JAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA (07/08/85)
From: boyajian%akov68.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (JERRY BOYAJIAN) > From: bader (miles bader) @ cmu-psy-a (actually Anthony A. Datri) > 2) I have seen the movie "The Dunwich Horror" which was supposed to > be based on Lovecraft's story of the same name, but really > wasn't. (Stella Stevens in a Lovecraft movie......), but a book I > have says that there have been "at least four" movies made out of > Lovecraft. Anyone know what they were? Consulting: Weinberg, Robert E. & Edward P. Berglund, READER'S GUIDE TO THE CTHULHU MYTHOS ["Second Revised Edition"] (Albuquerque: Silver Scarab Press, 1973) Lee, Walt, REFERENCE GUIDE TO FANTASTIC FILMS [3 volumes] (Los Angeles: Chelsea-Lee Books, 1972-74) I found references to three film adaptations of Lovecraft, including THE DUNWICH HORROR (regardless of how close, or not, as the case may be, you think it comes to Lovecraft, it *is* still a film version of the story). The other two are: (1) THE HAUNTED PALACE, American-International, 1963, screenplay by Charles Beaumont, adapted from "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" (with a little E. A. Poe thrown in for good measure). (2) DIE, MONSTER, DIE! [a.k.a. MONSTER OF TERROR], American International, 1965, screenplay by Jerry Sohl, adapted from "The Colour Out of Space". The supposed fourth film may well have been made after the above reference works were published. I don't recall any other film based on Lovecraft's work, though. A few years ago, a small company made plans to film a movie called, if I can remember correctly, THE SPELL OF CTHULHU, which was an "original" story, not an adaptation. Haven't heard a word about it since. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...} !decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA <"Filmography is my pastime">
JAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA (07/08/85)
From: mtgzz!leeper (m.r.leeper) Boyajian says: >I found references to three film adaptations of Lovecraft, >including THE DUNWICH HORROR (regardless of how close, or >not, as the case may be, you think it comes to Lovecraft, it >*is* still a film version of the story). The other two are: > >(1) THE HAUNTED PALACE, American-International, 1963, screenplay > by Charles Beaumont, adapted from "The Case of Charles > Dexter Ward" (with a little E. A. Poe thrown in for > good measure). > >(2) DIE, MONSTER, DIE! [a.k.a. MONSTER OF TERROR], American > International, 1965, screenplay by Jerry Sohl, adapted > from "The Colour Out of Space". How's about: (3) THE SHUTTERED ROOM, Troy-Schenck, 1967, screenplay by D. B. Ledrov and N. Tanchuck, from a novel by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. With Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Oliver Reed. [Lee, pg. 437] "Filmography is a way of life." Mark Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper
leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (07/11/85)
Boyajian says: >I found references to three film adaptations of Lovecraft, >including THE DUNWICH HORROR (regardless of how close, or >not, as the case may be, you think it comes to Lovecraft, it >*is* still a film version of the story). The other two are: > >(1) THE HAUNTED PALACE, American-International, 1963, screenplay > by Charles Beaumont, adapted from "The Case of Charles > Dexter Ward" (with a little E. A. Poe thrown in for > good measure). > >(2) DIE, MONSTER, DIE! [a.k.a. MONSTER OF TERROR], American > International, 1965, screenplay by Jerry Sohl, adapted > from "The Colour Out of Space". How's about: (3) THE SHUTTERED ROOM, Troy-Schenck, 1967, screenplay by D. B. Ledrov and N. Tanchuck, from a novel by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. With Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Oliver Reed. [Lee, pg. 437] "Filmography is a way of life." Mark Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper