H.P. Lovecraft (Motion Comic) Cosmic Horror Mythos

[@barry_crisp]

I love these videos so much, finally a way for my ADHD brain to sit and enjoy Lovecraftian works.

[@dickvansteijn4115]

Take some speed read them anyway and despair😁

[@ethanalspencer7294]

Stupendous compilation and accompanying artwork. AND Wayne June?! How does this not have thousands more views?

[@lunamaria1048]

It does now

[@Ozymandias_1818]

Fantastic reading

[@richardmcleod2791]

Great stuff, I can watch this over and over.....

[@sheldonwheaton881]

I love hearing how others pronounce Lovecraft 's invented terms.👻

[@ricardocauthinrua3481]

the music from Hitchcock's Psycho was really nice touch

[@boomer166]

Excellent work!

[@oliviaalmonds2255]

This is amazing 😍

[@nicholassudov2299]

Like. Tentacled seafood horrors. But I do love and miss good old HPL.

[@Br0kenMask]

The Narrators voice and way of speaking reminds me a lot of the Narrator from the Darkest Dungeon.

[@kbritu]

That's because it IS him, Wayne June's voice is powerful!

[@realhxq]

Whhhhhaaaaaaaattttttttt???!!!!

[@ostapolkhovskyi3427]

Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer!

[@PRIVACYISAZOMBIE]

That wasn't supposed to be Cthulhu at the monolith, but Dagon or likewise creature. Still very, very, very nicely made.

[@JeremyZahn]

Yes its true, I substituted Cthulhu for Dagon. For the purposes of this short I though Cthulhu made for a stronger visual. Considering I was still learning the very basics of video compositing this switch made things easier! Just add Cthulhu, LOL. Now... I slightly regret it. At least I edited out the word Polyphemus-like. ;-) Thanks for the nice comment and encouragement!

[@normandoering1619]

@@JeremyZahn, I recognized the ending of "The Shadow over Innsmouth": I shall plan my cousin’s escape from that Canton madhouse, and together we shall go to marvel-shadowed Innsmouth. We shall swim out to that brooding reef in the sea and dive down through black abysses to Cyclopean and many-columned Y’ha-nthlei, and in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell amidst wonder and glory for ever.

[@JeremyZahn]

@@normandoering1619 I love that line. Possibly the best bit of Lovecraft... for ever.

[@aaronbrummett3475]

These are great videos!! I would love to see other titles from mr. Lovecraft in this motion comic format!!

[@lunamaria1048]

His writings are limited. You should explore Lovecraftian stories, inspired by him

[@davidforshaw4998]

👍 An excellent video! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@user-pm4yd3cf4p]

,,...darkness and alienage..." ,,ALIENAGE"

[@user-pm4yd3cf4p]

,,Alienage"

[@user-pm4yd3cf4p]

Yes I commented my own comment.

[@SteveAcomb]

this is fantastic!

[@DJ-gv1nn]

Dunwich Horror when? I love these recordings almost as much as I love Lovecraft. You folks bring these tales to life, so thank you so much for all of the amazing work that you do. So much love and passion put into you work, I love it!

[@gmonteri9985]

Soundtrack is from Hitchcock's 'Psycho,' by Bernard Hermann. Good choice.

[@stacksmountain2893]

When you see it in the sky that's when you know you entered the darkest realms of reality in life. What an experience of a nightmare. 🌹

[@tomusmc1993]

I will say that the animation and narration requires a solid and full rendition.

[@ergbudster3333]

The stinking rotten mud. Yikes! At that point I decided hell, I gotta do this in little chunks. Too much to handle all at once!

[@colterwebb6382]

Dude id love all of these stories done in full

[@davidforshaw4998]

The courtould talks by Killing Joke brought me here. 👍

[@bryanmiller6046]

A excellent job and animation.

[@goaway152]

subbed. great stuff

[@Nguroa]

Well done, a great reading and animation.

[@Panosole]

Very good job. .............i hope you make more Motion Comic H.P. Lovecraft stories.

