Is it possible to make a good Cthulhu movie?
No, now shut up.
He's become a Joker-tier edgy teen meme at this point. The only way you could do a K'toolho movie at this point is to throw him in with the others in a quip filled action movie where they save the world.
>>71933507
Sure, if you want to die horribly.
>>71933507
Am I the only one that wants cthulu to cumthulu in my boithulu?
It's been done already. black and white, silent with title cards, awesome soundtrack, faithful script, charming miniatures. It's perfect. Watch it and know that a major studio will never top this fucking indie film made on $50,000.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478988/
>>71933588
That movie wasn't very good ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
>>71933507
yes, if you give it to del toro and tell him "no limits"
>>71933507
Sure it is.
Needs a director that understands the material though
>>71933507
>dozens, possibly hundreds of other stories better suited for adaptation
>we want cuntooloo xD rawr
fucking living breathing memes
>>71933507
is it possible to go one day without a lovecraft thread?
for fuck's sake pls give it a rest
Where's my Mr. Niggerman movie? Also what's the best Lovecraft story? For me its The Whisperer in the Darkness.
>>71933507
>>71933588
This. It's an excellent film that was done by the HP Lovecraft Society.
Give it a watch, don't be a faggot.
>>71933641
Yeah, when someone says they love Lovecraft, you can measure how pleb they are by how many more words come out of their mouth before they mention Cthulhu.
https://youtu.be/Zw3QgnWZJvA
For noobs, here's 20 hours of 90% good content
It's hard to make a good movie off of shitty source material
>>71933659
I like color out of space a lot.
>>71933712
I mean, the Cthulhu Mythos is what really put Lovecraft on the map. Before that he probably had 20 readers from his Weird Tales publications. I don't immediately judge people who instantly bring up tCoC when they talk about Lovecraft, but usually it ends up being literally the only thing about his work that they know. Then I judge them.
>>71933507
no, fuck off with that memehulhu shit
real lovecraftkino coming through
>producer needs to understand the material
>writer needs to understand the material
>director needs to understand the material
You're never going to get all three of those on board for cosmic horror. Even if they did.
>the audience needs to understand the material
Cosmic horror would best be used a candy shell coating for a main audiovisual genre, much like what the writers for Almost Human did with futurism/scifi.
If you're really "lucky", someone will manage to mash all the surface layer ideas of the Lovecraftian mythos to make a mindless, soulless pile of shit like the Hackowskis did for cyberpunk with the Matrix.
>>71933805
What's the sauce on your webm?
>>71933561
>The only way you could do a K'toolho movie at this point is to throw him in with the others in a quip filled action movie where they save the world.
This. Just put JewJew Abrams in charge and make it a "meta-ironic" quipfest with butt-kicking action grrrrrrrls
>>71933507
Not... from a Jedi...
lovecraft is inherently un-cinematic. the closest cinematic corollary to the way he writes would be like a fake ken burns documentary or something. something like the hellstrom chronicle but with occult shit instead of insects.
Who would play Cthulhu
>>71933994
Bruce Jenner
He gives off an eldritch vibe nowadays.
>>71933507
I know this isn't the board for it but if you want to experience a good Lovecraft Cuthulu story you should play Bloodborne on PS4.
>>71933994
Idris Elba
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth was pretty fun tbH
>>71934070
OUTSHHHIDER!
>>71934028
>>71934070
>>71934109
>>>/v/
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK
there already is, dipshits.
how do you film something that the author literally states is unfathomably indescribable
>>71933507
Daily reminder that you're pronouncing it wrong.
>>71934295
We all are, really.
>>71933789
its shit
>>71934300
Dubs tells no lies
>>71933869
A Record of Sweet Murder, Koji Shiraishi's (of Grotesque and Noroi fame) first film with a sizable budget.
It is also latest entry of films where he utilizes eldritch beings with unspeakable power. Though in this film we are presented with a far different side to these entities, mostly due to it being an overall dramatic character piece with an almost romance flavor (as close to romance as a man who has made his career through mockumentary horrors and body horror/gore porn/rape movies.)
The other entries being Occult and Cult.
Occult presents these beings as partaking, deep in the background of the narrative, in an interdimensional jihad which has begun to leak upon the Earth.
Cult presents similar entities engaging in sectarian and subversive activities.
Two of those movies have subs.
Record of Sweet Murder is in both Japanese and Korean speak, so likely it will never be subbed in our lifetime.
>>71934265
Jaws style. Only show shadows and hints of it. The primary antagonists should be cult members trying to bring him back to life.
>>71934265
Have the story be described by a professor from the Miskatonic University. Have it done like how Dilios in 300 tells it. Played straight, but incredibly too fantastical to be completely believed.
>>71934437
This would work. I can already picture the set.
