HP Lovecraft: The True Horror of The Great Old Ones

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  • The Cosmos is endless. It is Sprawling beyond comprehension. Science tells us that the universe is mostly empty, made up of distant stretches of vast silent emptiness, with only the star systems passing by swiftly only to return to the void. Galaxies themselves even are silent wanderers, separated by incomprehensible cosmic gulfs. With all we know now, the wise are aware of the fact that we have merely observed an infinitesimally small portion of our universe. Lovecraft’s Cosmic horror filled the gaps in our knowledge of the universe with unspeakable terrors. He wrote of things wandering through the dark, things so great, so beyond our reasoning or understanding that perhaps they wouldn’t even see us as living beings ourselves. Or even be bothered by our presence enough to consider us nuisances.
    But in the Call of Cthulhu the horror does not await in distant space. It is not bound to another realm of existence only able to cross over when summoned by the Necronomicon. Cthulhu slept beneath the very ocean itself.
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  • @kamarraimo4391
    @kamarraimo4391 Před 3 lety +951

    If you find yourself with an inheritance from an estranged and eccentric distant relative, you might become the doomed protatonist in a Lovecraftian narrative. RUN!

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore Před 3 lety +21

      Also, find a wife...
      ...If you survive the ordeal.

    • @BarterTom
      @BarterTom Před 3 lety +18

      Well the first thing I’d do is, screw the rules (like a boss), jump out the window, (like a boss), hang up the phone (like a boss), write a check (like a boss), fly a jet (like a boss), defeat Cthulhu (like a boss), save the world (like a boss), land in a jet pack (like a boss), be an asshole (like a boss).

    • @markfields7999
      @markfields7999 Před 3 lety +13

      Take the money, but run

    • @BarterTom
      @BarterTom Před 3 lety +12

      Screw the Old Ones, I have money!

    • @SpoopySquid
      @SpoopySquid Před 3 lety +4

      @BarterTom I'm too rich to die!

  • @z-beeblebrox
    @z-beeblebrox Před 3 lety +157

    What I find so interesting about Lovecraft stories is how it's possible to take all these monsters and map them to scientific concepts in a coherent way. Radiation sickness: Color Out of Space. Cryogenics: Cool Air. The then-barely understood field of Marine Biology: The Shadow Over Innsmouth. The theory of Panspermia: At Mountains of Madness. Consciousness downloading: The Shadow Out of Time. Gravity Wells: The Other Gods. The theory of Black Holes: Azathoth. Multiverse Theory: From Beyond. Quantum Mechanics: Dreams in the Witch House. Quantum Entanglement: The Dunwich Horror. The entire existential crisis that results from entertaining the Mediocrity Principle: The Call of Cthulhu

    • @nidohime6233
      @nidohime6233 Před 2 lety +13

      And that's how Lovecraft stories are scifi.

    • @steveharrison76
      @steveharrison76 Před rokem +10

      Here’s fun: it was actually air conditioning that inspired Cool Air. Lovecraft was terrified by it.

    • @mattboh69
      @mattboh69 Před 5 měsíci +1

      what’s trippy is love craft said he had dreams of cthulu so it’s like he channeled the elder gods energy irl

    • @z-beeblebrox
      @z-beeblebrox Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@steveharrison76 On the one hand, it was amazing how well verse he was on the latest scientific advances and their nuances. On the other hand, his response to every single one of them was "IT'S GONNA DOOM US ALL"
      It's probably for the best that he didn't live to see the bombs drop, but damn I can't imagine how vindicated he'd feel if he had.

    • @steveharrison76
      @steveharrison76 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@z-beeblebrox very true!

  • @TheGavrael
    @TheGavrael Před 3 lety +193

    "Nothing written in those old books."
    I bet the first page says "So excited to start my new Etsy journal. I'm really going to stick with it this year."

