![]() ![]() Some are regular horror, tongue in cheek or even pretty lame humor, but others are absolutely Lovecraftian in nature □ It was the sister show of the ‘Twilight Zone’ but focused on short horror (occasionally scifi/psychological drama) stories. I like to add my own 2 cents here and advice people to check out the horror show ‘Midnight Gallery’. But objectively it can’t be classified as such. So… I guess you could say ‘Mother!’ felt Lovecraftian to my specific personal sensibilities. It was a temporary insanity perhaps, but my actual nightmares almost always involve either strangers refusing to leave my house or repetitive-cycles-of-suffering-without-end. That said I recently suggested ‘Mother!’ as a contribution to this list. ![]() The main protagonist(s) might be depicted as insignificant, but humanity is centre staged. The eldritch horrors seem to be side-actors. Or not enough, because human relationships appear to be the main focus of these movies. In my opinion: what sets them aside from real Lovecraftian horror is that humanity isn’t portrayed as insignificant. In that way it’s related to Possession (1981) which I would call ‘marital existential horror’ but is often called a Lovecraftian horror. If I had to place Eraserhead in an objective (sub)genre I would say it fits in ‘parental existential horror’, like the Babadook. It’s difficult to draw the line isn’t it?Įither way there’s a bunch of things I haven’t seen & am bound to enjoy in your list, so thanks for making it! I am glad I found this website □ Perhaps it is because The Thing has such a misshapen tentacled form & that it possesses people that tips the balance for me. Having said that, I would consider The Thing a great choice… & now I make myself a hypocrite because essentially that’s the same as Alien – isolated crew, alien creature picking them off. In my list that would be essential to qualify for Lovecraftian. Alien for example is the ultimate space horror, but it is ‘just’ an alien creature & doesn’t have any occult, supernatural, extradimensional, unholy element to it. Some other choices I perhaps wouldn’t have on my own list, although they are also some of my favourite movies. ![]() The Mist in particular I was glad you included because it has the classic elements of growing fear, people turning on each other, unspeakable horrors out there, occult religion & best of all: a doomed ending. Great list! Many of them already among my favourite movies. ![]()
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