>>71933605
Aw he's such a sleepy bastard
>>71934070
Good till you get a gun, for more cthlulululu i recommend listening to some wayne june audio books hard to find but worth it
>>71934070
I want a Shadow Over Innsmouth movie
>>71934265
>no gibbous
>no non-euclidean
Shit pic
>>71934823
>Racemixing with subhumans is bad: the Story
>Being made in 2016
>>71933750
Dreams in the witching house was pure kino my relative
>>71934807
[Wayne June unabridged audio books]
I decided to share mine because they're hard to find
Also this is the same voice actor for Darkest dungeon
https://mega.nz/#!s5J12IRa!goAzpME1tlhB6Q7C7MqUMAO38-ihLBRdQgg3A31ImgE
>>71934823
>>71934857
As a German the story becomes more and more meaningful with each day. I'm basically waiting for the Order of Refugees Welcome to knock at my door and telling me to breed with a a burka.
>>71934997
;__;7
>>71934028
delete this
(bloodborne looks awesome)
>>71935045
Merkel is that Captain that promised us to revive our fishing grounds, but we have to sacrifice our culture in order to do so. What is happening with islam here is almost literally what happened with the Deep Ones and the Order of Dagon.
Like first it's just trading favours. Then it's more or less hidden coexistence. Then it becomes mainstream. Then it's forced upon you and I end up being a fucking drunk on /pol/ trying to explain some fucking liberal from the states why Islam is bad.
Outside of the technical inaccuracies regarding U boats having windows and such, I see no reason why a The Temple film couldn't work. Outside of the initial skirmishes with ships and the diving sections (which could be done with scale models and a big fish tank), the whole thing takes place on a single set and the story doesn't feature any "indescribable" or "eldritch" elements that might be hard to visualize.
Are we too far in the modern age for Cosmic Horror? We peeked through Hubble and Chub Niggurah isn't out there.
It worked back then because scientific discoveries weren't as vast as today's.
>>71936135
>giant unspeakable all powerful horrors aren't actually real
Well fuck me sideways anon.
Still. It doesn't change a fact that we are just atoms in the game of stars.
>>71936341
But that's not horrifying. Black Science Man isn't crying that we should be afraid of space, since we're made of stardust. There is no urgency, no "oh shit our souls are going to be eaten guys". Even hurricanes and global warming and black holes aren't that frightening since it's a part of nature with explainable natural laws.
Cosmic horror is beyond understanding and absolutely horrifying. Nothing in this universe warrants such terror. We are too educated about the knowns and the unknowns gets smaller and smaller.
>>71933507
I don't know. Let me just check the previous 100 threads we've had about the exact same topic this year so far.
>>71936484
Maybe the real horror is that space is pretty boring and there's no unknowable cosmic beings out there waiting to be discovered.
The comfiest of subjects, imhofam.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jg9VCf5einY
>>71934070
Fucking this, if you can make a game that's good on it (in atmosphere/world building) you sure as fuck can make a good film
>>71934409
>it will never be subbed in our lifetime.
please, i'm willing to bet computers will be able to do it in the next couple decades no problem... please.
>>71936587
>better to have real demons that can torture you in this universe than none that can do you no harm.
are you a masochist? Count your blessings.
>>71936650
I think most people would rather suffer than be bored when it comes down to it.
>>71936687
Then they don't know what they're asking. It's like that stupid quote about reigning in hell. Can one imagine being burn forever, unable to shut off the pain?
spoopy!
>>71933754
I havent read much about it, i remember the ipswich one and the story where him and his uncle fight a ghost or something and they get flamethrowers.
>>71935156
If Christ doesnt deliver us from this evil i kinda hope we follow the strong (but fake) religion
>>71934070
http://www.callofcthulhu-game.com/
>>71933712
The story is by far his most popular work, you can hardly blame people for mentioning it in relation to him.
>>71936635
Well, if Koji wrote all the Korean lines with direct translations, that's possible.
But at this point in time Worst Korean speak is doggerel and prone to fad slang that comes and goes as the seasons change. Would require a lot of continuous human input.
>>71937150
l2read
In The Mouth of Madness was a pretty solid cosmic horror film (even if it wasn't a direct Lovecraft adaptation)
>>71937122
Looks preddy gud so far. Hopefully it doesn't turn into another haunted house walking simulator game
>>71937189
Fuck are you even talking about.
>>71936938
At least it would be interesting. And people would want to talk to you about it.
>>71937199
yeah carpenter is the boss
>>71937206
IF YOU KNEW HOW TO READ GOOD YOU'D KNOW
>>71937215
You're an idiot.
>>71933507
If it was done in similar atmosphere to Cloverfield then yeah maybe.