  • @buddywhatshisname522
    @buddywhatshisname522 Před 3 lety +534

    Love your work Quinn...
    On that note, I grew up on a remote island on Canada’s northwest coast, in a house next to the only sand beach on the island. There was an old rusting hulk of a ship jutting out into the sea that I was ordered by my grandfather not to play around as it contained dangers I was too young to understand. I was told that off the end of this ship, the shallows dropped away into the abyss, and on those rare extreme low tides that only happened a few times a year, I would see this edge.
    When I was very young, I was haunted by dreams of a monstrous form rising from the depths at this drop off, a mere 250 feet from where I slept. This form looked remarkably like what Lovecraft described. These dreams started when I was four and had never even heard of Cthulhu!?!
    I’m a professional mariner now and make my living from the sea, but every so often I’ll gaze into the depths below my punny little ship and feel those old feelings of dread again, knowing there are things down there we can never hope to know.
    PS, I didn’t invent a word of this... it’s all absolutely true.

    • @jimtoomey9522
      @jimtoomey9522 Před 2 lety +34

      You have some interesting life stories to tell, I would strongly encourage you to put pen to paper and commit your stories for the rest of us to enjoy.
      It could be CZcams, a “book” publisher, podcasts . Whatever medium allows you bring your life to life.

    • @souvikchatterjee3550
      @souvikchatterjee3550 Před 2 lety +7

      you should write it thoroughly... Would be nicer...

    • @tomflynn2912
      @tomflynn2912 Před 2 lety +5

      I would have not ben able to resist that old ship when i was a kid

    • @LibeRevolution
      @LibeRevolution Před 2 lety +7

      That’s one of the scariest things I’ve ever read

    • @alaminior
      @alaminior Před 2 lety

      Mad

  • @mattiasholm2277
    @mattiasholm2277 Před 2 lety +89

    I always loved the sobering feeling of existential dread that get from lovecraft, the sense of pure abyssmal meaningless existence we have in the universe. True horror dosent need any jumpscares or gore, just the truth that we constantly choose to ignore and how the real monsters dont hide under our beds, but instead under our skin.

  • @menschman1464
    @menschman1464 Před 3 lety +85

    Looking out onto a stormy New England sea right now, it’s early morning the sun has not risen yet. The tips of trees are barely visible about forty feet out, the light from our balcony barely reaching them. There is no moon tonight, but the sea is faintly illuminated by the street lights of a town about three miles up the road. I have lived both upon the New England coast and the deep woods of rural Massachusetts and Vermont. I love this region of the country, I grew up here, but I can’t lie and say that I’ve never looked out into the woods of rural Vermont or the grey waters of a stormy cape cod and felt an odd sense of melancholy and even dread. It is this foreboding environment mixed with the beauty of winter and fall here that makes it easy for me to understand how this place has produced both nature loving transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson, and horror writers like Lovecraft and King. Jeez that was a bit of tirade, hope you all have a good Halloween. I get moody during my morning tea.

  • @Torus2112
    @Torus2112 Před 3 lety +231

    A 44 minute Lovecraft video? Now you're just spoiling us.

  • @redpandarampage2191
    @redpandarampage2191 Před 3 lety +521

    Bloodborne has some of the best Lovecraft inspired lore/content out there. Annihilation was a great film. Real shame the genre isn't more popular.

    • @baronsengir187
      @baronsengir187 Před 2 lety +21

      The Empty Man is a great new Lovecraftian Movie as well

    • @criscojesus4378
      @criscojesus4378 Před 2 lety +4

      Bloodborne? Is that the production company? I just find videos of the game on CZcams, what's a good place to find this content?

    • @criscojesus4378
      @criscojesus4378 Před 2 lety +3

      @@baronsengir187 thanks for that! Definitely going to check it out.

    • @criscojesus4378
      @criscojesus4378 Před 2 lety +4

      @@baronsengir187 yooo Empty Man is lit! Scary as hell! Great recommendation 👍

    • @baronsengir187
      @baronsengir187 Před 2 lety +6

      @@criscojesus4378 Glad you liked it! The short at the beginning gets you totally hooked with great Atmosphere.

  • @Shadowrunner123
    @Shadowrunner123 Před 3 lety +114

    Good cuthulu-esque movie; "In The Mouth of Madness", in which an author ascends to godhood, from the perspective of that author's protagonist as that protagonist is being written into reality. It takes a couple of watches, like Donnie Darko, but it's so good.

