H.P. Lovecraft

H.P. Lovecraft

Known for
Writing
Born
August 19, 1890
Died
March 15, 1937 (aged 46)
Birthplace
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Biography

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American-born horror writer, best known for creating the “Cthulhu Mythos” —a series of short stories and novellas concerning ancient gods and unspeakable horrors that threaten to destroy humanity. He became one of most influential authors of the 20th century despite never finding significant critical or financial appreciation in his own short lifetime.

Known For

Filmography

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The Adventure of Sandra Munt

The Adventure of Sandra Munt

Movie · Original Concept

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Dunwich poster

Dunwich

Movie · Short Story

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La chose dans la clarté lunaire poster

La chose dans la clarté lunaire

Movie · Author

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Uncanny Stories poster

Uncanny Stories

Movie · Author

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Tales from Beyond

Tales from Beyond

Movie · Original Story

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In the Vault

In the Vault

Movie · Story

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Herbert West: Reanimator

Herbert West: Reanimator

Movie · Short Story

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The Beast in the Cave poster

The Beast in the Cave

Movie · Writer

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The Call of Cthulhu

The Call of Cthulhu

Movie · Short Story

2027
Juvenile Inspektor: The Shadow Over Jõhvi poster

Juvenile Inspektor: The Shadow Over Jõhvi

Movie · Writer

2026
Dormant poster

Dormant

Movie · Writer

2026
The Beast in the Cave poster

The Beast in the Cave

Movie · Original Story

2026
The Outsider - An H.P. Lovecraft Tale poster

The Outsider - An H.P. Lovecraft Tale

Movie · Writer

2025
In the Grip of Terror poster

In the Grip of Terror

Movie · Original Story

2025
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · Writer

2024
The Statement poster

The Statement

Movie · Writer

2024
Dagon poster

Dagon

Movie · Short Story

2024
H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones poster

H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones

Movie · Author

2024
Hour Of The Witch poster

Hour Of The Witch

Movie · Writer

2024
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · Original Story

2023
Ancient Lore poster

Ancient Lore

Movie · Writer

2023
The Innsmouth School for Girls poster

The Innsmouth School for Girls

Movie · Writer

2023
Ex Oblivione poster

Ex Oblivione

Movie · Writer

2023
Suitable Flesh poster

Suitable Flesh

Movie · Short Story

2023
H.P. Lovecraft's Celephaïs poster

H.P. Lovecraft's Celephaïs

Movie · Writer

2022
The Hound poster

The Hound

Movie · Original Story

2022
At the Mountains of Madness poster

At the Mountains of Madness

Movie · Original Story

2022
H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House poster

H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House

Movie · Short Story

2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities poster

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

TV · Short Story · 2 eps

2021
Lovecraft's Nyarlathotep poster

Lovecraft's Nyarlathotep

Movie · Writer

2021
From Beyond poster

From Beyond

Movie · Original Story

2020
The Ghost Writer Show - The Call of Cthulhu poster

The Ghost Writer Show - The Call of Cthulhu

Movie · Writer

2020
Color Out of Space poster

Color Out of Space

Movie · Short Story

2020
Poetry and the Gods poster

Poetry and the Gods

Movie · Writer

2019
Psychopompos poster

Psychopompos

Movie · Original Story

2019
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · Writer

2019
The Picture in the House poster

The Picture in the House

Movie · Original Story

2019
The Music of Erich Zann poster

The Music of Erich Zann

Movie · Story

2019
Black Water poster

Black Water

Movie · Original Concept

2018
At the Mountains of Madness poster

At the Mountains of Madness

Movie · Writer, Original Story

2018
Herbert West: Reanimator poster

Herbert West: Reanimator

Movie · Original Story

2018
The Strange House in the Mist poster

The Strange House in the Mist

Movie · Story

2018
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness poster

Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness

Movie · Author

2017
The Colour Out of Space poster

The Colour Out of Space

Movie · Story

2017
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival Best of 2017 poster