[@DarkWarrior076]

I can never stop watching your three videos! You did a good job and I can't wait for your next video.

[@JeremyZahn]

Thanks! I'm so excited to tackle another story this summer!

[@DarkWarrior076]

Question: have you considered using soundtracks from Bloodborne in your next video? Bloodborne is inspired by Lovecraft and there's a lot of good tracks that could go well with your video.

[@sassywitchdeemoon1215]

I really enjoyed this, especially the music, after truly listening, I can't help but feel it's from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Correct me if I'm wrong.....

[@charlemagnetheFranks]

The narrated sound like Rod Serling of The twilight zone.

[@michaelpoirier9383]

love your work and your list is some of the best for future projects, although i have always loved Pickmans model too

[@JeremyZahn]

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. I've finally read Pickman's Model (after reading the Dreamlands cycle a few times). I really like Pickman! Although I am still internalizing it. I'll need to read through it a few more times. What struck with me on my first pass was the wonderful descriptions of the decrepit streets and the secret, underground passage ways. There are also a few good paragraphs about the nature and potency of really really good art.

[@JaefarSABNW]

It was the case with R.L. Stine and it is ever more the case with H.P. Lovecraft that the movies and shows do not live up to the books. The best things can't be imagined. The second best things can't be described, then comes what we can fairly explain.

[@TexasBIoodMoney]

Jaefar SABNW Beautiful comment.

[@theodorereed]

Your comment is quite true, however I don't want to discourage anyone from making Lovecraft videos. They are still awesome.

[@Lorkhanable]

You sure have hit the nail on its head with these motion comics, having read your comments regarding these I hope you at some point manage to dish out another comic! I wouldn't be saying this if it weren't because you are filling a void which seemingly no one else has, also you're really good at it! My vote goes to either Pickmans Model or The Hound!

[@JeremyZahn]

Lorkhanable Thanks! I've (we've) finally settled on Nyarlathotep. I'm buying a new computer in a month. Then I (we) begin. This time I will have help. I'm sorry it's taken this long. I couldn't bare to start a new huge project with my current machine. I really want to enhance the visuals. Higher quality images, more layers and more movement. Hence the need for an updated rig. My Illustrator and his talent opens up terrifying new vistas. I'm excited.

[@JeremyZahn]

Lorkhanable Note: We chose Nyarlathotep because it is short and affecting! A great place to start our first collaboration. Also, because you know... Nyarlathotep just seems appropriate to this season of political and social upheaval.

[@Lorkhanable]

Sounds good, looking forward to it!

[@Den.Vos.Reynaerde]

Jeremy Zahn Yes, although Nyarlathotep lost the american election... 😉

[@jihlnabaat6329]

you almost sound like the narrator from heavy metal

[@Perktube1]

someone did a parody, calls for Cthulhu or something, which had a pushy cthulhu hand puppet.

[@jonathanmessier6541]

great work, I love your 3 videos. ... please do more of them 😃😃😃

[@antwan1357]

I stumbled upon this one , looking for the full stories at the moment it is like a small tease of the greater stories.

[@JeremyZahn]

The Call Of Cthulhu kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYO5Z5uqg6mHras The Rats In The Walls kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWHIdZypYtxgb5I

[@aneesniazi7918]

Jeremy Zahn you're doing a great job.

[@jonathangrant5904]

This is excellent.

[@Micki93]

Love your voice Jeremy ! I'd love to hear a reading by you, of Algernon Blackwood's "The Wendigo", it would fit your style of readings so well!

[@richardmcleod2791]

Not Jeremy's voice

[@Micki93]

@@richardmcleod2791 i did not realize! well the actor for that story was very very good!

[@williamtirado2423]

Voice sounds like the ancestor from darkest dungeon

[@yourlocaldramaclub9535]

Amazing

[@spiroskoufos5412]

GREAT!

[@brandonvasser5902]

Cthulhu would just see us as a force of nature just like it is. Earth would probably be sacred to the old gods. It would be like one of the few rare planets in the universe where they could have came from. A new home they have interest in. They wouldn’t care about squashing us anymore than they would the birds or the bees.