    • @joshfoust1145
      @joshfoust1145 Před 2 lety +4

      One of my favorite Lovecraft inspired movies. It was complete respect of Lovecrafts ideas and mythos.

    • @stephengrant4841
      @stephengrant4841 Před 2 lety +4

      This is my absolute favorite John Carpenter film, I got hooked the second that guy asked "Do you read Sutter Cane?"

    • @JackShen
      @JackShen Před rokem +1

      It's great when they release the movie and the protagonist is sitting in the theater watching himself on the screen and just going nuts

  • @ChristmasLore
    @ChristmasLore Před 3 lety +279

    The King is Back!🌃 Quinn getting better and better; top notch editing skills.
    Narration skills, off the charts.
    There's no competition.

    • @alb0zfinest
      @alb0zfinest Před 3 lety

      Anybody know from where he got the artwork? The piece on 13:32 is stunning and one of the most terrifying things I have ever seen.

    • @inlikeflynn7238
      @inlikeflynn7238 Před 3 lety +2

      this popped up and I suddenly knew this would be a good day

  • @mashafalkov
    @mashafalkov Před 3 lety +112

    I loved this! But about "no good Lovecraft adaptations": I thought the recent film version of "Color Out of Space" was a phenomenal adaptation. It wasn't based off any of the "Old Ones" stories which are likely more difficult to convey, but it did capture the Lovecraft feel of something that didn't belong among humankind very well.

    • @joshfoust1145
      @joshfoust1145 Před 2 lety +12

      I thought it was very well done also! Even Nic Cage was great and I'm not a big fan of him. I always feel that when movie makers modernize Lovecrafts stories, that the stories lose something in translation, but this film stayed true to the story.

    • @alanshea2776
      @alanshea2776 Před 2 lety +2

      That movie damage ed my psych

    • @kinagrill
      @kinagrill Před 2 lety +4

      In the mouth of madness was a good movie as well tho.

    • @ashley-r-pollard
      @ashley-r-pollard Před 2 lety +5

      Agree. Was shocked at the Quinn not enjoying The Color of Space.

    • @Mr.Daniel297
      @Mr.Daniel297 Před 2 lety +2

      Oooh! Also, The Empty Man. Not my favorite lovecraftian film but that scene where people are surrounding a fire chanting Nyarlathotep got me pumped

  • @zekielwagen
    @zekielwagen Před 3 lety +67

    "The Void" is a good film with a Lovecraftian vibe! There is also a great Spanish film called "Dagon", which combines elements of various HPL stories including Dagon and Shadow over Insmouth. Quite satisfying to watch!

    • @TheNickcone
      @TheNickcone Před 3 lety +6

      I love both of those movies. Dagon is a great adaption even with its low budget. Which i don't mind. The void was really well done and had some provoking imagery.

    • @mrspeigel3593
      @mrspeigel3593 Před 3 lety +5

      Black Mountainside, check it out

    • @JakobNorthblood
      @JakobNorthblood Před 2 lety +2

      Yes! I also thought of The Void. A surprisingly good film that I stumbled upon Netflix.

    • @benitocamela174
      @benitocamela174 Před 2 lety

      Dagon was okey, although it's cool that it was filmed a few miles from where i live

  • @justanotherredheadattheend955

    His topic; awesome
    His outfit; dapper af
    His narration; perfect
    His fate; sealed

  • @thestarseeker8196
    @thestarseeker8196 Před 2 lety +25

    Ah, using the old “sentient orb stumbles upon a Ouija board in a creepy house” trope. Tried yet timeless.

  • @TimeTravelinc
    @TimeTravelinc Před 3 lety +21

    “The Oldest Emotion of Mankind is Fear, and the Oldest Fear is that of the Unknown.” -H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror In Literature.
    Seriously though, this was a great talk about Lovecraft. Hope to see more stuff. See you soon. Also, have you considered looking into the “H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society”? They have some interesting material all dealing with Lovecraft’s stuff. There’s their films that they’ve done, and they’ve also done audio dramas called, “Dark Adventure Radio Theatre”, which when you get the CD, you get props made by HPLHS related to the story.

  • @tomusmc1993
    @tomusmc1993 Před 3 lety +37

    "I have 4 brothers take any one of them..." 🤣 As a Lovecraft fan I enjoyed this very much. Nice job!

