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* ''Film/TheCurse'' (1987). Based on ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace''. Set in the [[DeepSouth American South]] in modern times, it carries a strong sense of rural degeneracy, and certain details (such as the rotting fruits) are effectively disgusting. Overall, though, the tone is too exploitive to create any real dread. Creator/WilWheaton appears. Also known as ''The Farm''. It has many InNameOnly sequels, which are not to be spoken of.

* ''Film/DarkDungeons'' (2014). A religious horror film based of Creator/JackChick's evangelical Christian comic of the same name... with a not-insignificant amount of influence taken from the memetic ''Cthulhu Mythos'' parodies of some of his comics, as rather than summoning Satan the cultists are using the ''Necronomicon'' to summon Cthulhu.

* ''Series/TrueDetective'': While ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane probably]]) not supernatural, the series contains multiple references to "The Yellow King" and "Carcosa", from ''Literature/TheKingInYellow'', which while not written by Lovecraft is part of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Also one of the few works to feature much of the bleak philosophy found in Lovecraftian fiction.

* ''Series/GuillermoDelTorosCabinetOfCuriosities'' is an upcoming horror anthology series that will feature adaptations of “Literature/PickmansModel” and “Literature/TheDreamsInTheWitchHouse”.

* ''Film/Glorious'' (2022). A troubled man finds himself stuck in a public restroom, with one particular stall with a gloryhole in it seemingly housing an EldritchAbomination ...voiced by Creator/JKSimmons. [[spoiler:Said abomination claims to be the Mythos' Ghatanothoa, and hints at many more cosmic monstrosities Out There.]]

* ''Pulse Pounders'' (1988). Anthology with one segment based on "The Evil Clergyman," in which Combs and Crampton appear again. Not released until 2002.
* ''Film/DarkHeritage'' (1989). A very low-budget (uncredited) adaptation of "Literature/TheLurkingFear. A SettingUpdate that moves the actions to Louisiana but hits most of the main beats of the story.

* ''Cool Air'' (2006).

* ''Escape from Midwich Valley'' (2014). A music video for a song by Carpenter Brut. A loose adaptation of "Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth", in which a woman visits the sinister port town and is confronted with a mystery from her past. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEV9zjHiICA Viewable on YouTube.]]
* ''The Music of Erich Zann'' (2016), a short film that notably expands the story to make Erich an Arkham Sanitarium escapee and a Holocaust survivor. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFvq5rxuJXs Viewable on Youtube.]] [[index]]

* ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' (1995). Yet another Carpenter film, centering on an author whose very Lovecraft-ish novels have an unwholesome effect on readers [[spoiler:and eventually on reality itself]]. Not to be confused with [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness the trope formerly of the same name]]. The last of the Apocalypse Trilogy and the most straight up Lovecraftian, including dozens of references to his novels, some of his texts are read and even [[EldritchAbomination the Great Old Ones]] shows up... Carpenter has called this his contribution to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.

* ''The Music of Erich Zann'' (2016), a short film that notably expands the story to make Erich an Arkham Sanitarium escapee and a Holocaust survivor. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFvq5rxuJXs Viewable on Youtube.]]
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* ''Series/GuillermoDelTorosCabinetOfCuriosities'' is an upcoming horror anthology series that will feature adaptations of “Pickman’s Model” and “Dreams in the Witch House”.

* ''Film/ReAnimator'' (1985) and its sequels ''Film/BrideOfReAnimator'' (1989) and ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'' (2003). Based on ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator''. Creator/JeffreyCombs's first Lovecraftian film by Stuart Gordon, two years after his entry into the horror genre. This is another comedy, but a fairly intelligent one; it doesn't skimp on either CharacterDevelopment or gore, and the subplot involving POV character Dan and his girlfriend is actually quite touching. The first sequel, ''Film/BrideOfReAnimator'', brings in more of the original story's events and mythology; the second, ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'', takes the story in odd new directions. A fourth film, ''House of Re-Animator'', is currently languishing in DevelopmentHell.

* ''Film/ColorOutOfSpace2020'', 2019 adaptation of ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace'' (note the difference in spelling) written/directed by Richard Stanley and starring Creator/NicolasCage.

* ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'' (1987) John Carpenter's second entry in the Apocalypse Trilogy. Inside a church and artifact is found that will bring forth Satan, whose goal it is to summon his father: [[EldritchAbomination The Anti God]].

* ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' (1995). Yet another Carpenter film, centering on an author whose very Lovecraft-ish novels have an unwholesome effect on readers [[spoiler:and eventually on reality itself]]. Not to be confused with [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness the trope formerly of the same name]]. The last of the Apocalypse Trilogy and the most straight up Lovecraftian, including dozens of references to his novels, some of his texts are read and even the Great Old Ones shows up... Carpenter has called this his contribution to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.

