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H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)

Born in Providence, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine, among others. He died in Providence, in poverty, on March 15, 1937. His most famous novel is considered to be "At the Mountains of Madness," about an expedition to the South Pole... See full bio »

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2012 Doble sesión (inspired by the works of / segment "Sandra Munt y el Idolo de Bokrug") (filming)
 
2012 The Terrible Old Man (short) (original story) (completed)
 
2011 Shadow Beyond Time (short) (novellas "The Shadow Out of Time" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth") (completed)
 
2012 Pickman's Model (short) (short)
 
2011 The Curse of Yig (short) (original story)
 
2011 The Whisperer in Darkness (story)
 
2011 H.P. Lovecraft's The Silver Key (short) (story)
 
2011 Hunters of the Dark (inspired by the works of)
 
2010 Innsbay (short) (story)
 
2010 Nekromania (short) (novel)
 
2010 The Picture in the House (short) (short story)
 
2010 Die Farbe (short story)
 
2010 Fyren (short) (inspired by)
 
2010 Pickman's Muse (inspired by "Haunter of the Dark")
 
2010 The Horror Vault 3 (video) (inspired by the works of)
 
2010 Vigor Mortis (short) (story)
 
2010 Mr. Noyes (short)
 
2010 The Silver Key (short) (story)
 
2009 The Dunwich Horror (TV movie) (story)
 
2009/II The Music of Erich Zann (short) (short story)
 
2009 The Picture in the House (video short) (short story)
 
2009 The Horror Vault 2 (video) (inspired by the works of)
 
2009 Ex Oblivione (short) (story / writer)
 
2008 Colour from the Dark (story)
 
2008/II The Book (short) (short stories "The Book" and "The Descendant")
 
2008 Beyond the Dunwich Horror (short story)
 
2008 Re-Animator: 1942 (short) (story)
 
2008 Pickman's Model (video short) (story)
 
2008 The Statement of Randolph Carter (short) (short story)
 
2007 H.P. Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man (short) (story)
 
2007 The Statement (short) (short story "The Statement of Randolph Carter")
 
2007 The Tomb (video) (short story)
 
2007 Cthulhu (book)
 
2007 Kammaren (inspiration)
 
2007 Beyond Lovesauce (short) (inspiration)
 
2007 Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Video Game) (ideas)
 
2007 Chill (video) (short story "Cool Air")
 
2007 The Whisperer in Darkness (short story)
 
2006 Dunwich (short) (short story)
 
2006 The Other Gods (video short) (short story)
 
2006 Cool Air (video) (short story)
 
2006 LovecraCked! The Movie (story & inspiration)
 
2006 Beyond the Wall of Sleep (story)
 
2005 Masters of Horror (TV series)
Dreams in the Witch-House (2005) (short story)
 
2005 Die Musik des Erich Zann (short) (short story)
 
2005 The Statement of Randolph Carter (short) (short story)
 
2005 ReCreation (short) (inspiration)
 
2005 The Call of Cthulhu (short story)
 
2005 Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Video Game) (characters and story)
 
2004 Innsmouth Legacy (short) (short story)
 
2004 13:de mars 1941 (short) (inspiration)
 
2004 Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle (short) (short story)
 
2004 Tomb of Terror (video) (story "The Lurking Fear" / segment "Infinite Evil")
 
2004 The Halfway House (inspiration - uncredited)
 
2003 The Shunned House (video) (short stories)
 
2003 Pickman's Model (short) (short story)
 
2003 The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (short story)
 
2003 The Thing on the Doorstep (short story)
 
2003 Beyond Re-Animator (characters)
 
2003 An Imperfect Solution: A Tale of the Re-Animator (short) (story "Herbert West: Re-Animator")
 
2002 The Evil Clergymen (short) (short story)
 
2002 The Music of Erica Zann (short story)
 
2001 Dagon (short stories "Dagon" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth")
 
2001 Unknown Beyond (video) (mythology)
 
2001 Nyarlathotep (short) (short story)
 
2001 Le peuple ancien (short) (story "The Very Old Folk")
 
2001 Corpse-O-Rama (video) (characters)
 
2000 Rough Magik (TV short) (work)
 
2000 Chilean Gothic (story "Pickman's Model")
 
2000 Cthulhu (ideas)
 
1999 Cool Air (story)
 
1999 Return to Innsmouth (video short) (short story)
 
1999 Mystery of Necronomicom: Book of the Dead (video) (inspiration)
 
1998 Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft (TV movie) (inspiration)
 
1997 Bleeders (short story "The Lurking Fear" - uncredited)
 
1996 Calls for Cthulhu (video short) (character: Cthulhu)
 
1995 Castle Freak (video) (story "The Outsider")
 
1994 Lurking Fear (short story)
 
1994/II The Outsider (short) (short story)
 
1993 Necronomicon: Book of Dead (stories The Rats in the Walls, Cool Air and The Whisperer in Darkness)
 
1993 Splatterhouse 3 (Video Game) (characters)
 
1992 Splatterhouse 2 (Video Game) (characters)
 
1992 Shatterbrain (story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward")
 
1992 La mansión de los Cthulhu (inspiration)
 
1990 Bride of Re-Animator (characters)
 
1989 Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (Video Game) (characters)
 
1989 Dark Heritage (story "The Lurking Fear" - uncredited)
 
1988 The Unnamable (short story)
 
1988 Epikindyni zoni (short) (short story)
 
1988 Splatterhouse (Video Game) (characters)
 
1988 Pulse Pounders (story "The Evil Clergyman")
 
1987 The Curse (story "The Colour Out of Space" - uncredited)
 
1986 From Beyond (short story)
 
1985 Re-Animator (story "Herbert West, Re-Animator")
 
1981 Pickman's Model (short) (story)
 
1981 The House by the Cemetery (inspiration)
 
1980 The Music of Erich Zann (short) (short story)
 
1980 City of the Living Dead (inspiration - uncredited)
 
1979 Screamers (story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" - uncredited)
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Cool Air/Camera Obscura/Quoth the Raven (1971) (short story "Cool Air")
Pickman's Model/The Dear Departed/An Act of Chivalry (1971) (short story / segment "Pickman's Model")
 
1970 The Dunwich Horror (short story)
 
1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar (story "The Dreams in the Witch House" - uncredited)
 
1967 The Shuttered Room (book)
 
1965 Die, Monster, Die! (from "The Colour Out of Space")
 
1963 The Haunted Palace (story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward")
 
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2012 The Oohs (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2011 The Pain of Creation (short) (special thanks for inspiration)
 
2007 Kammaren (special thanks)
 
2006 LovecraCked! The Movie (special thanks)
 
2005 Read Me a Story (short) (special thanks)
 
2004 13:de mars 1941 (short) (thanks)
 
2004 The Halfway House (special thanks - as Howard Phillips Lovecraft)
 

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Other Works:

Book: "The Outsider and Others" See more »

Publicity Listings:

6 Biographical Movies  | 6 Print Biographies  | 4 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

The H.P. Lovecraft Archive | See more »

Alternate Names:

Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Height:

5' 10¾" (1.80 m)
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Personal Quote:

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. See more »

Trivia:

The Vision Bleak, a German horror metal band, dedicated the album "Carpathia, A Dramatic Poem" (2005) to Lovecraft. They also made other references, such as a track being called "Kutulu!". See more »

Star Sign:

Leo