- Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture
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This article provides a list of cultural references to H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. For works that are stylistically influenced by Lovecraft, see Lovecraftian horror.
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Film
Title Date Writer Notes Dagon 2001 Dennis Paoli An adaptation of the Lovecraft short story The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1936), set in Spain.[1] The Call of Cthulhu 2005 Sean Branney A silent film adaptation of the H. P. Lovecraft short story of the same name.[2] Cthulhu 2007 Daniel Gildark Loosely based on "The Shadow Over Innsmouth".[3] The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu 2009 Devin McGinn A comedy-horror film about the last of Lovecraft's relatives.[4] Games
Game Title Notes Arcane Mystery Serial Sarbakan, PC, 2010. Online serial game pitting human investigators against the creatures of the Mythos.[5] Arkham Horror A board game originally published by Chaosium (1987). The license was later acquired by Fantasy Flight Games, with a revised and expanded version of the game republished in 2005.[6] Call of Cthulhu Collectible Card Game Fantasy Flight Games (2004). Collectible card game based on the Mythos.[7] Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Bethesda Softworks/2K Games, Xbox/Microsoft Windows 2005. Loosely based on The Shadow Over Innsmouth, with references to other Mythos works.[8] Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land Mobile games based on various Lovecraft stories.[9] Cthulhu Nation Web-game grounded in the Cthulhu Mythos.[10] Cthulhu Saves the World Zeboyd Games, 2010.[11] CthulhuTech Catalyst Game Labs, 2008. A futuristic roleplay game that features elements of the Mythos.[12] Dungeons & Dragons Games company TSR included an entire chapter on the Cthulhu mythos (including statistics for the character) in the first printing of Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook Deities & Demigods (1980). TSR, however, were unaware that Arkham House - copyright holder on almost all Lovecraft literature - had already licensed the Cthulhu property to the game company Chaosium. Although Chaosium stipulated that TSR could continue to use the material if each future edition featured a published credit to Chaosium, TSR refused and the material was removed from all subsequent editions.[13] Elder Sign Fantasy Flight Games, 2011. A dice game involving a team of investigators attempting to prevent the "Ancient Ones" from awakening.[14] Illuminati a card game with an expansion supplement, "Servants of Cthulhu".[15] Lost Souls Online game with direct references to the Mythos.[16] Munchkin (Steve Jackson Games, 2001), a card game that features a series of parody expansion sets based on the Mythos.[17] Super Scribblenauts 5th Cell, Nintendo DS, 2010. Cthulhu can be summoned during gameplay.[18] Mansions of Madness Fantasy Flight Games. Board game involving one player in the service of malevolent deities and other players attempting to stop them.[19] Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Frogwares, Windows, 2006. Features an investigation into a number of disappearances believed to be the work of a Cthulhu cult.[20] Trail of Cthulhu Pelgrane Press, 2008. An investigative role-playing game.[21] Music
Band Album Song Notes H. P. Lovecraft (band) H. P. Lovecraft (1967); H. P. Lovecraft II (1968) Various A 1960's band named for the author, with song content reflecting Lovecraft's works.[22] Metallica Ride the Lightning The Call of Ktulu An instrumental inspired by "The Call of Cthulhu".[23] Metallica Death Magnetic All Nightmare Long Described by vocalist James Hetfield as being about the Hounds of Tindalos.[24] Nox Arcana Necronomicon (all 21 songs) An album entirely about the Cthulhu Mythos.[25] The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Various Various Many of the band's songs reference Lovecraft's work.[26] Print
Title Notes A Study In Emerald Neil Gaiman, 2003. A Sherlock Holmes pastiche with several references to the Old Ones of the Mythos.[27] And Another Thing... Eoin Colfer, 2009. The final installment in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, and in a humorous vignette features Cthulhu interviewing for the position of god of the planet "Nano".[28] A Colder War Charles Stross, 1997. A novella that blends the hacker culture and the Mythos.[29] Crouch End (short story) Stephen King, 1980. A short story concerning a young couple lost in the London suburb, featuring several references to the Mythos.[30] Green Lama Unbound Adam Lance Garcia, 2010. The Green Lama, a pulp hero from the 1940s, battles Nazis as they attempt to raise Cthulhu. Features strong elements from the Mythos.