Top 11 Lovecraftian Horror Films
The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
Who knows Lovecraft better than members of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society? This group was responsible for distributing The Call of Cthulhu, which was a silent film adaptation of the Lovecraft story. Produced by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman (Leman also directed), the film runs just 47 minutes long but is a very creative effort. It was shot silently and in black-and-white so as to give the audience the feel of a film created in the 1920’s. This is a wildly successful adaptation and popular among Lovecraft fans. If you need something done right, you do it yourself… and get the historical society on board to help out!
Dagon (2001)
Stuart Gordon appears again on the list as he directed this Spanish film (Brian Yuzna produced), which is based on the Lovecraft novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth (not his short story Dagon as one might assume). The film kept very close to the source material and was embraced by most fans. The film centers around the worship of the god Dagon and the Imbocans, who do the worshiping. And none of the congregation is more colorful than the unforgettable Uxia, who must be seen to be believed, but let’s just say, if you’ve got to have tentacles wrapped around you, these would be the ones you’d want.
Re-Animator (1985)
Amongst horror fans this is probably the most memorable film based on a Lovecraft story. Re-Animator (from the story Herbert West—Reanimator) left an impression on audiences that still lasts to this day as some of the shocking imagery from the film was just unforgettable…you know what I’m talking about. Once again the team of Stuart Gordon directing with Brian Yuzna producing and Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton starring made for another fantastic Lovecraft adaptation. Although some HPL fans felt the movie was a desecration of their hero, who could never write such exploitation, in reality it is a relatively close retelling of the story. And regular ol’ horror fans loved every drop of the 24 gallons of blood Gordon used on the film (his previous bloodshed record for a film was two gallons).
Dead Shadows Synopsis
Dead Shadows, David Cholewa’s first feature film, tells the terrifying story about a young man, Chris, whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago on the same day that Haley’s comet could be seen from earth. Tonight a new comet is going to appear, and everyone in his building is getting ready for a party to celebrate the event. There’s even an apocalypse theory going around.
As night falls, Chris starts to discover that people are acting strange – and it seems to somehow be connected to the comet. People are becoming disoriented and violent, and it doesn’t take long before they start mutating into something from beyond this world. In a fight for survival, Chris has to try to escape from his building with the help from some other tenants – but will they make it out alive?
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