I’like you all here, Im a big HPL fan. I’ve read and reread everything he put out excluding the letters, and I’m always interested to read other authors works that reference directly or indirectly Lovecrafts mythos. A few personal Favorites are ’ A Colder War’ by Charles Stross and ‘N’ by Stephen King. I just can’t get enough of esoteric cults, elder gods and Things Man Was Not Meant to Know.

What are your personal Favorites from outside Lovecrafts main body of work?

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    The Endless (also Resolution) by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.

    they’re a bit low-budgety but there’s nothing else on film like them. i love the way the narratives play off of each other (despite being made 6 years apart) and the pacing of information revealed to the audience is masterful.

    i don’t see enough people talking about these films!

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      Totally agree! I did the Leo “pointing at screen with beer” meme when I realised the connection, because I watched the films about two or three years apart.

      Have you seen their latest outing, Something in the Dirt? It’s a solid film as well, very usual and hooked me right away.

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        I absolutely have. I discovered the endless about a month ago and have binged just about everything by they’ve made/worked on in the time since. I am really excited to see where they go next - I haven’t been this fanatical about an indie filmmaker since I saw Pi and fell in love with Aronofsky sometime around 1999.

        I am not a marvel fan, but I hear great things about their work on Moon Knight and Loki, so I am hopeful they’ll get a proper-budget film in the near future. What they’ve managed to create on essentially pocket change is leagues above anyone in their class, it’s a really extraordinary talent that is rare for filmmakers of their pedigree.

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    There are many nice works, if i should pick a couple:

    Robert W. Chambers book - The King In Yellow

    Robert Bloch book- The Opener of the Way

    Fritz Leiber’s - The Terror From the Depths

    Settler’s Wall by Robert Lowndes (a very nice short story)

    Neil Gaiman story - A Study in Emerald

    I suggest you to check the various anthologies i’ve posted, you can download most of them from the links.

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      All fantastic suggestions, thanks for sharing! Some of these I know and love but a few are new to me so Im definitely putting them on the reading list.