[31] The Crawlin' Chaos Blues Edward Michael Erdelac, 2010. A blues singer in 1964 who makes a deal with Nyarlathotep for fame and fortune.[32] I, Cthulhu Neil Gaiman, 1986. A short story on Gaiman's website featuring Cthulhu dictating an autobiography to a human slave.[33] The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, 1975. Features several Mythos references.[34] The Midnight Eye Files: The Amulet William Meikle, 2008. Set in modern day Glasgow, the worshippers of Cthulhu attempt to revive the god.[35] The Philosopher's Stone Colin Wilson, 1981. Two scientists, now possessing heightened consciousness, discover mankind is the creation of Lovecraft's Old Ones.[36] Resume With Monsters William Browning Spencer, 1996. A humorous novel about a worker who battles a series of bad jobs and Lovecraft's Elder Gods.[37] The Adventures of Samurai Cat Mark E. Rogers. 1984. The character Samurai Cat traverses time and space on a mission of revenge, and at one point wreaks havoc in H. P. Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth".[38] Unspeakable Vault (of Doom) François Launet, launched 2003. A humourous web-comic strip featuring the Lovecraft deities and monsters.[39] Television
Title Notes The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy The Season 1 episode "Big Trouble in Billy's Basement" and the Season 5 episode "Prank Call of Cthulhu" feature Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu respectively.[40] Rod Serling's Night Gallery The Season 2 episodes "Pickman's Model"[41][42] and "Cool Air"[41][43] are based on the original 1926 Lovecraft short stories of the same name, while "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture" heavily references the Mythos.[41] The Real Ghostbusters The episode The Collect Call of Cathulhu references the Necronomicon and an attempt to revive, Cathulhu, described as one of the "Great Old Ones".[44] Sealab 2021 The Season 4 episode "Isla de las Chupacabras" features a narration that describes the fictional creatures the Chupacabras as having been created by Cthulhu.[45] South Park Features Cthulhu as a character in the Season 14 episodes Mysterion Rises and Coon vs. Coon and Friends.[46] Supernatural In the episode "Let it Bleed", it is revealed that Lovecraft discovered a way to pierce the veil between worlds, opening a hole into Purgatory.[47] References
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- ^ "Cthulhu Nation MMORPG in the World of Lovecraftian Mythos". http://cthulhunation.com/frontend.intro.php. Retrieved 2010-03-22. "Loosely based upon H.P. Lovecraft's stories of Cthulhu and other Mythos creatures, the game is set in the 1920s against a backdrop of Earth recovering from the First World War."
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H. P. Lovecraft Works List of works · Dream CycleLocations Characters Cthulhu Mythos deities Great Old Ones Outer Gods Elder Gods Cthulhu Mythos species List of species · Byakhee · Deep Ones · Elder Things · Gnophkeh · Hounds of Tindalos · Shoggoth · Great Race of Yith · Mi-goBooks about H. P. Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft: A Life · An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia · Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Nightside · Lovecraft: a Biography · Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos · Lurker in the Lobby: The Guide to the Cinema of H. P. LovecraftLegacy and influence Film adaptations The Haunted Palace (1963) · Die, Monster, Die! (1965) · The Dunwich Horror (1970) · Re-Animator (1985) · From Beyond (1986) · The Curse (1987) · The Unnamable (1988) · Cast A Deadly Spell (1991) · The Resurrected (1992) · The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) · In the Mouth of Madness (1994) · Necronomicon (1994) · Witch Hunt (1994) · Bleeders (1997) · Cthulhu (2000) · Dagon (2001) · Beyond Re-Animator (2003) · The Call of Cthulhu (2005) · H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House (2005) · Cthulhu (2007) · The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)Other adaptations Call of Cthulhu RPG (1981) · Arkham Horror (1987) · Shadow of the Comet (1993) · Prisoner of Ice (1995) · Anchorhead (1998) · Unspeakable Vault (of Doom) (2003–present) · Call of Cthulhu Living Card Game (2004) · Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005) · Call of Cthulhu: Destiny's End (unreleased) · Trail of Cthulhu (2008)Associated people Ambrose Bierce · Algernon Blackwood · Clive Barker · Robert Bloch · Ramsey Campbell · Lin Carter · Robert W. Chambers · August Derleth · Lord Dunsany · C. M. Eddy, Jr. · Robert E. Howard · S. T. Joshi · Stephen King · Brian Lumley · A. Merritt · Sandy Petersen · Edgar Allan Poe · Robert M. Price · Clark Ashton SmithRelated articles Categories:- Cthulhu Mythos
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