Journey into the life and work of the weird fiction author who gave us the cthulu mythos and inspired such notable horror authors as stephen. Lovecrafts fear of the unknown is a 2008 documentary film that looks at the life, work and mind behind the cthulhu mythos. Woodward has up to this point largely been involved. The film features interviews with guillermo del toro, neil gaiman, john carpenter, peter straub, caitlin r. I like the gods but the thing that i like more is the existencial primal fear, i guess who thats the reason of why the colour out of space is my favorite horror story. I found lovecraft early in my life, and his work fascinated me. The project gutenberg ebook of the dunwich horror, by hp lovecraft. Lovecraft the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. When he was in his late 20s, his mother was committed to the same asylum and died there. Lovecraft quotes author of the call of cthulhu and.
A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the cthulhu mythos. Unfortunately, if youve ever read anything about lovecrafts life, this documentary will probably end up leaving you wanting something a bit more in depth. With this i mean, cosmic horror stories who dont involve any being of the mythos. Fear of the unknown is a 2008 documentary film that examines the life, work, and mind of american writer h. Cumulatively, the unknown lovecraft presents more information on lovecraft the man and writer than any volume published in years. The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind. Fear of the unknown is a chronicle of the life, work and mind that created these weird tales as told by many of todays luminaries.
Lovecrafts favorite stories presents 16 stories that lovecraft found to be of particular merit. Some offensive language is below, but only for the purpose of clarity. Fear of the unknown 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lovecraft, creator of the cthulhu mythos the film features interviews with guillermo del toro, neil gaiman, john carpenter, peter straub, caitlin r. You may be concerned because you dont know what effects the changes in your life will have on you. It covers everything that this documentary covers, and you get the benefit of seeing citations. Fear of the unknown pays loving tribute to the continuing legacy of this great writer with the assistance of many key artists who remain inspired by him to this day. Via galleycat, heres a fulllength documentary on h. Hp lovecraft and the fear of the unknown daily kos. That the kind of fear here treated is purely spiritualthat it is strong in. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Fear of the unknown 2008 writer neil gaiman, filmmaker john carpenter and others discuss the life and legacy of horror author h. Unfortunately, if youve ever read anything about lovecraft s life, this documentary will probably end up leaving you wanting something a bit more in depth. Fear of the unknown 2008 3 subtitles downloaded 146 times. Perhaps the earliest direct written reference to fotu as the fundamental fear came from lovecraft in 1927. Fear of the unknown we are given a brief, but solid microbiography of the writer and his body of work and although it comes far from scratching the surface of a much deeper well, this documentary does a really good job encapsulating lovecraft s life and work into an easily digestible forum. Fear of the unknown 2008 streaming italiano film in altadefinizione hd senza registrazione cb01, guarda online e scarica film lovecraft.
With robin atkin downes, neil gaiman, peter straub, guillermo del toro. His life, his work 1979 and the parents of howard phillips lovecraft 1990. Lovecraft the complete text to the original gothic novel. Lovecrafts body of work as well as the life itself, that was filled with anxiety and alienation.
Fear of the unknown we are given a brief, but solid microbiography of the writer and his body of work and although it comes far from scratching the surface of a much deeper well, this documentary does a really good job encapsulating lovecrafts life. Fear of the unknown chronicles hp lovecraft s life, his creations, and his influence on writers such as ramsey campbell, john carpenter, guillermo del toro, neil gaiman, stuart gordon, s. Lovecraft originally debuted on dvd and bluray in 2008 and has. Many of the stories he read directly influenced his own writings. Fear of the unknown is a 2008 documentary about the life and works of h. Fear of the unknown 2008 i film piu belli del cinema sul tuo pc smartphone e tablet e in italiano. Another big factor to lovecrafts new level of fear is how insignificant we are in our existence. We may not admit it, but we are all plagued with xenophobic tendencies. And yet, in the face of lovecrafts absolute fear of the other, his. Lovecraft was a voracious reader of supernatural and fantastic fiction, continually on the hunt for powerful and stimulating works in these genres. Fear of the unknown, a documentary from 2008, is now fully available online named the best documentary at the 2008 comiccon international independent film festival, the film revisits the life and writings of h. Our inability to fully understand what terrorism is and who the perpetrators are creates fear and invites further violence. But, when you have speakers such as guillermo del toro, john carpenter and stuart gordon, youre left wanting to hear more about authors influence. Journey into the life and work of the weird fiction author who gave us the cthulu mythos and inspired such notable horror authors as stephen king, robert bloch, and neil gaiman.
Lovecrafts father was committed to an insane asylum when lovecraft was a small child. For one thing, the wikipedia entry on lovecraft is actually quite good. Named the best documentary at the 2008 comiccon international independent film festival, the film revisits the life and writings of h. And from, with my partner joseph diaz, the year of lovecraft begins we will start with an exhibition at the fantastic film festival in sitges in november, and after that we will be giving information about upcoming. Its full of delightfully disturbing details about lovecrafts deep neuroses as youll get when you mother repeatedly calls you hideous, his reoccurring nightterrors about being abducted by flying monsters, his cultli.
In my book, dagon is lovecrafts first mythos story, or at least the protomythos story. Why we fear the unknown we are quick to judge, fear and even hate the unknown. The future and what it may be bring can be scary, and uncertainty brings a lot of anxiety. A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the. We like to think that we are the top tier species and that nothing is above us, however, lovecrafts stories say that not only are we not the highest species, but that we are nothing more than dirt to. It is also as far as i can tell the first featurelength film to look at lovecraft in detail. Lovecrafts distinctive work creates a very complex inbreeding of mythologies, according to filmmaker and interview subject guillermo del toro. The official trailer for the award winning wyrd documentary on the life, work and mind behind the cthulhu mythos. Howard lovecraft and the frozen kingdom 2016, howard lovecraft and the undersea kingdom 2017, and howard lovecraft and the kingdom of madness 2018 are animated movies that are based on graphic novels inspired by the writings of lovecraft. Shrieking, slithering, torrential shadows of red viscous madness chasing one another through. Fear of the unknown 2008 download cb01 cineblog01, guarda lovecraft. Fear of the unknown is a chronicle of the life, work and mind that created these weird tales as told by many of todays luminaries of dark fantasy including john carpenter, guillermo. Lovecraft, creator of the cthulhu mythos and forefather of modern horror fiction.
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