* ''Film/Hellboy2004''. [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} The comic]] has even more Lovecraft references (one story is based on "Mountains of Madness") and many aspects of the film are taken from Lovecraft as well, most overtly the Ogdru Jahad, a group of apocalyptic elder gods, many eyed and tentacled, sleeping at the edge of the universe. The movie also contains a reference De Vermis Mysteriis, a book that has cropped up many times in Lovecraft literature.

* ''The Valdemar Heritage'' (''La Herencia Valdemar'' - 2010). Featuring: Creator/AleisterCrowley, Creator/BramStoker and a few others. Based on Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Info on [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242744/ IMDB]]
* ''The Valdemar Heritage: The Forbidden Shadow'' (''La Herencia Valdemar: La Sombra Prohibida'' - 2011). Featuring: [[TomeOfEldritchLore The Necronomicon]], Creator/HPLovecraft, and [[spoiler:Cthulhu himself]]! Based on Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Info on [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727800/ IMDB]]

* ''Film/{{Underwater}}'' (2020). A Sci-Fi Action Horror film that features Cthulhu himself and the Deep Ones as antagonists. This was nowhere in the marketing, which presented it more as ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' [[RecycledInSpace on the ocean floor]]. It's not a direct adaptation of any of the books, and it's shown conclusively that, while the monsters are tough, they ''can'' be killed.

* ''Film/DarkHeritage'' (1989). A very low-budget (uncredited) adaptation of "Literature/TheLurkingFear. A Settingupdate that moves the actions to Louisiana but hits most of the main beats of the story.

* ''The Haunted Palace'' (1963). Based on ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''. First acknowledged adaptation of Lovecraft into the film medium, directed by the legendary Creator/RogerCorman. Many changes from the original story, including backdating it about 30 years, but the biggest changes are to the main character (a celibate, bookish teenager in the original, Creator/VincentPrice with a hot wife in the film) and the premise ([[spoiler:bodily resurrection and identity theft]] versus [[spoiler:MindControl from beyond the grave]]). The title (of a poem by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe) was added to [[DolledUpInstallment cash in]] on the success of Corman's Poe films; it was originally known as ''The Haunted Village''.

* ''The Haunted Palace'' (1963). Based on ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''. First acknowledged adaptation of Lovecraft into the film medium, directed by the legendary Creator/RogerCorman. Many changes from the original story, including backdating it about 30 years, but the biggest changes are to the main character (a [[HollywoodNerd celibate, bookish teenager]] in the original, Creator/VincentPrice with a hot wife in the film) and the premise ([[spoiler:bodily resurrection and identity theft]] versus [[spoiler:MindControl from beyond the grave]]). The title (of a poem by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe) was added to [[DolledUpInstallment cash in]] on the success of Corman's Poe films; it was originally known as ''The Haunted Village''.

* ''Film/TheFog'' (1980) by Creator/JohnCarpenter (a noted Lovecraft fan). While not a straight adaptation, it's very Lovecraftian in its feel and includes a reference to Arkham.

* ''Film/ForeverEvil1987'' (1987), a DirectToVideo movie that sat unnoticed for many years, although it is notable for averting a few horror tropes (such as LetsSplitUpGang and ThrowAwayGuns) and because the writer [[http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/making.html has since put up his own account of the movie's creation]]. The reference is through a demon named "Yog Kothag" ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPay pronounced "Koh-thagg"]]).

* ''Film/ForeverEvil'' (1987), a DirectToVideo movie that sat unnoticed for many years, although it is notable for averting a few horror tropes (such as LetsSplitUpGang and ThrowAwayGuns) and because the writer [[http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/making.html has since put up his own account of the movie's creation]]. The reference is through a demon named "Yog Kothag" ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPay pronounced "Koh-thagg"]]).

* ''The Unnamable'' (1988) and ''The Unnamable II'' (1992, subtitled ''The Statement of Randolph Carter'' but also known as ''The Unnamable Returns'').

* ''Film/{{Dagon}}'' (2001). Based mostly on ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'', modernized and moved to Spain. (The town of Innsmouth becomes [[BilingualBonus Imboca]].) The [[FishPeople Deep Ones]] are more octopodean than piscine, possibly as a concession to [[PopculturalOsmosis popular perception]] of Lovecraft's mythos. Moreover, the movie features a summoning of "Dagon" (as a tentacled, toothy, octopoid monster, not as a giant Deep One) as its climax, something which didn't happen in the original story, and adds a female love interest for the young male protagonist to rescue, treating the viewers to a scene of full frontal female nudity when she is about to be sacrificed to Dagon. Directed by Stuart Gordon.

