The Shadow Over Innsmouth

TheEdge · Post by **TheEdge** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:59 pm

Yep, I think if memory serves me right that they said in one of the Lovecraftian game reviews that most people would like the game even those who werent fans of his literature.

~anothercell~ · Post by **~anothercell~** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:45 pm

In my opinion,you do have to like the literature,cause,for example,a long time in the game you don`t have a weapon,and you have to hide and,very important,findinformations about the village and so on...so I think not everybody likes it.But that`s my opinion,I`m sure there are many people who like it though,without have read the books

(Please tell me if there are any grammar mistakes,I`m from germany o.O)

Danial · Post by **Danial** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:37 am

SOI is definitely one of the more reader-friendly Lovecraft tales. Its plot is also very very simple: Man enters town; Is told background history by town drunk; Is chased out of town; The End

Personally I'd like to see The Thing On The Doorstep and The Color Out Of Space. Both have been made recently into films, but I don't like how they deviate from the source material.

TheEdge · Post by **TheEdge** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:11 am

Yea, the other ones would be difficult to comprehend because the viewer would probably say to themselves, what the hell is going on, whats with these strange words and whats the deal with these creatures running around?

I remember when I watched the dunwich horror for the first time even after reading the story I wasnt understanding it too well.

Danial · Post by **Danial** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:39 pm

There's a new version of The Dunwich Horror coming out soon too called The Darkest Evil. It features Dean Stockwell as Henry Armitage and Jeffrey Combs as Wilbur Whateley! Even though I didn't really like the story, I'll still be looking forward to it.

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:56 pm

meh, im looking for something to read thats SO thought provocing and terrifiying that my soul will scrape at the walls of my body trying to escape from the horror..... anyone have any ideas?

TheEdge · Post by **TheEdge** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:29 am

Dr. Suess

Ian Whateley · Post by **Ian Whateley** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:24 pm

Other than the conclusion (which is great from "Ever seen a shoggoth?"), I think that Shadow Over Innsmouth might actually be one of Lovecraft's weaker works-he writes down to the audience, and that might make it more popular. Also, as Danial said, the plot is pretty reader-friendly.

I think a lot of the other ones are less popular because they force the task of suspending disbelief more strongly on the reader than the writer. How do you film a color not of this earth, anyway? And how could anything other than, perhaps, a very small and intimate theatrical production, convey the flow of Pickman's Model?

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:44 pm

TheEdge wrote:Dr. Suess

no..... i cant hadle that much insanity.....

TheEdge · Post by **TheEdge** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:55 am

Im reading H.G. wells right now and I just got done with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. If you havent read that one go for it. ALso the Picture of dorian gray is somewhat maddening towards the end but lacks the intensity of Lovecraft.

Ian Whateley · Post by **Ian Whateley** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:43 pm

Try the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by good old Poe. I think it is interesting to see how an author really, really wants to write Mythos but can't quite invent it alone.

miz redavni · Post by **miz redavni** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:32 pm

i love E.A.P.