12 Best Lovecraftian Horror Movies Of All Time

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[@JohnTLyon]

You have a great platform goin' here, but I gotta mention that " Book of Dead Names" is the closest literal translation of Necronomicon. Keep up the good work!!!

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[@solmoman]

This is such bullcrap. They always spoil key scenes / end scenes and narrate the vids like a TTS. It's like preparing a fine 5-course meal, but then putting it all in a blender and drinking it with a straw.

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Apart from the very weird bot-like narration on all their vids.

[@wadethesladewilson6753]

1:10 From Beyond (1986) 3:47 The Resurrected (1991) 5:49 Re-Animator (1985) 8:19 Color Out of Space (2019) 10:18 Castle Freak (1995) 12:15 Necronomicon (1994) 14:02 The Unnameable (1988) 15:44 The Shuttered Room (1967) 17:20 Dagon (2001) 18:56 The Whisperer in Darkness (2011) 20:41 The Haunted Palace (1963) 22:28 The Call of Cthulu (2005)

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Thanks

[@MadsterV]

up you go

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Thanks bro!

[@samuelglueck6911]

Which movie is the elderly women in the pink shirt with the transparent uterus and the amputee from?

[@jaydugger3291]

The animated the dream quest of unknown kadath also deserves a mention.

[@gedion4000]

I love how this is just a collection of Combs movies. I love that man

[@theanti-hypemonitor9079]

my thoughts exactly!

[@MatthewMortensen1]

Co-staring Barbara Crampton

[@charlesmclearn4642]

Wayoun is heavily featured that is true

[@gedion4000]

@@charlesmclearn4642 would this be Wayoun 1?

[@caboosedonutgriff3285]

I feel like The Void deserves an honorable mention. It has lovecraftian horror/body horror to rival The Thing.

[@joshualarue1624]

The Void is currently my favourite horror movie. Should have watched when it first released.

[@anonymousbosch9265]

Unquestionably

[@anonymousbosch9265]

I recommend “the alchemist’s cookbook” and Steven King’s “N”

[@SigismundSonOfDorn]

The Void was really good yeah. Wish more movies would use practical effects like that instead of just relying too heavily on cgi.

[@BasedBill]

@@SigismundSonOfDorn The Color Out Of Space man. If you haven't seen it, you'll love the effects.

[@coreya603]

This was great. You actually covered the real Lovecraft movies, instead of just any movie with vaguely Lovecraftian elements, as most channels do. You even had the HPLS films right in the top spots. Well done!

[@jamescheddar4896]

yeah if its "lovecraftian" just call it "cosmic horror" or "cosmic fantasy" depending on which way the bias is oriented... star trek can honestly be considered lovecraftian, it's just what lovecraft would call "cosmic optimism"

[@legionaireb]

Let's be clear: the movie Dagon bears 0 resemblance to the Lovecraft story of the same name, but 95% resemblance to The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

[@melissamarcott1059]

They were WAY too generous about Dagon.

[@legionaireb]

@@melissamarcott1059 Good creature work, though.

[@nemesisencounter2060]

Not to mention the Resistance evil 4 resemblance

[@legionaireb]

@@nemesisencounter2060 RE4 is 20 years after this movie and nearly 100 years after the original source material.

[@nemesisencounter2060]

@@legionaireb and??

[@thatwilldonicely1314]

We Lovecraftians wait with dread hope one day to see 'the' Lovecraftian film, 'At the mountains of madness'

[@Manic_Drone_Idiom]

There's John Carpenter's 'In The Mouth of Madness' from 1995

[@dmin5782]

@@Manic_Drone_Idiom It’s not even the same. Just the names are similar.

[@yomogami4561]

honestly better a netflix or hulu series

[@brainglow_lightbright]

@@Manic_Drone_Idiom yeah I’m down w that film, it’s got the ingredients but isn’t really an adaptation

[@BelligerentPenguin]

There are rumors that the people who did the Nicholas Cage Colour Out of Space are going to do At the Mountains of Madness and The Dunwich Horror...I'm unsure how credible this is, but we can hope.