[@CsCollins77]

awesome!

[@Mdxfiend]

great reading holy shit

[@erikdarco]

Amazing.**

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

What a great narrator he is,but please add subtitles,if possible...

[@dhumin610]

can you do the one with The Burrower from the Bluff

[@louistoken9334]

I SAW THAT TOWER IN A FUCKING DREAM! I WAS IN A GOD DAMNED DINGY WITH ANOTHER DUDE WITH ME AND I SAW A TOWER RISEN FROM THE SEA LIKE A LIGHT HOUSE!!!!

[@alexandrejarussi9842]

Cthulhu comes ...

[@jonathanmessier6541]

please do more video man

[@cypher_30]

Do you ever feel, in your caves of steel, The chill of an ancient fear? Do you shudder and say, when you pass this way, A human once walked here? They've cut off our heads, but we're not dead, And we're bound by an ancient vow. That does not sleep which dreams in the deep, We're the Great Old Ones now! - Ken MacLeod, Newton's Wake taken from tv tropes Quotes / Humans Are Cthulhu

[@retr0josh962]

Dagon

[@johntrains1317]

what story is this? amazing voice work

[@JeremyZahn]

This is a series if excepts from various short stories by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The titles are... Dagon, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Call Of Cthulhu, and At The Mountains Of Madness.

[@riotbreaker3506]

That Dagon scene was awesome! It's not far fetched to believe Dagon and Cthulu are the same thing.

[@SilkandSlate]

What is the name of track used for background music?

[@JeremyZahn]

Keith Hi Keith, scroll to 13m25s for music credits. If you have additional questions let me know. I'll happily elaborate.

[@ProffessorYellow]

Video was waaay too dark. Had to.use gamma corection

[@BryinWillis-e8g]

For me

[@user-rt8fh4fk8f]

Did you seriously use Cthulhu instead of Dagon?

[@ss-oq9pc]

This is someone elses writing based in the story mythos of Lovecraft? I looked up The Shadow over Innsmouth and it only matched with the mentioning of the winter.

[@ss-oq9pc]

+Steven Schmitt Ah I see. Heavily edited.

[@wakenbakerukalldaylong3336]

+Steven Schmitt it isn't shadow....it's dragon.escapee from a Bosch ship. Lovecraft's first ever published work, I believe

[@margaretwhitmer2715]

the text is from hpl story dagon

[@wampXs]

The shadow over Innsmouth segment here is mostly the ending of the tale

[@simplemaddness]

cut the intro down, 40 seconds is way too long for a logo, put that animation at the end with flash cards, but at the start cut it down to like 3-5 seconds most.

[@JeremyZahn]

Thanks for the feedback! I completely agree with your suggestions.

[@sket4ket47]

What exactly is this? What story is it? Dagon?

[@babyeater639]

You need to read some junji ito shit m8. I suggest uzmakia or gyo.

[@TheAvatarZero]

What application do you make these with?

[@JeremyZahn]

Music, sound effects and voice audio are mixed with ADOBE AUDITION. Images are processed into layers (foreground/background/other) with PHOTOSHOP. Often these layers are already themselves a video. Each shots is then reassembled and animated in 3D space (think of a box diorama) using SONY VEGAS.

[@CJM-rg5rt]

It's crazy how fragile people's minds were until about the 1970's, I can only hope that things have been excessively insane because we are forced to grow up. Maybe eventually cults will be a thing of the past.

[@tenhirankei]

The only fault with this is that you did not take one story and keep to it. It would have been better if you had done all of one in your fashion as with your others. You hardly did justice to this collection.

[@JeremyZahn]

tenhirankei I agree with you. Although this was just a promo piece; I had a viewing party and live Lovecraft-reading. I plan to make more full length videos. They take a few hundred hours to produce. This Mythos-summary was much faster, so I hammered it out. Thank you for your interest and encouragement. I hope to get to work on The Haunter Of The Dark, very soon!

[@klumpos]

I'm very happy to hear you plan to continue these videos. Hope you continue to use Wayne June if possible