  • @DarknessPrevails
    @DarknessPrevails Před 3 lety +366

    You have such a soft voice. Would be great for a podcast!

    • @shinobifirecracker6671
      @shinobifirecracker6671 Před 3 lety +5

      Which he has.......

    • @shinobifirecracker6671
      @shinobifirecracker6671 Před 3 lety +1

      If everyone has a podcast though...eh...

    • @neoncyber2001
      @neoncyber2001 Před 3 lety +6

      I wou love to hear this guy in with a few other highly intelligent people hashing out the philosophy of various sci-fi

    • @cyborgbill5053
      @cyborgbill5053 Před 3 lety

      That would be something to look towards. Although making these probably is time consuming.

    • @linfraredl4906
      @linfraredl4906 Před 3 lety +4

      Or audio books

  • @NoAssembleyRequired
    @NoAssembleyRequired Před rokem +11

    I love how goofy but serious this is. Like, you really are a great script writer and performer. You always make your personal creative material seem so fun and campy, but it's clear that that's the intent. It's just always good to see light hearted content be made while still holding the theme of something so dark.
    Also, you've really inspired me to read so many Sci-fi books and helped me get back into bukding my own worlds in hopes to brind some to life, again! I appreciate you and all your works

  • @nyogtheeldritchgentleman
    @nyogtheeldritchgentleman Před 3 lety +15

    Dude, I love how you narrate. It makes everything intriguing and really draws in your audience.

  • @mattfoulgerBC
    @mattfoulgerBC Před 3 lety +117

    I love how much fun you’re having with your channel, Quinn. Thanks for the quality

    • @_ee75
      @_ee75 Před 2 lety

      @jfagiag faeiea yes

  • @TimeTravelisBoring
    @TimeTravelisBoring Před 3 lety +20

    Re-Animator is a pretty legit HP adaptation. It's obviously a pulpy B-horror, but Stuart Gordon does some good work and Jeffrey Combs really gives the character some life on screen.

    • @brianhenry152
      @brianhenry152 Před 3 lety +3

      If you're looking for a pretty faithful Lovecraftian adaptation, check out The Resurrected. It's a film adaptation of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and stars John Terry and Chris Sarandon.

    • @Melody_Raventress
      @Melody_Raventress Před 9 měsíci

      Re-Animator is just it's own thing. The original is a classic, and some of the sequels were worthwhile.

  • @georgeszweden9497
    @georgeszweden9497 Před rokem +7

    Im not even into sci-fi and stuff, but this dude's so likeable and makes good content i cant help but watch

  • @kawadashogo8258
    @kawadashogo8258 Před 3 lety +181

    You should check out the Japanese manga adaptations of H. P. Lovecraft's stories, by Tanabe Gou. Tanabe does a lot of horror-themed manga, and Lovecraft is one of his focuses. He does a really great job bringing Lovecraft's stories to life. Some of them have been translated to English. I don't think Tanabe's version of The Call of Cthulhu has been translated to English yet, but I have it in Japanese and it's brilliant. I really recommend checking out his stuff.

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore Před 3 lety +21

      They have such a local tradition of giant monsters (the name escapes me at this late hour), and especially marine ones.
      The cross over between Lovecraft's stories and his own traditions might be awesome.

    • @the7saviors276
      @the7saviors276 Před 3 lety +8

      Bruh, why did I not know about this until now!? I'll watch the rest of the vid later I need to check these manga out now.

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae Před 3 lety +12

      @@ChristmasLore Is the words you were looking for "kaiju"?

    • @MrAnimeluver
      @MrAnimeluver Před 2 lety +3

      I wish there were more of them. But his interpretation of the mountains of madness was amazing

    • @slevenmcdicheal
      @slevenmcdicheal Před 2 lety +4

      It such a breath of fresh air it's a horror mangaka that isnt junji ito. Junji ito is fantastic but it's all you hear when it comes to horror mangaka

  • @Enriqueguiones
    @Enriqueguiones Před 3 lety +91

    The best Lovecraft-inspired movie is John Carpenter's The Mouth of Madness. Roger Corman's The Haunted Palace is kind of cool but you have to be into classic horror to fully appreciate it.

