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more about #hplovecraft more comments → PostMarque: Cthulhu was from the other place, the dark place. It was the demon that demons feared, a god before gods were. A pulpy, tentacled grotesque, it devour... more » Aidan_: My favorite part is from the screencapture. The islanders are so happy to see their friend get devoured! He doesn't seem so keen on it though. :P #lil... more » Mr. Damage: Hello Chthulu! Sadly not updated in awhile. more » allium: I just noticed that when the byakhee takes Lil' Cthulhu home, the stars in the background are redshifted/blueshifted properly depending on if they're ... more » taiki24: Awww, how adorable! I just want to give him my soul! #lilcthulhu more » crashedpc - Haifisch: The indoctrination process needs to start as early as possible, and as harmlessly as possible. Then one can ramp it up to pre-teen Cthulhu, and then o... more » tamoko: I gave this to my girl friend... she loves it, especially the little people Cthulhu can pick apart. #lilcthulhu more » gorehound: hahhahahaha. at least this is original.and pretty funny too #lilcthulhu more » AshThePirate: That was the cutest Cthulhu ever. #lilcthulhu more » Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon: Is it just me or does this remind anyone of the Robot Chicken sketch with Li'l Hitler? #lilcthulhu more » Paladinltd: ah man, they used the derleth elder sign #lilcthulhu more » ThisDudeRufus: I still prefer this'n. Still, gotta love the Miskatonic flag on the wall in his room. #lilcthulhu more » Golem100: Oh yeah, my grandson will love this! #lilcthulhu more » Inphoarius: I know there are Cthulhu plushies already, but one definitely needs to be made which is as cute as this. It also needs a mouth hole so I can feed it k... more » Golem100: So, a byakhee is really just an ass-blaster? #lilcthulhu more » -
#lilcthulhu
Introduce Your Child to Lovecraft's Horrors with Lil Cthulhu
Halloween may be over, but you can still enjoy some child-friendly terrors with the animated short Lil Cthulhu. After all, it's never too early to introduce a child to Dagon, Nyarlathotep, and the rest of Cthulhu's friends. More » -
#io9backgrounder
Lovecraft 101: Get To Know The Master of Scifi-Horror
You've heard about Cthulhu, and you've probably heard about the man who created this tentacled horror, H.P. Lovecraft. Now you want to try delving into the world of Lovecraft, but where to start? Let us help you. More » -
#unfinishedmasterworks
12 Unfinished SF Novels We Wish We Could Read
Of all the alternate worlds we're dying to visit, the greatest is that mythical room containing every book that was never written. Here are the dozen unfinished novels by science fiction's greatest authors, that we wish we could read.
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#hplovecraft
Terrifying Souvenirs from the Mountains of Madness
In HP Lovecraft's novella "At the Mountains of Madness" an expedition from the fictional Miskatonic University uncovers the unspeakable horrors waiting in Antarctica. One Lovecraft fan is crafting and assembling souvenirs from the ill-fated mission. More » -
#triviagasm
10 Reasons Not to Bring Someone Back from the Dead
When you've got amazing technologies or strong magical powers, death doesn't have to have the final word. But is bringing the dead back to life always a good idea? We look the reasons it's better to say no to resurrection.
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#hplovecraft
Documentary Celebrates the Long Reach of Lovecraft's Tentacles
Coming in two weeks, the documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown explores what inspired H.P. Lovecraft to invent the tentacular Cthulhu mythos - and why his work continues to inspire horror and science fiction creators today. More » -
#craftsofcthulhu
Cthulhu Blanket Gives Your Baby Sweet Nightmares
Start your infant off worshiping the Old Ones early, with this handcrafted Cthulhu baby blanket — complete with Velcro tentacles, to keep other terror-inducing toys from slipping away. [Craftster via Neatorama] -
#conceptart
The Cosmic Horror of John Coulthart's Lovecraftian Illustrations
Illustrator John Coulthart has delved deep into HP Lovecraft's tales of New England monsters and cosmic horrors and pulled out strange and detailed images of the terrifying gods and cities that haunted Lovecraft's mind. -
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#hplovecraft
Howard Knows Screwing Up The Fake Life Of Lovecraft Could Unleash Fan Wrath
Mega-producer Ron Howard sounds like he's realizing just how important the father of all eldritch awesomeness H.P. Lovecraft really is. But we're still suspicious of this Van Helsing-crossed-with-Shakespeare In Love film, in which Lovecraft unleashes and fights monsters. More » -
#triviagasm
It Came From Beneath the Ice To Destroy the World!
