Lovecraft H.P. The Rats in the Walls

[@KenzieSFT]

I like the idea that this was a deeply frightening and horrific event for all human beings involved, but for the cats this was all very exciting and interesting.

[@RelativelyBest]

The true horror of this story is that they took his cat away from him. :(

[@chiimotozoa8946]

“MY CAT”

[@TheGoodCrusader]

Who according to my lawyer shall not be named 😂

[@deborahapple-sauce6043]

These are criminally under-viewed. They're stunning!

[@valthonispaladine7999]

"Ruin has come to our family. You remember our venerable house ..."

[@RelativelyBest]

"What about the ROUS?" "Rodents of unusual size? I don't believe they exist."

[@tuskinekinase]

Never once have I thought that the Darkest Estate looks like Exham Priory but here we are, and it's perfect.

[@Jonny_Karate]

the irony of people getting so upset over a word being changed and claiming that people are sensitive

[@buttlord2223]

"I TRANSHEART NlGGER!" -Johnny_Karate, probably

[@necronomicon6666]

Why would 29 people thumbs down this amazingly narrated and animated H.P Lovecraft story. It is beautifully read and illustrated.

[@salamander4668]

Because he skipped cat's name.

[@thecrazyswede2495]

I wonder what the reaction would have been if it had been a bat instead of a cat. The bats! The bats! The bats in the belfry!!! cheers! / CS 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛😇

[@Erik-vp5bm]

Say, what was the cat's name again?

[@RyunosukeHachi]

Later versions call him Hero

[@Erik-vp5bm]

@@RyunosukeHachi I'm sure HPL would have loved that spineless edit. :D

[@horatiusromanus]

The true unmentionable horror is the cats name. It can’t be said lest it destroy the sanity of modern man.

[@madnessb8305]

The cat name is H.p. Lovecraft Jr.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

African American-Man

[@edvfya9922]

That ending is absolutely incredible around 50:25! The narrator really sold the scene, it still gives me goosebumps. He truly committed to the role and I admire him for it, I wish I was as confident in something enough to go all out like that. I think its a pretty damn good combination of Darkest Dungeon and this story, then the animation to keep you engaged. Well done! I gotta watch this again.... and again.

[@MediaAttorney]

Holy shit! That was fantastic! And creepy AF

[@climbhazzard126]

Man, the Devs of Darkest Dungeon must have based the entire premise of their game around this Lovecraft story. Very well presented. Nice work!

[@FilthyFloor]

Even the art style is similar. Same thoughts :D

[@tultsi93]

I love how you censored the cat's name by just calling it "my cat."

[@wrathofatlantis2316]

Why do you love it?

[@tultsi93]

@@wrathofatlantis2316 Because I assumed they renamed the cat, like naming it after a celebrity or giving politically correct version of its name. I didn't expect that.

[@Welther47]

What I don’t understand is why can’t a Lovecraft character have a cat named Niggerman, but Tintin can have a dog called Snowy?

[@DarthABBA]

@@tultsi93 in some versions they did rename the cat to Black Tom

[@ginnungagap3873]

God, the animations in all these are so good.

[@todorminchev2123]

I like how the name of the cat was simply changed to cat xD

[@Welther47]

I hate it. It's wrong to censor fiction.

[@todorminchev2123]

@@Welther47 i agree w you, it was more lr an ironic comment. Its stupid

[@Kirbylord76]

@@Welther47 is a half black person.... what? did you think i had anything to say lol? based.

[@oreh350]

Great atmosphere! I wish KZbin could add subtitles to all videos for not native speakers like me. I understood 95% though

[@mkrowenp]

Wonderful job - narration and animations :D

[@Erik-vp5bm]

The only thing I found very weird, is that the opening screen says that it is narrated by Wayne June. This version is not Wayne June's version. This guy borrowed art from another vid, and I get that, but he should really have left out the credits of the other video. Wayne June is the narrator of Darkest Dungeon, and this is certainly not him.

[@ufailowell]

Man people are actually mad that the dude doesn't want to say a slur that has no effect on the story.

[@goodyeoman4534]

?

[@josh420masterB]

bUt MuH aUtHeNtIcItEeEhHhH!! Yep, it's a pretty superficial thing to get your swastika panties in a bunch over.

[@TheGoodCrusader]

The cat was the true hero of the story, say his name 😂

[@joshbates9015]

​@@TheGoodCrusader Give him a less disgusting name, and I'd happily say it.

[@TheGoodCrusader]

@@joshbates9015 disgusting?! They are people too man!

[@matthew55793]

lmao at the butthurt commenters who are so bothered that he left the name of the cat out, despite it having literally nothing to do with the story itself.

