Has any filmmaker managed to capture his atmosphere?
I mean this genuinely, not as a meme.
From Beyond
No because racism in the year 2016 of not okay
What makes a film Lovecraftian?
The only non-literature form of media to capture the Lovecraft atmosphere is actually a video game, Bloodborne
>>70934712
It has a big monster in it
>>70934725
Fuck off with this meme.
>>70934712
Weird unseen thing that drives people crazy by looking at it, paranoia and xenophobia.
Who will play him in the inevitable biopic?
Why did he hate black people tho?
![bloodbornespider[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/b6JkNHP.png "bloodbornespider[1].png")
>>70934745
what's the matter anon?
>>70934745
if a massively acclaimed game has multiple obvious homages and references and even an entire area DIRECTLY based on a Lovecraft story it's a meme?
especially when most acclaim is centered around how well the game achieves Lovecraft tone?
only direct lovecraft film i've seen is re-animator - love it but probably not what you're looking for
>>70934820
video games are cancer
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>>70934844
Here we fucking go
Fuck off
>>70934856
:'(
What atmosphere? I read Call of Cthulhu(actually bought a big-ass book called The Necronomicon) and the whole story was just a guy talking about things "so fucked up you would go mad seeing it". Probably somewhat scary at a time where people were retarded and just believed everything.
>>70934634
True Detective season 1. Its not overtly supernatural but it has the atmosphere I think.
>>70934634
The Horror at Red Hook would make a great fucking series, think Board Walk Empire meets Lovecraft.
![1748302[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/XfiV9L4.jpg "1748302[1].jpg")
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>>70934847
explain to me how Bloodborne is not Lovecraft: the video game
>>70934634
back to /v/eddit
>>70934962
i'm not saying it's not
i'm saying video games are not art and are inherently for plebs like yourself.
>>70934962
Because it's surface level as fuck
What's cosmic horror about beating the fuck out of some bloke with a hammer
Miyazaki
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>>70934981
so you're a backwards dinosaur who hasn't played the game?/are treating video games the same way the rest of the art world treated film when it came about?
So... a fool? you're a fool!
got it.
>>70935065
>comparing video games to film
kill yourself for even thinking that thought
>>70934981
please anon
>>70934982
the entire aesthetic, the unfathomable danger lurking everywhere, the theme of insanity (which you can also catch), unimaginable horrors that make you go mad from looking at them
you can't really fully capture the lovecraft aesthetic because it relies on NOT seeing whatever it is being discussed, since the imagination can conjure much worse things than any creative artist, but Bloodborne is certainly a respectable attempt
>>70934982
>Because Lovecraft's novels are surface level as fuck
>What's cosmic horror about a detective talking to some fucking guy
I feel I was able to capture your essence by using shitty grammar and starting a sentence with a preposition.
>>70935065
>go to steam
>search Bloodborne
>0 results
console faggots need to stop pretending they are serious gamers
>>70935084
>comparing film to painting
kill yourself for even thinking that thought
>>70934634
This topic was visited exhaustively three days ago. Just check the archives.
>>70935084
>comparing films to literature
Kill yourself etc
You see why you're wrong?
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>>70935146
no
the connecting feature in art is that one person has a creative vision (there are a few exceptions). this person either
>creates his vision
or
>gets a group a people to help create his vision
this is why film, painting, movies, music are special. they inherently are human.
video games are the result of a thinktank trying to not only appeal to a demographic of pathetic "gamers" who like a certain style, but crafting a story that as many people can understand as possible.
real art is a result of a creative spark.
video games are the result of a bunch of nerds trying to make something cool.
>>70934634
The Thing was lovecraftian, wasn't it?
>>70934634
AM1200
Mouth of madness
Absentia
Maléfique
These managed a lovecraftian feel without being directly based off of his works.
>>70935312
you didn't play Bloodborne then
>crafting a story that as many people can understand as possible.
K E K
>>70934815
Like all racists, he was a shut-in loser with no friends.
>>70935312
bloodborne would be too difficult for you anyway :^)
>>70934634
Is that Rick Owens dad?
>>70934962
Because it's gothic horror?
>>70935440
And yet he has millions of fans long after his death.
>>70935485
this is exactly why videogames will never be taken seriously as an artform
>>70935598
Most of whom have never read his work.
Possession and Event Horizon are also very lovecraftian.
>>70935672
I read it and I'm a fan.
What the fuck does it matter. Stay on topic.
>>70935672
Which is even more impressive if you think about it.
>>70935312
While I agree that Bloodborne shouldn't be in this thread at all, you should know that Miyazaki has complete control over the team at FROMsoft.
They pretty much do exactly what he says. So it's not like a bunch of people all with equal amounts of power.
