1:20 annihilation 3:30 re animator 5:23 color out of space 7:23 necronomicon 9:22 the call of cthulhu 11:02 In the mouth of madness 12:58 The thing 14:57 Hellboy 16:42 from beyond 18:18 spring 19:54 the mist 21:44 event horizon 23:25 evil dead 25:05 cthulhu 26:08 the void 28:14 castle freak 30:03 underwater 31:54 dagon 33:31 pick man's muse 35:12 the lighthouse 37:13 the endless 38:05 starfish 40:49 dark waters 42:32 the unnamable 44:06 the unnamable 2 the statement of Randolph carter 45:38 Europo report 47:23 the resurrected 49:15 sacrifice 51:10 city of the living dead 52:53 whisperer in darkness
The Void has some of the best practical effects I've ever seen, and an outstanding climax. I always recommend it to people when they ask for good horror to watch, what an absolute gem.
Wow! SO cool that Necronomicon is on your list! I was the VFX & MUFX Supervisor during the re-shoots, which equated about 80% of what ended up in the movie. (Oh, the stories!) Thanks for liking our effects!
I loved the story of the cop going underground in what she thinks trying to capture a killer. Very atmospherics and lovecraftian. Just the ending freaked me out.
I remember watching this one night at my grandparents when everyone was sleeping. I spent years trying to figure out what movie I watched that had a tenticle thing come out from the floor. Thanks for the movie, and thanks for the list!
I've loved Event Horizon for a long time and it was what undoubtedly got me interested in cosmic horror. I would LOVE to see a reboot that includes the aspects that were cut.
The video talked of a monster in the movie. That's not right is it? I thought the ship actually went to what we understand as the concenpt of Hell? Or just Hell.
@@MyVin1234 i think its refering to the Doctor who seemingly got possesed by the demonic inteligence of the ship itself and spent the last parts of the flim acting as the "ships" mouth piece.
Thanks to H Reviews, I was able to catch a viewing in theaters, and was blown away. It left you wanting more, but was probably a good thing we only got that one.
I guess that The Ritual from 2017 would be fitting here to for anyone who wants some Lovecraftian atmosphere. Strange cults, ominous sceneries, monsters, psychological horror and some mind-boggling shifts through time and space.
The Thing was directly influence by "At the Mountains of Madness." Particularly, the Shoggoths; the creation of the supernaturally tough Elder Things. Shoggoths were able to reshape their tissues, organs, and even emotions to suit the needs of their environment. Plasmoid, amorphous abominations of genetic engineering, re-imagined as a malevolent entity from cosmic gulfs unfathomable. I still think the Thing if one of the greatest science fiction/horror films of all time.
Never thought of the Thing that way..thanks it brings a whole new level of intrigue. I had always assumed the unfinished abominations the Thing appeared as were just unfinished assimilations and if it were not interrupted it would have appeared as every one else and remained inconspicuous as it slowly reconstituted the world.
I still wonder if it's on purpose that almost everyone - and especially the main character - in this film acts like total braindead. So many utterly bad decisions, especially the one with the burnt guy and the stupid pharmacy visit and the pretty unrealistic or at least overdrawn very last one made me somewhat angry about the outcome. If that's what King and Darabont intended: clever but I didn't like it.
I want a movie where. A small string ij the woods still slips creautures through and they have to bring a large army to contain and try to close it. In their attempt, a large "explosion closest it but also draws the men surrounding around it in to the other side. Its closed, and theyll have to survive in their new environment
Event Horizon also took inspiration from "The Warp" which is a realm from Warhammer 40k. There is a nod to Nurgle as one of his symbols can be seen in the movie on a door. So always remember, Gellar fields are very VERY important.
@@politicamenteincorrecto965 I wouldn't say the entire 40k universes is influenced by Lovecraft but some parts definitely are. Izner even said Warhammer was an influence to the movie.
I've always enjoyed the 40k/Event Horizon connection, but for the life of me I can't find the Nurgle symbol. Got a link to a screenshot, or a timestamp?
