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Tag Archives: H.P. Lovecraft
A trio of Lovecraft inspired features
I can’t say that any of these films is a true adaptation of Lovecraft’s fiction, but they are all trippy and weird. Does that mean they’re good? Let’s find out. HP LOVECRAFT’S WITCH HOUSE (2021) Based on the same story … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, H.P. Lovecraft, Monster Portal, Necronomicon, occult, Witch House
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PRIME TIME: horrors at home
The films in this latest trio from my Prime watchlist have one thing in common; the terror has infiltrated the house. I definitely had a favorite, so let’s look briefly at Knuckleball, Colour From The Dark, and Don’t Run. KNUCKLEBALL … Continue reading
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Tagged Colour From The Dark, demons, Don't Run, H.P. Lovecraft, Knuckleball, possession, supernatural, thrillers
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80s horror and a 90s straggler – one each from 1982, 1988, and 1996
Just a brief mish-mosh of 80s horror and 90s horror odds and ends from the VHS era. This time around: a Fulci film, an HP Lovecraft adaptation, and a “family” horror flick. MANHATTAN BABY (1982) It’s hard to comprehend that … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, demons, H.P. Lovecraft, Manhattan Baby, possession, Shadow Zone: The Undead Express, supernatural, The Evil Clergyman, vampires
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HP Lovecraft goes indie in a double feature
While I’ve never been an HP Lovecraft fan, I’ve always been a huge fan of schlocky 1980s movies loosely based on his works. So my feelings about this two films from the new millennium pretty much make total sense. THE … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Arkham Sanitarium: Soul Eater, creature feature, found footage, ghosts, H.P. Lovecraft, possession, The Shunned House
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Vincent Price meets the horror biggies: Poe, Corman, Matheson, Lovecraft
The House on Haunted Hill will forever remain my favorite Vincent Price horror flick, followed closely by The Tingler (and a few others). But in the 1960s, when he wasn’t working with William Castle (I blog about those films here), … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, horror anthology, House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, slashers, Tales of Terror, The Haunted Palace, The Masque of the Red Death, The Oblong Box, The Raven, The Tomb of Legeia, Vincent Price
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The Unnamable – so hideous she couldn’t be named twice
The first The Unnamable was released at the end of the 80s when it was all the rage to make films loosely based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. But it manage to avoid getting into the kind of trippy … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, H.P. Lovecraft, The Unnamable, The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
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Can you handle a gay H.P. Lovecraft adaptation?
Cthulhu is an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s writing made by the Here TV network (that’s a gay entertainment network). After watching this dark, eerie flick and then reading opinions about it in online reviews and message boards, there are many … Continue reading