Looks like there's a new Lovecraft/Derleth movie on the scene:



The plot description that some idiot posted on IMdB details a monster that sounds exactly like Shub-Niggurath, Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young.

Here are the details of the review on IMdB (that's been removed from the site).

In this trailer you can see the monster, which looks a lot like a large lovecraftian tentacle, a common feature of Shub-Nuggurath. Look at the 1:30 and 1:31 mark when it hurls Lady Liberty's dismembered head.

In this trailer you can see the effect of the dark young on the city.

Obviously I'm a nut for Lovecraft/Derleth. If the plot leak is real, then it's going to be an interesting movie. There's never been a Cthulhu Mythos movie that has a rampaging Outer God making sweet fuck on a major city. The idea of this movie is the exact opposite of what Lovecraft had in mind for his universe...

I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff, but JJ Abrams I'm not a sucker for.

i like the apocalypse.

i think i'm the only one.

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Dark Young in the house, what!




The thing about H.P. Lovecraft stories is that they are actually true.

Wait a minute. That description doesn't sound anything like Shub-Niggurath, and the smaller things don't sound like the Dark Young.

OK. About the monster. It's not Cthulu, it's not a Minotaur, it's not a dinosaur. It's way bigger than any of them. The face is scaly, and looks somewhat human and has red eyes. Completely red.

I have never read a description of Shub-Niggurath that involves a face, certainly not a human-like face... actually, all things considered, Shub-Niggurath is more deity than big monster.

I'd fear a mythos angle. It would probably either deviate too far from the tone of the original works, leaving us with just BIG MONSTERS, or it would totally fail at capturing the sort of atmosphere required, just as every previous Lovecraft movie has.

[edit to add:] I'm a fucking dork.

Antero wrote:...it would totally fail at capturing the sort of atmosphere required, just as many previous Lovecraft movie has, with the exceptions of Dagon and The Mouth Of Madness and one or two others which Boombats can't remember right now.

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YouTube commentor"soSiccK" (17 seconds ago) wrote:
the monster is never shown. the movie builds suspense by the characters discussing/debating what exactly the monster is, and its intentions. the rest is an escape attempt. the build up ends with the climax(the character filming the events, is killed by the monster.) the movie then ends with a final scene-a file log date of the destruction of new york city. don't waste your money/time. you won't be seeing any monsters in this movie. the cameraman is always a second 2 late to catch a glimpse.

I wonder if this is true?

Boombats wrote:

YouTube commentor"soSiccK" (17 seconds ago) wrote:
the monster is never shown. the movie builds suspense by the characters discussing/debating what exactly the monster is, and its intentions. the rest is an escape attempt. the build up ends with the climax(the character filming the events, is killed by the monster.) the movie then ends with a final scene-a file log date of the destruction of new york city. don't waste your money/time. you won't be seeing any monsters in this movie. the cameraman is always a second 2 late to catch a glimpse.

I wonder if this is true?

With horror and monster movies taking a dive since the 80's, yeah probably.

I really want a good monster movie, too. I'll even take an alright one if it has a goddamn backstory.

I didn't see a tentacle in the trailer.

Shub-Niggurath's voice sounds kind of digital. And typical. That's disappointing.

In fact, I kind of think any sound it makes shouldn't go above say 40 Hz. In fact, maybe it should be inaudible, but something you could feel. Push 10 Hz at say 130 decibels. What kind of equipment would we need to do that?

I don't know. I enjoy reading Lovecraft, but this film doesn't look like it's going to do it for me.

Uber, do you own one of these?

According to a few other sites/reviews (AIC, etc...) the monster can be seen fully in the copter scene near the end of the movie. A complete look at it from the air...

sleepkid wrote:Shub-Niggurath's voice sounds kind of digital. And typical. That's disappointing.

In fact, I kind of think any sound it makes shouldn't go above say 40 Hz. In fact, maybe it should be inaudible, but something you could feel. Push 10 Hz at say 130 decibels. What kind of equipment would we need to do that?

I don't know. I enjoy reading Lovecraft, but this film doesn't look like it's going to do it for me.

Uber, do you own one of these?

I'm going to order one today. That is prolly the coolest stuffed animal I've ever had the pleasure to lay eyes on.

I agree about the feel of this kind of monster movie. lovecraft's stuff was alway slow to develop and subtle to the mind - creepy mind-fuck kinda stuff. Painting of imps, and passed relatives reassembled from basic salts... ...however, in a number of stories Elder Gods and Outer God have been sent back to the black-hot via dynamite. Cthulhu herself was dispatched this way, so there is a script for the big Derleth-style monster movie.

I'm pretty sure that the sound is still being worked on.

Antero wrote:Wait a minute. That description doesn't sound anything like Shub-Niggurath, and the smaller things don't sound like the Dark Young.

OK. About the monster. It's not Cthulu, it's not a Minotaur, it's not a dinosaur. It's way bigger than any of them. The face is scaly, and looks somewhat human and has red eyes. Completely red.

I have never read a description of Shub-Niggurath that involves a face, certainly not a human-like face... actually, all things considered, Shub-Niggurath is more deity than big monster.

I'd fear a mythos angle. It would probably either deviate too far from the tone of the original works, leaving us with just BIG MONSTERS, or it would totally fail at capturing the sort of atmosphere required, just as every previous Lovecraft movie has.

[edit to add:] I'm a fucking dork.

Shub-Niggurath can form any manner of organism, so a giant 'head' with 'eyes' is probably just a modern adaptation - maybe they thought it's hard to imbue godhood to something without a face...

Shub-Niggurath is considered an Outer God, and visitation to Earth is the plot to a number of Mythos stories...

I'm a fucking dork.

Between Cloverfield and Watchmen I'm going geek crazy.

ubercat wrote:Between Cloverfield and Watchmen , NYC is right fucked.

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