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I'm normally all over anything remotely Lovecraftian. The tagline is so bold though. I await with skepticism.

I know this is probably going to sound weird, bu this looks way to serious for me. I prefer lovecraftian movies that are more crazy than super serious, like In the Mouth of Madness or the Re-Animator.

I dislike Lovecraft fantasy that takes place in modern times, even in settings like the 1910s-1940s.

I wish someone makes a Lovecraft horror in the Medival Times.

Wouldn't that kinda defeat the point? I'm no expert on Lovecraft, but I always thought the point here is to juxtapose the utter insanity of the Cthulhu stuff with a world that the characters thought makes sense and is rational, just like In the Mouth of Madness does. If you place it in mediaval times, well, everyone is hunting witches and belives in demons and shit anyway. It won't have that sanity-shattering effect.

Not to be a dick, but I think the term "Lovecraftian" is getting overused. :P

Not to bemoan this particular movie, but it seems I'm seeing that word stuck on EVERY HORROR movie that comes out now.

I thought the vast majority of his writing is set in ( fairly ) modern times anyway.

Anyone interested in Lovecraftian Horror with a more diverse range of historical settings should check out the old GameCube game Eternal Darkness.

Exactly. I like to see something exactly like that.

Thing is, "Mouth of Madness" had a seriousness to it that made Sam Neil's character lose his mind eventually (in true Lovecraftian fashion). While he was laughing at some of the absurdity he encountered as it piled on top of itself, he had completely mentally checked out. IE - It managed to play its viewer perspective as something with terrifying implications.

Now Re-Animator was absurd from the viewer perspective. As was "From Beyond"

A few Lovecraft movies that I think nailed the formula were :
- Dreams in the Witchhouse (Masters of Horror)
- Dagon
- The Whisperer in Darkness Because people are finally realizing how awesome Lovecraft was! Though I agree with the bandwagon theory you mention. I've heard good things bout this game, but it's a little pricey these days on the used market (~$50 on average in good condition).

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Dagon is great, even more so if you're familiar with Lovecraft's "Shadow over Innsmouth" and/or the game "Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth". The hotel escape sequence, in particular, is very similar to the one in the game. ( And it remains as one of the most intense scenes I've experienced in a Horror game. )

Have yet to see other ( good ) Lovecraft films, but I'll probably check out a few next time Halloween comes around. Like all the great classics! Hah hah. If you're not a collector and just want to try the game, it should run well on the Dolphin emulator. Other than that, I don't know if it's also available on some digital Nintendo market place, for the Wii U or whatever.

It's obviously a little dated by now, but even by today's standards it's packed with atmosphere and great ideas. It's a shame that its spiritual successor, "Shadow of the Eternals", seems to be stuck in development limbo.

I guess "serious" was maybe the wrong word. What I mean is- In the Mouth of Madness is not a horror in the usual sense. It's more about being bizzarre and presenting the audience with a weird, twisting meta-story, than about scaring them. This on the other hand looks like a straight up horror, lots of gore and "boo! scary horrendous things!"

Sadly it isn't, but earlier this year they renewed the trademark so there's a chance it will come to the Switch one day, not that this will be of use to many people.

The scariest thing about Prometheus was that some people liked it :D