Deucey  | 05 Sep 2018 7:30 a.m. PST |
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| Wackmole9 | 05 Sep 2018 7:38 a.m. PST |
Dunwich Horror maybe. The rest are sad very sad. |
| Coelacanth | 05 Sep 2018 7:39 a.m. PST |
In the Mouth of Madness (John Carpenter, 1994). Not directly adapted from any specific story by HPL, but definitely has the feel of the Mythos all over it. imdb.com/title/tt0113409 Ron |
 miniMo | 05 Sep 2018 8:14 a.m. PST |
Pickman's Model episode from The Night Gallery.
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| Moonbeast | 05 Sep 2018 8:22 a.m. PST |
Cast a Deadly Spell with Fred Ward. Sort of a Big Trouble In Little China meets H.P. Lovecraft, good stuff. |
| SBminisguy | 05 Sep 2018 8:25 a.m. PST |
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| SpuriousMilius | 05 Sep 2018 8:35 a.m. PST |
Corman's The Haunted Palace 1963, with Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney, Jr., & Elisa Cook based (more or less) on "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". |
| darthfozzywig | 05 Sep 2018 9:00 a.m. PST |
John Carpenter's "The Thing." |
| skippy0001 | 05 Sep 2018 9:30 a.m. PST |
Professor Peabody's Last Lecture |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 05 Sep 2018 9:58 a.m. PST |
I love the Lovecraft Society's work, but for a favorite, I lean toward John Carpenter's The Thing. Well, then there is the South Park story arc in which the stars align, Cthulhu arises, and Cartman turns Cthulhu into sort of a massively powerful evil pet. |
| Cyrus the Great | 05 Sep 2018 10:08 a.m. PST |
Dagon.
Re-Animator.
From Beyond. |
| PzGeneral | 05 Sep 2018 1:13 p.m. PST |
John Carpenter's "The Thing"? Don't think that is a HPL movie…. |
| PzGeneral | 05 Sep 2018 1:14 p.m. PST |
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| roving bandit | 05 Sep 2018 1:23 p.m. PST |
Possession (1981) also starring Sam Neill.
Not exactly a Lovecraft story, I don't think, but very slow creep into madness and strange horrors. Oh and it contains a love scene that "man was not meant to see"… sorta. |
| Winston Smith | 05 Sep 2018 1:28 p.m. PST |
The Dark Shadows tv show used a few Lovecraft themes. |
| Wherethestreetshavnoname | 05 Sep 2018 1:30 p.m. PST |
<<<In the Mouth of Madness (John Carpenter, 1994). Not directly adapted from any specific story by HPL, but definitely has the feel of the Mythos all over it.>>> +1 |
| joeltks | 05 Sep 2018 1:32 p.m. PST |
The Curse (1987) with Will Wheaton and Claude Akins. |
| COL Scott ret | 05 Sep 2018 1:45 p.m. PST |
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| MechanicalHorizon | 05 Sep 2018 1:53 p.m. PST |
The Keep has a sort of "ancient horror" vibe to it. |
| Gunfreak | 05 Sep 2018 2:07 p.m. PST |
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 20thmaine | 05 Sep 2018 2:11 p.m. PST |
Dagon is very close to the Shadow over Innsmouth. Haven't seen the Dunwich Horror in years – liked it ~30 years ago! |
| Soaring Soren | 05 Sep 2018 2:33 p.m. PST |
Dagon for me. Not a perfect movie, but it has its charms. |
 etotheipi  | 05 Sep 2018 4:15 p.m. PST |
So, I see the word "best" but I read the words "least sucky". My nomination … Legally Blonde. |
| Cyrus the Great | 05 Sep 2018 4:32 p.m. PST |
"Cool Air" another from Night Gallery. Yeah, I know it's not a movie. I can't believe no one has mentioned "Die Monster Die" which is based on "The Color Out of Space". |
| darthfozzywig | 05 Sep 2018 7:59 p.m. PST |
Don't think that is a HPL movie… Lovecraft didn't make any movies. Didn't write any screenplays, either, so what are we left with? But Carpenter's "The Thing" hits pretty much all the Lovecraft beats – nameless terror from beyond the stars, buried horror in the ice, Things Man Should Not Know, the evil is inside us, etc. – and is a top notch film. |
| 20thmaine | 06 Sep 2018 5:34 a.m. PST |
I can't believe no one has mentioned "Die Monster Die" which is based on "The Color Out of Space".
Good call – I bought it, ditched it during a clear out and them bought it again…. |
| Kevin C | 06 Sep 2018 6:40 a.m. PST |
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulu: link |
| dilettante | 06 Sep 2018 7:28 a.m. PST |
I agree with Moonbeast. Cast a Deadly Spell Is the best. |
| Rogues1 | 06 Sep 2018 10:57 a.m. PST |
+1 etotheipi, just cause you made me snort laugh. |
| miniMo | 06 Sep 2018 3:31 p.m. PST |
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| Paint it Pink | 07 Sep 2018 7:48 a.m. PST |
1. The Thing 2. Deep Rising 3. In the Mouth of Madness |
| etotheipi | 07 Sep 2018 11:46 a.m. PST |
I think the third time SWMBO and DOM made me watch Legally Blonde, I started praying to the Old Ones to rise up and engulf the world in an orgy of blood and flame. That should count. |
| Covert Walrus | 13 Apr 2019 2:06 a.m. PST |
+1 to Roving Bandit. And according to Sam Neill, it's the movie he is most proud of making.
+5 to Skippy. Maybe the best "Night Gallery" ultra short take ever. |
| Wegzo II | 08 May 2019 6:45 a.m. PST |
The Resurrected (Charles Dexter Ward spin off with Chris Sarandon). Dagon holds its water, too. The Night Gallery shorts were always fun, too. |
paints a surplus combat car.
