I absolutely LOVE H.P. Lovecraft. His stories are delightfully chilling and terrifying. Thank you for these. I had a stroke not long ago and it's hard for me to read. Having these stories back is like the return of an old friend
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Dear Don Russell, i hope you are doing well and fine. You are right, Lovecraft does catch our imagination in such immersive way no cinematography work nor other literature texts can.
@@Never_heart when i think of lovecraft himself i hear this voice,wayne june is great but he's wayne june this IS hp lovecraft reading his own work to you
Ah yes. Some of my favorite stories from when I was a child were on audio cassette, some on CDs. Some of them were not replaced with CD, but just gotten rid of with new CD stories. What a shame.
I had this playing through a Bluetooth stereo with my phone at work. When it got to the "turn cassette over" part I stopped right in the middle of what I was doing, walked over and slowly flipped my cell phone over.
Meteorite crashes down outside a small town, otherworldly plants, animals acting strange, people start rotting from the inside out - from Billy & Mandy to EarthBound to Little Shop of Horrors to The Day of the Triffids to The Blob to Invasion of the Body Snatchers... it's a popular plot, and it's always felt like a reference to something. Now I know what it's a reference to. Lovecraft is awesome!
+CarnalKid There's this British guy here on on RU-vid that does pretty good readings as well, he also does his own stories, I think his name is Nick something or another
I hope that along with the latest movie based on this story more people find out about Lovecraft and give all his other stuff a once over. Hopefully this will spur Stanley to make even more Lovecraft films!
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+Infinite Sky It seems a most complete vision of an uncaring universal force acting on people without any semblance of conscious action. It was unknown, mysterious, universal callous action wreaking havoc on man. True cosmic horror at it's pinnacle height. This was what he wanted to convey in his writing, and I think this was his most on point attempt at it without other factors getting muddled along with it.
Thank you for uploading these, they're my sleep stories and I've drifted off nicely to these hundreds of times as well listening to them through while awake so I actually remember what happens. Lovecraft was just incredible.
I wish that all of these and all other "occult" audios on this channel was out on Spotify. have already read or listen to all the lovecraft parts that is out here, but can't get enough. love them, some more than others. thanks for uploading them :)
I understand hp lovecraft , he prefers a indescribable indifferent force of nature like a tornado or a typhoon or a flood or a storm on the horizon it simply comes and all you can do is flee , but the force of nature doesn't even notice you it simply is and is doing what it is supposed to do wether your their or not.
One thing I am really wondering about the story, having just listened to it for the first time, is whether there even truly is a "Colour" to begin with. Up until the testimonies describe sightings of the ghostly multicolored Eldritch Abomination, the menace plaguing the town simply acts comparable to a natural pollution of carcinogenic and radioactive substances entering the environment, like radium found in those factory girls during WWI and the contaminations in Chernobyl (albeit with exaggerated effects). People were also developing sickness and psychosis before they encountered the Colour, if I remember correctly. Therefore, it makes me wonder if the sightings of the alien phantoms are merely indescribable figments of the people's minds as their brains are becoming more and more damaged/warped by the meteorites contents, resulting in mass hysteria. It might also mean the survivor that saw the Colour fly up into the sky is infected himself and will soon die from the same sickness. Is that another valid interpretation of the story? I imagine that Lovecraft would prefer his story to leave the Colour's identity ambiguous, whether it is truly a living alien entity or just a passing natural disaster (albeit one that originates from outer space and which science has not yet discovered). Either way, it seems very creepy and disturbing.
I heard some creaking doors and spooky voices in my kitchen around 3 AM a few weeks ago. I thought I was about to be murdered as a consequence of leaving my back door ajar for the cats. Turns out one of them had walked across my keyboard and fired up a Lovecraft video I had paused : )
The bizarre technobabble is easily one of my favorite parts of any Lovecraft story. He repeatedly describes the metal from the meteorite as 'invulnerable' and 'impervious to chemical attacks', even as he describes it destroying its containers and making acids hiss and spatter against it, all very clear signs of chemical reaction.
he probably specified chemical ATTACKS, not chemical REACTIONS. it still chemically reacts,yes, but the metal can't be destroyed physically or chemically.
This was his best story and also his personal favorite. An entirely original idea that only works in writing. Embodies the theme of things that you can't describe what with literally being a thing you can't describe. It also has little to no racism, which is a nice bonus.
lovecraft's "at the mountains of madness" is excellent too and beautifully read. a story of unknown antarctica in the style of poe's grusome "narrative of arthur gordon pym."
Wow that was great. Hadnt even heard of LC till maybe a year or two ago and being and i cant concentrate long enough to read more than of a book this is perfect. Such an old story and it made my feet sweat. No eyes in the dark or scratching at the door. Just pure wonder and tension. Awesomeness.