[@NishantSengar]

Nothing screams Cosmic Horror more louder than The Void and Event Horizon ❤️

[@owenshebbeare2999]

It is a shame that the Event Horizon we got was brutally edited, and the extra footage was damaged beyond use when stored. It 8s also a shame that the 40K fanboys have appropriated the movie as being a sequeal to their geeky gamers universe. 40K 8s fine in concept, but the geek desire to appopriate the work of others is annoying. I know that several people involved in the film were 40K fans, but it is an unofficial connection.

[@Mettlef]

Oh yes, I'm missing Event Horizon too in this video

[@tylerskiss]

I'd include Underwater as well.

[@b1bbscraz3y]

more louder. Jesus Christ

[@Sssmg789]

These 2 plus The Mouth of Madness should be here before The Haunted Palace. I’m a huge Corman fan, but it’s Lovecraft connection isn’t nearly as close as those 3 movies.

[@davivignola5895]

Barbara Crampton in From Beyond was a formative moment in my sexual awakening

[@destho4308]

I bought The Resurrected a few years ago, and after finishing the movie I was pleased with it's overall result as a cosmic horror film. The scene where the main characters venture under the hidden dungeon, with pitch black darkness and an unknowable creature lurking within had to be a memorable scene for me.

[@cthulhuismychild]

A film that I was looking forward to and shocked me by surprizing me as to how good I thought it was was Standley's "Color out of Space'. Often disappointed by movies I've been looking forward to for a year. It's not perfect, but for me its one of my fav Lovecraft influenced movies.

[@sk-gr3nu]

For me maybe the best Lovecraft movie of the recent years

[@nicksothep8472]

Yeah, I was pretty sure to be disappointed by it, but wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be.

[@OnyxIdol]

It's a great adaption, if not a very scary movie.

[@tomesofawesome8041]

I ALSO, really loved the film. I especially loved the idea that they showed, which as far as I know, happens often in Lovecraft's lore. The idea that the daughter starts praying to/researching ancient deities to keep her family safe. But once she finds the right one & marks herself up, it actually Forces her to serve it rather than granting her protection. A few people that reacted to/reviewed the film called that out as being stupid. But in truth, it happens often in Lovecraft's work. People research things looking for salvation. But once connected, they only become vessels for their power. Not "Protected" at all.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

Better than many of these films. Hope his Dunwich Horror is better still.

[@ronniejaye1]

Cast a Deadly Spell , has to be one of the best Lovecraftian movies ever.

[@yomogami4561]

it's still on hbo/hulu and was my mother's favorite film. there was a sequel but completely recast and no where as good

[@lesleyrussell8200]

come on,,, is not a sirious horror movie

[@Microtherion]

@@lesleyrussell8200 You're right, but it's a brilliant totally non-serious horror/comedy. I've got it on VHS, straight off the TV. (Back when copying films for your own entertainment wasn't a legal issue. About 20 years ago now. How times change...)

[@lesleyrussell8200]

@@Microtherion yes,but recording tv films did not harm the cinema indutry,now with the internet they have lost a lot of money,without video stores,and few people in cinemas,that afects the budget for films that are becoming cheaper and mediocre,,

[@Microtherion]

@@lesleyrussell8200 Well, it's a complex issue, not an either/or (free-for-all versus nothing free ever)... If people share videos via the internet, especially in a commercial way (e.g. either charging a small membership fee or finding advertisers), then it might well affect studio profits, that's true. If people just use film sites to watch videos, and they don't even have a way of making copies which can be accessed offline or shared, then there really isn't some massive issue like that. Film sites used to often have both pay-per-view and free services - the former offering more 'prestigious' or recent content, as you'd expect. There's a lot less of that than there was fifteen years ago. Once, YT itself had a lot more old sit-com episodes (usually around 30 minutes, of course). Later, a time-limit was imposed - about 10 minutes per video, it seemed to be, and people had to post things as part 1/2/3. Later again, they had to be short clips. Finally, lawyers started removing short clips of particular shows. Clearly, people watching a 5-minute clip of an old episode of some sit-com, for example, wasn't costing anyone anything. So, some of the restrictions are fair enough - but most are pretty ridiculous...