With the notable exceptions being Call of Cthulhu and Re-Animator, movies "inspired by" his works that have nothing to do with his actual stories are 10/10 always better than adaptations. I don't understand how it can be nearly 2022 and still no one has made a truly great adaptation of his work.
Sadly, his writings were very much products of their times (and I'm not talking about the racism). Truth is, his monster descriptions have been called lazy by many, since it almost always amounts to "I cannot begin to describe the horror that I witnessed!" I mean... could you TRY? Many of the monsters just aren't "instant insanity inducing" anymore. Even the whole idea that we don't matter on the cosmic scale is old hat to most by now. So direct adaptations of his works have some issues. And is it just me or did Lovecraft have an actual issue with the octopus? Like, I think the guy found the things actually frightening.
@@tyrongkojy He also has very little characterization and minimal dialogue (in some cases, absolutely no dialogue). The stories are always telling the reader things rather than showing.
@@MikeWhiskyTango Indeed. Again, they're products of their time. Like, think about Culthulu himself. his head pops instantly when bumped by a boat, and he's been in a coma ever since. Scary then? Sure. Now? We have cruise missiles. Plus, well, South Park had it right, fewer would be straight TERRIFIED by such a thing. Sure, it's still scary, but not "tear your eyes out". If anything we'd be EXCITED by the proof of alien life. And then shoot its face.
Re-animator and the Thing are two movies my girlfriend and I saw at the drive in theater ,at different times ,and with no idea what either movie was about. What a couple of bizarre movies to see on a hunch!!! After awhile we thought we were leading some kind of charmed (or maybe cursed?) drive in movie life.
Excellent list. I need to check some of these out. I have seen probably 20 out of the 30. The void was one of my favorites. I felt like it really captured the magnitude of some unknowable evil God out there that human beings can barely grasp. The mist was excellent but that ending, oof. Thanks for the excellent list
Event Horizon is one of my favorite, it's definitely a classic.. Another one is the The Void and Dagon. Your list is amazing, lots of great movies seen most of them.
I’ve been a John Carpenter fan since 1980,basically all my life,but only watched In The Mouth Of Madness a year ago. It’s not that i didn’t want to watch it,i just couldn’t get a copy anywhere. So glad i had waited all these years, as i really enjoyed it and now go out of my way to find those movies i missed first time around
The Lighthouse was probably the most disturbing movie i've ever watched. Pattinson and Defoe gave the performances of their lives imo and deserve all the awards. Gave me a lingering sense of dread for weeks. Everything about it is a work of art. Highly recommend if you're into not understanding what you're watching, mental torture and uncomfortable themes. If you're squeamish or faint of heart I would say avoid at all costs.
The Lighthouse- Saw it twice. Instant classic. There are several films listed I haven't seen that look really good. Now- I need to dig them up.... btw- I agree 100%, if not both men, Dafoe certainly got robbed. He should have at least been nominated. He was perfection, right down to his facial expressions & accent. This felt like a film from the 30s. Patterson was quite amazing too. He's terrible in those garbage Twilight movies. But then again, they were fluff. Thank God directors didn't typecast him. Lost city of Z, Good time, the Batman, great films showing his great talent. He's definitely under appreciated. Hopefully, the Batman changed all that. Peace.
In Italy we call "City of the living dead" "Paura nella città dei morti viventi" (Fear in the city of the living dead). I think it is known in the U.S. also as "Gates of hell". It is based on cosmic horror, but treated in a very personal way; there only vague references to Lovecraft (only the names of places, to me). It is the first part of Fulci's "Trilogy of death" together with "The Beyond" (the best of the three movies, to me) and "Quella villa accanto al cimitero" (I don't remember how it is called in the U.S.)
One film I would have added to the list was The Haunted Palace (1963), based on Lovecraft's short novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. It was given the title of an Edgar Allen Poe poem, since in 1963 Poe was much more well-known than Lovecraft, and the studio had already done some successful Poe adaptations. It's a fairly faithful adaptation and sure scared me when I saw it at the theater way back then.
Poe is only well known because they teach about him in schools. The only reason they teach about him is because there's nothing racist in his writings.