    • @Enriqueguiones
      @Enriqueguiones Před 3 lety +5

      @@thebiggusdonnus8453 Nah. I love The Thing but it's just classic sci-fi with a gory twist. The Mouth of Madness actually mentions The Old Ones, is set in New England and have that neat "end of the world" vibe.

    • @Enriqueguiones
      @Enriqueguiones Před 3 lety +3

      @@thebiggusdonnus8453 By the way, I didn't like "Anihilation". I found it kind of boring, to be honest. I'm not a big fan of "The lighthouse" either. But I love "Cast a deadly spell", despite being a comedy!

    • @adrianburchell8075
      @adrianburchell8075 Před 3 lety +5

      My preference is Dagon as the go to Lovecraft film.

    • @craigraines1875
      @craigraines1875 Před 3 lety +5

      The colour out of space is definitely in that conversation now but in the mouth of madness is excellent

    • @Enriqueguiones
      @Enriqueguiones Před 3 lety +2

      ​@@adrianburchell8075 Dagon is a pretty faithful adaptation of "Innsmouth" but it's FAR too low-budget, pulpy and bloody for my personal taste. Also, as a spaniard, I always find kind of funny to see THAT actors playing THAT roles...

  • @Wingedmagician
    @Wingedmagician Před 3 lety +285

    Organism saying he wants candy is hilarious.

  • @MrAtrophy
    @MrAtrophy Před 3 lety +428

    Cthulhu would be an improvement for 2020

    • @Shastavalleyoutdoorsman
      @Shastavalleyoutdoorsman Před 3 lety +32

      Don't say that he'll hear you 😬

    • @RedwoodTheElf
      @RedwoodTheElf Před 3 lety +22

      Why settle for a lesser evil?

    • @arcanaobscura3519
      @arcanaobscura3519 Před 3 lety +6

      Would actually improve every year. Spice things up, ya know

    • @bobbyrayvictory6905
      @bobbyrayvictory6905 Před 3 lety +8

      O hell no. 2020 hasn't been that bad. Better than a global genocide of everyone killing eachother for pleasure. At least here in America we've had worst pandemics, worst civil unrest and worst election years. 2020 hasn't been that bad. People just need to go to the park and smell some flowers

    • @nyygthaal-sothoth2265
      @nyygthaal-sothoth2265 Před 3 lety +7

      . د҉͞͠ي҉̡͞پ̸̶̀͘͢ت҉̷̀́͞ ⭒ م͏͜҉̸́ي.
      ف̵͠҉҉̨چ̷̥̥̼̺͔̺̺͜͢!چ̴̢̛̟͚͚̝͉̰̜͖̭͙̥̖͟͞ !! ! و̴̜̀
      ي̴̶̀س̛͜͜ه̵̛́ي̸́҉ي̨҉҉فو̵̴̧͝چ̴̢̛̟͚͚̝͉̰̜͖̭͙̥̖͟͞

      ه̵̛́ي̸́҉ي̶̀͡͞

  • @GregoryWonderwheel
    @GregoryWonderwheel Před 2 lety +20

    Lovecraft was the perfect horror suspense writer able to convey the dread without actually describing the gore so much. None of his stories has been brought to film successfully.

    • @GusMortis
      @GusMortis Před rokem +1

      A picture is worth a thousand words, but words have pacing that pictures can't convey.

    • @guaporeturns9472
      @guaporeturns9472 Před 10 měsíci +1

      The Thing was apparently Lovecraftian based. John Carpenters version is one of the best movies ever made.

    • @SexRealist301
      @SexRealist301 Před 9 měsíci

      Stephen King wrote a short story called Crouch End (which is a place here in London, UK). It's based on Cthulhu. They made a REALLY pants TV movie of it. It's actually almost funny. The story is excellent though

    • @guaporeturns9472
      @guaporeturns9472 Před 9 měsíci

      @@SexRealist301 “pants”?

  • @Set666Abominae
    @Set666Abominae Před 3 lety +7

    The HPLHS adaptation of The Whisperer in Darkness is AMAZING and well worth the watch for any serious fan of cosmic horror.