[@abductedbyhorror1238]

Dagon is my absolute favorite. I was so surprised by this film when I first saw it.

[@Sab_MJsMama]

Other than the almost indecipherable Spanish accent of some of the cast? I actually love this movie too ;)

[@nicksothep8472]

Yeah, real classic that most people didn't understand.

[@SigismundSonOfDorn]

Big Black Obelisk of cyclopian nature

[@npc1386]

You are correct, I was not expecting it to be that good.

[@abductedbyhorror1238]

@@npc1386 Glad you dig it! It’s quite an experience.

[@brianartillery]

'Die, Monster, Die!' the 1965 movie directed by Daniel Haller, and starring Boris Karloff, is a lot of fun. It's based on 'The Color Out Of Space'. Another AIP movie based on a story by H. P. Lovecraft, is the 1970 film 'The Dunwich Horror'. It's rather psychedelic in tone, which oddly, suits the source material.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

Have you seen Annihilation? Excellent stuff.

[@fortheloveofking]

The Color out of Space is by far the best Lovecraft movie, and also my favorite story of his.

[@ZombieFarmboy666]

Dagon still holds up.

[@gwen3316]

It's Barbara Crampton's day, she is in no less than 3 movies of this list.

[@AdiaShardae]

Even though it was technically more of an "episode" than a movie, it hurts a little not to see Stuart Gordon's "Dreams in the Witch House" from Masters of Horror season 1 on this list.

[@Ryowhosakazaki]

The most creepiest episode ever made. Why isn't there a movie about this? Such a miss opportunity, now that Stuart Gordon is gone.

[@jonlava173]

Thanks so much for these Lovecraft Movies, never heard of em before. I’m new to Lovecraft since watching Lovecraft Country on HBO. Just got Audible a Lovecraft collection anthology. Can’t wait to watch these Lovecraft movies. Where can I find them? Also, Can you give a Clive Barker movies collection? Also a new fan.

[@devinpoole4528]

Here's a couple more. The void /cast a deadly spell /dreams in the witch house / castle freak reboot / the theatre bizarre / the curse / the last lovecraft / there's also a lil bit of lovecraft in the last season of the chilling adventures of sabrina. There's also a new series coming out called miskatonic u on full moon streaming. Can't wait for that cuz the 1st part is a from beyond reboot.

[@mouseketeery]

The two made by the Lovecraft Historical Society (The Call of Cthulhu and The Whisperer in Darkness - the two black and white films in this vid) are probably here on KZbin. They used to be anyway, that's how I saw them.

[@NoirHammer]

At this point, Marvelous Videos should have 10M subscribers for the hard work they do. I know they will make that number and surpass it some day.

[@ArchTeryx00]

John Carpenter's "The Thing" is a damn good rendition of At the Mountains of Madness, based off a short story, "Who Goes There?" which in turn, is a modern-day rendition of Mountains. The sheer level of paranoia and the absolute Lovecraftian horrors they have to fight make it the best Lovecraft on the screen, bar none. Even by modern standards the gore is pretty shocking, and uniquely, it is not because of humans killing each other, but the bloody and horrifying transformations the alien goes through when outed. Closest Lovecraft has ever gotten to the silver screen.

[@wapjs6781]

Did you even read the novel? Because the Thing has nothing in common with At the Mountains of Madness, except they are both set in Antarctica

[@MrCmon113]

>John Carpenter's "The Thing" is a damn good rendition of At the Mountains of Madness Because both are set in antarctica and about aliens? That's the only thing they have in common.

[@pugtie4695]

12:30 this book was mentioned in color out of space as an Easter egg and I personally believe what caused the color to arrive, and possibly leave, but I personally like thinking about Ash Williams saying swallow this to a deadite.

[@lulaw9723]

The colour out of space is soooo good! A must see for a lovecraft fan. ❤️

[@Potts2k8]

Dunno why I'm only just hearing of this movie, it looks right up my street... Where do I find it? Update: Found it on Amazon Prime 👌🏻

[@metheglynpymont8731]

I loved Colour Out of Space as well. I was up until 4 AM a couple of nights ago watching it. My sister hated it because -- and I swear I'm not making this up -- "It's too Lovecraftian."