>>70934634
The Thing
Cube
Alien
The Last Wave
>>70935729
I don't think I'd call it impressive.
More like a demonstration of the futility of the masses. Millions of people are Justin Bieber fans, etc.
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>>70934745
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voMAx-lKfIw
>>70935924
And you're clearly a demonstration of what it is to be butthurt.
So is Lovecraft gothic horror or what?
wow literally every day now huh
>>70936059
Butthurt over what, exactly?
>>70936080
No. Pretty well removed. People tend to classify it as "weird horror."
>>70936123
>weird horror
What a vague title.
Anyway, wasn't he pretty influenced by Poe in his earlier works?
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>>70936168
isn't it basically its own genre? heard it called Lovecraftian horror, or cosmic horror.
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>>70936168
He was influenced by quite a few authors, many of them a lot better, but only get a fraction of the credit and acclaim.
>>70936187
>Lovecraftian
Yes, as Lovecraft was the most popular (imo, unfortunately) author of the genre.
People often bring up Blackwood, Chambers, Maachen, Lieber, Hodgson, and others as big influences of the genre.
>>70936168
Poe was in both.
>>70936254
Being inspired by someone is unrelated to what genre they write in.
HPL took a half-hearted stab at a couple of gothic horror pieces, though he's really out of his element.
>>70936350
I liked The Outsider.
>>70936479
It's a good story. Beyond the castle setting and the Victorian soiree there's not a lot that's Gothic about it. It's like you can see HPL trying to really go the distance but just doesn't get there.
What are some good adaptations of picture related?
>>70936615
I see what you mean. The twist was obvious about three miles away too. Still enjoyed it though.
I just genuinely like his less is more style of explaining horror.
earnestly love whisperer in the darkness
>>70934634
Actually, JAWS ironically.
![p21980_p_v8_ae[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xywYSXB.jpg "p21980_p_v8_ae[1].jpg")
When, long ago, the gods created Earth
In Jove's fair image Man was shaped at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
Th'Olympian host conceiv'd a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Filled it with vice, and called the thing a Nigger.
-"On the Creaton of Niggers", by H. P. Lovecraft
>>70934634
can you imagine this guy lived in 1934 and now you look at his picture now
>>70936911
lmao where are you now, SJW /tv/ retards? the man said nigger.
>>70936951
He was born in 1890. He'd be 126 years old today, so even though he died in his 40s, he'd probably still be dead.
Is Penny Dreadful good?
Post your top 3 Lovecraft stories.
The Lurking Fear
The Horror at Red Hook
The Music of Eric Zann
>>70934634
>Has any filmmaker managed to capture his atmosphere?
Leigh Scott has.
OMG DUDE A GUY FROM 100 YEARS AGO WAS RACIST!!!!!
>>70934634
Adam Sandler
>>70937102
On the Creation of Niggers
On the Creation of Niggers
On the Creation of Niggers
>>70936845
If people want to look for good authors in the genre of weird fiction, they should look to William Hope Hodgson.
He had been a merchant sailor back in the last great days of sailing fleets. He got tired of the lifestyle and quit to become a writer. He wrote a pretty decent collection of stories with nautical themes, often a supernatural twist. Ghost pirates. Sargasso Seas. Flying Dutchman. Giant sea monsters, etc.
HPL was a big fan of his, and any time he wrote a story involving the ocean, whether it's Innsmouth or Cthulhu, he's clearly inspired by Hodgson.
Both Jaws and The Fog could have been classic Hodgson works if not written by other authors.
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>>70937160
This is a very interesting, if failed piece.
It's got a lot of Lovecraftian themes, but it's told with Carpenter's frenetic pulp pace.
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>>70935926
You can kill these gods which basically goes against everything Lovecraft's work is all about.
>>70937582
This, entirely.
The problem with a videogame is that nothing is scary when you can fucking whack it to death.
>>70934725
>The only non-literature form of media to capture the Lovecraft atmosphere is actually a video game
Yes and that game is World of Warcraft
>>70937649
sidestepped by the fact that every ending has you succumbing to their rules and will over your own - you either become an eldritch, become their slave or wander away understanding nothing - pretty lovecraftian - realizing your measure of progress or success fails to mean anything when held next to the will of the cosmic
>>70937582
>goes against everything Lovecraft's work is all about.
They kill Cthulhu by ramming his head with a boat.
>>70934634
Out of the movies directly based on his stories I'd say either pic related or Re-animator did the best job. Neither of them are exceptionally good but both are entertaining and it feels like the creators had a lot of love towards the source material they were basing it on.
>>70937887
Re animator is probably my favourite schlocky horror film, though I've not seen many.
I watched it when I was about 14 and loved it.
