Lovecraft : Fear of the Unknown ( 2008 )

[MrNicMachiavelli]

It sounds like HP. Lovecraft would be modernly diagnoised as having a body dismorphic disorder.

[Horrorlord1]

0:17:58

Look at lovecrafts' eyes o.O

[xbowmanx]

The fact that Poppy Z. Brite makes fun of ANYONE is hilarious.

[deathailsatan]

that was an excellent biography

[Kingofeurope]

The narrator is Robin Atkin Downes, voice of Medic in Team Fortress 2.

[KiddCrowley]

Were Lovecraft's Aunt's Lillian and Anny a Lesbian couple? Or were they just sisters?

[smp156]

I was under the assumption that "hastur" was the "un-nameable one"?

i dunno?

[hiimquinn]

@smp156 he is, not but out of power; rather because Hastur is simply annoying and no one wants to deal with him. that's literally the jist of it

[PaladinHero]

Man, what the hell is up with the terrible bastardization of Metallica's Call of Ktulu? I'm sure the rights to that weren't easy but surely a more faithful and competent rendition could've been made. That's a great song as-is.

[197601xx]

maybe all these sea creatures are inspired by a disease of incest, Ichthyosis

[PeterRoeder31]

Actually, King´s entry to a Twilight Zone episode (Gramma) is Lovecraftian Chutulhu stuff.

[PeterRoeder31]

The Thing is At The Mountains Of Madness.

[PeterRoeder31]

It's not racism. It is aesthetics. I don´t recall the story but he wrote a story where he wrote that ALL LIFE IN UNIVERSE should be equal. He was way beyond all that.

[PeterRoeder31]

Lol, funny to see a picture of Ray Bradbury as a young man.

[PeterRoeder31]

Calling H.P.Lovecraft anti-semitic is insane.

[Brainleaf74]

@PeterRoeder31 he hated pretty much everybody esp those unlike himself .but his views were pretty common at the time ,maybe just ramped up by his very cloistered upbringing .

[PeterRoeder31]

Lol, who is that moron? Of course, Re-Animator is a Frankenstein-pastiche. What else?

[PeterRoeder31]

Dunsany is amazing.

[PeterRoeder31]

His use of adjectives is extraordinarily brilliant.

[PeterRoeder31]

I don´t mean to be insulting but these movies Re-Animator and all that crap has NOTHING to do with Lovecraft other than using his name. On the other hand, John Carpenter´s movies are respectful towards Lovecraft. But the Re-Animator-type movies ARE NOT!!!

[FalseProphet501]

Question is the woman in the graveyard a woman or a transvestite? I have nothing against trans-anything BTW!

[PeterRoeder31]

@FalseProphet501 She´s Dagon. ^_^

[ravenouscolonelhart]

who is this person that insists on being filmed in a graveyard. lol, wtf.

[timothy790110]

That last bit of music you layed on top is very distracting.

[Rroice]

Thanks for upload this!! So great!! :)

[themodmancarl]

his black cat "nigger man"? i understand the racism and xzenophobia but seriously its a cat that happens to have black fur

[sugarmagnolia1970]

Dear and respectable Joshi: Although I respect your interest & knowledge in the life of Lovecraft, I feel respecting the people helping you obtain your information would've been most considerate. You treated my companion as insignificant by throwing away information that is crucial to the very life of Lovecraft. It's a shame as it appears that this fame has gone to your head. You appear only knowing what you're told by research. My best friend & companion was his only surviving corespondent.

[yupiie]

22:59 what does del toro says? it´s a style that... ??

[GodOfGamblers81690]

@yupiie -is incredibly anal-retentive.

[yupiie]

@GodOfGamblers81690 thanks man, but I don´t even know what it means xD

[GodOfGamblers81690]

@yupiie Being anal retentive means you have a stubborn attention to detail.

[yupiie]

@GodOfGamblers81690 thanks man I appreciate the help. To imagine we will never even meet each other and you helped me with something - that´s worth it to me. Cheers to you. As for the words - I really didnt know it.

[Jaluzaga]

Nice. Thanks for uploading it!

[mooxim]

I just googled cthulu today, I didn't plan on watching this whole thing but I did. The world of gaming wouldn't be the same without him. Incredible, I had no idea.

I'm amazed to think that such powerful, popular and massively influential myths as the Necronomicon and Cthulu the old god came from one man.

[tycan85]

who ever edited this is ...not good at there job , the unnecessary guitar parts alone are hella annoying

[drxcreatures]

@tycan85 I have to agree. Was that background music loud enough?

