# Lovecraft adaptations and homages **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-adaptations-and-homages/577404 "2011-04-06T15:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-adaptations-and-homages/577404/41 "2011-04-09T15:59:10Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Seemed to me that every monster in the first **Hellboy** movie was straight out of Lovecraft. Pretty much. Mignola and Del Toro are both Mythos fanboys, and the Ogdru Jahad are basically Great Old Ones by another name. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-adaptations-and-homages/577404/42 "2011-04-09T17:41:45Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > Welp, I’m now following the [HP Lovecraft Historical Society](http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119441938068660) on Facebook, so I’ll know when Whisperer in the Darkness is available on DVD, as well as other eldritch news. Thanks for the link. I’d been visiting their Web site at intervals to check on when the DVD would be out. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-adaptations-and-homages/577404/43 "2011-04-09T18:35:26Z")
[Oops.](http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/?date=2003-11-30) Totally forgot about this super awesome Lovecraft homage. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-adaptations-and-homages/577404/44 "2011-04-09T19:10:16Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Seemed to me that every monster in the first **Hellboy** movie was straight out of Lovecraft. I doubt very much that Mignola would deny that. He’s long acknowledged his love of Cthulhu. BTW IMO the very last monster is actually the Wyrm from Howard’s Njord And The Valey Of The Wyrm. I can’t find my copy right now but the descriptions match exactly. Mignola also wrote a Batman Elseworlds titled The Doom That Came To Gotham. It’s Batman, Robin, and much of Batman’s rogues gallery as a pulp mythos tale. I expected greatness. I got it. Highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-adaptations-and-homages/577404/45 "2011-04-09T20:46:26Z")
While it’s based on a book by Bram Stoker, I think the film adaptation of _The Lair of the White Worm_ has some Lovecraftian influences. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-adaptations-and-homages/577404/46 "2011-04-09T22:25:06Z")
Rudimentary Peni were a seminal British anarcho-punk band. Their first few records were generally political in nature, but a little darker and more “out-there” than typical albums from the anarcho-punk scene. But in 1987, they released **Cacophony** , an album of songs entirely based around Lovecraft, his life, and his work. > **[pissinapod.com](http://www.pissinapod.com/#/cacophony/4527708320)** > > Rudimentary Peni It’s a weird little album from a very weird band. I’ve got it, and I like it quite a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-adaptations-and-homages/577404/47 "2011-04-09T23:44:42Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > I also finished reading “N.” Damn, that is a cruel story to recommend to someone with OCD tendencies! But really, it was a very good read. I agree it is akin to Lovecraft, even if it wasn’t directly inspired by him. You’re welcome. 😃 The OCD stuff really hit home for me as well, and I think that plus the storytelling structure is what makes that my favorite King short story. Those last couple pages are just absolutely perfect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-adaptations-and-homages/577404.md?page=2)