Event Horizon is an absolute gem of a movie...and I'm kind of surprised that Pandorum wasn't on this list. It's definitely in that Lovecraftian vein and it's a seriously underrated movie
You guys should have included “The Beach House” where that couple heads for a vacation to an empty beach house and encounter a couple there. They party with the couple that night and the older lady walks into a cloud of cosmic dust/spores and is infected. Body horror at its best. It’s one of my current favourites as I am a horror movie buff and nothing had been quite as disturbing other than “the void” maybe if you could… do a video on that movie! The scene with the foot and the person in the other beach house in MENTAL.
Event Horizon absolutely needs either a high budget remake or a sequel. So much potential there and i'm not trying to play through the whole 40k series to find out what happens next.
cabin in the woods was more of a omage to the ENTIRE horror genre and its many sub archtypes so yes while it did have some lovecraftian elements it in itself was not lovecraftian outside the physical form of the "audience" the giant that appears at the end.
@@housewilma4904 Beg to Differ ... the Whole Point of Cabin in the Woods was to exact the necessary emotions and reactions of the different characters in their deaths that the people that ran the operation needed to keep the very-much lovecraftian unspeakable creatures happy and locked into their abyss ... when this magical pattern was broken and the girl wouldn't do her prescribed job of killing the "Fool' Character this unleashed the leviathans from the abyss ...thats classic 101 pure Lovecraft . He did many stories about families who kept the secrets and did the rituals that kept leviathan beasts in check ..and when that regimen was broken out came the beasts ... so yup it brought together many horror genres for fun visual effect , but the underlying point was all of those classic horror creatures locked up and brought out when needed were all part of a worldwide organization working a very lovecraftian ritual to keep the real monsters at bay ...
The film "Lair of the White Worm" was an adaptation of the novel by Bram Stoker (author of 'Dracula'!). Lovecraft mentioned it in 'Supernatural Horror in Literature': he says it "utterly ruins a magnificent idea by a development almost infantile" (!)
Awesome list! Thanks for the video! I was lowkey expecting to see Black Mountain Side listed here. I personally think it's a hidden gem. Something about that movie stuck with me.
1970's "Dunwich Horror" is an absolute masterpiece. And I'd love to see a real, by-the-book, version of "Shadow over Innsmouth." Yeah, "Dagon" came cliose, sorta-kinda, but y'know what I mean.
Man, I would have loved to see more cosmic horror films with Sam Neill in them. In the Mouth of Madness and Event Horizon are a great double package for that sort of thing.
@@daweller If you would manage to get your head out of your own a** you might actually realize that "only superhero movies get made these days" is the most stupid and lazy a** statement ever. There are many good horror film makers and the genre has never been better or more diverse but okay, let us all just act like Robert Eggers, Ti West, Jordan Peele or Ari Aster don't even exist.
One of the best reviews I've seen on RU-vid. These are all great movies and have given me a lot to watch and catch up on. Grab the popcorn and candy and sit back and relax.
There are two films I would add to the list: John Carpenter's "The Fog" (1980): This film holds to Lovecraft's visions on a number of ways. It is almost timeless, in it's location, settings, and surroundings; it could be seen fifty years ago, or fifty years from now, more or less to each, and the setting could still be "now". It utilizes Lovecraft's vision of the sea as something mysterious, that could hold hidden mysteries, and horrors, within it's depths, unseen or known to the imaginations of the humans above. A desire for revenge that extends beyond the grave, and the means to exact it. And, above all, the horrors are hidden in the shadows of the fog, and no one knows if they might someday return. Dean Koontz's "Phantoms", directed by Joe Chappelle (1998): This film is an obvious homage to the Lovecraftian monster known as a shoggoth; an ancient shapeshifting, amorphous monster of gigantic size that was created to imitate any form.
Staying on Carpenter, I'd like to add "Prince of Darkness" (1987). After "In the Mouth of Madness", it's probably his most Lovecraftian work, and I love how it approaches both the scientific and the supernatural angle of cosmic horror.
@@wwiiinplastic4712 Yes it is. It's known as the Apocalypse trilogy, although I don't know if that's an official name or if fans made it up. Carpenter definitely said that he views those three as a thematic trilogy though. It's probably my favorite of that sort, along with Taylor Sheridans Frontier trilogy.
