Lovecraft stories and also contains material that may upset the balance of your sanity.
Or, at least, a gibbering mockery of a head.
To explain, Ive been re-reading a whole hock of H.P.
Lovecraft in the build-up to Halloween.
It was a bad idea.
It was a very bad idea, for Lovecraft is Im forcefully reminded a terribly disturbing proposition.
My wits are scattered and Im fear-frozen but, yet, simultaneously Ive really enjoyed my grand Lovecraft re-read.
Wise words, indeed, but its too late for me now.
I know too much.
I have looked upon all that the universe has to hold of horror.
Thanks a lot, man.
Over the ages there have been a fair few indirect adaptations and spirited indie efforts.
Its high time Howard Philips febrile imaginings troubled the mainstream audiences that flock to the multiplex.
while staring with unblinking eyes that appear absolutely inhuman in aspect.
It all dates back to the strange days following the meteorite that landed there in June 1882.
The South African director knows how to make tremendous special-effect heavy blockbusters with brains and human feeling.
I verily believe they were alive!
he cries, recalling the figures on display during an exclusive sneak peak at Pickmans works-in-progress.
It offers plenty of opportunity for upsetting lurches into reason-obliterating surrealism.
Pickmans Model is rife with psychological torment and graphic imagery.
Altogether, it sounds to me like itd make an excellent Darren Aronofsky movie.
The actual real end of the five-chapter story is arguably Lovecrafts most devastatingly traumatic climax.
And itd all be worth it just to see Bill Murray rocking the Innsmouth Look.
moment ever in pop cultural history.
But who could handle Cthulhu?
In his house at Rlyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
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