jgt7771 said:

Have you seen The Mist? I liked Ghostbusters but it is a comedy and it has to do with people who thought they were ready to face another dimension. The Mist is more like Arkham Horror is that the protagonists are taken unawares.

I didn't watch The Mist because I thought it had anything to do with Lovecraft. I watched The Mist because Little Emily ordered it because she likes that kind of stuff. When I first mentioned it, I didn't say it had much to do with Lovecraft. What I said was that it was very Arkham Horror. Which it is.

I have yet to read the Lovecraft story where there are multiple interdimensional gates opening. One at most is all I've found. Arkham Horror on the other hand is exactly about interdimensional gates allowing alien monsters coming through and being fought by humans not really ready to do it. The lead character is an artist or writer.

So again, The Mist isn't a Lovecraftian adaptation, but it is an Arkham Horror adaption, of if it isn't, it should be. The ending was a little too positive though.

John Carpenter's The Thing is a loose adaptation of At The Mountains Of Madness. The 'Thing' in the film is Carpenter's vision of a Shoggoth, a creature which has no real shape of its own but simply forms limbs and body parts whenever it requires them. And that's a great movie, and very in keeping with Lovecraftian themes.

Maybe this should be moved to a dedicated thread about Lovecraftian cinema.

nobody ever thinks about this way but i feel Hellraiser is very lovecraftian, a searcher after forbidden knowledge bites off more then he can chew? sound familiar?

Not to mention Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the TV show, not the movie). Patrolling the streets of a small, deceptively quiet town, slaying monsters, etc. Sunnydale even had a Curiositie Shop!

Plus, the original ancient demons in Buffy are sometimes referred to as the Old Ones, in a specific nod to Lovecraft.