this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2024
26 points (96.4% liked)

Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror

576 readers
15 users here now

H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.

Rules:


๐Ÿ™ For more cosmic horror: !cosmichorror@lemm.ee ๐Ÿ™


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Both The Thing (1982) and Alien (1979) if taken as stand alone works and not viewed with the hindsight of any later added material are very Lovecraftian. Not just in vibe and surface aesthetic, but in the central mythos thesis that learning more about the universe and scratching away at the sleeping secrets never ends well for humanity.

For gaming, I'd add Stasis and Stasis: Bone Totem (shudder especially Bone Totem) to games that follow the central themes of Lovecraft without explicitly placing themselves in the mythos.