HP Lovecraft - Classic Or Dud?

seriously though... i liked it a lot, it's really in the spirit of hpl.

i'm enjoying this luc sante article! it made me LOL!

and Ryleh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYrQRcy45RQ

an animated short from france

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/sci_nat_enl_1161188217/img/1.jpg

Full story here.

Yeah, the best part is the early creepy part, but Dagon quickly devolves into crap.

Ironically, Re-animator, which is about 80% black comedy, is the best Lovecraft adapt so far.

Lucky you. I keep seeing this thread as "HP Lovesauce".

http://static.flickr.com/23/40492213_9650d24cf4.jpg?v=0

and go here if it doesn't.

Now there's a Freudian slip...

http://www.giantstep.net/events/676

BBC Radio 3 did a bio thing on HPL, available for this week

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/sundayfeature/pip/96knh/

Weird Tales: The Strange Life of HP Lovecraft
Listen to this episode for up to 7 days after broadcast

Sunday 10 June 2007 20:00-20:45 (Radio 3)

Geoff Ward examines the strange life and terrifying world of the man hailed as America's greatest horror writer since Poe.

During his life, Lovecraft's work was confined to lurid pulp magazines and he died in penury in 1937. Today, however, his writings are considered modern classics and published in prestigious editions. How did such a weird, wild and ungodly writer get canonised? Among the writers considering his legacy are Neil Gaiman, ST Joshi, Kelly Link, Peter Straub and China Mieville.
Duration:

45 minutes

Good cast of usual suspects (unfamiliar with Link, though) -- no Clive Barker? Then again Ramsay Campbell would be even more appropriate for a UK-based documentary.

> no Clive Barker? Then again Ramsay Campbell would be even more appropriate for a UK-based documentary.

this is an odd thing to say given that both barker and campbell were born in the same town 8)

was surprised to see campbell is still writing - haven't seen anything of his on bookshelves for years (haven't been looking that hard tbh). last thing i read of his was Dark Feasts ('87) (ditto Barker and Cabal in '88)

No Mark E. Smith!

this is an odd thing to say given that both barker and campbell were born in the same town 8)

Amazing! (I meant more that Campbell still lives/works in the UK, is all.) But Dadaismus is right most of all; MES on HPL could be endlessly listened to.

I recall his cameo as being one of the more amusing bits of the Planetary/Authority crossover.

http://www.livescience.com/environment/070723_antarctic_mountains.html

The Plateau of Leng! They've found it!

i have the library of america edition of his TALES. i need to read that, then my harlan ellison omnibus.

http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/current/schedule/img/2007poster.jpg

HPL film fest going on this weekend in portland! wooooo!

Wow, some great looking stuff in there. Let's hope for an early Lurker release of some of the best of it.

suffice it to say that this one is probably my fave from this year:

http://www.9livesofmara.com/maraposter_final.jpg

in terms of weirdness and foul-mouthed children and actual decent filmmaking & acting

http://www.9livesofmara.com/

http://www.lolthulhu.com/

The HPL Historical Society, who did the silent 'Call of Cthulhu' , have a trailer for their new production, 'Whisperer in Darkness' up at their site. Release is slated for 2008.

glad to see 'The Thing' is getting it's due as a Lovecraft film. matches At The Mountains of Madness closer than In the Mouth of Madness.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/cthulhu/

haha

funny i just read shadow over innsmouth yesterday

Tori Spelling and HP Lovecraft- together at last!

oh I'll see that movie all right

I like how it boasts of winning an award at a Lovecraft conference. Must have been up aqainst some strong competition!

Has anyone ever read The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long?
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Transdimensional beasts that pursue hapless meddling scientists thru the medium of geometry, right on!

lol "esoteric order of dagon" church sign