The blog Propnomicon is devoted to creating props based on Lovecraft's mythos, and one of its ongoing projects is to assemble the specimens, tools, and field notes that might have come out of the Miskatonic Antarctic expedition. This prop maker is hoping to be as true to the story and geological history as possible (although in consulting experts, he finds the two sometimes conflict), and has included core samples and fossils in his prop set, as well as illustrations of the Elder Things, their city and, the Shoggoths, and paraphernalia from Miskatonic itself.

From the Mountains of Madness [Propnomicon via Make]

Lovecraft's novella was first collected in serialized form in Astounding Stories, after being rejected by Weird Tales, in the 1930s. If you've tried reading it recently, you'll find that it's filled with some pretty amazing descriptions of things like "ululating horrors" (the shoggoths, who are basically monster slave labor)) and the massive city abandoned by the Elder Things. However, it also is drier than a thousand year old Saltine cracker.

del Toro wants to film that version of the story, even though "iit's a compilation of really dry scientific annotations that happen to be annotating something really scary. There is no character or dramatic thread." So you know, kind of like Cloverfield, except with monsters that will make you crap your pants. Given his track record, we're pretty sure he'd do a spectacular job with this and keep it from devolving into Aliens Vs. Predator. Remember those giant monsters through the portal the Nazis opened up in Hellboy? Yeah, those made us crap our pants too.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/01/29/del-toro-to-incite-audiences-to-madness-with-hp-lovecraft-project/">Del Toro To Incite Audiences To 'Madness' With H.P. Lovecraft Project [MTV Movies Blog]