Unfortunately, if youve ever read anything about lovecrafts life, this documentary will probably end up leaving you wanting something a bit more in depth. Fear of the unknown is a 2008 documentary film that examines the life, work, and mind of american writer h. 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. 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. Cumulatively, the unknown lovecraft presents more information on lovecraft the man and writer than any volume published in years. Lovecraft, creator of the cthulhu mythos and forefather of modern horror fiction.
A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the cthulhu mythos. The film features interviews with guillermo del toro, neil gaiman, john carpenter, peter straub, caitlin r. His life, his work 1979 and the parents of howard phillips lovecraft 1990. 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. 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. Lovecrafts distinctive work creates a very complex inbreeding of mythologies, according to filmmaker and interview subject guillermo del toro. 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. Lovecrafts favorite stories presents 16 stories that lovecraft found to be of particular merit. It is also as far as i can tell the first featurelength film to look at lovecraft in detail. Fear of the unknown 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Fear of the unknown 2008 download cb01 cineblog01, guarda lovecraft. Fear of the unknown 2008 i film piu belli del cinema sul tuo pc smartphone e tablet e in italiano. 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. Why we fear the unknown we are quick to judge, fear and even hate the unknown.
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. Lovecraft, creator of the cthulhu mythos the film features interviews with guillermo del toro, neil gaiman, john carpenter, peter straub, caitlin r. 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. Hp lovecraft and the fear of the unknown daily kos. I found lovecraft early in my life, and his work fascinated me. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the. Lovecraft the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. Our inability to fully understand what terrorism is and who the perpetrators are creates fear and invites further violence.
Lovecrafts fear of the unknown is a 2008 documentary film that looks at the life, work and mind behind the cthulhu mythos. Perhaps the earliest direct written reference to fotu as the fundamental fear came from lovecraft in 1927. Shrieking, slithering, torrential shadows of red viscous madness chasing one another through. When he was in his late 20s, his mother was committed to the same asylum and died there. You may be concerned because you dont know what effects the changes in your life will have on you. Lovecrafts father was committed to an insane asylum when lovecraft was a small child. The project gutenberg ebook of the dunwich horror, by hp lovecraft. Via galleycat, heres a fulllength documentary on h. 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 3 subtitles downloaded 146 times.
Some offensive language is below, but only for the purpose of clarity. Lovecrafts body of work as well as the life itself, that was filled with anxiety and alienation. The future and what it may be bring can be scary, and uncertainty brings a lot of anxiety. Lovecraft quotes author of the call of cthulhu and. Named the best documentary at the 2008 comiccon international independent film festival, the film revisits the life and writings of h.
With robin atkin downes, neil gaiman, peter straub, guillermo del toro. Lovecraft was a voracious reader of supernatural and fantastic fiction, continually on the hunt for powerful and stimulating works in these genres. It covers everything that this documentary covers, and you get the benefit of seeing citations. That the kind of fear here treated is purely spiritualthat it is strong in. Lovecraft originally debuted on dvd and bluray in 2008 and has. 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. 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. Fear of the unknown is a 2008 documentary about the life and works of h. Fear of the unknown 2008 streaming italiano film in altadefinizione hd senza registrazione cb01, guarda online e scarica film lovecraft. Woodward has up to this point largely been involved.
Fear of the unknown 2008 writer neil gaiman, filmmaker john carpenter and others discuss the life and legacy of horror author h. The official trailer for the award winning wyrd documentary on the life, work and mind behind the cthulhu mythos. 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. And yet, in the face of lovecrafts absolute fear of the other, his. But, when you have speakers such as guillermo del toro, john carpenter and stuart gordon, youre left wanting to hear more about authors influence. In my book, dagon is lovecrafts first mythos story, or at least the protomythos story. Lovecraft the complete text to the original gothic novel. 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. The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind. With this i mean, cosmic horror stories who dont involve any being of the mythos. For one thing, the wikipedia entry on lovecraft is actually quite good. Many of the stories he read directly influenced his own writings. 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.
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