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Kurt Russell refuses to accept that Bone Tomahawk is a typical "Horror Western," and, yet, he has compared it with his own classic 85% Rt horror flick. Bone Tomahawk holds a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 91%, suggesting that critics have almost unanimously praised the film for the chills and thrills it instills in viewers. The film's audience score of 74% highlights that even though most viewers gave it a high rating, not many found it good enough. However, since most of its reviews have been positive, it would be fair to say it is a universally loved Western movie.

Another universal opinion about the film is that it deserves to be classified as a "Horror Western." The reason being that it seamlessly blends traditional elements of Western cinema with the heart-pounding terrors of battling the unknown. Interestingly, however, even though the film unfolds a nightmarish narrative in the backdrop of a rugged frontier setting,...

James Wan's upcoming horror movie project is exciting, but I am even more hyped for the next installment of an acclaimed Lovecraftian shared universe. Although most details remain unknown, James Wan is reportedly working on an adaptation of Hp Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu. Even though directly adapting Lovecraftian tales to the big screen is no easy feat, James Wan's long line of success with horror movies makes me believe he might deliver something exceptional.

Although the film is still in the early stages of development, James Wan has teased that it is more of a passion project, and he already expects it to be a hard sell. Given how well-made cosmic horror movies like Alex Garland's Annihilation and John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness are hard to sell and rarely perform well at the box office, I am glad James Wan is focusing less on...

James Wan has been at the helm of several horror films, and he might have his take on a popular horror remake. Wan is currently in talks to helm a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon.

James Wan is a very complex director with a preference for horror. He has created, co-created, and directed many popular horror franchises, including Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring, but he's also had his shot at 2015's Furious 7 and the two Aquaman films. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Wan is currently in talks to have a new take on the classic Universal monster.

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Wan and his collaborators reportedly presented Universe with a pitch for a remake of the classic horror film: Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of “Weird Tales Magazine”, “100 Years of Weird”, edited by Jonathan Mayberry, is a compendium of classic stories, flash fiction, essays and poems from giants of speculative fiction, including Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams and Isaac Asimov:

“…marking a century of unique storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre…

“…from ‘Cosmic Horror’, ‘Sword and Sorcery’ and ‘Space Opera’.

“Landmark stories include "The Call of Cthulhu", "Worms of the Earth", and "Legal Rites".

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The Bird Box monsters remain unseen throughout the franchise, adding to their scary and mysterious nature. The creatures may be manifestations of the Earth itself, fighting back to save the planet. The monsters have the ability to tailor fear to each victim and can tap into their memories.

One thing that really makes the Bird Box monster so scary is that the movie franchise never shows it. H.P. Lovecrafts short story The Call of Cthulhu contains the phrase, The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." It is one of the many reasons the creative team behind the movies decided to leave the Bird Box monsters up to viewers' imaginations. Bird Box became one of Netflix's most intriguing horror films, in which the world is overrun by creatures who drive people to take their own...

Shudder Acquires Demonic Family Drama The Demon Disorder And Releases New Trailer: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, today announced the acquisition of The Demon Disorder from special effects master Steven Boyle (The Matrix Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy, King Kong). The streamer also released the trailer for the highly anticipated film, which marks Boyle’s feature directorial debut. Starring John Noble (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy), Charles Cottier, Christian Willis, and Dirk Hunter, the film will make its exclusive streaming debut on Shudder in Fall 2024.

The Australian demonic family drama centers on Graham, a man haunted by his past since the death of his father and the estrangement from his two brothers. Jake, the middle brother, contacts Graham claiming that something is horribly wrong: their youngest brother Phillip is possessed by their deceased father. Graham reluctantly agrees to go and see for himself.

James Wan faces challenges in adapting Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu due to its complex cosmic horrors and limited commercial potential. Lovecraft's stories, including Cthulhu, have not been fully realized on screen due to their unimaginable cosmic entities and non-traditional storytelling. Wan's blockbuster success with Aquaman and trendsetting in horror may give his Lovecraft adaptation a better chance than Del Toro's failed attempt.

Horror legend James Wan would need to use all of his considerable clout to ensure that his ambitious H.P. Lovecraft adaptation The Call of Cthulhu ever made it to cinema screens, but even this might not be enough to make the project happen. Although his racism tarnished his literary reputation, the author H.P. Lovecraft remains one of horror literatures most important figures. Lovecraft influenced everyone from Stephen King to Neil Gaiman, but his unique stories have rarely been adapted to the screen. Many of Lovecrafts...

