Lovecraft
Filmography

Welcome to Unfilmable.com's Lovecraft Filmography.
Are you thinking of adapting a Lovecraft story for the big (or small) screen? If so, you may want to see what has already been made (or at least attempted). The films listed in the following filmography are grouped according to the Lovecraft story that inspired them. Many of the following films are still in production or were announced, but never completed. If you know of a film not listed here, please email me at: pickman@unfilmable.com

Please note: This list does not include the dozens of Flash animated shorts that can be found around the web...

Original Story (click to read)
Film, TV, Stage and Audio Adaptations (see Legend below)
 
At the Mountains of Madness by Ken Waller (unproduced)
At the Mountains of Madness by Guillermo Del Toro (in development)
At the Mountains of Madness written by Steve Alten (author of Meg, in development)
Let Sleeping Gods Lie by Sven Bonnichsen (in production)
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Azathoth (?) by Bum Lee
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The Testament of Tom Jacoby (2002) by Edward Martin III
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Beyond the Wall of Sleep by Herve Hachuel (unproduced, 1993) NEW
Beyond The Wall Of Sleep
(?) by Bradley A. Palmer
Beyond The Wall Of Sleep by Barrett J. Leigh and Thom Maurer (completed)
Beyond The Wall Of Sleep by Brad Palmer (in development)
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The Call of Cthulhu by Gryphon Films (film rumour)
The Call of Cthulhu
written by Charles Blakemore (unproduced)
The Call of Cthulhu
(2001) by Edward Martin III
The Call of Cthulhu by Andrew Leman (completed)
Call of Cthulhu trilogy by Richard Joray (in development)
The Collect Call of Cathulhu (Real Ghostbusters, 1986)
The Cry of Cthulhu by Wolfgang Glattes (unproduced, 1979)
Cthulhu written by Glenn Anton and Francis J. Bell (unproduced, 1969)
Cthulhu Rising
by Frank Bisogno (in development)
Cthulhu Strikes Back by James Raynor (in development)
The Drowned (H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Book of the Dead 1994) by Christophe Gans
Madness from the Sea (2002) by Sven Bonnichsen
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Arkham by John Strysik (unproduced)
* The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (The Haunted Village, AIP unproduced, 60's)
* The Colour Out Of Space (AIP unproduced, 1971)
Creature of the Walking Dead
(La Marca del muerto, 1960) by Fernando Cortés & Jerry Warren
The Drowned (H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Book of the Dead 1994) by Christophe Gans
The Haunted Palace
(1963) by Roger Corman
The House on Dame Street
(2000) by Ruauru Robinson
The Resurrected (1992) by Dan O'Bannon
Reunion by Ivan Zuccon (in development)
* please note: Although both were AIP projects, they were developed separately...
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The Cats of Ulthar by Jean-Paul Ouellette (unproduced)
The Cats of Ulthar
by Edward Martin III (in development)
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The Colour Out Of Space (AIP unproduced, 1971)
The Colour Out of Space aka The Curse by Lucio Fulci (uproduced, ?)
The Colour Out of Space (?) by Silvestre Byron (in name only)
The Colour Out of Space by Aaron Vanek (in development)
The Colour Out of Space by Frank Difficult (in development) NEW
The Colour Out of Space by Dustin Austen (in development) NEW
The Colour Out of Space by Alessandro Ruggiero
(in development) NEW
Colour from the Dark (Colour of the Dark) by Ivan Zuccon (in pre-production)
The Curse (1987) by David Keith
Die, Monster, Die! (1965) by Daniel Haller I
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill (Creepshow, 1982) by George A. Romero
Wedangutun: Visión Maligna written by Gilberto Villarroel (in development)
The Well (1986) written by David Chaskin (unproduced)
please note:
might be the basis for 1987 film, The Curse (aka The Farm)
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The Cold (H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Book of the Dead, 1994) by Shusuke Kaneko
Cool Air (Rod Serling's Night Gallery, 1970) by Jeannot Szwarc
Cool Air (1999) by Bryan Moore
Cool Air (2005) by Albert Pyun (completed)
Cooler by ? (in pre-production)
Kühle Luft  (Cool Air, ?) by Mike Neun
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The Call of Dagon pts. 1 & 2 (2002) by David Flora
Call of Dagon pt. 3 by David Flora (in development)
Dagon (?) by Richard Corben
Dagon (2002) by Stuart Gordon
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The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (2003) by Edward Martin III
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The Crimson Cult (1968) by Vernon Sewell
