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H.P.
LOVECRAFT INSPIRED
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 Halloween is the best time to
watch one or more of these strangle and often disturbing films. Below are our favorite thirteen
H.P. Lovecraft inspired
movies:
Re-Animator
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend
become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the
re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student (Jeffrey
Combs) arrives on campus.
Herbert West has a very good
head on his shoulders... and another one in a dish on his
desk! Deep within the morgue at Miskatonic University,
arrogant madman West (Jeffrey Combs) introduces fellow
graduate student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) to his startling
formula for the re-animation of fresh corpses. But the
secret of life and death has some very messy consequences.
Be warned that this movie is very gory and has several very
disturbing scenes! 1985
Bride of Re-Animator
The mad Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), the tormented Dr.
Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), and the beheaded Dr. Carl Hill
(David Gale) return in this terrifying sequel to
Re-Animator, the most deliriously outrageous horror movie of
the decade. It's been eight months since the Miskatonic
Massacre stained the halls with blood - and Dr. West and Dr.
Cain's experiments have taken a bizarre turn.
Now they have gone beyond
re-animating the dead...into the realm of creating new life.
The legs of a hooker and the womb of a virgin are joined to
the heart of Dr. Cain's dead girlfriend - and the bride is
unleashed upon her mate in a climax of sensual horror. 1989
Beyond of Re-Animator
Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry, Elsa Pataky. The mental maggot
Dr. Herbert West may be in prison but his deranged mind is
not in check. From his cell, he conducts his experiments on
all that is available rats and in doing so, garners the
attention of a new young prison doctor. 2003
Dagon
Based on his short story, Dagon tells the
story of a fishing village tempted by greed who evolve into
freakish half-human creatures and must sacrifice outsiders
to an ancient, monstrous god of the sea. 2004
H.P. Lovecraft's:
Necronomicon
Journey into the pit of hell with horror master H.P.
Lovecraft (Jeffrey Combs) in this chilling thriller. An
intoxicating thrill ride filled with gruesome special
effects.
1994
From Beyond
Adapted by Stuart Gordon "From Beyond" is pure Lovecraftian science-terror. Out-there
scientist Dr. Pretorious (Ted Sorel) and his assistant Dr.
Tillinghast (Jeffery Combs) are working towards breaking
through earthly perceptions and revealing a new alternate
universe. They do this by stimulating the pineal gland of
the human brain which enables people to see the strange
creatures that inhabit a parallel dimension. Unfortunately
these creatures can now see humans as well and they are none
too pleased with it.
Dr. Pretorious is killed by the
floating monstrosities but the police blame his assistant
for the murder and lock him up. Only Dr. Katharine
McMichaels (Barbara Crampton) believes the insane tales of
Dr. Tillinghast and it's up to her to shut down the
experiment that threatens to unleash the other-dimensional
creatures on this universe forever. Great special effects
and solid performances by Combs and Crampton complement a
near-perfect realization by Gordon of Lovecraft's vividly
detailed and chilling vision of scientific possibilities.
The Dunwich Horror
Lurking in the quiet village of Dunwich, a supernatural
horror lies in wait in this adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft
story. When a cute college coed (Sandra Dee) and her
professor (Ed Begley) visit the library at the infamous
Miskatonic University, they discover a young man (Dean
Stockwell) who wishes to check out the dreaded Necronomicon.
An ancient book for divining demons, the Necronomicon allows
its user to bring hell to Earth, and human sacrifice is the
required offering. Pretty young Sandra Dee is the creature's
prey. 1970
Castle Freak
Stuart Gordon takes you on a pulse pounding roller- coaster
ride in Castle Freak. one of the most macabre thrillers
you'll ever experience. John Reilly (Jeffrey Combs -
Re-Animator), Susan (Barbara Crampton - Young & The
Restless) and their daughter come face to face with terror
when they travel to Italy to move into a castle they have
inherited. They soon discover it is haunted by a relentless
blood- thirsty creature. When mutilated bodies start turning
up, John must uncover the Reilly family's dark secret to
save his wife and child from the sadistic being. 1995
The Resurrected
Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private
detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote
cabin owned by his family for centuries. The husband is a
chemical engineer, and the smells from his experiments (and
the delivery of what appear to be human remains at all
hours) are beginning to arouse the attention of neighbors
and local law enforcement officials. When the detective and
wife find a diary of the husband's ancestor from 1771, and
reports of gruesome murders in the area begin to surface,
they begin to suspect that some very unnatural experiments
are being conducted in the old house. 1991
In Search of Lovecraft
While shooting a Halloween news story on horror writer H.P.