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival Best of 2017

Movie · Writer

2017
The Terrible Old Man poster

The Terrible Old Man

Movie · Story

2017
The Hound poster

The Hound

Movie · Short Story

2017
Memory poster

Memory

Movie · Story

2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom poster

Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom

Movie · Author

2017
Herbert West: Re-Animator poster

Herbert West: Re-Animator

Movie · Novel

2016
The Last Case of August T. Harrison poster

The Last Case of August T. Harrison

Movie · Writer

2016
The Colour Out of Space poster

The Colour Out of Space

Movie · Writer

2016
Hypnos poster

Hypnos

Movie · Writer

2016
Return to Providence poster

Return to Providence

Movie · Original Story

2016
At the Mountains of Madness poster

At the Mountains of Madness

Movie · Novel

2016
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival Best of 2016 poster

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival Best of 2016

Movie · Writer

2016
H.P. Lovecraft's The Beast In The Cave poster

H.P. Lovecraft's The Beast In The Cave

Movie · Writer

2016
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom poster

Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom

Movie · Author

2015
The Night Ocean poster

The Night Ocean

Movie · Story

2015
Innsmouth poster

Innsmouth

Movie · Writer

2015
The Other Gods poster

The Other Gods

Movie · Original Story

2014
The Thing on the Doorstep poster

The Thing on the Doorstep

Movie · Writer

2014
Pickman's Model poster

Pickman's Model

Movie · Story

2014
Call Girl of Cthulhu poster

Call Girl of Cthulhu

Movie · Author

2013
Banshee Chapter poster

Banshee Chapter

Movie · Short Story

2012
The Wooden Mirror

The Wooden Mirror

Movie · Original Story

2012
The Statement of Randolph Carter

The Statement of Randolph Carter

Movie · Story

2012
The Shadow Out of Time poster

The Shadow Out of Time

Movie · Author

2011
Shadow Beyond Time poster

Shadow Beyond Time

Movie · Original Concept

2011
The Curse of Yig poster

The Curse of Yig

Movie · Original Story

2011
The Whisperer in Darkness poster

The Whisperer in Darkness

Movie · Novel

2010
Pickman's Muse poster

Pickman's Muse

Movie · Writer

2010
The Color Out of Space poster

The Color Out of Space

Movie · Short Story

2010
The Silver Key poster

The Silver Key

Movie · Story

2010
The Valdemar Legacy poster

The Valdemar Legacy

Movie · Original Story

2010
The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow poster

The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow

Movie · Author

2009
The Dunwich Horror poster

The Dunwich Horror

Movie · Short Story

2009
Concerning Brown Jenkin poster

Concerning Brown Jenkin

Movie · Original Story

2008
Beyond the Dunwich Horror poster

Beyond the Dunwich Horror

Movie · Story

2008
Pickman's Model poster

Pickman's Model

Movie · Short Story

2008
Colour from the Dark poster

Colour from the Dark

Movie · Story

2008
Cthulhu poster

Cthulhu

Movie · Novel

2008
Re-Animator: 1942 poster

Re-Animator: 1942

Movie · Story

2008
Pickman's Song

Pickman's Song

Movie · Original Story

2007
The Tomb poster

The Tomb

Movie · Novel

2007
H.P. Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man poster

H.P. Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man

Movie · Story

2007
Chill poster

Chill

Movie · Story

2007
H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories poster

H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories

Movie · Original Story

2006
Beyond the Wall of Sleep poster

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

Movie · Writer

2006
Cool Air poster

Cool Air

Movie · Short Story

2006
The Other Gods: A Tale of the Dream Cycle poster

The Other Gods: A Tale of the Dream Cycle

Movie · Writer

2006
The Call of Cthulhu poster

The Call of Cthulhu

Movie · Short Story

2006
From Beyond poster

From Beyond

Movie · Short Story