Dreams in the Witch House by Stuart Gordon
The Dreams in the Witch House (1991) written by Thaddeus William Wawro (unproduced)
The Dreams in the Witch House (unknown, possibly 1996-97) by T. Shane Doyle
The Drowned
(H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Book of the Dead, 1994) by Christophe Gans
The Evil Clergyman by Charles Band (Pulse Pounders unreleased, 1987-88)
The Shunned House (2003) by Ivan Zuccon
Spiral (NAHAB) by Ivan Zuccon (unproduced)
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Dunwich by Christian Matzke (in production) NEW
The Dunwich Horror
by Mario Bava (Scarlet Friday unproduced, 1963)
The Dunwich Horror
(1970) by Daniel Haller I
The Dunwich Horror (2003) by Ron Sandahl
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The Evil Clergyman by Charles Band (Pulse Pounders unreleased, 1987-88)
The Evil Clergymen by Bill Kelley (2002)
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Out of Oblivion by Brian Brethauer (in production)
To Oblivione
(?) by Robert Cappelletto
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From Beyond (1986) by Stuart Gordon
From Beyond (1999) by Bob Fugger
From Beyond (?) by Ken Avenoso & Andrew Migliore
From Beyond (Från Andra Sidan, 1999) by Magnus Sorell, Peter Andersson, and Robert Lindberg
From Beyond (2003) by Lyam White
From Beyond (stop-motion animation, 2006) by Michael Granberry NEW
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Fungi From Yuggoth Part IV: Recognition
Fungi From Yuggoth Part IV: Recognition (?) by Richard Corben
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Haunter in the Dark (?) by Franklin Hummel
The Haunter of the Dark
(2003) by Rob D'Arc
Haunter of the Dark
by Mike Shkolnik (in development)
The Haunter Of The Dark
by Alexander Weimer (unproduced)
Pickman's Muse by Robert Cappelletto (in development)
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Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle (2004) by James Raynor
Beyond Re-Animator
(2003) by Brian Yuzna
Bride of Re-Animator
(1990) by Brian Yuzna
Herbert West: Re-Animator (2003) by Matt Fontaine
House of Re-Animator (4,5 & 6 - Revenge of, Isle of) by Brian Yuzna (in development)
An Imperfect Solution: A Tale of the Re-Animator (2003) by Christian Matzke
Re-Animator
(1985) by Stuart Gordon
Six Shots at Dawn (Corpse-O-Rama, 2001) by by Vince D'Amato
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The Hound (1988) written by Thomas Jackson (unproduced)
The Hound
(?) by Anthony Reed
The Hound
by Nick Gains (in production)
The Hound by Woodruff Laputka (unproduced)
The Hound by Ron Crockett (in development)
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In The Vault (2001) by Geoffrey Clark
In the Vault by Bruce G. Hallenbeck (unreleased)
A Penny Saved (1985) written by Mike Banowetz and Dan Merewether (unproduced)
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Bleeders (1997) by Peter Svatek
Dark Heritage: The Final Descendant
(1989) by David McCormick
Lurking Fear: Infinite Evil (1994) by C. Courtney Joyner
The Lurking Fear by Brian Brethauer (unproduced)
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Asleep In The Deep by Paul vonStroetzel
Die Musik des Erich Zann
(stop-motion animation) by Anna Gawrilow
The Music of Erich Zann
(1980) by John Strysik
The Music of Eric Zann (1980) written by Raymond Wilding-White
The Music of Eric Zann (2004 or 2005) by Jack Maxey NEW
The Music of Erich Zann (2005) by Christopher Marston NEW
The Music of Erica Zann (?) by Edmud Pantuliano and Jeremy Hechler
The Shunned House (2003) by Ivan Zuccon
Zann (The Music of Erich Zann) by K. Kempelin (in development)
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Nameless City by Rob Sibley (unproduced)
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Nyarlathotep (2001) by Christian Matzke
Nyarlathotep (?) by Marco Dube
Nyarlathotep by John Strysik (in development)
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The Other Gods by Peter Rhodes and Mike Boas (in production)
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Castle Freak (1995) by Stuart Gordon
The Lost Child (?) by Pete Jacelone
The Outsider (1994) by Aaron Vanek
The Outsider (?) by Andrew Hooks
The Outsider (?) by John Allen
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Chilean Gothic (2000) by Ricardo Harrington
Pickman's Model (Rod Serling's Night Gallery, 1970) by Jack Laird
Pickman's Model (Il Modello Di Pickman or Il Ritratto di Pickman, 1972) by Ciriaco Tiso
Pickman's Model (1980) by Cathy Welch
Pickman's Model written by John Hay (unproduced)
Pickman's Model (2003) by Rick Tillman
Pickman's Model (2003) by Giovanni Furore
Pickman's Model by Bryan Moore (in development)
Pickman's Model by Chris Porter (aired)
Pickman's Muse by Robert Cappelletto (in development)
