What is kinda funny to me about the Necronimicon is that everytime anyone reads it, either an eldritch evil gets summoned or someone dies horribly, and yet, no one at the Miskatonic University either locks it away or informs the military. "What... what is going on with this book? We lost, like, 11 students last month who read it. Should we... should we do something about it?" "Nah, it'll be fine!"
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, they're not run by the smartest administration.
@ajindie99893 жыл бұрын
I'm reading Lovercraft's stories in chronological order and the last story I read was Under The Pyramids. So I got a couple stories to go until Dunwich Horror. Great vid as always. Looking forward to your next one
@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy3 жыл бұрын
Lovecraft is one of the oldies I don’t know well, so thanks for this, Mike. Always a pleasure to learn from you, and I’ll have to watch your other Lovecraft videos!
@joshuafowler8833 жыл бұрын
I of course have a soft spot for Lovecraft because his from my state of Rhode Island. Dunwich Horror is one of his best stories. The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is probably my favorite of his works.
@madisongoodyear50403 жыл бұрын
I’m here to be enlightened. I read this a few months back, but I don’t think I totally got it haha 😆
@NoAmmo223 жыл бұрын
Lovecraft can be intimidating sometimes. If you haven't tried Shadow over innsmouth. Go for it. It is one his more accessible and creepier reads.
@DisabledPsychedelica2 жыл бұрын
I think one of my biggest problems with some horror is that I don’t have a fear of the unknown… I have anxiety of the unknown, and anxiety is less impactful than fear in horror. I also ultimately get frustrated with anxiety, and fear is just more enjoyable as well in horror than frustration.
@RSEFX Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Nice to hear an go-thru of one of my personal favorites in detail. I'd love to see a film version done of this story---done well, that is. (I've always felt that David Lynch could really pull off the Lovecraft atmosphere, IF he could follow the story faithfully and not improvise on it to any great degree.). Of course, we DO see---or at least get glimpses of---the horror in this tale. And we follow it across the countryside as is destroys buildings, houses and tears up nature. I love the fact that there are actual heroes in this story (mankind defeated at the end of HPL's stories can get tiresome for me. People fighting back, taking action is far more interesting that just collapsing in terror, and Armitage is cool in that regard, spending days preparing to do battle rather than quivering in some corner in fear). This story also describes in minute detail the progeny of Y-S, and it is pretty darn visible, and very grisly and extremely weird. I feel this story is full of dread, the atmosphere dark and ominous. But...so we differ. This is in my top 3---this and COLOUR OUT OF SPACE and THE CALL OF CTHULHU. I wonder why people seem to have such a struggle with the writing style. We all studied literature, much of it far older than the HPL stories, in which events unfold slowly with little overt action as time, place and character are given pages upon pages---entire chapters---to be revealed. Lovecraft is a relatively easy read in comparison. And the vocabulary, with the exception of a few words, isn't unusual, even if how Lovecraft combines words is pretty eclectic. He isn't all that different or more expansive vocabulary-wise, than---staying in the realm of sf/sf horror---HG Wells, for instance, and people don't seem to have any real trouble reading Wells. Or maybe it's just me. I started reading Lovecraft as a kid long long ago, so maybe i grew up acclimated to this kind of style.
@aaronedgell94263 жыл бұрын
Loved the review, horrified beyond human utterance to learn the terrible truth that you don't like In the Mouth of Madness.😱
@SpecialAgentBillMaxwell3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Lovecraft is Shadow Over Innsmouth. But man, this is a cool one too. Armitage is a boss!
@clancyconnolly4953 жыл бұрын
You definitely said it right the first time, myth-ohs. Love this series for Fright Fest 2020!
@ButchersBookshelf3 жыл бұрын
I completely agree on your point that getting into Lovecraft's work is hard because of his writing style and the vocabulary that he uses. Great video!
@locolima2793 жыл бұрын
Disagree on In the Mouth of Madness. GOOD movie!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Woof.
@locolima2793 жыл бұрын
@@mikesbookreviews Sorry about the balls!
