[ SECRET POST #3939 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3939 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I think you probably just make something that's thematically Lovecraftian without actually being an explicit adaptation.

Like for instance Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth of Madness, the John Carpenter movies.

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Or, Event Horizon and Sunshine for a different slice of Lovecraftian horror. There's some Lovecraft-revision stuff going on right now with a new Hellboy in the works, and the big reveal for It likely falls into that category.

[(Anonymous)]

I've never heard of those movies, when did John Carpenter direct them?

Also in non-joke-related news, I genuinely thought that the Del Toro monster romance movie *was* the new Hellboy movie but apparently not.

[(Anonymous)]

Same on thinking the monster romance was Hellboy.

[philstar22]

I love Event Horizon. That movie needs a sequel. Or books written in that universe. And I like it even more now that I've read the headcanon stuff about it being set in the same universe as Warhammer 40k and being human's first contact with the Warp. That's a cool idea.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd love your thoughts on how Sunshine is Lovecraftian. (Genuinely. I love that movie and Lovecraft but never thought of them as similar.)

[cbrachyrhynchos]

I might be linking Sunshine to one of Lovecraft's more psychological stories, in which, the astronomer goes mad from staring too long into the mysteries of the universe. Both Sunshine and Lovecraft involve an existentialist dread that the universe is ultimately a pitiless place that doesn't care about the continuity of human existence, and only the strongest can fully accept that truth without going mad.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess I don't understand why the universe not giving a crap is something that would drive somebody insane? I mean, it wasn't fun losing my belief in an all-powerful god who could "work all things together for the good." But I didn't experience suicidal despair or really anything beyond some angst. And I'm bipolar, so obviously I'm not "the strongest," mentally speaking.

People become atheists all the time, and the vast majority of us get through it just fine.

[(Anonymous)]

There is absolutely Lovecraftian themes around Pinbacker and how he was presented in the movie. The horror aspect of how he's slightly out of phase, hard to perceive until the moment before death... definitely gives that vibe, at least to me.

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Also in John Carpenter news, he just released a studio record of his soundtrack compositions.

[(Anonymous)]

He's also executive producing the next Halloween movie! Whether that actually means anything or not, who knows. But he really is the best.