― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 20 October 2006 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― paizuri-san (davidcorp), Friday, 20 October 2006 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer: now with 15 extra steamy minutes! (latebloomer), Friday, 20 October 2006 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link
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.
― Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 20 October 2006 18:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 20 October 2006 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 20 October 2006 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Lucky you. I keep seeing this thread as "HP Lovesauce".
― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 20 October 2006 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Soukesian (Soukesian), Friday, 20 October 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 20 October 2006 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link
http://static.flickr.com/23/40492213_9650d24cf4.jpg?v=0
and go here if it doesn't.
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:35 (seventeen years ago) link
Now there's a Freudian slip...
― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Friday, 27 October 2006 14:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer: Winner of the Congressional Medal of....UGLY (latebloomer), Saturday, 28 October 2006 09:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer: Winner of the Congressional Medal of....UGLY (latebloomer), Saturday, 28 October 2006 09:29 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.giantstep.net/events/676
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Monday, 20 November 2006 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link
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
― kingfish, Monday, 11 June 2007 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 June 2007 03:28 (sixteen years ago) link
> 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)
― koogs, Monday, 11 June 2007 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
No Mark E. Smith!
― Tom D., Monday, 11 June 2007 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 June 2007 14:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I recall his cameo as being one of the more amusing bits of the Planetary/Authority crossover.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Monday, 11 June 2007 15:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.livescience.com/environment/070723_antarctic_mountains.html
The Plateau of Leng! They've found it!
― kingfish, Friday, 27 July 2007 04:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i have the library of america edition of his TALES. i need to read that, then my harlan ellison omnibus.
― poortheatre, Friday, 27 July 2007 04:28 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/current/schedule/img/2007poster.jpg
HPL film fest going on this weekend in portland! wooooo!
― kingfish, Saturday, 6 October 2007 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, some great looking stuff in there. Let's hope for an early Lurker release of some of the best of it.
― aldo, Saturday, 6 October 2007 10:11 (sixteen years ago) link
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/
― kingfish, Saturday, 6 October 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.lolthulhu.com/
― Oilyrags, Sunday, 7 October 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Soukesian, Thursday, 18 October 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 18 October 2007 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/cthulhu/
haha
― caek, Friday, 8 August 2008 10:36 (fifteen years ago) link
funny i just read shadow over innsmouth yesterday
― max, Friday, 8 August 2008 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Tori Spelling and HP Lovecraft- together at last!
― Neil S, Friday, 8 August 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
oh I'll see that movie all right
― J0hn D., Friday, 8 August 2008 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I like how it boasts of winning an award at a Lovecraft conference. Must have been up aqainst some strong competition!
― Neil S, Friday, 8 August 2008 12:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Has anyone ever read The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long? # Transdimensional beasts that pursue hapless meddling scientists thru the medium of geometry, right on!
― MaresNest, Friday, 8 August 2008 12:43 (fifteen years ago) link
lol "esoteric order of dagon" church sign
― ian, Friday, 8 August 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I was put off Lovecraft for forever because his fanbase doesn't really do him many favors. But I'm glad I finally overcame my prejudices, because he really is quite fantastic (noting that I have not yet read any of the stories which are generally labeled 'dud'). I generally tend to judge art on the basis of how successful it is at what it's trying to achieve (rather than how it measures up to some arbitrary canon), and on that front Lovecraft wins.
― Deric W. Haircare, Friday, 8 August 2008 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
That film doesn't look too bad. It should be set in the 20s though.
― chap, Friday, 8 August 2008 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.quedat.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/star-nosed_mole.jpg
The Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) is a small North American mole found in eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States. It is the only member of the tribe Condylurini and the genus Condylura.
― omar little, Friday, 8 August 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
WHy doesn't someone make a movie out of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward? It would be super-easy to adapt, and my 12-year-old self tells me that it's bowel-loosening scary.
― Pancakes Hackman, Friday, 8 August 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
They did.
― Deric W. Haircare, Saturday, 9 August 2008 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
posters for this year's fest are out. Take yer pick:
http://hplfilmfestival.com/sites/hplfilmfestival.com/files/news/HPLFF2008MignolaPoster.jpg or http://hplfilmfestival.com/sites/hplfilmfestival.com/files/HPLFF08.jpg
― kingfish, Sunday, 21 September 2008 06:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw the Cthulhu movie last week. It's really really good. Definitely lacking in regards to the acting and cinematography in a few spots, but the overall story and vibe are surprisingly awesome.
I'd say excluding loose affiliates like The Thing, this is probably the best Lovecraft adaptation I've seen. Sure, I have more love in my heart for the kitsch of Dunwich Horror and the hilarious gross-out of Reanimator and From Beyond. But this new one is a must-see for anyone into HPL. Tori Spelling is weird treat; honestly though, she's overshadowed by many other people and... things. (there's a lot more people than things though)
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 21 September 2008 09:23 (fifteen years ago) link