H.P. Lovecraft Goes To The Movies: The Classic Stories That Inspired The Classic Horror Films

H.P. Lovecraft Goes To The Movies: The Classic Stories That Inspired The Classic Horror Films

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With more than 100 movies based on his writing, H.P. Lovecraft ranks among the most adapted authors in history--along with Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King.  His unnervingly scary tales appeal to both diehard fans of horror and readers with mainstream tastes, andH.P. Lovecraft Goes to the Moviespresents the very best of his filmed stories. Additionally, this unique collection provides an enlightening historical introduction, short headnotes for each story calling out interesting trivia, and an appendix with credits for each screen version.   THE STORIES INCLUDE: "The Colour out of Space": filmed twice, once as a vehicle for Boris Karloff calledDie, Monster, Die!"The Dunwich Horror," also filmed two times, once with Dean Stockwell "Pickman's Model" and "Cool Air": both for Rod Serling'sNight GalleryTV program "The Call of Cthulhu," which laid the foundation for the Cthulhu Mythos  

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