@Th3Downz3 жыл бұрын
Do you read Sutter Cane?
@Michael_L_Morrison3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I like In the Mouth of Madness as well. I realize it probably doesn't come close to an actual Lovecraft story, but it at least feels like it's a close cousin.
@Musicteachersheff3 жыл бұрын
Heh...first place I heard of the Necronomicon was in Fable 2. Funny but creepy side quests involving “Sam and Max” and appears in both Fable 2 and Fable 3. (Favorite xbox games ever!)
@MoonisHavn3 жыл бұрын
Love craft video discussions, I’m here for it.
@theguyinthefunnyhat3 жыл бұрын
I decided to buy a collection of Lovecraft and I'm eating them up. A lot of other stuff I am into has Lovecraftian influences, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I wouldn't say they are hard to read. I read Pride and Prejudice (...which should really be called Assholes and Accountancy...) and found it an ok read, just dull. I longed for description of setting - something to plunge me into the world the story is set. These videos are great. I've just started The Dunwich Horror.
@andersschmich86003 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed The Dunwich Horror, but it definitely feels kind of pulpy in comparison to his other stuff. Have you ever read "The Night Ocean" by Lovecraft and R.H Barlow? I think its a perfect example of a story that succeeds practically by atmosphere alone.
@ajourneyforthepages25073 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see your top 10 Lovecraft list!
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Will certainly happen in the future.
@raywoodham15533 жыл бұрын
Lovecraftian horror is so good
@robpaul75443 жыл бұрын
More Lovecraft is always a good thing - oh and I pronounce it mythOHs as well. This isn't one of my favourites either.. but for a 35 page story it packs a respectable amount of monstrosity and horror.
@mathieuleader86013 жыл бұрын
ooh the one with the human hybrid that looked like something from Akira
@alexthornhill19183 жыл бұрын
Yes please do a top 5!
@thamel8633 жыл бұрын
Top 5 would be great. I'm discovering HP. Currently reading Mountain of Madness and loving it. Dunwich will be my next HP read.
@weeze98253 жыл бұрын
Love the lovecraft reviews! Thanks Mike!
@Dylan13Collins3 жыл бұрын
I want to hear all you opinions on Lovecraft lol. Everytime I read a stephen king (I've only read a few) or Neil Gaiman, I have a striking urge to read more lovecraft.
@turtleanton65393 жыл бұрын
Do it
@spyroskamilalis25153 жыл бұрын
Big fun of Lovecraft since my youth. Great idea to do a top-10!
@Between_Scylla_and_Kharybdis3 жыл бұрын
Yog Sothoth is basically Vinz Clortho, Zuul and Gozer rolled into one. Also, what are you talking about? "In The Mouth of Madness" (while far from a masterpiece) is a good movie
@safinan80083 жыл бұрын
Enjoy ur horror reads...
@shazbotsmash24223 жыл бұрын
I love In the Mouth of Madness 😂😂😂
@DarthSnugglePuss3 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike! I wrote a short novel inspired by Lovecraft, I’d love to send you a Kindle copy!
@themanwithoutaface22603 жыл бұрын
Most of Lovecraft's stories are about creating a unique and strange atmosphere, which just so happens to be quite creepy. I feel this story does much of the same. I liked it, but it isn't one of my favorites.
@7Seraphem73 жыл бұрын
What the ones complaining about it being not a downer ending miss is what Lovecraft was really trying to write, and what sort of view he was presenting on the universe. It just does. Not. Give. A. Fuck. That was what terrified him (Well, beyond everything else) but what the Mythos goes for is that.... there is no greater 'fate' no divine will. The universe isn't against humanity, it just does not care, but likewise it does not care about any being. So even something as powerful as Yog-Sototh could be overcome if done in the right way, it's a simple matter of cause and effect, nothing more. It's just these things are so far above us and so beyond our understanding, knowing how to do it, or even being able to do so is very, very rare. This was that on in a hundred shot where the humans were smart enough to figure it out.
