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H. P. Lovecraft - The Shadow out of Time (1936)
The Shadow Out of Time is a novella by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories (Link here) .
Novel by H. P. Lovecraft
Synopsis - The narrative follows a professor who experiences a profound amnesia. As he struggles to reclaim his memories, he is haunted by vivid and disturbing dreams that hint at his past experiences during the time his consciousness was displaced.
>Peaslee by M.S.Corley
He unaccountably sees strange vistas of other worlds and of an ancient library city. When he is returned to his own body, he finds that those around him have judged him insane due to the actions of "the other" that possessed his body. While he was experiencing an alien existence in Earth's ancient past, the "other" occupying his body was experiencing a human one in the present day.
>Professor Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee - By miguelzuppo
The narrator at first believes his episode and subsequent dreams to be the product of some kind of mental illness. His initial relief at discovering other cases like his throughout history is withered when he discovers that the other cases are too similar to his own to be without a connection. The narrator's dreams become more vivid, and he becomes obsessed with archaeology and ancient manuscripts.
>The Great Race of Yith by Pahapasi.
His tenuously held sanity is challenged when he discovers the proof he seeks—and that not only do remains of the ancient library still exist on Earth, but also the remain of those who destroyed them...
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The Shadow Out of Time - Graphic novel adaptation by I.N.J. Culbard
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The Shadow Out of Time (DART production) - Radio drama adaptation
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The Shadow Out of Time Short movie adaptation on YT. Collaboration between Richard Svensson (the lone animator), Daniel Lennéer and Christopher Johansson. Åke Rosén stars, and John Hutch narrates.
H. P. Lovecraft - The Whisperer in Darkness (1930)
The Whisperer in Darkness is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft. Written February-September 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931. Similar to "The Colour Out of Space" (1927), it is a blend of horror and science fiction.
Novel by H. P. Lovecraft
The story follows Albert Wilmarth, a professor at Arkham University, who becomes embroiled in a mystery involving strange occurrences in rural Vermont. He is contacted by Henry Akeley, a farmer who claims to have discovered evidence of extraterrestrial beings, known as the Mi-Go, who inhabit the hills and are involved in bizarre activities, including mining a mysterious metal.
>Art by Gesi An
Akeley claims to have evidence of extraterrestrial beings and their human allies. As the correspondence unfolds, Wilmarth's skepticism transforms into a mix of panic and enthusiasm, leading him to visit Akeley, who appears to be hiding critical information.
Akeley's increasingly erratic behavior and unsettling revelations about these beings lead Wilmarth to confront terrifying truths about the universe and humanity's place within it
>2011 movie
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The Whisperer in Darkness (2011) - Independent horror film directed by Sean Branney, produced by Andrew Leman and David Robertson, and distributed by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
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THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS I Short Film I Festival selections: Kosice International Film Festival 2023, Prague International Film Awards 2023 Cast: Gabriela Topolewska- Annabelle Wilmarth Jakub Jakubczak- Henry Wentworth Akeley Music by Furda Band
H. P. Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1931)
The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft, written in November–December 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization. It references several shared elements of the Mythos, including place-names, mythical creatures and invocations. It is the only Lovecraft story which was published in book form during his lifetime in the 1936. After Lovecraft's death, the story appeared in an unauthorized abridged version in the January 1942 issue of Weird Tales. <Link Here>
Novel by H. P. Lovecraft
The story is divided into five chapters. In the first chapter, the narrator begins by recounting to the reader of a secret investigation that was undertaken by the government at the ruined town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts.
>Innsmouth By Sebastien-Ecosse
The second chapter details his ride into Innsmouth, described in great detail as a crumbling, mostly deserted town full of dilapidated structures and people who look just a bit odd and who tend to walk with a distinct shambling gait.
>Innsmouth Look by Propnomicon
The third chapter is composed of the conversation between Zadok and the narrator. Zadok, who is very old, has seen much in the town and goes on at length, telling a tale of fish-frog men known as Deep Ones who live beneath the sea.
>Zadok Allen - Innsmouth by tallkid47
Chapter four tells of the night that the narrator was forced to spend in town. The narrator has no choice but to spend the night in a musty hotel. While attempting to sleep, he hears noises at his door like someone trying to enter. Wasting no time, he attempts to escape out a window and through the streets. Eventually he makes his way to some train tracks where he hears a great many creatures passing in the road before him. Upon seeing the fish-frog creatures in full light for the first time, faints in his hiding spot.
>Innsmouth Parade by Pete von Sholly
In the final chapter, we hear of how the narrator wakes up unharmed and quickly walks to the next town (Rowley).
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The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1992) - Insumasu o ouu Kage - Directed by Chiaki J. Konaka | Video on YT / Link Invidious
Dagon 2001 - Spanish horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and written by Dennis Paoli. It is loosely based on the short story Dagon (1919) and his 1931 novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Radio play - The Shadow over Innsmouth, a Dark Adventure Radio Theatre adaptation of the story.
La Sombra sobre Innsmouth - Spanish theater adaptation
H. P. Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (1931)
At the Mountains of Madness is a novella written in February and March 1931 and originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories. - Link Here - It has been reproduced in numerous collections since Lovecraft's death. Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi describes the novella as representing the decisive "demythology" of the Cthulhu Mythos by reinterpreting Lovecraft's earlier supernatural stories in a science fiction paradigm.
Novel by H. P. Lovecraft
>*The story is narrated in a first-person perspective by the geologist William Dyer, professor at Arkham's Miskatonic University. Dyer relates how he led a group of scholars from Miskatonic University on a scientific expedition to Antarctica, during which they discovered ancient ruins and a dangerous secret beyond a range of mountains higher than the Himalayas.
>Only when the first survey group, isolated by a storm, begins to radio back of highly unusual finds in a cavern beneath the surface, do events begin to unravel. From then on, Dyer and his companion, the student Danforth, are on a downward spiral of discovery that attacks every notion of time, space, and life, until Danforth’s speech is reduced to disconnected fragments, recalled only in dreams*
>Elder Thing - ink drawing on board Tom Ardans
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Horror Short Animatic "At The Mountains of Madness" - Video on YT | Link Invidious
Review of the Manga - At the Mountains of Madness - by Tanabe Gou
Mountains of Madness illustrated edition from Free League