In The Whisperer in Darkness, I was chilled to the soul with the "brain in a jar" concept, and with the ghastly hell of being trapped in that form, forever.
Re-Animator, In the Mouth of Madness, The Thing, Event Horizon, Evil Dead, and Castle Freak are all movies I remember watching as a kid. Event Horizon blew my mind when I was 11.
Annihilation could have been a really good movie and the concept is very interesting. The execution thought was very disappointing. Probably among the worst in this list.
The Void was so damn good. Glad to see you remembered to put it on the list, thanks. Many of these fliks are cherished by me in fact. Not all, but enough for me to be grateful you made it, Ta!
The Call of Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Pickman's Muse, Starfish, Dark Waters, Europa Report, Sacrifice, and The Whisperer in Darkness are the only ones I haven't seen, yet.
"The Thing" is Carpenter's Masterpiece! it influenced an entire generation when it came out! My friends and I created our own entire Role Playing game that we had multiple friends play with us, and I was able to freak out some of my players so much that I gave a few of them nightmares! I was the Game Master and I followed Carpenter's style to really get my players scared! AS I got older and moved so many times in my life, I actually lost the box with all of the game and it's system of operation and damage charts, etc. I was so bummed but I couldn't ever track it down. Most likely found it's was to the landfill.
Great list! Only one your missing is the one where the couple goes to stay at a beach house, and there's another older couple there, and they all slowly start turning into creatures of the sea and then foam. I can't remember the name.
Great documentary!! While listening I did all my dishes, cleaned the kitchen and even thoroughly cleaned my percolator!!! Thanks a lot, very entertaining. 👌
The Mist is my favorite Stephen King short stories. I finished the story on a day that was so foggy you couldn't see your hand if you held it out stretched. There I was a young teenage male who was almost using Depends every time a shadow zipped by. Lol. I got over it but I do admit it was funny as hell. Great short story
One of my favorite movies. I enjoy it every time I watch it and already saw it a few times. I don't get tired of seeing it just like The Void and The Ritual.
The Curse (1987, David Keith) is still probably the best version of HPL’s The Colour Out of Space. The Richard Stanley version from a few years ago is good, but it would have been a hell of a lot better if somebody other than Nicolas Cage played that part. There’s a relatively obscure Mexican movie called The Untamed (2016, Amat Escalante) which is a loose remake of Possession, which has some really f’d up sexual stuff in it, plus a big ol’ tentacled pleasure/pain monster in it. Definitely for fans of HPL. Otherwise, a pretty good list. I’d give honorable mentions to The House with Laughing Windows (1976, Pupi Avati) and Lurking Fear (1994, C. Courtney Joyner).
To me the weirdest thing as a Lovecraft fan, having read just about all his available works, Hollywood tries to make the wrong stories into movies. I'm speaking on adaptations of his stories alone. The magic in Lovecraft is the readers imagination. Creatures with such vague description and locations so otherworldly tend not to translate well when Hollywood gets its hands on them, but he has stories that are just begging to be made into a movie. Take The Thing On the Doorstep or Imprisoned With the Pharaohs (Written with the help of Harry Houdini) would make great films and would not have to use so much CGI which just kills the suspension of disbelief. The Thing is awesome but i wouldn't call it a film adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness. The late 60s early 70 Dunwich Horror is just awful. Even the Nick Cage movie refenced here Color out of Space is more of a prequel to the story and takes liberties i'm pretty confident Lovecraft would scoff at. I do like the way it handled the look of the movie. So come on Hollywood and give me Asenath Waite in a movie please. Kamog Kamog. Ya Shub-Niggurath.
I would love to see a lovecraft story adapted to screen by Guillermo del Toro. That would be so amazing. Besides hellboy. An actual adaptation of an original Lovecraft story.
I remember reading a while ago that del Toro was supposed to direct a Mountains of Madness movie, but due to the box office failure of something or other the movie never got made. Damn tragedy.