James Wan's next horror movie will not follow traditional horror tropes, and, instead, will adopt a 2018 sci-fi movie's formula. Wan, known for diverse films like Aquaman and Fast & Furious, is returning to his horror roots in a unique way. Like Alex Garland's Annihilation, Wan's Lovecraft adaptation may face challenges, but he is prioritizing his artistic integrity.

Instead of taking the conventional route, James Wan's next horror movie is brilliantly treading the same path as a 2018 sci-fi film. In his career as a director, James Wan has dabbled with films of diverse genres and themes. For instance, his latest directorial endeavor was with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. In the past, he has also helmed a few installments of the Fast & Furious franchise. However, despite having films of distinct genres in his directorial portfolio, Wan is best known for his work in horror movies like Insidious, The Conjuring,...

James Wan teases an exciting adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu with weird cities and a terrifying monster. The filmmaker is passionate about the project, but admits it's an esoteric and hard sell. Details are still developing, so there's a chance the movie may not get made.

New details emerge about James Wan's The Call of Cthulhu adaptation in an exciting script update.

In the latest print issue of Empire, Wan shared the first details about his approach for The Call of Cthulhu movie. The filmmaker teased the movie will feature all the weirdness expected from an H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, including cities full of "non-Euclidian geometry", a monster so terrifying it drives anyone who looks at it insane, but acknowledges that while he is in the process of writing it, there's still a chance it might not get made. See what Wan shared below:

We'll see. I'm not even writing it for anyone,...

The Conjuring star Joey King recently admitted that she has only seen the original film in the beloved horror franchise, although she has a pretty good reason as to why she has so far skipped out on watching the other installments.

Speaking with Screen Rant to promote her new series, We Were the Lucky Ones, King explained that The Conjuring Universe is too "scary" for her to fully enjoy, noting that she still sees the Witch Bathsheba Sherman's face before going to sleep some nights. "Yeah. Oh my gosh, the first Conjuring, I was in it. I was there for the whole thing. It is so difficult for me to watch. It is so scary. It's not difficult in any other way but that it is so scary. I have such an issue," she said. "But I'm so proud of everybody. I was just so proud of everybody involved,...

Bye-bye Bunya

Australian TV producer Bunya Entertainment says that Sophia Zachariou will step down as co-managing director, after a five-year stint. Bunya Entertainment is one part the Bunya Group of companies and was established by Zachariou, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin in 2019.

Zachariou is currently in post-production on “The Office” (Amazon) and “Ladies in Black” (ABC) and will deliver these series before she departs the company. Other productions from Bunya Entertainment include the six x half-hour sketch comedy series “The Moth Effect” (Amazon) and the comedy series “Nice Shorts.”

In 2020 Zachariou also created the Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub, in partnership with Netflix and Screen Australia, which funded and developed 10 First Nations writers and directors to further develop their TV projects. The Hub was later extended to include a partnership with Safc, Screen Nt and Screen Nsw.

Jowsey and Simpkin will continue as co-MDs of Bunya Entertainment. The separate Bunya Group entities,...

Rarely do movies make me speechless, and I have watched a lot of movies. Some of them have been the greatest things that my eyes have seen, while others have made me feel like I might require an eye-bleach. The last time a movie made me question my decisions was when I watched Sandeep Vanga’s Animal. “Never Again!” I thought to myself, but a week or so later, I’ve had to watch Gods of the Deep. Recently, a friend of mine told me to keep an open mind while indulging in this passion, especially with films I do not think highly of. So, I admitted my bias and proceeded to watch this horror flick. Understandably, the horror genre isn’t really known for its dexterity, but this one is just hilarious. I would prefer to think this was the intention, but I am not entirely sure it is.

Stars: Derek Nelson, Makenna Guyler, Tim Cartwright, Rory Wilton, Kane Surrey, Chris Lines | Written and Directed by Charlie Steeds

Freeze gave us Lovecraftian horrors in the Arctic, now for a followup writer/director Charlie Steeds takes us to the Antarctic to face even more of them in the deep sea thriller Gods of the Deep.

Jim Peters is a professor of astrobiology at Miskatonic University’s London campus. He’s carrying on the work of his father, who vanished under mysterious circumstances while working for The Pickman Corporation. They help fund his research, but that doesn’t mean he trusts them. But when they want him to join an expedition to explore a strange structure discovered in an oceanic trench off Antarctica, he can’t refuse.

The film skips over the two months of training they need without so much as a Rocky-style montage, so the next thing you know...