[SteVin89]

Wonderful documentary, feel like writing now!

[Kingknag89]

okay sorry know it got nothing to do with the documentary and so on and if you must hate plz do but .... 04:27 THAT IS A MAN VOICE AM I SERIUSLY THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS SO !

[forwardresent]

@Kingknag89 Caitlin R Kiernan is a transexual female, she even sang in a sort of goth punk band, she also writes books, pretty good ones at that.

[Kingknag89]

@forwardresent Oh fair enough that explains alot cause she dosnt look like she used to be a man but she sure sounded like it :)

[Raithulu]

The movie is good until the end when the music tends to drown out the speakers.

[Aldebaren100]

Oh gosh thanks for uploading this! Been looking for it! :D

[gorboy]

I'm glad all these great authors seemed to enjoy The Outsider so much. It's one of my favorite short stories of all time.

[gorboy]

Thanks for uploading this man.

Gracias por subirlo

[93MacAttack]

Is that the demon from Hellboy in the background?

[armystrong216]

Del Torro is a BOSS

[erickv121]

Probably the only good thing that cam out of RI. makes me proud to be a rhode islander

[DarkReflections86]

@erickv121 Hell yeah dude. And of all things he is considered "the father of modern horror". I go around Providence to all the places he visited just to see if his ghost is there.

[Elpwno]

WHAT THE FUCK AM I WATCHING?

[ultraparanoia]

Thanks for posting this!

[flagascaro]

Mariee a la Fierte tendre des gentilhommes d'autrefois -- Verlaine. If this child of the Enlightenment were alive today, he would definitely leave the Negroid Jewish mess that is the modern US.

[calabiyou]

I agree with moral moron, and hp sauce would've freeeeekd hims too

[schizoidboy]

If there is something to take away from Lovecraft it is this a good writer puts a little bit of himself or herself into their writing to make it more real. Whether it is the good or bad part of you it all makes for more interesting reading and much better writing.

[TheSchmuck2]

this documentary is so awesome. You kick ass for uploading it.

[ThanatosX1000]

all those houses are still there :D

[BlueVane]

I love the voice actor who portrays Lovecraft here, his voice is full of mystery, awe & intrigue, and the accent is suitable for his time period. That's how I hear Lovecraft when I read him.

[MrNicMachiavelli]

Stories like The Shadow Over Innsmouth seem like they are related more to his social phobia and fear of deformity than prejudices. He sounds like he had body dismorphic disorder and a lot of anxiety. He really could have used a good psychiatrist, some Tony Robbins, and maybe a few pick up artist classes. The man had no charisma.

[MrNicMachiavelli]

Lovecraft really would have loved the internet, chatrooms, facebook, and blogs. He would probably have cybersexed internet girls who might have been guys, and had trouble getting any fiction done.

[TheSchmuck2]

@MrNicMachiavelli

you mean like all of us? XD

[MrNicMachiavelli]

@TheSchmuck2 to whom everybody involved, thank you!

[MrNicMachiavelli]

@TheSchmuck2 to whom everybody involved, thank you!

[gomro]

Del Toro refers to "At the Mountains of Madness" influence on ALIEN and THE THING (and its origin, John Campbell's "Who Goes There") -- add to that the Star Trek TOS episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" written by Lovecraft's friend Robert Bloch and definitely referencing "AtMoM" with its plot of an aeon-old artificial slave race who destroyed their creators, "The Old Ones..."

[MrNicMachiavelli]

It would also be nice to think that Lovecraft got better about being a bigot (I haven't finished this documentary yet). Esp when you have great Jewish writers like Neil Gaimon who is such a nice guy, who always exalts Lovecraft. Sorta sucks their inspiration was so ignorant, but he seems to have improved.

[MrNicMachiavelli]

I wonder if he felt alienated by those from foreign nations and that brought out the anger from being alienated as a kid. He seems more complex than your typical bigot, even for back then. Jewish best friend, Jewish wife, anti-semitic rants.

[pistolpimp36]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS !!!!!!

[pansophia93]

Great Documentary.

[keez1689]

im a big fan of his work but wtf a black cat named nigger man?? i guess he was real out spoken very racist! but look at the time he was in

[snipersas]

@keez1689 the word nigger wasn't a very big deal before WWII. not being an apologist for lovecrafts xenophobia, but its true. there was even a childrens book called "ten little niggers" that came out in 1939

[MoralMoron]

This guy must have had something against seafood... He would have FREAKED out in a Sushi bar -_-

[MrNicMachiavelli]

@MoralMoron I am really curious where the hell his fear of fish came from. I presume the only thing stranger and more unusual than the ocean back then was space since they didn't have modern diving equipment and submarines yet.