Excellent list really. i have seen all but maybe 1 or 2.. i would add these to the list: The Ritual (2018) - though not eldrich/cosmic horror, depicts an elder primordial forest god that def would have come straight out of Lovecraft's imagination. Cold Skin (2017) - A young man arrives at a remote island to take a post of weather observer only to find himself defending the watchtower from deadly humanoid creatures which come on land from the sea every night. Sweetheart (2019)- A castaway who must survive on the island she washed up on as she gets stalked by a humanoid sea monster. The Deep House (2021) - While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of RU-vidrs who specialize in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged at he bottom of a lake and find something horrible. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hgqjv1endGY.html Evolution (2015, France) - The only residents sea-side town are women and boys. When a boy sees a corpse in the ocean one day, he begins to question his existence, and discovers the mothers are part of a cult. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vgj8Y0OalEo.html The Deep Ones (2021) - terrible acting and sub par sfx but still a Lovecraft story
Sweetheart was a pleasant surprise. Let me add a couple more. Resolution [2012] - A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated. Triangle [2009] - Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.
My favorite cosmic horror films: - the original Alien - the thing - the endless - event horizon - annihilation - in the mouth of madness - the void - the mist - evil dead (remake) - the lighthouse - hereditary - hellboy - in the tall grass - hellraiser - from beyond Also worth mentioning: Lovecraft was not the (Sole) inventor of cosmic horror and cosmic horror / lovecraftian are no interchangeable terms. Lovecraftian just means something is within the broader sub genre of cosmic horror and creates a Mythos around it (like Tolkien created a Mythos around middle earth). Considering this not every film from this video or my list is necessarily lovecraftian but all are cosmic horror. If some people like to read I want to recommend a modern brilliant take on Lovecraftian stories: the author Laird Barron and his Mythos of the old Leeche. He makes the horror of chuthulu and his fellow entities look like a Saturday morning cartoon. ;)
Lovecraft was Waaay Overlooked! But then, I was brought up READING books & various Early Sci-Fi. So much has been plagiarized from older authors & stories!
Lovecraft was on the spectrum, ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) and Cassandra Syndrome. He was able to have extreamly vibid dreams and was able to see 3D imiges from his head projected in real life and conteolled by his mind. Thus making stories about where he physically was or piecing together bigger pictures no one could see or understand. Making him feel unknown and confused by soeciety. So he wrote stories about his worlds and his 'larger picture' he can see that no one else could. Explains a ton about his amazing stories. So damn cool, i love Lovecraft stuff and he was an amazing being. Much love and RIP Lovecraft, we miss the stories you could not share but love what ones you could 💚
It was a great list, and now I have to see some movies I didn't know exist, you should include The Empty Man, to your list, it has a great Lovecraftian tone
I remember the Lovecraftian creatures of "The Mist" As a Stephen King fan, that impressed me the most and I was also mesmerized by the creatures of "The Thing" . Both excellent films but one of the most interesting adaptations of Lovecraftian monsters for me was not necessarily in a movie but rather in the television series, "Lovecraft Country" which I enjoyed due to the blend of African American history and monsters inspired by Lovecraft who was not only a gifted writer but also openly racist. An ironic blend in my eyes. I really appreciated the work and talents that went in the making of that series. Jordan Peele did an excellent job with the blending of historical events in African American history and stunningly creepy horror of Lovecraftian creatures. This video was a very good compilation of the movies that took inspiration from Lovecraft's writings but I did have to share how impress I was (still am) with Lovecraft country. PS: It didn't hurt with the fact that the protagonist like myself grew up on the Southside of Chicago and had the same last name: Freeman (smile)
Lovecraft came up with some awesome ideas, and sets some pretty great scenes, but his actual writing was pretty hit or miss. Can play a drinking game for every time he uses the word cyclopean in the mountains of madness lol
@@willhuey4462 He became less racist towards Irishmen, because he apparently discovered he was part Celtic, but he was still pretty racist towards the end of his life. While by Lovecraft standards he was "less" racist he was still pretty fucking racist and wore said prejudices on his sleeve until he died.
Underwater is such an underrated masterpiece. The whole atmosphere, the amazing work with light and shadow, the special effects...just everything added up to this spectacular cthulhu horror movie. Love it ❤️