Cosmic horror has been established as one of the most chilling sub-genres in horror cinema. With a focus on the unknown, isolation, and the human mind, cosmic horror plays on the imaginations of audiences rather than going all out on gore and jump scares. Instead of ghosts, serial killers, or vampires, these stories focus on the endless possibilities of the universe's fictional horrors.

Early 20th-century author H.P. Lovecraft gave Cosmic horror prominence through stories like At the Mountain of Madness, The Hound, and The Call of Cthulhu. The genre can be challenging to pull off in cinema, but plenty of films have tried to capture the terror of the unknown and unimaginable. Everything from stories of paranoia to questions about reality itself has made up cosmic horror in cinema.

Updated January 16, 2024 by Robert Vaux: Several small changes have been made to the text, and the article has been updated to conform with current Cbr guidelines.

James Wan's adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu could spark a new trend in horror movies based on Lovecraft's work. The success of Wan's film could lead to future Lovecraft adaptations and the development of a franchise. Guillermo del Toro's long-awaited adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness still needs to happen, given his track record and mastery of the horror genre.

Horror director James Wan has his sights set on a The Call of Cthulhu adaptation that could bring about renewed interest in the classic H. P. Lovecraft story if it turns out to be a success. Known primarily for his work on the Insidious and The Conjuring franchise, Wan has solidified himself as one of the entertainment industry's most notable and prolific horror directors in the modern age. Nevertheless, the details surrounding James Wan's The Call of Cthulhu movie are scarce, thus leaving room for...

Lovecraftian horror has become a separate subgenre due to the enduring popularity of Hp Lovecraft's work and its influence on pop culture. Direct adaptations of Lovecraft's stories have struggled to accurately portray his complex descriptions of the unknown in live-action. Successful Lovecraftian films focus on thematic aspects rather than recreating visual elements, emphasizing the consequences of forbidden knowledge and the powerlessness of humans in the face of cosmic forces. James Wan's adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu should follow this approach.

While it is great news that James Wan is adapting an Hp Lovecraft story, the film already seems to be facing a major cosmic horror challenge. Hp Lovecraft's literary corpus, which revolves around themes of cosmicism and the fragility of human supremacy, hardly gained attention or acclaim when he was alive. However, nearly a century after his demise, Lovecraftian horror has become so deeply ingrained in pop culture...

Dark Horse Comics will release Gou Tanabe's adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's stories in 2024, with a deluxe edition of At the Mountains of Madness and a paperback volume of The Call of Cthulhu. Gou Tanabe's richly detailed black-and-white art brings Lovecraft's stories to life, and these new editions include additional treats for fans. Tanabe's faithful recreations of Lovecraft's original stories capture the idea that humans are seeing things they were not designed to experience, and his work has been recognized with awards and upcoming projects.

Fans of cosmic horror have something to look forward to, as Dark Horse Comics announced that they're bringing two of Gou Tanabe's adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's stories to stores in 2024. At the Mountains of Madness will receive a deluxe edition compiling every chapter and volumes, while The Call of Cthulhu will receive one paperback volume. This continues Dark Horse's plan to bring the...

James Wan pivots from the supernatural horror of The Conjuring Universe to direct a movie adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu, the definitive cosmic horror story from H.P. Lovecraft.

With director James Wan at the helm, The Conjuring Universe has created the continuing horror franchise that Universal's Dark Universe failed to establish. Wan is now a household name in the supernatural horror subgenre, but few are just as aware he also directed 2004's Saw, the movie that jumpstarted a successful torture horror franchise (the next Saw installment is slated for a September 2024 release). Wan has since hinted that he's working on a dream project but remained secretive about the details. The director never revealed anything more about this, that is, until Deadline reported his adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu will be included in a slate of upcoming films.

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Among James Wan’s post-Aquaman projects is an adaptation of Hp Lovecraft’s The Call Of Cthulhu – and it’ll also be a videogame, a report suggests.

James Wan has succeeded in adding a fishy accent to the festive season with Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom, out in cinemas now. But it seems Wan isn’t finished with the salty depths – among the director’s various upcoming projects is an adaptation of Hp Lovecraft’s cosmic horror story, The Call Of Cthulhu.

Deadline, which mentions this in a broader report about videogame adaptations, describes it as a ‘dream project’ for Wan, and one the filmmaker’s “been quietly working on for five years”.

Originally published in 1928, The Call Of Cthulhu is a short yet highly influential tale about a mysterious sect that worships an octopus-like deity from the depths of time and space. The story was the starting point for the wider Cthulhu Mythos,...

