Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.
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I'm not sure this kind of stuff was ever meant to be filmed. And maybe it better isn't.
Of course not. It was written before "moving pictures" were a widespread thing.
And even more of course not, because Lovecraft usually writes in a way of: "if you see the thing, it's so incomprehensible that you go mad knowing the thing is an actual reality". There's never a way to make a Lovecraftian film without it being disappointing in a way. Especially if you show the thing.
Exactly. Take "The Colour of of Space" - it talks about "colours never before seen by man" (quote from memory, there are several variants of that in the text). Now f-ing film a colour never before seen by man ;-)
That translates into film as "a shimmery pink" apparently (if you've seen the film).
Which is not what Lovecraft wrote. There has been a B&W movie adaption of that book; at least they could imagine that the "colour" was "out of space".