It would be impossible to underestimate the impact author H.P. Lovecraft has had on movies. His stories have been inspiring feature films for decades, and ...
Atticus flips through a collection of short stories by H.P. Lovecraft originally published in 1939 by Arkham House Publishers. He references that the Arkham they're looking for is the location of a short story by the author. This short story in question is, of course, "Herbert West, Reani...
In his article, “I Found Innsmouth!” (Crypt of CthulhuNo. 57), Will Murray postulates that this historic home, built around 1760, was Lovecraft’s inspiration for the Gilman House hotel in “The Shadow over Innsmouth.” However, the Gilman House is at least 5 stories tall and has at ...
The “Cthulhu Mythos” is a name given to the superficial elements of Lovecraft’s tales: the fictional New England towns; the extraterrestrial “gods”, and the magical grimoires (see “His Creations”). However, Lovecraft never used the term “Cthulhu Mythos” himself, on rare occasions refer...
The next year, he launched The Conservative, a self-published magazine where he wrote short stories, several essays, and other pieces. Lovecraft took writing stories seriously around 1917. His early works were heavily influenced by the writings of his favorite, Edgar Allan Poe, and of Lord ...