Ryleh

[@phyfell001]

I think this is one of the purest interpretations of Lovecraftian horror ever committed to film; in less than six minutes, we are confronted with obtaining hidden knowledge beyond our capacity to understand, and the subsequent insanity that follows. That gorgeous soundtrack makes it all the more engrossing; job well done!

[@theonemantrainwreck]

This is so perfect the music that plays dose a great job of creating an other worldly feel And when he is walking towards relyeh It feals like forbidon to man

[@miaestes]

sgtcallahan96 It's cool seeing such an old comment! You still active?

[@daveweller9579]

You said more without one word spoken great job

[@Cedrikovitch]

Thank you Dave, we (still) appreciate :)

[@Cedrikovitch]

Hi, I'm the composer and no sorry it's not possible to buy it from any site..you'll have to watch it again and again! But I'll see what I can do with Bandcamp. Thanks for watching, rating or sharing! Regards.

[@richardgrayson432]

Been trying to find this for YEARS, going to save it to my favorites

[@sonitrana1165]

I came from RealLifeLore to see what is r'lyeh

[@DeadDonutz]

Sonit Rana Same. Was this a mistake?

[@detroit7543]

Sonit Rana me too. what is R'lyeh actually? :(

[@interracialsuspect5300]

Sonit Rana same

[@interracialsuspect5300]

Sonit Rana I thought it was a spooky sunken city myth with a huge statue or something?

[@dexter_a_god7040]

Sonit Rana omg same

[@nlp3000]

Simply amazing.... powerful and provocative.

[@rasputinvanclitt]

I LOVED the music, it went great with what was going on.

[@MWVercingetorix]

Best interpretation of the city of R'Lyeh I've ever seen! Light, beauty, peace...but still alien and sinister. Very vell done indeed.

[@cajuone]

I agree with entity!! the music is just perfect! wonderfull film, Lovecraft would enjoy it!

[@MorraMorgenstern]

It's amazing! Very beautiful and impressive!

[@verivorax]

Absolutely incredible work! I don't know how I didn't find this before.. One of the best realizations of sanity-blasting visions I have seen.. ia!

[@Deepdesert]

Everything about this is great!

[@silvershark222]

Beautiful, very atmospheric. Loved the music as well.

[@Vinnydrum]

Elegant!!! thank you for bringing those ilusions back!! Vinny G.

[@punknpretty4614]

14 year holy crap ..

[@alien9616]

This was posted in 2006? Insane!

[@kaosproductions666]

Enorme gigante... gracias por recordar al maestro de maestros... saludos desde Mexico.

[@reuvenpolonskiy2544]

This is how I explaind my kids about Chutulu, Cosmic horror, fobiden knowlage and Lovecraft

[@twiiddiix430]

Uploaded 14 years ago 😲

[@Cedrikovitch]

Yep..time flies !

[@OverlordGnarly]

Wow, that was really awesome.

[@Alucinoria]

Incredible! Short; it effectively conveys the essence of Lovecraft. The music is just incredible! Good job!!

[@Kfuntet]

Astonishing movie and amazing music.

[@defexorcist]

Absolutely amazing - glorious!

[@DireSloth]

The image of Ryleh is just how I was trying to imagine it when I read Call of Cthulhu. Awesome ^_^

[@pzgdr]

wonderful! Lovecraft would have loved to see this!

[@gigasloth]

Just brilliant. Dark and moody and with more questions than answers by the end. A true work of the Lovecraftian mythos.

[@666slink]

A lot smoother animation than most of the Lovecraft shorts I've seen. Great job guys!

[@HalBDeU]

Nice short, and very mysterious. The music is good too for this short ;)

[@dogbait]

so i love H.P. Lovecraft and have seen many fan videos of his. this is by far the most visually stunning work. I felt that you captured the beauty within the horror of his work. And i am happy to hear that you didn't just through some random horror music over the top of the video. It was eery yet soothing at the same time.

[@JaguarEscarlata]

Greetings: Simply awesome. I'm sure the master of Providence would be proud with this. Thanks for posting it. The Jaguar

[@elmeboy]

Wow, the idea of his home being the front of a ship is great - but overall very impressing

[@MaraW1832]

Nothing has ever given me stronger chills than this film.