>>71937222
at least i'm not sitting on /tv/ at five am looking like a dumb shit
>>71936135
>>71936341
>>71936484
>>71936587
>>71936650
you retards do realise life in space is a garuntee based on size of the universe alone
there may very well be giant tentacle monsters but we cant see them or make contact with me yet
>>71938256
No ones saying there's no other life in the universe tardbreath, just there's no unspeakable cosmic horrors awaiting us that will drive us insane just by looking at them. Maybe just some mind flayer looking things if we chance across them.
>>71933507
I would say Shadows Over Innsmouth is probably the best Lovecraftian movie to adapt. It's longer than most of his stories, so more material to adapt, it has more action segments for the average audience, and does a good job of easing into the mythos, rather than smacking them over the head with the high concept stuff.
>>71938335
so you'll use the idea of an infinite universe (irrespective of shape) to justify aliens but magic space squids is too far
>>71938256
>we cant see them or make contact with me yet
>make contact with me
>me
>>71934265
>how do you film something that the author literally states is unfathomably indescribable
ah the classic "lovecraft is unfilmable because his monsters are le indescribable horror" meme perpetuated by idiots who have never read lovecraft
>>71938527
overdone. there's already dagon (which i think is great) as well as an australian short film
>>71938550
Pretty much, yes.
>>71938733
thanks for clarifying as per my request
>>71938675
what this guy said
for the most part
not to mention people who don't understand horror at all
nowhere is it written you need to show the monster
>>71933659
The Case of Carles Dexter Ward
>>71938963
that's my favorite HPL story
there's an okay movie based on it called the resurrected, check it out
>>71934823
Just watch Dagon.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264508/
>>71939009
wow I have never heard about it. Thanks, will definitely check it out!
Anyone seen The Reanimator by the way?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089885/
it's a funny horror movie I guess, although I'd say it's comedy
>>71939069
it was alright
i think i was drunk when i saw it tho
>>71933580
Ancient Ones hate fags.
>>71934340
no u
it's fun
>>71939041
I swear the princess has the most attractive eyes I have ever encountered.
>>71939069
>Asking /tv/ of all places if we have watched something with Jeffrey Combs in it
By the Founders.
>Delta Green team operating in Vietnam
>Hueys landing on a clear area
>Search and Destroy mission against a possible vietcong cult
>Shit starts to go weird, cannot confim if regular PTSD, vietcom PSYOPS, drugs in the vaccines...>It ain't me starts playing
>>71939283
I have no idea what you're talking about nigga
I'm a /v/irgin /fit/izen, I just happen to come on /tv/ every now and then because of GOT
The Call of Cthulhu isn't even one of his better stories.
>>71939331
You should look at a star trek thread. Combs has played several of the best characters in various masks, he is well loved here.
>>71933588
>>71933690
It was a valiant effort, but on the whole it was too amateurish to wholly succeed in coming off as an authentic silent film experience. As much as I love the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society and as much as I'm sympathetic to low budget independent efforts like these, If you're going to do a project based on such a strong gimmick, you better do it right or otherwise the whole thing crumbles.
>>71933986
This would be the best way to handle a modern Call of Cthulhu film at least, other than attempting to make a more successful silent film adaption.
The modern crew finds late Francis Wayland Thurston's account of George Gammell Angell's notes on the incident, who seem to have themselves diapered.
Intrigued, the documentary crew sets out to check the validity of that account by other means, and finds more than they bargained for. We visit Arkham Massachusetts, Miskatonic University, get a more detailed account of what the New Orleans police seemed to be up against at the time, traces of what happened to that Cthulhu cult, visit Norway and even travel to certain coordinates.
>>71939041
I like Dagon, but it isn't a faithful adaption, nor does it make the best of the material.
>>71939708
Yeah true.
I liked the hotel scenes in the beginning a lot tho.
Fuck cthulu
>I wanna see a movie about Yig.
A lovecraftian movie without seeing any monsters, just the reaction to it would be great, but it would fall on the actors shoulders to make it or break it
i think the moral of the story is that a "lovecraftian" film doesn't appear financially viable to studios
>can't rely on most famous icon of his work
>can't rely on badass summer blockbuster sfx
>can't rely on big name actors, they'd have to use actually talented ones
i'm not saying it wouldn't make for good movies. i'm saying hollywood and the majority of the movie-going public don't like that kinda shit.
One is already in the making
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920/
>>71941022
>alex garland
Beautiful.
>>71941022
Nice, also enjoy your ban
>>71933640
>Needs a director that understands the material though
I'm also hoping that Paul Feig uses a Cthulhu analogue for the Ghostbusters (2016) sequel
>>71941022
>based on some book by some hack nobody has ever heard of
you meme loving fuck
>>71942143
the book is good though, closest you'll ever get to modern Lovecraft.
>>71942174
>trusting the book recommendations of a pony/oval poster
i bet you read young adult novels