The Stars-Hana fund, which combines Peter Luo’s Stars Collective, the Hana Investment firm, and Starlight Media, was assembled to “invest in film, TV, comics, games, collectibles, consumer goods, AI, and new tech over a three-year period.” Now Deadline reports that Stars-Hana will be creating video games based on Stars Collective film IP – and this includes several projects that are being produced by horror icons James Wan and Sam Raimi!

Stars-Hana is teaming up with game companies like Tencent, DreamSky Technology, Hyjz, and Forevernine to develop video games based on the following properties:

The Garfield Movie, starring Chris Pratt

Every House Is Haunted, from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee

The Burden, from James Wan and Sam Raimi

Hunting Season, from James Wan and Don Murphy

James Wan’s The Call of Cthulhu, Mass Extinction and Gmo

The Goxfather with Jon M. Chu

Memory Lost in Space, based on the novels...

James Wan is making a movie adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu, a cult investigation story. Deadline revealed the upcoming movie in an article about upcoming movies that are set to be adapted into video games. James Wan has been working on this "dream project" in the background for five years.

James Wan is officially making The Call of Cthulhu. The movie will be based on the iconic 1928 H.P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, which follows a man named Francis Thurston who investigates a cult that seems to be involved in worshiping the ancient cosmic monster Cthulhu. The story is the first appearance of the iconic entity, who would later be referenced frequently in Lovecraft's works, as well as works by other prominent authors including Robert Bloch and Stephen King.

Deadline recently announced a batch of upcoming movies that are set to be adapted into video games,...

Here’s an interesting one. Deadline reports today that the “ambitious new Sino-American fund Stars-Hana” is planning to turn a handful of upcoming movies into video games, and included on the list are several horror movies set to be produced by James Wan and Sam Raimi.

Deadline details, “The fund combines Peter Luo’s Stars Collective, Chinese firm Hana Investment and Starlight Media. The idea is to invest in verticals including film, TV, comics, games, collectibles, consumer goods, AI and new tech over a three-year period.”

“The fund is partnering with game companies including Tencent and Tencent-owned DreamSky Technology, as well as Hyjz and Forevernine, to develop games,” Deadline also notes.

The lineup of planned video game adaptations from Stars-Hana includes:

Every House is Haunted, from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee The Burden, from James Wan and Sam Raimi Hunting Season from James Wan and Don Murphy James Wan’s The Call of Cthulhu,...

Exclusive: Film projects with genre supremos James Wan, Sam Raimi and Roy Lee attached as producers are set to be turned into video games by ambitious new Sino-American fund Stars-Hana, which we revealed in October.

The fund combines Peter Luo’s Stars Collective, Chinese firm Hana Investment and Starlight Media: the three partners hosted a launch event in LA last month. The idea is to invest in verticals including film, TV, comics, games, collectibles, consumer goods, AI and new tech over a three-year period.

Today, the three companies have revealed first details of the slate, which includes ambitions to create video games based on Stars Collective film IP.

The fund is partnering with game companies including Tencent and Tencent-owned DreamSky Technology, as well as Hyjz and Forevernine, to develop games based on the following projects, some of which have been announced and some we are revealing for the first time today:

The Garfield Movie,...

The monster in the movie Underwater is confirmed to be Cthulhu, a character from H.P. Lovecraft's literature, adding to the cosmic horror of the film. The inclusion of Cthulhu in Underwater symbolizes the theme of climate change, with the monster representing the planet fighting back against human greed and destruction. While the monster's origins in the movie are not explicitly explained, it is hinted that the drilling crew's actions awakened the Deep Ones, leading to the emergence of Cthulhu and other ancient monsters from the ocean depths.

The Underwater movie monster turned Norah's deep-sea mission on the Kepler 822 into a thalassophobia-fueled nightmare that would make H.P. Lovecraft proud, but the film itself doesn't implicitly spell out what the creature is. William Eubank's claustrophobic 2020 horror movie Underwater was set 11,000 meters under the sea in the murky depths of the Mariana Trench. It follows the crew of a...

Clockwise from upper left: Curse Of Chucky (Universal Studios Home Entertainment), Hush (Netflix), Trick ‘R Treat (Warner Bros.), Creep (The Orchard)Graphic: The A.V. Club

Common wisdom dictates that when a film doesn’t get a theatrical release it’s a sure sign that it’s crap (see pretty...

