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Uploaded by on Dec 21, 2011

Lovecraft's poem "Nightgaunts" from his sonnet cycle "Fungi From Yuggoth" interpreted as an amateur short film.
Read by John Hutch: http://www.youtube.com/user/JohnHutch

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  • Fantastic work!

  • @rikomortis Thank you!

  • Quite wonderful--but I see the reading is using the poorly edited Derleth text, for he says "But ho! if only they would make some sound..." -- "ho" should be "oh!" A minor point, I know, but representative of why the Derleth texts needed to be corrected by S. T. Joshi for the current Arkham House editions.

  • @MrWilum Thanks! I didn't know Derleth had been poking about even in the Fungi From Yuggoth texts. It's strange that he, as a fan of Lovecraft, thought his works needed improvement.

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  • @boardskins The Shadow Out of Time will be finished before the end of March (for various reasons), and I hope to get started with filming Dream-Quest later this year. Much of the Dream-Quest project is already planned out and prepared.

  • @StopmoNick Hi, Nick! Yes, I've already planned out the shooting and the effects for Dream-Quest. The nightgaunt puppet was actually built for that project, and the rest of the creatures are designed, and a few sculpted. Some background settings are done. I would've started filming with actors (my friends) last year, but a part of my house was flooded, and I had to deal with that. My version will certainly be stylized and primitive, but also a cohesive whole, which I hope will work.

  • Love the gaunt flying creatures, nice wing flapping action!

    Richard - Are you really looking at doing Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath?  I looked at it but thought it too ambitious for me - too many sets and crowds of people. But with your methods of compositing, it might be possible... I hope you do!

  • @bluworm Awesome! I'd love to see it.

  • @boardskins Thanks!! Actually, I'm just finishing up a video of the whole story of "The Shadow Out of Time", made with a friend. And this "Nightgaunts" short is sort of a test run for "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", which I hope to start work on this year.

  • Fantastic! I'd love to see you do a full length story, such as "Dreams in the Witch House."

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