[@AaronBish]

Went with some friends to see it in a small theater in Berkeley, right before the lockdown. Totally worth it!

[@dragonwarden93]

I think Underwater should be on this list too. It was a good movie based on Lovercraft lore and work!

[@lisadooley3872]

I was about to say that!!! The Void should have been on the list

[@jerichomills5162]

Herbert west still kicks ass! I'll always love his line, how dare you judge my work!

[@jchan9761]

There are some real gems on this list that I would have missed - The Resurrected, Castle Freak, The Unnamable, Whisperer in the Darkness, and Necronomicon ...all fun haunted house movies.

[@thomasjeffords6258]

Can't believe they left 1970's The Dunwich Horror off. Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Talia Shire? A very good and faithful adaptation.

[@PapaEmeritus_4evr]

THAT one should have definitely been on here. That's 100% Lovecraft.

[@jamesscottvideos]

Dagon gets my vote. Despite some dodgy CGI, the atmos and tension is amazing.

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

You just can't go wrong casting Jeffrey Combs in your Lovecraftian movie.

[@natastheunholy7]

Really enjoy the videos you upload. Only suggestion that I have is to put the movie list in the description

[@endryudzhenn4398]

Thanks for this. I remember now the Dagon movie that I watched back in my HS and Castle Freak when I was a kid. Today, I just finished watching Necronomicon and it's great.

[@wurmrave6831]

The mouth of madness is my personal fav.

[@lyricserrano6037]

i literally watched all of this films after watching this video.... thank you

[@christopherbennett2411]

Three other great lovecraftian horror: The Void, Underwater, and At the Mouth Of Madness

[@charlesforbin8526]

I liked Underwater, but a bit more backstory and build-up would have made it a much better movie.

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

I just watched The Void- great movie, one of the best horror movies I’ve seen in years. Still waiting to see Underwater- how does it hold up compared to The Void?

[@joVeeNoise]

Underwater was so fucking underrated.

[@hozsfett]

The void, annihilation, the ritual. Should be recognized as lovecraftian as well

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

Those are Lovecraftian, these body horror films, aren't really. Have you seen The Endless? Slow burning but weird as hell.

[@hozsfett]

@@davidstone-haigh4880 yes, i've seen it. mind blowing

[@brandongordon7511]

Just started watching this channel I absolutely love it, I might have missed it but is there one that covers vampires. Keep up the good work

[@vindurza]

Do you read Sutter Cain?

[@han3wmanwukong125]

Going silent and nostalgic for call of Cthulu was a great idea. the story is so short, that dialogue would all have been outside of the source material, but the descriptive imagery is really what makes the story stand out.

[@stevensauer5597]

I've seen a lot of comments to the effect of "where can I find this movie". If you're willing to pay for a Blu-ray, the answer is often "Scream Factory", and most of their stuff, if still available, is on Amazon. They tend to do some really nice special editions. There's also a great release of Reanimator from Arrow, but the best version, a limited edition, is a bit pricey. Be careful with Arrow, though, as some of their releases are for regions other than USA. The Vestron Collector's Series also has some of the ones on this list, including a very nice release of Dagon. Again, all of these are usually available on Amazon. Now, if you just want to watch these streaming, good luck....

[@kurthkovacevic5327]

i just want to say thank you for this clip, once I saw the section Castle Freak I reacted that was the movie, I've been looking to find the name of that movie.

[@karlyb99]

Seems like Jeffrey combs is in most love craft movies

[@rajnag86]

Yes, Jeffrey seems like the actor who is used most often in every Lovecraft's film! 😅😅😅

[@thewolf01x95]

Hes the goat

[@jacobhope6164]

He's even played Lovecraft

[@KelsaRavenlock]

He was the star of 3 Lovecraft based movies collectively referred to as the "Lovecraft trilogy" by critics and fans. Though not the only movies based on Lovecraft at the time they were some of the best known due to early cult status among youth, VHS, and having Jeffrey Combs in them. While he had been in films before it was "Re-Animator" coming out at the same time that VHS players became commonplace that really did it. Re-Animator led a much larger audience to look for lovecraftian films and by extension Jeffrey Combs films. BTW if you haven't seen it yet his character in "The Frightners" is completely nuts and worth a peek as none of the stuff the character does is actually scripted with the whole look and affectations being his ad lib ideas. The Movie itself was not originally a comedy so suffers a bit from the change but Combs is gold.