[@unclesham5507]

HP didn't even name that cat.

[@abnurtharn2927]

@@unclesham5507 No, it was his grand father, if I remember correct.

[@jaunseena1484]

Why are lots of these “animation” from the darkest dungeon? Lol

[@Erik-vp5bm]

Darkest Dungeon is basically a loveletter to Lovecraft, even the developer's name Red Hook is a reference, and this story is particularly connected, as the premises are somewhat similar in regards to finding an ancient and terrible secret lair underneath an old family castle. The ancestor speaks Lovecraft fluently as well, the "Ruin has come to out family" speech could easily have been the opening of a Lovecraft story. :)

[@NightsReign]

@@solinvictus2018 Nice apology to @Kilgore Trout. The way you couched it to look instead like more childish, reactionary insults was interesting, I must say.

[@josephskiles]

I guess I can't blame you for not including the cats name, excellent work for the most part your voice goes well with the story my only complaint is your not emoting in the beginning but it definitely improves as the story progresses 9/10 thanks for this

[@cypresswillow2591]

He didn't do the narration. He just did the montage....

[@josephskiles]

@@cypresswillow2591 still nice work

[@cypresswillow2591]

josephskiles : yes, of course.

[@elizabethlee2136]

But I think that fits the tone if a guy trying to divorce himself from an undisclosed mental illness, a bloody history of colonialism and exploitation. He pretends that it is a vestige of the past, but three hours in the dark proved that wrong. Maybe its symbolic the cat has that name, as this a tale of how the poor exploit the rich and get away with it and how the rich are none the better

[@josephskiles]

@@elizabethlee2136 thats a nice analysis but I kinda think your reading to much into it as far as the cat anyhow. Lovecraft for all his genius was extremely xenophobic and racist, he thought anyone that wasn't exactly like him were subhuman, even whites descended from other parts of Europe. Its kind of strange with all that prejudice that he married a Jewish lady

[@over-the-hilltop6920]

I very much appreciate the very simple yet obviously needed change of the mention of the cats name.

[@countravid3768]

4:05 NANI!?

[@todorminchev2123]

What?

[@timshulepov]

Amazing narration. Well done!

[@fredrikgranstrom6743]

FANTASTIC READING. GREAT STORY. GREAT ARTWORK

[@cetxscum]

the darkest dungeon footage lmao

[@catherinecao4810]

So his ancestors were cannibals and he became one.

[@FabledHeroes3351]

Unfortunately yes

[@GravesRWFiA]

The first lovecraft story I ever read

[@Kojoanna]

I enjoyed this version😊

[@LORDSofCHAOS333]

cool video how did i miss you channel out

[@sallylauper8222]

So at the end, it seems as though "The Rats" were just his madness??

[@stringwhore]

Sally Lauper ghost rats

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

I love the Mike Mignola-esque illustration

[@SholRon101]

Nice i had a really hard time reading the original. This is how it should be.

[@AlessandroAloisi23]

How can you dislike this?

[@markrpatterson9717]

It's edited.

[@tenhirankei]

The Dislikes were from the descendants of the folk that lived in the shadow of Exham Priory.

[@justinokraski3796]

because of the cat

[@burkesullivan9086]

51:07

[@DarthABBA]

can't say that cat's name on youtube...

[@beverlyamarantes9775]

Oh yes you can. Check out "Horrorbabbles version.

[@raymundoserna3449]

Okay can some one explain the ending like i dont get it like so where his folk moster like where they sacrificeing people

[@TheZombieman87]

He is going insane while going back in time i.e. regressing. He starts speaking in older forms of English until it becomes Latin and Gaelic. The family curse.

[@raymundoserna3449]

@@TheZombieman87 ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh okay okay that makes thanks man

[@pooldead6850]

I’ve watched this numerous times as well as the Wayne June version 11:35 this is one has much more detail and the delivery of the chanting at the end is unparalleled, so much passion and energy in such a short instance of time truly well done ❤

[@rewatteefroimchuk8589]

Thank you!

[@DankFenrir]

Erm, nice use of Darkest Dungeon assests - the narrator writing on the parchment is literally copy pasted and the estate is so close to that in darkest dungeon, evem down to the trees on either side

[@Gary-zq3pz]

What a GREAT bed time story to tell your toddlers when ya put them to bed!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@PALACIO254]

Their soft brains wouldn't understand a word

[@TheGoodCrusader]

The cat my man

[@azigar]

Thank you very much for this

[@paytondelaney8316]

How was these not a movie

[@Erik-vp5bm]

Many have asked the same, but I think it might be a little short for a movie

[@_syzygy_]

Dont know if itd make for a good movie tbh, feels like a story much bettter appreciated on a written medium

[@FabledHeroes3351]

I’d make it into an Episode on an Anthology Series

[@abnurtharn2927]

"My cat" that´s a good one.