Pickman's Revenge (PM II: The Return Of Richard Upton Pickman) by Rick Tillman (in development)
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The Picture in the House (2003) by Gant Haverstick
The Picture in the House
(2003) by Aaron Lucchesi
Through A Lens Darkly
by Dean Bertram (in production)
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The Cold (H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Book of the Dead, 1994) by Shusuke Kaneko
The Rats in the Walls (AIP uproduced, 60's)
Rats in the Walls by Tim Everitt
Rats in the Walls 2 by Tim Everitt
Unnamable 3: Rats in the Walls by Jean-Paul Ouellette (in development)
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Dagon (2002) by Stuart Gordon
* Cthulhu written by Glenn Anton and Francis J. Bell (unproduced, 1969)
* Cthulhu by Daniel Gildark (in production)
Incident at Innsmouth
(Tragedy at Innsmouth) by Christian Matzke (uproduced)
Innsmouth Legacy
(2004) by Edward Martin III
Journey into Hell
(1987) written by Will France (unproduced)
Lemora, A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural
(1973) by Richard Blackburn II
Return to Innsmouth
(1999) by Aaron Vanek
Nightmare (1973-1974) by Tim Mayer
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (The Haunted Village, AIP uproduced, 60's)
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
by Stuart Gordon (unproduced)
Shadow Over Innsmouth (Innsmouth Wo Oou Kage, 1992) by Nasuda Jun
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (?) by Dan Ross
The Shadow over Innsmouth by Hindsight Partners LLC (in development)
* please note: Even though both of these projects are titled Cthulhu, they are based on The Shadow Over Innsmouth...
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The Shunned House (2003) by Ivan Zuccon
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The Silver Key (La Chiave D'Argento, 1980) by Ciriaco Tiso
La Clé d'Argent by Victor Jaquier
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13:de mars 1941 (March the 13th, 1941, The Hole) by Robert P. Olsson
Kammaren
(The Chamber) by Robert P. Olsson (in development)
The Statement of Randolph Carter
(?) by Bruce G. Hallenbeck
The Statement of Randolph Carter
(2003) by Jane Rose
The Statement of Randolph Carter
by K. Kempelin (in development)
The Statement of Randolph Carter by Edward Martin III
Testament of Randolph Carter
(1987) by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) by Jean-Paul Ouellette
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Dunwich by Christian Matzke (in production) NEW
The Terrible Old Man
(2001) by Bob Fugger
The Terrible Old Man written by David M. Smith (unproduced)
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Envy by Stuart Gordon (in development)
Maria's Hubris (?) by Patrick Weber
Strange Aeons by Eric Morgret
The Thing on the Doorstep by Gerard Soetman (unproduced, ?)
The Thing on the Doorstep (1990) New Age Entertainment (unproduced)
The Thing on the Doorstep (2003) by Eric Morgret
The Thing on the Doorstep
by Jean-Paul Ouellette (teaser trailer only)
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The Unnamable (1988) by Jean-Paul Ouellette
The Unnamable (?) by James Fazzaro
The Unnamable by Sascha Renninger (in production)
The Unnamable by Sascha Renninger (completed, different version)
The Unnamable by Brian Brethauer (unproduced)
The Unnamable written by Steve Alten (author of Meg, in development)
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) by Jean-Paul Ouellette
Unnamable 3: Rats in the Walls by Jean-Paul Ouellette (in development)
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The Ancients (Le Peuple ancien) by Julien Lacombe and Pascal Sid (2001)
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What the Moon Brings (?) by Brian Brethauer
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Alien Terror (The Incredible Invasion, 1971) by José Luis González de León and Jack Hill
The Whisperer in Darkness (1975) by David C. Smith
The Whisperer In Darkness by Rick Tillman (in development)
Whispers (H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Book of the Dead, 1994) by Brian Yuzna
The Whisperer in Darkness by Sean Branney (in development) NEW
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The Miskatonic University Film Club provided a great deal of inspiration in the making of this page. Thanks to http://dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/index.html for the story links. Film links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.

F - Feature Film | S - Short Film | TV - Television Production | A - Animated Production | Doc - Documentary | R - Audio | P/M - Play or Musical


Special thanks to Aaron Vanek for suggesting that this page be created.

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