Lovecraft on screen... a well curated list
- Ryan Grulich
- Jan 27, 2024
- 6 min read
In 2023, I had the pleasure of being part of a panel that delved into the fascinating history of Lovecraftian cinema. This captivating discussion was moderated and curated by none other than the dynamic duo, Gwen and Brian Callahan. These two are the driving forces behind the Lovecraft Film Festivals, which enchant audiences in both Portland, OR and Providence, RI every year, among their many other ventures. Without a doubt, Gwen and Brian are the reigning experts when it comes to Lovecraftian cinema.
My presence on this panel was due to my involvement in co-authoring the screenplay for the HPL biopic, "The Lovecrafts." During that period, I had the privilege of delving deep into the life and work of Lovecraft under the guidance of S.T. Joshi, a preeminent scholar of cosmic horror and Lovecraft himself, not to mention a genuinely brilliant individual. My fascination with H.P. Lovecraft and his mythos dates back to my early teens, around the age of 14, when I was simultaneously immersing myself in the worlds of Tolkien and Lovecraft. Talk about different but equally captivating worldviews!
Now, here we are on a leisurely Saturday in late January of 2024, as I sift through my files. Lo and behold, I stumbled upon the meticulously curated Callahan list that served as the foundation for our panel discussion. This list is not only fairly comprehensive but also quite up-to-date, despite the fact that the tantalizing Barbara Crampton has already graced our screens in "Suitable Flesh," which is now available on VOD. I've decided to leave this list unaltered and present it here, both as a historical record and for my own convenience on those languid evenings when I yearn for a touch of the eldritch.
*Disregard presentation annotations regarding clips, this was for brian to cue when he had one available. if he would have cued them all, we would have exceeded our available time as a group.
The 1960s
1963 The Haunted Palace directed by Roger Corman • The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
1960 La Marca del Muerto directed by Fernando Cortés (Mexico) • The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
1965 Die, Monster, Die! directed by Daniel Haller • The Colour Out of Space
1967 The Shuttered Room directed by David Green • The Shuttered Room (August Derleth/HPL)
1968 Curse of The Crimson Altar directed by Vernon Sewell • Dreams in The Witch House
The 1970s
1970 The Dunwich Horror directed by Daniel Haller
1971 Night Gallery: Pickman's Model directed by Jack Laird
1971 Night Gallery: Cool Air directed by Jeannot Swarc
1971 Night Gallery: Out of The Aeons (unproduced)
1975 The Whisperer in Darkness directed by David C. Smith
1976 The Haunter of The Dark directed by Franklin Hummel
The 1980s
1980 The Music of Erich Zann directed by John Strysik
1981 Pickman's Model directed by Cathy Welch
1985 Re-Animator directed by Stuart Gordon
1986 From Beyond directed by Stuart Gordon
1987 The Curse directed by David Keith • The Colour Out of Space
1987 Evil Clergyman directed by Charles Band
1988 The Unnamable directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette
1988 The Testimony of Randolph Carter directed by Andrew Leman, Sean Branney
1989 Dark Heritage directed by David McCormick • The Lurking Fear
The 1990s
1991 To Oblivion directed by Robert Cappelletto • Ex Oblivione, Beyond The Walls of Sleep
1991 The Resurrected directed by Dan O'Bannon • The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
1992 Innsmouth Wo Oou Kage directed by Jun Nasuda • The Shadow Over Innsmouth
1993 The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter directed by Jean-Paul Ouellette
1994 H. P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon: Book of The Dead directed by Cristophe Gans, Shusuke Kaneko, Brian Yuzna - NO CLIP Rats in The Walls, Cool Air, Whisperer in Darkness all very loose adaptations, except for Cool Air.
1994 The Lurking Fear directed by C. Courtney Joyner
1994 The Outsider directed by Aaron Vanek
1995 Castle Freak directed by Stuart Gordon • The Outsider
1996 Cthulhu directed by Damian Heffernan • Thing on The Doorstep, The Dunwich Horror NO CLIP
1997 Bleeders (aka Hemoglobin) directed by Peter Svatek • The Lurking Fear
1999 Dagon directed by Richard Corben • Dagon
1999 Cool Air directed by Bryan Moore • Cool Air
The 2000s
2001 Nyarlathotep directed by Christian Matzke Nyarlathotep
2000 Chilean Gothic directed by Ricardo Harrington • Pickman's Model
2001 Dagon directed by Stuart Gordon • The Shadow Over Innsmouth
2001 The Terrible Old Man directed by Bob Fugger - NO CLIP
2001 What The Moon Brings directed by Brian Brethauer - NO CLIP
2002 An Imperfect Solution directed by Christian Matzke • Herbert West: Re-animator Part 4 "Scream of The Dead" - NO CLIP
2003 Pickman's Model directed by Rick Tillman
2003 Pickman's Model directed by Giovanni Furore - NO CLIP
2003 Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath directed by Edward Martin III - NO CLIP
2003 The Shunned House directed by Ivan Zuccon
2003 The Thing on The Doorstep directed by Eric Morgret
2004 Beyond The Wall of Sleep directed by Barrett J. Leigh, Thom Maurer - NO CLIP
2005 Masters of Horror: Dreams in The Witch House directed by Stuart Gordon
2005 The Call of Cthulhu directed by Andrew Leman
