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[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Dammit - now I'm wishing someone would do a really GOOD film version of a Lovecraft story.

I kinda liked John Carpenter's "In The Mouth of Madness", which borrows a number of different elements from Lovecraft short stories.

Also, I liked the film "Dagon", which was a semi-faithful film of the story "Shadow over Innsmouth" (and has one really super gross part).

"The Reanimator" was also a fun flick.

There's an excellent Lovecraft computer game called "Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth" which also takes many elements from "Shadow over Innsmouth", "Call of Cthulhu", "Dagon" and "The Shadow Out of Time".

If you have a Gamecube (or a Wii, as you can play Gamecube games on it) I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend getting a game called "Eternal Darkness:Sanity's Requiem" (try ebay or gamestop.com used games). It borrows a lot from Lovecraft as well, including from "The Rats in the Walls", "The Shadow out of Time" and other stories. It has a storyline revolving around dark beings just outside of our universe trying to break in, and even has a "sanity meter" when you see bad stuffins.