[@stringwhore]

Black Tom!

[@kudosbudo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqebY52oa7WWidk Now thats the best ranting i've ever heard.

[@edvfya9922]

Epic rant 10/10!

[@markrpatterson9717]

If you can't read it unedited don't read it. *edit 7/2021: After revisiting this debate I can (somewhat) see both sides. The word is horrifically jarring so I get the push for sanitization. I detest censorship, but the original is extant so this version is a one-off. I think a good solution to this is to add: "Edited for content" to the video title. Network television does it, and it lets me know to change the channel. I doubt MSA 21 will do it though. Comments help algorithms. Later, Kitty-cats.

[@mrana2424]

Changing the bit does not change the story.

[@stringwhore]

M Rana it does to me... I just feels weird...

[@Nick-qf7vt]

@ People certainly let it hurt them.

[@Flood520]

Don't worry man, you can still call black people by that racist slur behind closed doors with your scuzzy friends.

[@markrpatterson9717]

@@Flood520 Easy there Stinky. I'm going to type this slowly so even you can understand. I never said I was okay with the word. My problem is censorship. But don't worry man, you can still censor, ban, and burn books behind closed doors with your scuzzy Nazi friends.

[@celteuskara]

You'd think a narrator daring to take on the work of such an erudite wordsmith as Lovecraft would make a bit more effort to check the pronunciation of obscure (to him) words...

[@unclesham5507]

Cat.

[@muhammedshefin3939]

22:16

[@the-trustees]

Too bad that literature has to be so sanitized that the name of a cat, in a time when certain monikers we feel ashamed of now, has to be removed from possibly the greatest writer of horror and dark fantastic worlds intertwined into our own. Is society so sadly triggered that this has to happen? Apparently so. How shameful for us that we should be so stupidly oversensitive.

[@fransmikola6508]

How much did this subtle change actually undermine the actual narrative? Ironically you seem very triggered about the notion that some people are triggered.

[@the-trustees]

@@fransmikola6508 When a tiny minority of a society get away with doing something damaging to that society, it should be fought against every way possible. That so much of our society is actually taking cues from these loudmouth, regressive asshats is truly confusing and worthy of a trigger now and again... but my post was not one. I wonder how the religious zealots would feel if it were THEIR books being rewritten because of the perpetually offended.

[@Anele1097]

@@the-trustees Now you have my interest. I'm curious as to what "damage to society" has been done by someone choosing not to say something that makes them, or that they suppose would make others, uncomfortable. Something that to many people sullied their enjoyment of an otherwise good piece of literature.

[@Anele1097]

@@the-trustees Also loving the implication that anyone sensitive towards the casual use of harmful language or who are empathetic to such are automatically "loudmouthed regressives" who somehow exist outside of "our society"... As you implied it's just a word. Chill out and stop being so triggered. Keep in mind you're talking to a fan of Alan Moore here, but even I know thick skin isn't compulsory, nor should it be. Individualism and that.

[@the-trustees]

@@Anele1097 The damage comes in the attempt to force society as a whole to adhere to THEIR view which, unlike feminism of the past, promotes superiority for women and in some cases other groups. Damage is when the best movies in history are undone, and their legacy distorted, by producers, directors or studios with the open agenda of forced diversity which has ruined every movie and franchise it has touched INCLUDING being financial debacles... but for some reason, Hollywood does not seem to be able to make that connection. I hope that is sufficient.

[@matixdegaulle8109]

This was very well read, thank you. And thank you also for editing the poor cat's name, I admit I was wary about the story because I knew about the original name, but I was able to enjoy this version without reservation.

[@matixdegaulle8109]

@Dave Chosewood yes. Thank you for your input.

[@_Lightning_Dog_]

Erasing words is akin to burning books and I don’t like that concept.

[@Gay_Bradbury]

Jesus Christ you are cretinous

[@ldye1965]

Damn I hate giving Lovecraft readings a thumbs down, but since this is only a partial reading...

[@brentwilbur]

It bothers me that the name of the black cat has been omitted by the narrator. Is the name offensive? Certainly. Is it still a part of the story? Yes. Of course, my typing it here will ensure the comment's automatic removal by KZbin. Suffice it to say it is a racial slur.

[@thevineiconguy1606]

0/10 not enough hard ERs

[@stringwhore]

Do... The shadow over innsmouth

[@stringwhore]

I gotta go hear the real one now :/