[@KelsaRavenlock]

Barbara Crampton is also a costar in all the films with Combs but doesn't get the notice.

[@GérannGerberChannel]

Great video Marvelous Videos, I really enjoyed it!! Please make separate videos of the Top 14 greatest Airwolf, Knight Rider, Robotech, The A-Team and Transformers Generation One episodes!!

[@Bolvyrk]

What a great channel and a great topic for this video!

[@wyattderp581]

I feel like this should just be the top 12 Jeffrey Combs movies haha! Great list, new subscriber here :)

[@thanaponboonsook5134]

This channel give me a lot of interesting movie list to watch

[@matthuck378]

It'd be nice if we got a proper Mythos 'cinematic universe' one day. There's so much great material by great weird fiction authors out there... Also, I'm really glad to see the two B&W HPLHS productions on this list (CoC and WiD).

[@PapaEmeritus_4evr]

The Lighthouse (2019) would be a very good entry to this list. Willem DeFoe and Robert Pattinson did an excellent job in this movie about two lighthouse keepers in the late 1800's. They must do their job while fighting each other and fighting for their sanity. There's definitely Lovecraftian elements that most will enjoy. I think this is one of Pattinson's best performances and Willem Dafoe is great as always. ⭐⭐⭐⭐½

[@Snapper314]

I would LOVE a Sequel to From Beyond! Perhaps the story could involve a Girls Sorority House built decades later on the same spot. Something in the new house could cause the "Resonator" effect to happen sporadically with increasing impact.

[@dalewilson4329]

I never realized what a huge jeffrey combs fan I am. He's kinda type cast into horror roles, but he really is a good actor.

[@The-priest-of-darkness]

I'd add The Void, The Mist, Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Lighthouse.

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

The grizzly beauty of Lovecraft's horror is in the all-consuming irony of humanity, creatures so used to constantly strive for discovery and intelligence ending up encountering the truth about our actual place in the universe. That of, basically, live stock.

[@MarquesLKing]

Once again awesome, so many new discoveries for me to watch.

[@archnof0]

Showing scenes from one of these i have not scene, I caught a glimpse of luca zingaretti. For those of you who are not mystery detective fans, he is, and I mean IS, Montalbano

[@IWasaTeenageTeenWolf]

It's so weird to see him speak English in Castle Freak, and I swear he hasn't aged much in the nearly 30 years since the movie was released . I'm always expecting Montalbano to yell for his partner Mimi. XD

[@archnof0]

@@IWasaTeenageTeenWolf and Fazio and catarella

[@IWasaTeenageTeenWolf]

@@archnof0 Definitely Catarella. He's always looking like he's about to pass out from anxiety, even though the guy is a whiz on the computer. XD

[@dimosc8428]

no mention of the lighthouse (2019)?

[@dmin5782]

The Lighthouse is very similar to Lovecraftian cosmic horror in depiction, but the director confirmed they didn’t intend it to be Lovecraftian at all.

[@dimosc8428]

@@dmin5782 while it may or may not be a genuine lovecraftian horror. All of those note were hit. I feel like it was in the same vein, and created as an homage to the ideas in the film. To say that the director wasn't trying to make a lovecraftian horror, doesn't stop it from being such. It could still be a version of the "fishpeople" story, or any "other lost old ones" stories mashed together. It's hard to create a "new" type of story that doesn't look back on tropes and types

[@dmin5782]

@@dimosc8428 Exactly, that’s what I was saying. I think the film is based on some Greek mythology story completely unrelated to Lovecraft, but the depiction is cosmic horror to the teeth.

[@kattdaddy2112]

I'm surprised Hellraiser is not on this list.