1:07:54 to 1:08:37 I think I love that paragraph the most it's so amazing but the another one I like is when ammi sees the thing "ammi tuned away from the window in horror and nausea. Words could not convey it - when ammi looked out again the hapless beast layer huddled inert on the moonlit ground between the splintered shafts of the buggy" and when it shot up oh man this is my first time reading along with the story I love this one probably my 4th favorite Lovecraft story thanks for posting this bud now to watch the movie and see if it's good 😁
@@mr.matchbox2710 as a firm believer that Nick cage is possibly the greatest actor to have ever lived I liked it very much. It was a quite good interpretation of the original story though, I would have liked them to have left in a few more story details that they removed but still worth a watch.
It was decent but you really cant do justice to a Lovecraft story....there is way too much cerebral horror going on to capture it properly. It always plays out like a typical monster movie. Still.. its fun to watch Cage lose his mind. Entertaining but not nearly as good as the writing.
Something just had a little roadside picnic and a little remnant may still stalk the zone. Nothing to worry about. Who wants to look for some artifacts?
I listened to this thinking it showcased the character 'joe slater'. I do remember this story but this isn't the one. Can someone tell me? Ps I love hps writing but I was I'm a bit thrown by his far right eugenic Influenced racist ideology.
It's interesting how closely the effects the sickness from the meteor resembles radiation poisoning. Perhaps the idea had formed in Lovecraft's mind of what might happen when living things would take an immense dosage over a moderate period of time.
Disturbed he became after he went Inside the Fire, he was Stricken from the Hell he witnessed. It Stupified him and his Mistress, whereas now all of his life has become a Land Of Confusion but he Prays he is Down With His Sickness.
blackmetalmagick1 Poe is deeper and more grounded, in some ways more genuinely scary. HP reads more like poetry in some ways. It's more spheric and aesthetically oriented. It's also a but more accessible I find. But there is a certain shallowness of characters that Lovecraft seems to often suffer from. That translates to a lack of a certain kind of depth. With HP it's more like dreamscapes and atmosphere are the key components.
Actually lovecraft was seen as an above-average amateur and looked down upon by other authors in his days. He still had a damn great mythology he made up though which is why he got big over time.
easily one of my most favorite Lovecraft tales.. this story gets to me in a way most horror can't.. this story, and "from beyond" excite a certain curiosity, namely the actual scientific possibility of studying things outside of the realm of our own subjective reality, that makes me fearful of what such studies could do to the general sanity of mankind. H.P. Lovecraft has, without a doubt, created my favorite style of horror writing.
Horror Movies and Radio Shows I enjoy that in a lot of these stories the real fear is in breaking away from the common neurosis and delving into the cosmic gulfs of speculation.. The greatest wonder is also the deepest fear. The unknown calls eternally, becoming the curious to unfathomable doom, untold horror, and magnificent splendor.. It is only from our particular vantage points that fear exists, but one point we always will share is the unknown.
"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws." For some reason, that sentence sticks with me. It gives me chills and makes me feel so small and insignificant knowing how big the universe is and what unknown elements mankind has yet discovered. I think this is my favorite Lovecraft story, so far. It left me a little sleepless first time I heard it.
Does anyone else find themselves losing focus in the story because of the rate of speed the narrator reads? It's quite likely just me seeing as my ability to remain mentality focus without drifting away from the tale has hindered my ability to read books my entire life, but maybe this time it's more than this since I can focus on Lovecraft read by others at a less rapid rate.
I end up putting these on repeat. The voice is extremely soothing for me, and I pick up on repeat listenings. Many of his stories are very short and are available everywhere. I think his entire collection might be available on the internet. Lol I suppose you can try dropping the speed through the settings. I just tried it, if nothing else, you'll be amused.
+Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise Apart from the usual horror movies associated with Lovecraft (Alien, The Thing, Blair Witch) The first Two Spielberg movies have a lot of Lovecraft in them. Especially Close Encounters is very much a Lovecraft story with a typical Spielberg twist. One unintended Lovecraftian element in Jaws is the shark that doesn't look or move like a living shark. It's more like a traumatic memory of a one.
Lovecraft's 1.The Whisperer in Darkness. 2.The Thing on the Doorstep. 3.The Call of Cthulhu. 4.The Dunwich Horror. Also Arthur Machen's "The Great God Pan", that many believe to be the best horror story ever written. Hope ur not easily disturbed.
***** I love Stephen King 99% of the time, but Tommyknockers is easily one of his worst books. It starts off excellent but ends badly, as if he didn't know where to go with it and just came up with some cop-out ending. The same can be said of Dark Half, Rose Madder & Dreamcatcher.
Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise Stephen King also based his story "Grey Matter" (reprinted in the collection Night Shift) and "The Lonely Death of Jordy Verrill" from the film Creepshow on this story. Fun fact: Jordy Verrill was played by Stephen King in the movie.