[@DemonWarp65]

an amazing work of art. Tastefully done, and it captured the essence of Lovecraft's work. Can't wait to see another (maybe Pickman's Model)

[@nlp3000]

The music when the walls pull away gets me every time. I love it.

[@StopFlaggingVideos]

the music.....when he starts reading through the book....it was perfect. it somehow reminded me a little of silent hill 2, with the music perfectly fitting the insanity, and then I saw R'lyeh...sent shivers down my spine

[@StopFlaggingVideos]

hey good to see the creator coming back to his video and checking out the comments

[@MidnightJamOfficial]

This is great stuff! Good work!

[@frlwunderjojojo]

Wow, this was truly epic. The music and the aesthetics of the video combined gave me the shivers. Just awesome!

[@Gouhllit]

wow that is great, a really good job.

[@20inchguzu]

ooh, for sure. This is pure essence animation. Well done, mate!

[@magajelly]

spectacular movie, best ive seen so far

[@jmagus]

This is great, perfect.

[@suricatefpc81]

Excellent ! J'ai presque envie de le montrer à mes élèves pour leur faire dégager le schéma narratif du fantastique !

[@Trystan112]

Love the buildup and the music. Glorious

[@Jamil1989]

Great work. Salute to the animators.

[@darttheold]

This was an amazing short. The fact theirs no words and the eeri calm make this one of the best lovecraft shorts I've seen. The music is great,the part with the light coming through the shack and pulling the boards away is awsome, giving the feeling that Ryle is somewhere you would be drawn to. And the image of Ryle was awsome; using the large columns like sky scrapers and the harsh light. Again Great video!

[@siyacer]

It's awesome

[@Noratcat]

Very dark and eerie, and it puts me in a Lovecraftian mood

[@Anyu31]

Fantasticly made. Wonderful. Fit Lovecraft's stories and Ancient R'yleh perfectly!

[@augustderleth2372]

Top notch! Original treatment, nice subtle touches

[@Jalaskoski]

I LOVE IT! MORE PLEASE! :)

[@StudioMod]

I bet Even Cthulhu would be proud of this.... Amazing.. Favorited.

[@giantrobotadam]

Very nice work. I really like the quality and feeling of depth you achieved visually.

[@MortosSoulStealer]

Really a beautiful interpretation of H.P. Lovecraft, i like how he's whole rational world is torn a sunder at the truth, you just hit the true essence of Lovecraft, the music, style everything. Really a wonderful work of art.

[@UKFast]

All round - totally brilliant!

[@ivorybow]

Beautiful! Thank you

[@phillipdietzen5637]

AFTER you have read all the books, studied the scrolls, learned the incantations, memorized all the protections, know all the folklore,realize it always been the TRUTH! then comes the hard part; WAITING!

[@Hexenkult]

Brilliant. It perfectly captures that intangible fear that Lovecraft generates in his stories (and that most films fail to convey). And the music fits perfectly, adding another layer to the atmosphere. I want some more.

[@Equinox926]

That was remarkably well made, very excellent work.

[@Loinenn]

@Jacob Actually it's written R'lyeh.

[@Hanzi89]

Very powerful animation! Great

[@KazigluTepes]

That was stunning. amazingly well made. I'm sure Lovecraft himself would appreciate the beauty and horror expressed in this short film. Great job!

[@Deadwon]

Very nice, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@Thoralmir]

R'yleh is actually a spooky theme park. They have the Madness Mountain roller coaster and the Arkham Asylum haunted funhouse. It's only open to air-breathers when the stars are right, so it get's pretty packed. Lucky Deep Ones... :P

[@KadajAC2006]

woah that was chilling. I think the music was very fitting too.

[@SorceressSNAFU]

Very nicely done!

[@richardgrayson432]

Bravo, and the music was just awesome.

[@acesonfire]

i believe i lost a little bit of my sanity watching this

[@faeriesoph]

Superbly done. Thankyou for sharing it.

[@moalisiddiqui]

The music is haunting.