[@sean1993sl]

Thanks to this video I was finally able to find out a movie like couldn't place the name of years

[@jasonbean591]

Lovecraft was primarily an editor of pulp magazines. His writing was a hobby but his friends urged him to publish it. My favorite is “The Dream Quest of Unknown Kaddath”. It’s a dark fantasy rather than a horror story.:)

[@jameskocks4734]

the void is another good "under the radar" movie.

[@badredfinn2982]

A Call of Cthulhu and A Whisperer in Darkness were specifically done in the style of film when the Stories were published: 1925 and 1934 respectively. Both are brilliant. However, instead of The Unnameable, which was a teen horror slasher posing as Lovecraft, why no love for John Carpenter's "In the Mouth of Madness?".

[@JediRouge]

Never cared for the 1st film, but after seeing this now WANTS to see it.

[@victorsaulbotellomarquez2150]

Exelente!! Saludos desde Guadalajara, México!!

[@francisc1854]

I was fortunate enough to see Dagon in theaters. Also this time last year, The Color out of Space😁

[@sethlabroad4065]

Wasn't shown in theatres in my area. Direct to video only thru blockbuster.

[@francisc1854]

@@sethlabroad4065fortunately I live in between Philly & NYC so either one of those places will have small runs of indie flicks. I saw it at the Ritz five in south Philly It was right before covid hit and I’m so glad I didn’t procrastinate cause I would’ve missed out. The only other movie I saw last year in theater was synchronic. Huge Benson & Moorhead fan, both were great.

[@sethlabroad4065]

@@francisc1854 lucky you. Haven't had the finances in8yrs. Not to mention nothing really interesting in America much anymore. My favorite film is pump up the volume if that tells you anything about me. Indie films are the best.

[@Quankhi1]

You forgot to mention "The Endless" and "In the Mouth of Madness" :)

[@defiraphi]

You talk about the Necronomicon movie but don't include the Evil Dead 1&2 which is heavily Lovercraftian . What about ; - In the Mouth of Madness ? - Alien ? - Hellraiser trilogy ? - Carpenter's The Thing ? ( Color out of Space use a similar scene from "The Thing" dog-thing scene prolly a hommage ? ) - The Void ? - some David Cronenberg's movies are also influenced by Lovercraft , for example : Existenz , Naked Lunch .

[@dianeneedham6703]

I thought Dagon was an Irish God, I learned something new.

[@rickhobson3211]

Bit of a Spoiler for "The Shuttered Room." It's not remotely a Lovecraft movie, even if the title and some of the plot points have to do with the short story. All the Lovecraftian "cosmic" horror elements are explained away at the end of the movie and it becomes just a "crazy twin locked in the house" story. Save your money and time. You get bonus points though for including "The Haunted Mansion, which was oddly named after a Poe Short Story.

[@meloralovesdarkness2495]

What, No time to give some Love to the movie called "The Curse"! IMHO, a BETTER Rendition of "The Colour Out of Space", than the movie of the same name??

[@charlesman8722]

“Fuck Dagon!” “Yes, exactly!”

[@KingEgyptian]

How is the Necronomicon not on bluray?

[@frederickmiller2733]

Underwater? Loved that movie

[@geraldmartin7703]

There is no "creature"' in The Shuttered Room. Just a crazy lady in the attic. At least that's all I remember from seeing it at the drive-in decades ago. Only the lovely Carol Lynley is worth watching. Actor Gig Young murdered his wife and committed suicide a decade later.

[@Exile-exe]

List the movies in your description.

[@Potts2k8]

I agree. I'm on mobile (as many others must be) so titles in the description would be extremely helpful.

[@razgril]

Does somebody know from what movie the scene with the girl in the hospital bed at 00:35 is from? The one with the amputated limbs and the baby inside the pink clad lady with the sunglasses. I've been trying to find this particular movie for a while now without success! Saw it a long time ago and want to see it again. If I remember correctly it was from an anthology of horror stories type of film.

[@razgril]

Found the answer buried in the comments here: Necronomicon (1994) Thank you all!! :D

[@lysdor5039]

Yo! What is the movie of wich we can see an extrait at 0:35 ?