[FractalBolt]

@MoralMoron Actually, the image of Lovecraft freaking out i a sushi bar is hilarious! I can so imagine writing a series of horrific stories based around the experience. :D

[FractalBolt]

"Home Brew. Full of Moonshine" lol! 

[ZeroWolfAlfa]

@MoralMoron No, its bracaus the human race slowly are transforming to deep ones. And the enyoyment of suchi is just proof that you are infected, and realy are whorchiping Dagon, and are a fishmen.

[PeterRoeder31]

@MoralMoron I don´t believe that. The case of the matter is that one has to describe Alien life by comparing it with life on Earth because it is impossible otherwise so he chose fish and stuff. It was by choice, besides that he is all about the sublime and the beautiful. There is great beauty in his monsters.

[ODSTxHeLLxJuMpeR]

Serious BRAINFUCK...

[santodorado2]

muy bien



[vivalafiesta83spain]

por favor que alguien lo traduzca al español!!

please traduction to spanish

[dalger6]

buen documental lastima que invitaron al pendejo de stuart gordon que ha hecho puras peliculas de mierda

[9esferas1]

No hay subtítulos de este documental, o al menos yo no los he encontrado. Lo mejor es que aprendáis inglés, con un dominio muy básico del idioma se entiende bien

[snipersas]

@9esferas1

WHAT

WHAT?

SPEAK ENGLISH

[DocStrange0123]

@snipersas Learn Spanish then... this is Interenet, Youtube, not USA, got that? People speak in the language they want, deal with it or fuck off, you are no one to tell other people how they should speak or what language should they use just for your convenience... why the capital letters? does that makes you feel important or something? go trolling somewhere else you're just making a fool of yourself... ¿Lo pillas o te lo deletreo meloncete?

[MrNicMachiavelli]

@DocStrange0123 what an asshole. He seems to think English speaking Americans are the only people who come on here. More than likely he is probably just a troll looking to annoy people. Don't take him seriously.

[HB3l1]

@DocStrange0123 Amen to that!! My point exactly. Native English speakers blame us for the minor mistake we've made in grammatical way. But than again they don't know a single word in our languages.

[RocketeerAndRoll]

@DocStrange0123

I would just like to add that Lovecraft is very popular in the Spanish world. Several Spanish speaking countries have made horror films based on his stories. Not to mention one of his biggest fans is Guillermo Del Toro, who is still trying to get the funding for At the Mountains of Madness and seriously if ANYONE can film that, it's Del Toro.

[Horrorlord1]

@RocketeerAndRoll Agreed. Greetings from Finnish fans! :D

Lovecraft was one of the main people to inspire me into creating my own fantasy/horror universe, and writing books about them. For example, dark poetry.

[DocStrange0123]

@snipersas Since the reply is in my Inbox but I don't see it here, the sentence in Spanish means "Do you get it little twat?"... way to go, trusting an internet translator... I wrote it correctly, genius... who's the dumbass now? XD

[SergioWW1WW2]

SUBTITULOSSS?????

[gperry1972]

I disagree with Neil Gaiman partially here: Lovecraft didn't take away the mythic of the 'good man' (hero) who, in earlier kinds of horror tales, survives the encounter. Heroes still exist in HPL's writing. I do agree that he makes a malign world, and this is HPL's horror: that the world AT LARGE will not survive, and will fall - not even in fire, which we expect in a way, but in an outre horror that escapes our learned preconceptions or expectations.

[DeimosSaturn]

@gperry1972 HPL reflected a greater truth about reality in his stories, that was, life is only important to the living. He was a nihilist in the truest sense of the word. He believed that NONE of this, and by "this" I mean the reality we perceive, is of any great importance. There is no grand scheme that involves the continued survival of the human race. Our greatest conceit is that we deserve to live. That life is a right. He sought to tear down that sentiment.

[gaudylegend]

no hay intención de ponerle subs? xD por azzazoth!

[lordnarbas]

Lovecraft was a true master of horror...

[thewugglyump]

thank you SO MUCH for posting this! with my ol' computer, it won't stream properly at snagfilms.

seriously, you're a hero. awesome doc.

[zwelon]

Awesome!!!