[@opensourceanglers8291]

in spite of the techinical limitations due to the age of this film, this is just about perfect It captures the atmosphere of HPL to a tee My only real complaint is that the statuette of great cthulhu is oddly cartoonish and not frightening Unlike the rest of the entire film A real beauty

[@davincisama]

Masterpiece, it made feel just the way I feel when reading Lovecraft, in an undescribable way.

[@YbYBwRbY]

Extremely good. Many thanks!

[@denniskronas]

really really cool, especially for 2003 :o

[@aptspire]

freakin awesome I wish there were more of those :D

[@davincisama]

Absolutly impressive.

[@dhepermana]

Je trouve le mélange de beauté et d'horreur qui se dégage de la musique très original et particulièrement adapté au contexte--- :D

[@gutsofmud]

Well done. Thanks for posting.

[@rfountai]

A journey into madness and death that, just maybe, ol' HPL would have enjoyed. Thx for posting this. Most definitely added to my favorites.

[@lsand]

Beautiful.

[@robspencer35]

Well done, Cedrik! 👍

[@ThomasLegrosLIGHT]

Cette atmosphere ... et cette musique ... !

[@Cedrikovitch]

Merci mystérieux Mr Fantôme ! :)

[@ouroborosbite]

brilliant......simply brilliant.

[@cynthiafarren8377]

Absolutely superb! Very intense and atmospheric, with great music and first-class animation! And I wouldn't worry about copyright issues regarding R'lyeh, as Lovecraft's work is pretty much in the public domain these days, and is very often referenced both commercially and non-commercially by a great many others, including professional authors, and has been since HPL's untimely death in 1937. Such is both the price and the reward of creating a grand mythos :) Very well done indeed!

[@agamnoth66]

Great video. I wished you showed more of R'lyeh itself, but you did an awesome job getting the non-Euclidean geometry and making it seem otherworldly.

[@miaestes]

agamnoth66 It's cool seeing such an old comment! You still active?

[@Nickolaars]

Awesome! Well done... You had me captured! Those 5 minutes went by far too quick! 1 star for every minute and 10 secondes :p

[@Chaos_Mage]

Awesome music!

[@darthsciencit]

excellent work really you catch the idea of the geometrical impossible city of ryleh congratulations

[@Voidmaster05]

The atmosphere is amazing, makes me want to write something about Cthulhu myself. 5 stars for you! :)

[@1BigLebowski]

Amazing. Thank you for not filling this with stupid looking monsters that would never drive anyone mad at the meer sight of them. Thank you for letting us imagine the madness. Beautiful and haunting, superb.

[@Uachintom]

My "dream" is to go to this city : DDDD

[@samuelpelt5597]

👋🏽

[@hobbslane7868]

sharing on my FB man!! awesome!!

[@Cedrikovitch]

+Hobbs Lane (I . S .S.) Merci very much!

[@danaus]

Great short film!!! Thanks for posting. Please do some more HPL themed videos.

[@Kitsune44X]

Lovecraft's style of horror (as with many authors in the late 1800's and early 1900's) was more geared towards being unnerving or eerie than it was towards being truly scary. I feel that the maker(s) of this short film preserved this well. My only complaint would be the fisherman's falling into the void, rather than collapsing onto (presumably) the dark streets of R'Lyeh (the traits of the city are so otherworldly that it cannot be processed by the brain and the viewer either goes mad or dies).

[@SD1612]

Very well done, nice soundtrack as well.

[@necromnous]

really very good

[@MeganPerry]

Incroyable!

[@DARTHMOBIUS]

IA CUL CTHULHU CTHUNAE......, This is a fantastic animation, more power than many other efforts I truly salute the creators, beautifuly crafted and percise in realisation of concept, Hollywood and world cinema as a whole can take a leaf out of the creators of this videos book, truly Magnificent. I deffinitely want to see more.

[@derlich09]

All around great!!

[@OvaltinePatrol]

Nicely done.

[@Silvestracchio]

great!!!! Music too

[@Yisselda1]

Very atmospheric - well done.

[@miaestes]

Yisselda1 It's cool seeing such an old comment! You still active?

[@mukerremhan3231]

+Morgan Purention I dont think so