[@Jjanairee]

There are clearly a lot of options, but In the Mouth of Madness deserves a spot on this list.

[@paulcarr5918]

Let's be honest, every Lovecraft adaptation has to be done by Stuart Gordon and have Combs and Crampton in it. lol

[@derald1980]

And he had a really cute cat 👌

[@zudrialrose3145]

Does anyone know the name of the movie at 0:36 mark?! I've been trying to find that movie for years!!

[@geoffreydunsmore1561]

Jeffrey Combs and cosmic horror go together like butter and toast.

[@STFUppercut69]

I assume this list incorporates mostly (if not only) movies based on HP Lovecrafts stories? Because if not, there are plenty of other great Lovecraftian movies, like "The Void", "The Ritual", "Annihilation" and the last 15 minutes of "Underwater".

[@quakethedoombringer]

Still waiting for Guillermo del Toro's "At the mountain of madness"

[@HadrianRex]

It's not happening. After Prometheus came out, del Toro felt like too much of the idea had been depicted in the film, iirc.

[@quakethedoombringer]

@@HadrianRex I don't know what Del Toro was thinking. The only similarity between the 2 is that you have a bunch of humans discovering space faring aliens with extremely technology crash landed on a remote area with only 1 survivor. The Engineer and Elder things don't even look similar enough to warrant complaints

[@HadrianRex]

@@quakethedoombringer Prometheus definitely has that Lovecraftian cosmic terror vibe. Instead of the mysterious mountains, we have the alien ruins of inscrutable ancient gods. The creature that came out of Shaw that later impregnated the Engineer is even shaped like a star. The first Alien vs Predator definitely takes inspiration from At the Mountains of Madness, as well, even more overtly than Prometheus, imo.

[@quakethedoombringer]

@@HadrianRex cannot deny that. The Alien franchise is the closest thing to successful Lovecraftian films that were ironically not written by Lovecraft himself, besides the Thing (1982)

[@simeongrk486]

Hope he never ruin that story.

[@Knight-of-Sarcasm]

What about In the Mouth of Madness? The movie is kick ass, and Sam plays the straight man perfectly.

[@NukeA6]

It seems like this just Lovecraft adaptions rather than movies with a Lovecraftian theme. Otherwise, go with anything Sam Neill appears in.

[@georgecollins5783]

Loved that movie, also the void is a really good one.

[@sjdh3745]

Agreed 100 percent!!!!

[@judd5936]

event horizon @@NukeA6

[@MrListman]

One of my favorite

[@bowshockgalaxy]

Y'all need a dang list in description... pls

[@phillipzan2005]

My only feed back would be to put the movies in the description or comment section.

[@TheMartinChronicles]

Absolutely.

[@egoleeech]

Seriously

[@sk-gr3nu]

Also... Cast A Deadly Spell (1991) Malefique (2002) Die Farbe (The Color Out Of Space) (2010)

[@francisc1854]

The Curse (1987)

[@Tony-1971]

Man i miss the practical effects we used to get during the period of the 80's horror movie.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

Have you seen Harbinger Down? Has Lance Henriksson in it too.

[@NeoGee]

15:54 I was looking these films up on Wikipedia as I went along and noticed they pretty much lifted their narration from the Wikipedia article on the film lol "Susannah Kelton, a newly married woman who was raised in foster care in the city, learns that her real parents have died and left their property to her. She and her husband Mike travel to the island of Dunwich off the coast of Massachusetts to inspect the property. They find a local culture that is clannish, backward and ignorant. The few friends whom they make among the locals, including Susannah's aunt Agatha, warn them that the family mill is cursed and urge the Keltons to leave immediately and never look back. Refusing to bow to superstition, the couple consider rebuilding the abandoned mill. They become the target of a gang of local thugs led by Susannah's lecherous cousin, Ethan. Their reign of terror is ended by something still living in the shuttered attic room of the mill, something that caused Susannah to have nightmares as a child." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shuttered_Room

[@lxdead5585]

ALIEN, In The Mouth of Madness, Carpenter's The Thing, Prince of Darkness, Underwater, Harbringer Down, Event Horizon, The Void and Hellraiser for me :)

[@izidororaziel4918]

Underwater?

