At the Mountains of Madness - Guillermo Del Toro's Next Project!

[Whiskey Tango]

Ooooh! Dunwich Horror!

 

[THANOSRULES]

Mountains of Madness is clearly the best movie concept for today's audience.

It is actually somewhat similar to The Thing though.

I think a lot of others go too far with the Mythos that they would weird people out.

However, del toro, could probably handle even the most rich of Lovecraft's works, like Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath.

 

[Victarion]

DQOUK filled me mind with mental fudge.

 

[dude stannis]

Unless the Ancient Ones machinations are keeping them from being made.

BREAKING NEWS: Guillermo Del Toro was killed today during his morning jog by the docks when Tom Cruise chanting "Cthulhu fhtagn" accidentally pushed him under a falling grand piano.

 

[Boom]

I also wouldn't mind seeing an adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

 

[WarBlade]

I also wouldn't mind seeing an adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

Cthulhu (2007) official site.

Trailer

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Preferably one that doesn't suck.

 

[WildcatNC]

BREAKING NEWS: Guillermo Del Toro was killed today during his morning jog by the docks when Tom Cruise chanting "Cthulhu fhtagn" accidentally pushed him under a falling grand piano.

I found Tom's casting initially funny because i've always wondered if Scientology was just a front for a Cult of the Ancient Ones.

 

[dude stannis]

I found Tom's casting initially funny because i've always wondered if Scientology was just a front for a Cult of the Ancient Ones.

Yeah, when I read Call of Cthulu I just had to laugh at the prospect of Tom Cruise in a Cthulu mythos film.

 

[Doctor Jones]

They have Lovecraft stories in my college library. And they have Mountains. I should read it.

 

[Crockett]

They have Lovecraft stories in my college library. And they have Mountains. I should read it.

Yeah give it a go, it's a good introduction to Lovecraft.

 

[Victarion]

To be honest I found Mountains to be dry. I much preferred The Dunwich Horror, Pickman's Model, or The Haunter in the Dark.

 

[dude stannis]

They have Lovecraft stories in my college library. And they have Mountains. I should read it.

Read his short stories first. Once you get the feel for his writing style, move up to his longer stories.

 

[THANOSRULES]

I've read and re-read them so many times, I tend to forget which ones are which, HA

To me the most haunting and memorable is Dream Quest, because it has so much unfinished stuff at the end, poor Randolph Carter.

 

[WildcatNC]

Read his short stories first. Once you get the feel for his writing style, move up to his longer stories.

I agree. His shorts are still my favorites.

 

[Boom]

The Haunter in the Dark is awesome.

 

[dude stannis]

I'm currently reading The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. The raid on Joseph Curwen's farm is one of the most terrifying things committed to page.

 

[WildcatNC]

What the Moon Brings is still one of my favorites.

 

[Secret Fawful]

I'm currently reading The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. The raid on Joseph Curwen's farm is one of the most terrifying things committed to page.

That segment is just incredible. So is the final showdown.

 

[dude stannis]

One thing this story has brought to my attention; how many goddamn copies of the Necronomicon, (of the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred), exist in Rhode Island and Massachusetts? For such a banned book, it pops up everywhere.

 

[THANOSRULES]

but the book is rarely written as destroyed, feasibly it could be the same book

 

[Secret Fawful]

One thing this story has brought to my attention; how many goddamn copies of the Necronomicon, (of the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred), exist in Rhode Island and Massachusetts? For such a banned book, it pops up everywhere.

Well, most learned and skilled practitioners of eldritch sorcery in the stories own a copy, but many times the one copy in Miskatonic University tends to reoccur between stories.

 

[THANOSRULES]

There are a lot of Necronomicon spin offs too , excerpts etc..

 

[Doctor Jones]

Read his short stories first. Once you get the feel for his writing style, move up to his longer stories.

Sweet, once I'm done being occupied with my comics, I shall give them a go. Hopefully I like them.

 

[dude stannis]

Well, most learned and skilled practitioners of eldritch sorcery in the stories own a copy, but many times the one copy in Miskatonic University tends to reoccur between stories.

There's two copies at least in Massachusetts, one at Miskatonic and one in Harvard. One in France. One wherever "The Festival" is being held. One in New Orleans where the cops raided a Cthulu cult. And that's from my memory. In the end, who cares, I'm just being pedantic. These are some seriously amazing stories.