Gou Tanabe's newest manga Short Stories about Dreamlands is a visual retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's tales set in his grotesquely fantastic Dream Realm.

Via November's issue of Monthly Comic Beam published by Kadokawa, Anime News Network has confirmed the release of Short Stories about Dreamlands -- Gou Tanabe's latest manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classics. The manga's launch was announced on Thursday, with the first issue to be published in the Nov. 10 issue of Monthly Comic Beam. Tanabe has been adapting Lovecraft's works into manga since 2007, and the upcoming release of Short Stories about Dreamlands will continue to faithfully interpret Lovecraft's fantastic worlds and alternate realities.

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Short Stories about Dreamlands will be based on the Dream Cycle stories, a series of short stories and novellas Lovecraft published between 1918 and 1932. These tales were set in the Dream Realm,...

Godzilla has fought numerous foes over the years, including a giant octopus, but the franchise became more about watching giant monsters punch each other. There have been many canceled Godzilla movies and proposed crossovers with other Toho beasts or characters from other studios, such as Godzilla vs. Cthulhu and a Pacific Rim/Godzilla crossover. Some of the most exciting Godzilla battles that never came to pass include Ghost Godzilla, Chamelegon, Gaira the Gargantua, and Mechani-Kong fighting Godzilla.

Godzilla has fought numerous foes over the years, and even more have been planned without ever coming to fruition. The beloved kaiju first appeared in 1954's Godzilla, a thoughtful and powerful monster-movie rumination on the horrors of the nuclear bomb. While the film did feature a scene where Godzilla fights a giant octopus, it was much more focused on the love triangle between its three central human characters and the ethics of developing super-weapons.

The main characters of The Simpsons are reimagined as disturbing and yet strangely fascinating Lovecraftian horror monsters in new AI-generated art. First airing on Fox back in 1993, The Simpsons just recently concluded season 34, with season 35 on the way later this year. The show's central characters have largely remained constant throughout the last 30 years, with Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, Maggie, and a host of wacky supporting characters showing up in each episode.

Now, a new batch of AI-generated images shared by Fahad Hoda on Facebook imagine what the main The Simpsons characters would look like if they were animated creations from the mind of author H.P. Lovecraft. Check out all 17 images below:

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While all of the characters look terrifying in their own way, Bart, Maggie, and Krusty the Clown, in particular, are truly disturbing creations.

The Simpsons Should Do A Lovecraftian Horror Episode

The Simpsons continues to flirt with the...

Ahead of Insidious: The Red Door releasing in theaters next month, James Wan and Patrick Wilson took part in an Ask-Me-Anything session over on Reddit last week. During the chat, Wan and Wilson answered various questions from fans about the Insidious franchise and beyond, but one answer from Wan in particular really caught our attention.

When asked if he has any dream project that he hopes to someday bring to life, James Wan brought up The Call of Cthulhu, an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic short story.

Of particular note, it sounds like Wan has already been low-key toying with a potential adaptation of Lovecraft’s tale, which was first published in Weird Tales in February 1928.

Wan teases during the Reddit Ama chat, “My dream project, that I have been secretly cooking away on the down low for the last 5 years, is The Call of Cthulhu.”

Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu...

Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is the most well-known example of Lovecraftian horror, also known as cosmic horror. The mythos is a collection of entities, tomes, and people who share the universe and its horrors that human beings can't comprehend. Told mainly secondhand by different characters, these stories contain horrors that are terrifying in what they suggest as opposed to what is actually known. "The Call of Cthulhu" is the best example of this, as it contains many of these aspects.

Outside the works of H. P. Lovecraft himself, the Lovecraftian horror genre is going through something of a renaissance in cinema in the 2020s. Though films like Halloween and The Conjuring franchise are at the pinnacle of horror, Lovecraftian films are carving out their own niche with films like From Beyond and The Color Out of Space. With both the technology and artistry available in filmmaking today, Lovecraftian tales are becoming more mainstream in media.

Watch the 1993 Short Film Frankenstein Reborn: "A HD version of a 1993 horror short entitled Frankenstein Reborn was quietly placed on YouTube yesterday after being unreleased for thirty years. It's a period Frankenstein story in the vein of Hammer, made by a bunch of young Long Islanders at The New York Institute of Technology."

"Shot on 16mm film, Frankenstein Reborn was directed by George Reis (The Bloody Ape), produced by Alex Kuciw, and stars Joseph Parda (Evil Streets), Kristine Strong, Debbie Rochon (Tromeo And Juliet), John Baszanda, and Joe Zaso."

