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[Andrew999]

I'd be the first to admit there have been many deplorable movies based on the works of the old weirdo - but what were the best?

Re-animator springs to mind and Dagon - but what else?

Mine would be Cast a Deadly Spell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lME8ihEQ1Go

But what would you recommend to your fellow Lovecraft fans?

And whilst we are passing through Innsmouth on a virtual holiday, what Lovecraft comics would you choose to bring with you?

PS - Anyone know the first Lovecraft comic book adaptation of a story?

[Captain Audio]

I'd be the first to admit there have been many deplorable movies based on the works of the old weirdo - but what were the best?

Re-animator springs to mind and Dagon - but what else?

Mine would be Cast a Deadly Spell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lME8ihEQ1Go

But what would you recommend to your fellow Lovecraft fans?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resurrected

[The Australian Panther]

Someone made a list.

The Films of H.P. Lovecraft
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls063330609/

There are 41 films here, and believe me, that's probably not a full list.
And Hollywood has a habit of using Lovecraft's name to sell movies that have little to do with his writing.
I remember seeing 'the Dulwich Horror' back probably in about '71. Disappointing - for one who devoured Lovecraft's books in my High school days.

There have been a number of Lovecraft comics.
Caliber press did a Graphic Novel type series, 'the world of HP Lovecraft'
And there are others.

I tend to shun visual depictions of whatever was going on in Lovecraft's mind. His prose was all verbal suggestion and I prefer my inner depictions of his visions. Reading Lovecraft would make great radio or podcasts. Hmm.   


Cheers!     

[Andrew999]

Big fan of Dan O'Bannon - yeah, I know, who isn't?

I remember seeing Dark Star late at night on television as a student - it blew me away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocse-0bBfo8

[SuperScrounge]

Re-Animator - definitely, I think I've only seen one of the sequels which was weird (had a scene of a re-animated penis fighting a rat, yeaaaaaaaaah... weird)

From Beyond - strange but not bad

There were a series of films that were made in the style of films that existed at the time of first publication, which sounds interesting, but I haven't seen any yet.

[The Australian Panther]

Big fan of Dan O'Bannon - yeah, I know, who isn't?

Dan O'Bannon was inspired at an early age by EC Comics like Tales from the Crypt and old horror films that he saw in St. Louis. He even wrote a few stories for Heavy Metal magazine (which also showed up in the film).

O'Bannon got his start when he and John Carpenter collaborated on the cult sci-fi film Dark Star (1974). After a failed attempt to make "Dune" with bizarre surrealist Alejandro Jodorowsky in Europe, O'Bannon returned to the US and began work on "Star Beast" (later retitled Alien (1979))

Cheers