@NoAmmo223 жыл бұрын
The shadow over innsmouth and mountain of madness r my favs. Do a review of shadow over innsmouth, pls.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
Next week!
@CrapSandviche3 жыл бұрын
Love craft, nice
@DavidWilliams-rv8vj3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I definitely fall into the 93%. But, I also don't love At the Mountains of Madness or The Call of Cthulhu. I think my top 5 are: 1. The Shadow Over Innsmouth 2. The Dunwich Horror 3. The Dreams in the Witch House 4. Pickman's Model 5. The Music of Erich Zann or The Colour out of Space
@stevedolan81563 жыл бұрын
Loved "Pickman's Model"! It doesn't get enough love. It's my second favorite after "The Outsider."
@TheLibraryofAllenxandria3 жыл бұрын
Excellent review! I'm with you in that Dunwich isn't on my top 5 either. For me, I don't really like the farm setting; I much prefer his stories with the urban settings. Additionally (and it's weird this affects my enjoyments), Dunwich Horror is my least favorite of the Arkham Horror board game expansions, so that also feeds into it lol.
@thamel8633 жыл бұрын
That was my second story of HP. I found the language of the native hard to read (English is not my primary language). I loved it but not as much as At the mountain of madness.
@mikesbookreviews3 жыл бұрын
I'm the same. ATMOM was just top tier.
@SpecialAgentBillMaxwell3 жыл бұрын
It's Myth-ohs, the Freshmaker.
@mattbennett35893 жыл бұрын
That shirt 💯💯💯
@cetviesauthor-writer.30437 ай бұрын
I feel Lovecraft meant it to be foe? forever there and ominous, omnipresent us dormant them dominant. as in owning the domain. the domain?
@thamel8633 жыл бұрын
The book "The Necronomicon", not the one that is a compilation of the HP stories, is it a story, a reference book, something not written by Lovecraft???
@chroniclex8633 жыл бұрын
Yea it’s separate, the name is just a reference since Lovecraft uses it a lot.
@thamel8633 жыл бұрын
@@chroniclex863 Is it a story by itself?
@tomahawkchop76693 жыл бұрын
Lovecraft created it in many of his stories and it has been featured in many other books as well. It was actually printed under the author name Simon as some kind of occult grimoire. Has incantations with many Sumerian names in it when I read it 25 years ago if I remember correctly.
@jenyal.71293 жыл бұрын
"Ends in tentacles and not very good for the human"...lol 😂
@turtleanton65393 жыл бұрын
😎👍
@JJSmith-le5mu3 жыл бұрын
"in the Mouth of Madness, terrible movie, don't watch it." If that's Mike's opinion of that film, how can I trust anything he says.
@robertramos7923Ай бұрын
I say MY-those
@atom01912 жыл бұрын
✔️✔️
@mateoskydancer21773 жыл бұрын
Its pronounced like "My-Those"
@mmurphy36083 жыл бұрын
It’s myth-Os. Long “o” like in “over”.
@rjengar Жыл бұрын
I didn't really interpret the ending as a 'happy ending'. Basically the 'heros' are broken empty husks of their former selves because of what they now know. And sure Wilbur and his brother were defeated, but not the eldritch monsters lurking just beyond. Like for them the whateleys were basically just an experiment. They don't actually care. They don't feel. They're in no rush and may have hundreds of these 'experiments' all over the earth. Sooner or later the earth will fall to them and they don't even seem to really care about it. It's more like, oh right that planet we forgot about for a few billion years seems to be infested by bugs. Well better clean it up one of these millennia, let me just read my newspaper first. Honey the children are playing over there... Oh let them have there fun, as if we never burned a few ants when we were young. It's the nonchalance with which they can probably utterly destroy us that's the scary part...
@AlbertTheConjugator3 жыл бұрын
So you don't read Sutter Cane? 😉
@Iza563 жыл бұрын
There's short animated movie "in the mountains of madness " on KZbin. That's that horrible movie? 🤔 I have it on my to watch list