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Exclusive Clip from The Dead Hour: "Terror Films are getting into the horror television business, premiering a new 12-episode horror series titled The Dead Hour on digital platforms in the spring.

Creators Daniel B. Iske & Scott Coleman say classic The Twilight Zone was their key inspiration for the limited series, which premieres May 12 globally.

It’s an anthology series...

Stars: Barbara Crampton, Sophie Stevens, Ludovic Hughes, Lukas Loughran | Written and Directed by Andy Collier, Toor Mian

[Note: With the film out digitally in the UK from Monday, March 15th, here’s a reposting of our review of Sacrifice from its screening last year at Frightfest]

Inspired not only by a short story called Men of the Cloth, Sacrifice is Very heavily influenced by the works of H.P. Lovecraft; a writer whose influence has always been felt on the genre but whom, it seems, looks to have a resurgence amongst independent filmmakers – with Sacrifice the second film in as many film festivals to have a direct link to the stories, and more specifically the mythos of Lovecraft’s work.

Sacrifice tells the story of New York-based Isaac who, after the death of his mother, returns, along with his pregnant wife Emma, to the Norwegian village on a remote island of his birth to deal with an unexpected inheritance. There they find themselves caught in a waking nightmare as an ancient frightening...

While it enjoyed its debut this past Friday in select theaters, Sacrifice from filmmakers Andy Collier and Toor Man is set to arrive on digital platforms today for genre fans to enjoy from the comfort of their own homes. Loosely based on a short story by Paul Kane, Sacrifice stars Barbara Crampton, Sophie Stevens, and Ludovic Hughes and is centered around a young couple who arrive in an isolated Norwegian village to claim an inheritance, but get more than they bargained for when they realize the villagers are part of a cult that worship a sea-dwelling entity.

During the recent press day for Sacrifice, Daily Dead had the pleasure of speaking with both Mian and Collier about their latest collaboration, and they discussed what they initially saw in Kane’s story that felt ripe for adaptation, their thoughts on collaborating with Stevens for Sacrifice, and more.

Great to speak with you both today,...

Stars: Barbara Crampton, Sophie Stevens, Ludovic Hughes, Lukas Loughran | Written and Directed by Andy Collier, Toor Mian

Inspired not only by a short story called Men of the Cloth, Sacrifice is Very heavily influenced by the works of H.P. Lovecraft; a writer whose influence has always been felt on the genre but whom, it seems, looks to have a resurgence amongst independent filmmakers – with Sacrifice the second film in as many film festivals to have a direct link to the stories, and more specifically the mythos of Lovecraft’s work.

Sacrifice tells the story of New York-based Isaac who, after the death of his mother, returns, along with his pregnant wife Emma, to the Norwegian village on a remote island of his birth to deal with an unexpected inheritance. There they find themselves caught in a waking nightmare as an ancient frightening evil is awakened to claim the colour of...

HBO’s long-awaited drama series “Lovecraft Country” finally hits the network this August, and a first trailer for the series has been unveiled by the network today. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, “Lovecraft Country” looks to offer plenty of southern gothic thrills and chills of the kind originated by the eponymous author of such stories as “The Call of Cthulhu” and “The Colour Out of Space.” The original dark fantasy novel explored the connection between the horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft, and racism in the United States circa the Jim Crow era. Here’s the official synopsis from HBO:

“The series follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams). This...

The climax of Underwater features the appearance of a creature that looks all too familiar to readers of a certain author of horror fiction, and the movie’s director has now confirmed that it’s exactly what audiences thought it was.

Although Underwater was initially dismissed as “Alien in the sea,” it turned out to be an inventive and legitimately unsettling take on a disaster movie that proved the comparison to be a positive one. The intensity is kicked into high gear less than ten minutes into the story, and from there barely relents as the handful of survivors perilously navigate their way to safety.

Along the way they’re hounded by sub-aquatic monsters that are scary enough on their own, but at the climax it’s revealed that the heroes had merely been dealing with the spawn of an undersea leviathan. Its maw of flailing octopus-like tentacles and giant...

Following their exit from the “Star Wars” universe, “Game of Thrones” co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have found their replacement pic, signing on to produce an untitled thriller based on the graphic novel “Lovecraft” for Warner Bros.

It is unknown if they will also direct the project, but they’ve already set Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi to pen the script with “The Invitation” and “Destroyer” director Karyn Kusama exec producing.