>>70937582
In Warcraft lore you can't kill the old gods without actually destroying the world so they're as close to Lovecraft as you get
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7EmL55jUk8
ITT: plebs who think tentacle monsters define Lovecraft.
>>70934730
no. that's exactly why movies about HPL never really work. moviemakers/studios believe the real horror lies within the scary monsters, but that's not where it actually is
>>70938093
Yup. Plebs think he wrote stories about tentacle monsters, they're really about existential dread and the insignificance of man.
This is why its never been done well, people think its about the looks/monsters. A generic hack n slash or jump scare film with tentacle monsters does not make it Lovecraftian.
>>70938559
Although I think the original Alien gets a bit of both worlds
>>70937582
You obviously haven't read Lovecraft or you have terrible reading comprehension.
>>70938559
This guy gets it.
>>70938559
Absolutely this
I don't understand where the Lovecraft is tentacles meme has evolved from
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>>70938625
mein negro.
yeah I think Alien gets the whole "humans discover something they shouldn't have found" part of HLP stories bretty well
>>70938696
yeah, I don't get why or when Cthulhu became so popular... it probably was because of that South Park episode
>>70934975
Why do people say that? I've never been to reddit.
is reddit that ex girlfriend that you have to hate in order to feel good about how cool you are?
>>70939217
More like the popular jock in high school, who the stoner loser from band always despises, even though the popular jock has never actually been mean to him.
>>70938625
Yea Alien kinda does both that's true.
>>70938696
Idk but I wish it'd go away.
The feeling of dread and hopelessness/powerlessness is what's essential to his stories.
This is why I think its fair to say True Detective season 1 is pretty lovecraftian, people go "but it wasn't really supernatural!" So what? Uncovering a vast and horrible conspiracy that the hero is powerless stop, even after they get scarface dude they even say there's more out there, is very lovecraftian.
Curiosity killed the cat is also big in his stories and was well reflected in TD also. Rust isn't like other people and why? Because he knows too much/thinks too much. Most people live in blissful ignorance, they don't really think about life but Rust does deeply and it makes him different. The way he can't abandon the case is also very much like how Lovecraft's heroes can't stop investigating whatever strange thing they've found even after being told to stop or hearing others dismiss it all as ridiculous. The idea that finding the truth about something can be terrible, but that its something you can't back away from once started, is very Lovecraftian.
>>70937102
The shadow over innsmouth
Shadow out of time
Dreams of the witch house
>>70937027
Penny dreadful starts off with a good premise but it doesn't really do enough with it/capitalize on it.
>>70937160
Like the thing, dated but creative and close enough as we're going to get.
>>70936636
I'd advise looking into the Roger Corman Poe adaptations, old and somewhat campy but still worth watching.
There was a visual novel called song of saya that some people loved but I actively despise the writer of it.
>>70939417
Also, Lovecraft was said to have regretted his racism later on.
>>70937887
Dagon is good, wished they did better the last 10 minutes, which kinda looked like an episode of Xena
>>70934634
He was a racist old white dude. I'm glad everyone outside of Reddit has forgotten about him
>>70934634
Eerily I can remember seeing a black guy on the news who looked like a black version of him. I wish I'd taken the picture honestly.
>>70939517
yeah - we shouldn't talk about anyone who was racist 100 years ago - don't want my history tainted with upsetting reality! I'd rather we only remember the people who were progressive - all that other stuff is just so triggering
>>70937582
>basically goes against everything Lovecraft's work is all about.
God shut the fuck up that's 1 little part of Lovecraft's idea of cosmicism you fucking knob.
>>70938559
And this is why video games, despite being a medium that isn't as well developed, managed to capture Lovecraftian themes already.Thanks Bloodborne.
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>>70935926
'no'
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>>70937755
mmmmmmmm
>>70934814
idris elba
>>70940086
I was talking about the themes, not about getting scared. Although I got scared a few times in BB; for example, I almost shat myself when I got caught between a wall and a huge fucking abomination made of snakes in the Forbidden Woods.
And to add to it, I never got scared by reading Niggerman's works; Rats in the Walls made me feel a bit icky, but that's it.
>>70938559
so these threads would finally stop if someone edited spooky monsters into a bunch of Michelangelo Antonioni films?
>>70934634
The VVitch and The Thing are the only movies ive seen that do it relatively well.
>>70939970
>video games
Ya blew it
>>70936911
Way to ruin my fucking joke before I make it, faggot.
Since Mr. Smartass decided to fuck the funnier post I had in mind, I'll go with Hellboy as my pick.
Maybe not so much in terms of ambient and atmosphere, but the creatures and their visuals are directly inspired by his work.
>>70937582
the only full god you kill in bloodborne is when you areacceding to godhood yourself
otherwise, you only fight abortions/baby god keepers
>>70940394
came here to post Hellboy
mah nigga
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