Monsters and supervillains come from a lot of places, but a perennial favorite is the frozen depths. Defrosted Big Bads have been rampaging through books and movies for almost a century, and here are fifteen of the freezingest. More » -
#steampunkart
Airships Sail Through Tentacle-Infested Skies
Steampunk artist Myke Amend's paintings of airships are almost deceptively serene, with ornate ships sailing through icy skies. But tentacles and sea monsters lurk in the background, hinting at high adventure and grave dangers. More » -
#conceptart
Monster Models Look Ready for Face-Eating Mayhem
Naturalist and modelmaker Andrew Scott creates sculptures of Lovecraftian horrors, alien embryos, and brain-sucking critters so eerily plausible that you half expect to find them on your next space mission — or simply rooting through your garbage. More » -
#bookreview
From The Terrifying Wastes Of The Cosmos Come Scary Old People
Writer Laird Barron plunges his razor-sharp rostrum deep into a Lovecraftian vein, with nine stories of brain-melting cosmic horror in The Imago Sequence.
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#foundfootage
Unprotected Sex With A Witch Is More Dangerous Than You Think [NSFW]
Stuart Gordon has spent most of his cinematic career turning H.P. Lovecraft tales into perverse, creepy, and silly movies. And his "Dreams in the Witch House" episode of Masters of Horror is epic Lovecraft madness that crosses string theory with witch sex. More » -
#art
Anything Called "Blasphemous Horrors" Belongs on My Wall for Sure
In May of this year, historically transgressive SF monthly Weird Tales launched a year-long tribute to one of its greatest writers, cosmic horror scribe Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Lovecraft's work fills a lengthy bibliography, and now it can fill the walls of your (no doubt sci-fi-themed) living room as well. Inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos — the Lovecraftian universe of tales that focuses on the extraterrestrial deities who inhabit our world — artist Steven Archer is creating one painting a day for sale at the Weird Tales blog. So far he's had plenty of eerie, supernaturally lovely hits, and there are 235 days to go in the series Weird Tales is calling "Blasphemous Horrors." More » -
#thejewelsofapator
Tentacles and Cosmic SF: The Art of Lovecraft
Welcome back to The Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's column on the intersection of art and the fantastic. Tentacular horrors, unnamable evils, and quests to the edges of alien-landscapes-on-earth like Antarctica were just some of the beautifully bizarre features of H.P. Lovecraft’s weird fiction. Creator of the Cthulhu Mythos, Lovecraft has had an enormous influence on readers and writers. But what about art? Ever since the first pulp covers showcasing Lovecraft’s fiction, visual creators have been interpreting his tentacular horrors, unnamable evils, and odd quests. Now, Centipede Press has issued one of the most audacious hardcover art books we have ever seen: The Art of Lovecraft: Artists Inspired by Lovecraft. More » -
#weirdtales
Celebrate the 85th Anniversary of Weird Tales
85 years old this month, Weird Tales is the magazine of the "bizarre and unusual" that sustained the career of H.P. Lovecraft and his scifi-horror pals back in the 1920s when it first launched. In its early days, Weird Tales set itself apart from other pulps by always going one step deeper into the freak zone. Stories dealt with aliens, witches, and mutants. Covers often featured devils making love to ladies, monsters menacing beleaguered ingenues, and (my personal favorite, above) devilish monster ladies making love to scantily clad lovelies. Now the venerable, perverted, brilliant magazine is celebrating its 85th birthday in style. More »