2005 Asleep in The Deep directed by Paul von Stoetzel • The Music of Erich Zann - NO CLIP
2005 Strange Aeons: The Thing on The Doorstep directed by Eric Morgret
2006 The Picture in The House directed by Gary Lobstein on CV3
2006 Dunwich directed by Christian Matzke • The Dunwich Horror -NO CLIP
2006 From Beyond directed by Michael Granberry
2007 Cthulhu directed by Dan Gildarkn • The Shadow Over Innsmouth NO CLIP
2007 Chill directed by Serge Rodnunsky Cool Air
2008 Colour from The Dark directed by Ivan Zuccon • The Colour Out of Space - NO CLIP
2008 The Festival directed by Ryo Shinagawa
2008 Dunwich Horror directed by Ryo Shinagawa • The Dunwich Horror - NO CLIP
2008 The PIcture in The House directed by Ryo Shinagawa - NO CLIP
2009 Pickman's Muse directed by Robert Cappelletto • The Haunter of The Dark
2009 Beyond The Wall of Sleep directed by Nathan Fisher - NO CLIP
2009 The Music of Erich Zann directed by Jared Skolnick - NO CLIP
The 2010s
2010 Rats in the Walls directed by Alastair Macleod
2010 Silas and The Tomb directed by Conor Casey • In The Vault NO CLIP
2010 Die Farbe directed by Huan Vu • The Colour Out of Space
2011 The Curse of Yig directed by Paul von Stoetzel
2011 Nightgaunts directed by Richard Svensson Nightgaunts NO CLIP
2011 Shadow of The Unnamable directed by Sascha Renninger
2011 The Whisperer in Darkness directed by Sean Branney
2011 Doctor Glamour directed by Andrew Jones • Dreams in The Witch House
2011 Pickman's Model directed by Michael Shlain NO CLIP
2012 The Music of Jo Hyeja directed by Jihyun Park S. Korea
2012 The Dark Sleep directed by Brett Piper • Dreams in The Witch House NO CLIP
2012 Pickman's Model directed by Mark Philip Lichtenstein NO CLIP
2012 The Book directed by Barrett Hunt NO CLIP
2012 The Shadow Out of Time directed by Richard Svensson, Daniel Lenneer NO CLIP Sweden
2012 The Shunned House directed by Eric Morgret CV2 collection
2013 The Picture in The House directed by R. Clay Ayers NO CLIP
2014 Memory directed by Andrew Robinson NO CLIP
2014 Pickman's Model directed by Pablo Angeles Mexico
2014 Pickman's Model directed by Rion Smith Pickman's Model NO CLIP
2014 The Copy-Writer directed by Liam Banks Rats in The Walls NO CLIP UK
2014 The Thing on The Doorstep directed by Tom Gliserman
2014 Vomica directed by Andy Green • The Rats in The Walls UK
2015 The Night Ocean directed by Maria Lorenzo Hernandez • (HPL and Barlow) Spain watercolor animated
2015 Innsmouth directed by Izzy Lee • The Shadow Over Innsmouth NO CLIP
2015 The Statement directed by Marc Shahboz
Filmed in the caves at Santa Fe College in Gainesburg FL
2015 The Statement of Randolph Carter directed by Dylan Howie-Richardson NO CLIP
2016 At The Mountains of Madness directed by Valentina Feldman NO CLIP
2016 Hypnos directed by Juho Aittanen finland
2016 The Beast in The Cave directed by Cameron MacCasland
2016 Dead Tongues directed by Roberto Drilea, Brianna Dorn • Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
2016 Poetry and The Gods directed by Louis Rossignol France
2016 From Beyond directed by Gabor Erdelyi - Hungary
2016 The Outage directed by Tom Gliserman • The Picture in The House NO CLIP
2016 The Transition of Juan Romero directed by Whitney Ellis
2017 Wattmarck directed by Lorenz Troebinger • The Music of Erich Zann Germany
2017 The Doom That Came to Sarnath directed by Nael Ali UK
2017 Sound From The Deep directed by Antti Laakso, Joonas Allonen • Finland (long clip)
2018 The Strange House in the Mist directed by Guilherme Daniel - Portugal
2018 Agony directed by Andreas Berger In The Vault NO CLIP Austria
2019 The Color Out of Space directed by Richard Stanley The Colour Out of Space
2019 The Garden directed by Patrick Muller The Garden NO CLIP Germany
2019 The Music of Erich Zann directed by Jesse Keller NO CLIP
2019 Backwoods directed by Ryan Mackfall The Picture in The House UK
2019 The Colour directed by Cem Karayakas The Colour Out of Space
2019 The Outsider directed by Ludvig Gur The Outsider Germany
2019 The Picture in The House directed by David Lapuch NO CLIP Austria
The 2020s
2020 Castle Freak directed by Tate Steinsiek The Outsider, The Dunwich Horror
2020 The Book in The House directed by Giovanni Di Ninno, Danilo Marabotto • The Picture in The House Italy
2021 The Rise directed by Lorenzo Fassina The Other Gods Italy
2021 H. P. Lovecraft's Witch House directed by Bobby Easley NO CLIP
2021 From Beyond directed by Francesco Santoro NO CLIP Italy
2021 The Statement directed by Owen Imgrund NO CLIP
2021 The Terrible Old Woman directed by Troy Fortenberry * The Terrible Old Man NO CLIP
2022 Cabinet of Curiosities: The Dreams in The Witch House directed by Catcherine Hardwicke
2022 Cabinet of Curiosities: Pickman's Model directed by Keith Thomas
2022 The Hound directed by Melissa Arcak The Hound Germany
2022 At The Mountains of Madness directed by Francesco Santoro At The Mountains of Madness Italy
2022 Sights Unseen directed by Jesse Terrell Dreams in The Witch House NO CLIP
starring Heather Graham, Barbara Crampton. This one is exciting because it brings together some of the dream team, writer Dennis Paoli, actor and producer Barbara Crampton, and producer Brian Yuzna!
2024? The Dreamlands directed by Huan Vu The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath Germany
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