* ''Film/{{Cthulhu}}'' (2007). Actually based on ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'', moved to the Pacific Northwest and making the main character gay. The director and writer [[WordOfGod stated]] that they were using the story as a metaphor for being gay, and later admitted not having much respect for horror, including Lovecraft, when they first started working on the film.

* ''Film/ColorOutOfSpace2020'', 2019 adaptation of ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace'' written/directed by Richard Stanley and starring Creator/NicolasCage.

* ''Film/{{Underwater}}''(2020). A Sci-Fi Action Horror film that features Cthulhu himself and the Deep Ones as antagonists. This was nowhere in the marketing, which presented it more as ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' [[RecycledInSpace on the ocean floor]]. It's not a direct adaptation of any of the books, and it's shown conclusively that, while the monsters are tough, they ''can'' be killed.

* ''Film/CastleFreak'' (1995). Based on ''[[Literature/TheOutsider1926 The Outsider]]''. Combs and Crampton reunite with Stuart Gordon.

* ''The Tomb'' (2007). Virtually unwatchable film with no organic connection to the short story. Seems like a very confused ripoff of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', but it's hard to be sure even of that: poor sound recording renders much of the dialogue incomprehensible.

* ''Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft'' (1998). A 60-minute Canadian film that mixes many stories of Lovecraft in a new story about a late 20th century man called Randolph Carter (of course) who receives a book from a great-uncle who died before he was born and who starts visiting his great-uncle's memories in his dreams. While taking liberties with Lovecraft's stories, the movie tries to remain faithful to their themes and atmosphere. Includes elements from ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator'', "Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard" and "The Statement of Randolph Carter". Christopher Heyerdahl as Lovecraft makes an appearance, being visited by a dreaming Randolph Carter, wearing a shirt with his face on it.

* ''Film/CurseOfTheCrimsonAltar'' (1968). Based on ''Literature/TheDreamsInTheWitchHouse''. Also known as ''The Crimson Cult''. A middling effort, but enhanced by the presence of horror veterans Creator/ChristopherLee, Creator/BorisKarloff, and Creator/MichaelGough.

* ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'' (1982). ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace'' inspired the segment identified variously as "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" or "Weeds," the latter being the title of the Creator/StephenKing story the author adapted for film. The story is stripped of all complexity and played for laughs. Still worth watching, if only because it stars King.

* ''Pickman's Muse'' (2009) Based on "Haunter of the Dark." An artist, Robert Pickman, becomes obsessed by visions of unworldly horror, revealed to him through an ancient artifact discovered in an abandoned church. Starring Barret Walz; directed by Robert Cappelletto. Winner of the Brown Jenkin award, for Best Adaptation, at the 2009 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.

* "Pickman's Model" and "Cool Air" (both 1971). Segments from the second season of ''Series/NightGallery''. Both contain shoehorned love interests.

* ''The Music of Erich Zann'' (2016), a short film that notably expands the story to make Erich an Arkham Sanitarium escapee and a Holocaust survivor (ironic, considering Lovecraft's anti-semitism). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFvq5rxuJXs Viewable on Youtube.]]

* ''Film/TheFog'' (1980) by Creator/JohnCarpenter (a noted Lovecraft fan). While not an adaptation, it's very Lovecraftian in its feel and includes a reference to Arkham.

* ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' and its sequels (''Film/EvilDead2'' and ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''). Source of pop culture's most enduring image of the Necronomicon.

* ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'' (1987) John Carpenter's second entry in the Apocalypse Trilogy. Inside a church and artifact is found that will bring forth Satan, who's goal it is to summon his father: [[EldritchAbomination The Anti God]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' (2004). The comic has even more Lovecraft references (one story is based on "Mouths of Madness") but many aspects of the film are taken from Lovecraft as well.
** The Sammael creatures have characteristics of both Nyarlathotep and Cthulhu.
** There is also the apocalyptic prophecy concerning elder gods, many eyed and tentacled, sleeping at the edge of the universe, which are a staple of his books. The prophecy surrounding these beings combines the Cthulhu backstory with the Great Old Ones prophecy.
** Meanwhile, Hellboy's Right Hand of Doom is taken from a peer of Lovecraft who contributed greatly to the Cthulhu Mythos.
** The book mentioned early in the film is the De Vermis Mysteriis, a book that has cropped up many times in Lovecraft literature.
** An Elder Thing also makes a cameo in the Troll Market scene in the second film.

* ''Film/ColorOutOfSpace'', 2019 adaptation of ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace'' written/directed by Richard Stanley and starring Creator/NicolasCage.

* ''Film/ColourOutOfSpace'', 2019 adaptation of ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace'' written/directed by Richard Stanley and starring Creator/NicolasCage.