[@mouseketeery]

Good films, but not Lovecraft adaptations. Just 'Lovecraftian' in style or theme.

[@rufussamsquanch_6547]

@@izidororaziel4918 have you not seen it? I wont ruin it for you but yeah..big time.

[@rufussamsquanch_6547]

Great fuckin list. The Void hell yes!

[@RenanJBLima]

@@rufussamsquanch_6547 I've watched "Underwater", expecting more of a "Alien", "Leviathan" or "DeepStar Six" knockoff. Then all of the sudden i was like: "wait... WTH !!!"

[@vwhite3055]

I thought Jeffrey Combs was great in Re-animator. I didn't realize he was a legend (which, obviously, he is).

[@brianmcmurray4023]

The Greatest Lovecraftian actor of our time!

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

You need to see The Frightners...

[@brianmcmurray4023]

@@davidstone-haigh4880 He's the best part of that movie. Lol

[@juslitor]

My favourite Andorian.

[@greaterfaydark9428]

The Dunwich Horror (1970) is my favourite but this list makes me want to hunt down a few of these titles.

[@eltinoskimota]

Thank you I was about to write the same thing

[@johnjohnon8767]

Have this one on dvd. Read a lot of lovecraft years ago.

[@RD-lt3ht]

At last, SOMEONE besides ME is a fan of that Samuel Z. Arkoff production!

[@wanderer9994]

While not expressly based on lovecraft, I like to include Alien, and The Thing as lovecraftian horrors. I think they capture an aspect of his work that even he didn’t always get right

[@bluewhitespartan5258]

The Thing is an Adaption of At the Mountains of Madness.

[@victorfiore6332]

Alien is actually more A.E Von Voght read the book voyage of the space beagle. The monster was close enough that Avon Voght won a law suit

[@MrCmon113]

@@bluewhitespartan5258 The Thing has pretty much nothing to do with At the Mountains of Madness. The only thing they have in common is the arctic setting and that they're about aliens.

[@bluewhitespartan5258]

@@MrCmon113 you are wrong. The shoggoths are pretty much like the thing.

[@stevebinning977]

John Carpenter's "The Thing" seems to me to be Lovecraft influenced. The eponymous creature has some strong similarities to one of Lovecraft's shoggoths.

[@jazzmengardley750]

Ahh LoveCraft the most amazing horror movies ever. Would love to have much more LoveCraftian horror movies and video game adaptions cause this genre scares me more than all the other horror genres I have watched. All hail H.P LoveCraft :D

[@DarthWolfen077]

In the Mouth of Madness, The Void and Underwater are also excellent additions to the Mythos of H.P Lovecraft.

[@christermyrberg3661]

John Carpenter's Apocalypse trilogy; The Thing Prince Of Darkness In The Mouth Of Madness

[@dodiaguswandi5828]

Good list 👍

[@mangonectar4]

@@dodiaguswandi5828 I always felt that "In the Mouth of Madness", was John Carpenter's homage to H. P. Lovecraft. It's about as subtle as a hand grenade.

[@MisterSifuentes]

I would also include Cigarette Burn by Carpenter.

[@connaghward1582]

What about “They live”?

[@christermyrberg3661]

@@connaghward1582 Don't really consider that to be Lovecraftian

[@KelsaRavenlock]

Jeffrey Combs gets a lot of love as he should but don't forget Barbara Crampton is in all the movies with him as well so is just as associated with Lovecraft based films.

[@ElderNada]

That moment in From Beyond where Barbara Crampton falls and her whole knee bone bursts through her leg STILL gets me. Gold classic.

[@demartin975]

Idk about being “based on”, but Slither was definitely influenced by Lovecraft themes. With a little comedy thrown in of course.

[@fila365]

I know that The Void and in the Mouth of Madness aren't direct Lovecraft works, but they definitely deserve a mention!

[@TheKillogicEffect]

The Lighthouse is one I would add to this list!!! Great list I have a few of these but didnt know about a couple! Thank you very much keep up the great work!