2006
LovecraCked! The Movie poster

LovecraCked! The Movie

Movie · Story

2005
Dreams in the Witch House poster

Dreams in the Witch House

Movie · Short Story

2005
March the 13th, 1941 poster

March the 13th, 1941

Movie · Story

2004
Innsmouth Legacy poster

Innsmouth Legacy

Movie · Story

2004
Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle poster

Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle

Movie · Story

2003
Beyond Re-Animator poster

Beyond Re-Animator

Movie · Characters

2003
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath poster

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

Movie · Original Story

2003
Pickman's Model

Pickman's Model

Movie · Short Story

2003
An Imperfect Solution: A Tale of the Re-Animator

An Imperfect Solution: A Tale of the Re-Animator

Movie · Story

2002
Maria's Hubris

Maria's Hubris

Movie · Short Story

2001
Dagon poster

Dagon

Movie · Novel, Original Story

2001
Nyarlathotep poster

Nyarlathotep

Movie · Short Story

2001
The Terrible Old Man

The Terrible Old Man

Movie · Short Story

2000
Rough Magik poster

Rough Magik

Movie · Idea

2000
Cthulhu

Cthulhu

Movie · Writer

2000
Pickman's Model poster

Pickman's Model

Movie · Original Story

1999
Cool Air poster

Cool Air

Movie · Original Story

1999
Mystery of Necronomicom poster

Mystery of Necronomicom

Movie · Story

1999
Mystery of the Necronomicon poster

Mystery of the Necronomicon

TV · Story · 4 eps

1998
Return to Innsmouth

Return to Innsmouth

Movie · Writer

1997
Bleeders poster

Bleeders

Movie · Novel

1996
Castle Freak poster

Castle Freak

Movie · Short Story

1994
Lurking Fear poster

Lurking Fear

Movie · Short Story

1993
Necronomicon poster

Necronomicon

Movie · Author

1992
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter poster

The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter

Movie · Characters

1992
Cthulhu Mansion poster

Cthulhu Mansion

Movie · Story

1992
The Shadow Over Innsmouth poster

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Movie · Book

1991
The Resurrected poster

The Resurrected

Movie · Original Story

1991
The Lost Child poster

The Lost Child

Movie · Writer

1990
Bride of Re-Animator poster

Bride of Re-Animator

Movie · Characters

1989
Dark Heritage poster

Dark Heritage

Movie · Short Story

1988
The Evil Clergyman poster

The Evil Clergyman

Movie · Story

1988
The Testimony of Randolph Carter

The Testimony of Randolph Carter

Movie · Original Story

1988
Pulse Pounders poster

Pulse Pounders

Movie · Story

1988
The Unnamable poster

The Unnamable

Movie · Original Story

1987
The Curse poster

The Curse

Movie · Short Story

1986
From Beyond poster

From Beyond

Movie · Novel

1985
Re-Animator poster

Re-Animator

Movie · Story, Novel

1981
Pickman's Model poster

Pickman's Model

Movie · Short Story

1980
The Music of Erich Zann poster

The Music of Erich Zann

Movie · Short Story

1978
Neither Bird Nor Fish

Neither Bird Nor Fish

Movie · Short Story

1978
Nella città vampira. Drammi gotici poster

Nella città vampira. Drammi gotici

TV · Original Story · 4 eps

1975
The Whisperer in Darkness

The Whisperer in Darkness

Movie · Story

1975
H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of Time poster

H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of Time

Movie · Short Story

1970
The Dunwich Horror poster

The Dunwich Horror

Movie · Novel

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

TV · Short Story · 1 ep

1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar poster

Curse of the Crimson Altar

Movie · Novel

1967
The Shuttered Room poster

The Shuttered Room

Movie · Book

1965
Die, Monster, Die! poster

Die, Monster, Die!

Movie · Short Story

1965
War-Gods of the Deep poster

War-Gods of the Deep

Movie · Short Story

1963
The Haunted Palace poster

The Haunted Palace

Movie · Short Story

1961
Mark of the Dead Man poster

Mark of the Dead Man

Movie · Short Story