad that it was cancelled. The script is so fucking bad, it's not Lovercraft is just some monster action film. Terrible, terrible script.
Lucas Young
I actually read through the first act, and I agree completely.
but it would have been visually stunning, let's be honest. I would have loved to see his take on the ancient race, and even more the horrifying shoggoths
I might actually go to the theatre to see that
Adam Carter
I actually can't imagine a film being as horrifying as the descriptions contained in the story.
Ethan Lee
This was so dumb, but i liked it.
Adam Martin
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Wyatt Adams
Because they just pretend to like his works and do not understand what makes them good.
Connor Thompson
There is already movie about Dagon and I think it was pretty good.
John Hughes
Anyone see the Void? I liked it. Apparently it was overhyped but I had never heard of it before I watched it.
Carson Rogers
yeah i liked it
it was kinda hailed as the second coming here a bit which detracted from my enjoyment
Nathaniel Butler
>Wanting more reddit dogshit films
Lovecraft is a fucking meme.
Luis Carter
lovecraftian*
Brayden Russell
Not unfilmable, but a truly faithful adaptation would turn off normies. Lots of internal monologue and carefully avoiding showing the creatures, leaving just enough to the audience imagination. No distributor would sign off on a film guaranteed to not make money.
Lucas Johnson
After I watched it I looked up the reviews and saw that there was a lot of that and a lot of backlash saying it wasn't that great. Reading about it before I watched it would have definitely made it harder to enjoy.
Luke Phillips
Rats in the Wall movie when
Grayson Morris
In the Mouth of Madness was pure art
Chase Perez
Having read Del Toro's Mountains script, it's good Hollywood doesn't attempt to adapt HPL. Suits (even Taco himself) don't get it and they never will.
James Miller
>It's a shame because it is one of Lovecrafts most filmable works.
The script was complete shit tho
Jeremiah Reed
Give me a quick rundown on the Del Taco script
Jason Cook
Lovecraft was ludicrously racist even for his era.
Blake Rodriguez
Come to think of it, existential horror very rarely translates well to the film medium.
Grayson Perry
They should make a movie about his cat commiting crimes
Parker King
Gore, time travel, Nyarlathotep
Jeremiah Bell
That faggot beaner would absolutely ruin ANY HPL adaption. He's gone full woke SJW retard and he would shit all over HPL's legacy.
Adam King
that's because it's fucking retarded
Carter Nguyen
Fear of death is retarded?
Oliver Lopez
I greatly enjoyed it, but the "creatures" are what pushes it to another level, the practical effects are on par with Rob Bottins' best work and truly disturbed me and made my mind reel at the hypothetical idea of them being real.
Leo Robinson
What makes a good Lovecraftian story? Degradation of society? The insignificance of humanity? Mind breaking monstrosities?
Matthew Howard
Existential horror isn't the fear of death but, yeah, fear of death is retarded.
Evan Cox
Onee-sans
Thomas Rogers
So far, Ane Naru Mono is pretty much the opposite of a typical Cosmic Horror story (granted, it is a slice of life). Even though there is a heavy emphasis on how Chiyo is so far beyond humans that she can't even tell humans and lesser gods apart, most of the story is about her longing for more human things, such as hearing Yuu-kun say that he likes her or feeling his warmth when they hug each other. Much of the more heartwarming moments revolves around how despite their differences, they are content with just being with each other.
Evan Howard
Garbage
Elijah Perry
There's a difference between acknowledging the fact that race exists and thinking your race is superior. I mean even if the man hated niggers and jews it doesn't mean he thought he was better than them. Not a racist.
Jacob Lopez
What story would be the easiest to turn into a film?
Luis Kelly
I don't think you've ever read the "On the creation of niggers" poem. He calls them animals and beasts.
Isaiah Nelson
Based.
Easton Sanchez
BEGONE
Eli Wilson
There is literally nothing wrong with loving your eldritch oneesan
Nathaniel Hughes
>Lovecraft described Jackson's stories as "trivial, effeminate, and, in places, coarse." Continuing, Lovecraft said that Jackson's characters exhibit the "delicate passions and emotions proper to negroes and anthropoid apes.
> I, on the other hand, don't give a hang about the masses except so far as I think deliberate cruelty is coarse and unaesthetic—be it towards horses, oxen, undeveloped men, dogs, negroes, or poultry.
It was a lynchpin of his worldview. Pretty much anyone outside the new england stock of his peers he considered deficient to some degree.
Logan Reed
You know damn well why nobody makes adaptions anymore
Robert Thomas
Going to TIFF to see it. Will report back
Andrew Morris
>anyone outside the new england stock of his peers he considered deficient to some degree.
Yeah, that's about right.
Kayden Nguyen
>In another letter concerning the events of 1908 he notes, "I was and am prey to intense headaches, insomnia, and general nervous weakness which prevents my continuous application to any thing."
> An account from a high school classmate described Lovecraft as exhibiting "terrible tics" and that at times "he'd be sitting in his seat and he'd suddenly up and jump."
>In another letter concerning the events of 1908, Lovecraft stated that he "could hardly bear to see or speak to anyone, & liked to shut out the world by pulling down dark shades & using artificial light."
Truly the masterace.
Ethan Walker
Hey man, even Ubermensch Chads such as he get sick from time to time, no need to seethe about it.
Robert Morris
True lovecraftian horror lacks human sentimentality which normal audiences don't want to face. The entire draw of his work is how insignificant and ignorant we are of the greater perils/atmosphere of the universe. If you think that's gonna fly with hollywood or even indie asshats who want to encapsulate 'muh human condition' think again.