Lovecraft, reporter Rebecca Marsh (Renee Sweet) discovers
that the fiction Lovecraft wrote is actually true; the
creatures and cults described in his writings really exist.
She enlists the help of her cameraman, an occult expert, and
Keja (Playboy Model Rachael Robbins Screaming Dead, Kentucky
Fried Horror Show), a sexy witch who is expert on the
Lovecraft mythos. Only together may they survive the vicious
attacks of the cult s creatures. 2009
Masters of Horror - Stuart
Gordon - Dreams in the Witch House
When stressed-out student Walter Gilman rents a room in a
decrepit old house, his graduate thesis studies begin to
take some very strange twists: He suffers nightmares about a
voracious rat with a human face. He suspects that a gateway
to another dimension may exist behind his wall.And he is
seemingly seduced by a luscious she-demon who thirsts for
souls of the innocent via a covenant that screams for blood.
But when Walter must face the most depraved urge of all,
will the line between madness,murder and unholy mayhem be
crossed forever? Chelah Horsdal and Jay Brazeau co-star in
this disturbing shocker directed by Stuart Gordon. 2005
HP Lovecraft's - The Dark Sleep
The Dark Sleep is a new horror film depicting a nightmarish
journey into another dimension when a young woman discovers
the remnants of an ancient cult beneath her house. The Dark
Sleep features amazing stop-motion animation special effects
in the Ray Harryhausen tradition and writer/director Brett
Piper's visual flair brings this adaptation of Lovecraft's
"Dreams in the Witch House to vibrant frightful
life. 2012
In the Mouth of Madness
The mind-bending worlds of author H.P. Lovecraft have long
interested horror directors, but the films have rarely
successfully captured his nightmarish mix of madness and
mythology.
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane,
all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it
seems, has a knack for description that really brings his
evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John
Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act
and ends up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's
End. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Cane's
twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's
problems... 1995
The Whisperer in Darkness
Written in 1931, H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale
of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the
style of the classic horror films of the 1930s. Horror and
science fiction collide in the adventure of Albert Wilmarth,
a folklore professor at Miskatonic University, as he
investigates legends of strange creatures rumored to dwell
in the most remote mountains of Vermont. Wilmarth’s
investigation leads him to a discovery of horrors quite
beyond anything he ever imagined, and ends in a desperate
attempt to escape the remote New England hills with his life
and sanity intact. 2011
Colour from the Dark
It's the 1940's, and World War II is raging. Pietro and
Lucia live on an isolated farm with Alice, Lucia's younger
sister. Alice is a 23 year old who suffers from severe
mental problems. They live their simple lives tilling the
soil as poor farmers. Pietro is a good worker and a strong
man, who unlike his three brothers, is not at war because of
a deformed knee. Lucia is a beautiful and reserved woman
dedicated to her family. Their life is peaceful and good, in
spite of the hard work and isolation. One day, while drawing
water from the well, Pietro and Alice stir something at the
bottom, at first an apparently insignificant event, which
frees something from Earth' womb. A strange and alien color
flashes underwater, at the well's bottom, then disappears.
From that moment on, inexplicable events start happening all
around the farm, and by night, the surrounding vegetation
glitters with a sinister glow. The color soon takes a hold
of the entire farm, and seeps inside Pietro and his family's
minds, drawing them into its sick world of pain, blood and
death... (2006)
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 Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown - Documentary
H.P. Lovecraft was the forefather of modern
horror fiction. What lead an Old World,
xenophobic gentleman to create one of
literature's most far-reaching mythologies? What
attracts even the minds of the 21st century to
these stories of unspeakable abominations and
cosmic gods? This release is a chronicle of the
life, work, and mind that created these weird
tales as told by many of today's luminaries of
dark fantasy including John Carpenter, Guillermo
Del Toro, Neil Gaiman, Stuart Gordon, Caitlin
Kiernan, and Peter Straub. Extras include 90
minutes of extended interviews, stills galleries
of Lovecraftian art, "Making of the Music"
featurette, trailer, and coming attractions.
A well made and insightful documentary from 2009. |
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