The “Lovecraft” graphic novel chronicles the life of H.P. Lovecraft, whose books included “The Call of Cthulhu,” “The Rats in the Walls,” “At the Mountains of Madness,” “The Shadow over Innsmouth” and “The Shadow Out of Time” and spawned the idea of Lovecraftian horror. While plot details for the movie adaptation are currently unknown, sources say Benioff and Weiss’ take will tackle the idea of Lovecraft’s otherworldly creatures being real.

Interest in adapting Lovecraft’s stories has swirled around Hollywood for years,...

With Game of Thrones in the rearview mirror, show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are beginning to plot out their next moves.

The duo have come aboard to produce an adaptation of Lovecraft, a graphic novel by Hans Rodionoff and artist Keith Giffen, for Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, frequent collaborators of filmmaker Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux, Destroyer), are writing the script.

The project posits the question: What if the horrors imagined by H.P. Lovecraft, the troubled author of At the Mountains of Madness and the short story The Call of Cthulhu, were ...

With Game of Thrones in the rearview mirror, show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are beginning to plot out their next moves.

The duo have come aboard to produce an adaptation of Lovecraft, a graphic novel by Hans Rodionoff and artist Keith Giffen, for Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, frequent collaborators of filmmaker Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux, Destroyer), are writing the script.

The project posits the question: What if the horrors imagined by H.P. Lovecraft, the troubled author of At the Mountains of Madness and the short story The Call of Cthulhu, were ...

As you may have been able to figure out by this point in time, I'm kind of into screenplays. Recently I had the joy of reading Todd Phillips and Scott Silver's script for the much-ballyhooed Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele's newest nightmare Us. And today I will be reading the script for The Witch director Robert Eggers' nautical nightmare The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson.

Truth be told, I haven't yet had the chance to sit down and read this script for myself just yet, but you can bet that I will be getting to it as soon as I get off shift today! However, you can go ahead and read Robert and Max Eggers' screenplay for The Lighthouse right now if you please, right here.

To give you guys a bit of backstory on the script, the story goes...

I’ve got a great video essay for you to watch today for all of you H.P. Lovecraft fans. It comes from Ted Ed and it’s called “Titan of Terror: The Dark Imagination of H.P. Lovecraft.”

The video dives into the legendary horror stories of Lovecraft, whose fantastical tales, such as The Call of Cthulhu and At the Mountains of Madness, created a new era of Gothic horror.

Arcane books of forbidden lore, disturbing secrets in the family bloodline, and terrors so unspeakable the very thought of them might drive you mad. These have become standard elements in modern horror stories. But they were largely popularized by a single author: H.P. Lovecraft, whose name has become synonymous with the terror he inspired. Silvia Moreno-García dissects the “Lovecraftian” legacy.

Watch the video below and let us know what your favorite Lovecraft horror story is.

Matthew Byrd Jan 15, 2019

A new Skyrim mod plunges The Elder Scrolls into the realm of Cthulhu and Lovecraftian horror.

If you want to get back into Skyrim but remain disappointed by the game only offering teases of old-fashioned Lovecraftian horror, there's a new mod out there that might just make your Cthulhu dreams a reality with The Elder Scrolls.

Here There Be Monsters - The Call of Cthulhu is a Skyrim mod that's been in development for a few years now. It adds an end-game quest to the RPG that is vaguely based on some Lovecraftian story elements hinted at in Skyrim's Dragonborn Dlc (specifically, the "Here There be Monsters" quest). The premise here is that there's a cult in Tamriel that seems to be tied to the appearance of some horrifying new monsters and a series of troubling rumors. It's your mission, should you choose to accept it, to...

John Saavedra Aaron Potter Nov 14, 2018

Games based on existing properties are hard to master, but here are 13 that managed it brilliantly...

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

Despite mesmerizing us with their characters, worlds, and lore in their own respective mediums, video games based on pre-existing franchises have had a rocky history. Yes, by this point there have almost certainly been more bad licensed games than there are good ones, but the tide is slowly turning, with developers nowadays given more time to channel our favorite fiction into enjoyable interactive experiences that perfectly encapsulate the source material. We explore some of the best of them…

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

2015 | CD Projekt Red

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt may be the greatest video game adaptation of a book ever made. Based on the book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, the game continues the adventures of Geralt of Rivia,...

