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Author Topic: Lovecraftian Flicks  (Read 24650 times)

Offline Kitsune

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #75 on: August 28, 2017, 12:28:27 PM »
Okay, 6 pages in and no mention of Possession (1981) or The Last Wave (1977)?
« Last Edit: August 28, 2017, 12:34:52 PM by Kitsune »

Offline tomcat51

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #76 on: August 29, 2017, 08:04:20 PM »
Okay, 6 pages in and no mention of Possession (1981) or The Last Wave (1977)?
I've heard of the Possession, but the Last Wave is unfamiliar. To Google!
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Offline Kitsune

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #77 on: August 30, 2017, 09:48:13 AM »
I loathe most australian cinema of the 70's, slow and tedious is the general direction it takes. Stone and mad max being the exceptions. I expect the last wave being the in the camp of the former.

Don't watch it then. Job done.
« Last Edit: August 30, 2017, 09:50:01 AM by Kitsune »

Offline joshuaslater

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #78 on: August 31, 2017, 03:08:28 AM »
The Midnight Meat Train is definitely inspired by Lovecraft.

Offline tomcat51

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #79 on: August 31, 2017, 01:46:02 PM »
The Midnight Meat Train is definitely inspired by Lovecraft.

It's based on one of Clive Barker's stories from his Books of Blood collection. Barker is a very different animal to Lovecraft, but his work does show a smattering of Lovecraftian influence, like many horror authors.

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #80 on: September 16, 2017, 09:27:40 PM »
Oh contraire, I watched enough to show me I was right. If you are a fan of weir then give picnic at hanging rock a go as well. A better film with the same sort of supernatural background.

You watched a film you don't like, simply to be able to say to a total stranger on the internet that you watched it and why,, yes, you don't like it and were correct in your opinion? And you spent actual time doing that?

Lol

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #81 on: September 17, 2017, 06:50:31 PM »
CAST A DEADLY SPELL

Offline thebinmann

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #82 on: September 17, 2017, 06:54:57 PM »

Dunwich Horror (neat adaptation with Hippies, for true fans)


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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #83 on: September 17, 2017, 07:32:08 PM »
Friendly discourse, chaps.  ;)

Offline tomcat51

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #84 on: September 17, 2017, 10:11:51 PM »
CAST A DEADLY SPELL
Great little film, wildly inventive. Some naughty so and so has put it on Youtube if anyone to go on there and tell them off for copyright infringement.

Offline tomcat51

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #85 on: September 27, 2017, 08:21:12 PM »
https://youtu.be/t_cZ3rOmY-s

Another one for the list, Annihilation, based on Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach novels. It's not exactly Lovecraftian horror, but you can see the lineage. Looks bloody good too.



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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #86 on: April 16, 2018, 05:11:45 PM »
Been a long while since I've added to the Lovecraft movie list.

Anyway, this one will definately appeal to Lovecraft fans

Cold Skin

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034385/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #87 on: April 16, 2018, 06:03:58 PM »
Not a movie, but the two 'Stranger Things' seasons definitely have that Lovecraftian feel, with the parallel dimension full of nasty things just begging to get out into ours.

 
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Offline tomcat51

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #88 on: April 16, 2018, 07:36:56 PM »
The Ritual is not only a great film, it has what is strongly hinted at as being a well known lovecraftian entity, mistaken for a norse god.

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Re: Lovecraftian Flicks
« Reply #89 on: April 16, 2018, 08:12:22 PM »
Very excellent suggestions, loved Annihilation, The Ritual and The Void. Cold Skin has been on my to see list for a while now and also looks good. Don't think Cabin in the Woods has been mentionned but is also Lovecraft inspired I think.
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