Based in Oregon, Puppeteers for Fears will bring Cthulhu: the Musical! to Los Angeles this summer! Accompanied by a rock band and a full set of carefully crafted puppets, Cthulhu: The Musical! will reign over The Hobgoblin Playhouse as part of this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival:

Press Release: After months of sold-out performances in Ashland, Portland, and Seattle, Puppeteers for Fears, Oregon's only dedicated puppet musical horror troupe, will bring its original show, Cthulhu: the Musical!, to Los Angeles for performances June 21-23 at The Hobgoblin Playhouse for the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Far from the lo-fi puppet show stereotype, the production features a full cast of five actors with elaborate custom-made puppets, a full rock band, and projected multimedia backgrounds.

The play is adapted from the 1929 short story, The Call of Cthulhu,” by horror icon, H.P. Lovecraft, and tells the story of his most famous creation: Cthulhu, a giant, malevolent,...

From Skinner comes “The Necronomicon”, a pop-up book featuring illustrations from five seminal H.P. Lovecraft stories: The Dunwich Horror, The Shadow Out of Time, The Call of Cthulhu, At The Mountains of Madness and The Colour Out of Space. A bit pricey, three versions of the book are available for pre-order at the book’s official […]...

With Terror Films recently unleashing Night of Something Strange on digital platforms, we've been provided with an exclusive clip and digital trading card (one of eight that are being revealed online) to share with Daily Dead readers. In today's Horror Highlights, we also have DVD release details for Teen Wolf Season 6, Part 1, and information on Cthulhu: the Musical's Portland performances.

Night of Something Strange Exclusive Clip & Digital Trading Card: Press Release: "Los Angeles (July 6, 2017) Terror Films is releasing the Std infected zombie movie Night Of Something Strange across multiple worldwide digital platforms beginning on Friday, July 7. To celebrate, they are also releasing 8 digital trading cards and 8 movie clips that will be available on select Horror Blogs and Websites.

It’s Spring Break! Five teenage friends – (who are lucky enough to have Scream Queen Brinke Stevens as their high school teacher!) - set out for the beach only to have...

Agate RPG is the company that publishes Shadows of Esteren, a tabletop medieval horror RPG (among other platforms) that blends elements of “Game of Thrones” with H.P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu. While the project lives mainly on gamers’ tables,… Continue Reading →

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H.P. Lovecraft’s influence can be felt in countless writers, musicians and artists who’ve followed in the “weird fiction” exemplar’s footsteps, but the author’s work has rarely been directly adapted. Bleeding Cool reports that this may soon change, as Legendary TV is said to be answering the call of Cthulhu and creating an anthology series based on 16 of Lovecraft’s best-known works.

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Per the report, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Dan McDermott will serve as producers on the show — the first to receive the Lovecraft Estate’s blessing — with a pilot script from Matthew Francis Wilson. Key stories being adapted include “The Call of Cthulhu,” “The Shadow Over Insmouth” and “The Dunwich Horror.”

Read More: Guillermo Del Toro “Not Giving Up” On Adaptation Of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘At The Mountain Of Madness’

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The first two images from Call of Cthulhu, the official video game adaptation of Chaosium’s pen & paper RPG of the same name, have been unveiled this week. The images feature Darkwater Island,a disturbing place that players will have to explore during their investigation while Cthulhu, the Great Dreamer, prepares its awakening.

In Call of Cthulhu, players will control Edward Pierce, a former veteran and private investigator in 1920s Boston. Pierce will be investigating the tragic and mysterious death of Sarah Hawkins and her family in Darkwater Island. Today’s images give you a first glimpse of the locations players will have to visit: from the sinister docks, to the manor of the deceased family, Call of Cthulhu offers a dark and oppressive ambiance that shall pay tribute to Lovecraft’s work and universe. Indeed, this banal investigation might lead you to more sinister forces and darker secrets buried deep within Darkwater Island.

The fine folks at Narragansett Beer continued to hear “The Call of Cthulhu” last month with their release of the I Am Providence Imperial Red Ale, the fourth H.P. Lovecraft-inspired beer from the brewing company.

The I Am Providence Imperial Red Ale is based on Lovecraft’s enduring quote about the love he had for the Rhode Island capital. The Cthulhu-centric design for the red ale was fittingly created by Gunsho, a Providence artist with a unique style.

As with the previous releases in their Lovecraft Series, this beer is available on the East Coast in six-packs of 16-ounce tallboys for about $12.99 per pack.

Below, we have official details and photos of the beer, and to learn more, visit:

http://www.narragansettbeer.com/2016/02/introducing-i-am-providence-imperial-red-ale

From Narragansett Beer: “Roll out the Barrel: At 8% Alcohol by Volume and 62 IBUs, the I Am Providence Imperial Red Ale is our latest brew...