  • @livioventura5061
    @livioventura5061 Před 3 lety +83

    Nice Dante reference, as an italian I always get proud when he is acknowledged by foreigners👍

    • @darkservantofheaven
      @darkservantofheaven Před 3 lety +3

      is it bad I only found out about Dante from a video game back in high school? (2001 era)

    • @souvikdas3636
      @souvikdas3636 Před 3 lety +2

      Devil may cry ;)

    • @livioventura5061
      @livioventura5061 Před 3 lety +6

      @@darkservantofheaven well in Italy we study him exstensively in school but i guess in the us you don't talk about him in school, i think his work is very important for culture in general and if you learn about it through videogames it's better than nothing, i think it's awesome when videogames not only entertain but also teach you something, speaking as a gamer myself

    • @Edhooey
      @Edhooey Před 3 lety +2

      When I was growing up we had a pair of geese that my mother named Dante and Beatrice. Such towering names for such humble creatures...they were proud of them though! Call their names and they would honk their little brains out haha!

    • @elenabertocci1418
      @elenabertocci1418 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes Livio! Same!

  • @AtilaElari
    @AtilaElari Před 3 lety +26

    The most horryfuying thing in this video is how Quinn handles the supposedly ancient books.
    Come on man, show more care!

  • @MariaVosa
    @MariaVosa Před 3 lety +28

    "Might as well try, what could happen?"
    Quinn, it's 2020... What *couldn't* happen?!
    Also - awesome Lovecraft adaptation!

  • @billl2903
    @billl2903 Před 3 lety +7

    I love that there are youtubers who get as hype about lovecraft as I do. Great work again Quinn! Maybe one day we’ll get a tasteful lovecraft adaptation that isn’t tongue in cheek comedic/satirical. It sure would be awesome to see

  • @cernowaingreenman
    @cernowaingreenman Před 3 lety +62

    I think the symbolism here isn't necessarily just about fear of death, but more broadly also about the darkness of our own souls and how we are afraid to consciously admit that it lies deep within all of us. Cthlulu represents the dark side of the collective human unconsciousness.

  • @williamwatts1281
    @williamwatts1281 Před rokem +3

    I know this is an old video, but I'm just getting into your work. Really appreciate what you do. I'm really picky about people I listen to, but your content is like a breath of fresh air.

  • @ficheye00
    @ficheye00 Před 3 lety +8

    Thanks for all of your work, Quinn. I love HP Lovecraft. Reading his collected short stories you can find a lot of hidden gems. Stories that lurk, for lack of a better expression. You should read some of those stories aloud and make a video. It would be awesome.

  • @penelopegreene
    @penelopegreene Před 3 lety +53

    Quinn: Occult Investigations... XD

  • @FaustCrowley
    @FaustCrowley Před 3 lety +12

    Worse than finding yourself in a Lovecraft story would be finding yourself in a Nicholas Sparks book.

  • @SonofSethoitae
    @SonofSethoitae Před 3 lety +5

    This has such early 2000s internet energy, I'm I'm here for it

  • @semillerimages
    @semillerimages Před 3 lety +4

    Hey brother, been following you for some time. My friend Jerry (80+ years old), was friends with August Derleth who published HP Lovecraft's books. So now you are 3 degrees to Lovecraft. :) You're welcome!

  • @HarryFaceyFilm
    @HarryFaceyFilm Před 3 lety +20

    I never comment but the effort put into this video was great and I thoroughly enjoyed it

  • @morgezorge6387
    @morgezorge6387 Před 3 lety +68

    I think the true horror of lovecraft is not the old ones, but the fear of them the fear of the unknown and what people under their influence will do, be it cults or madness. As soon as you try to depict the old ones the horror is gone in my opinion.

    • @muninrob
      @muninrob Před 3 lety +14

      HE AGREES.....
      "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillip Lovecraft

    • @TheTheode
      @TheTheode Před 3 lety +7

      In all honesty, fear of pain probably predates fear of the unknown.

    • @morgezorge6387
      @morgezorge6387 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheTheode Sure but that's a different genre :)

    • @sebastiandiaconu1221
      @sebastiandiaconu1221 Před 3 lety +5

      @@TheTheode Fear of the unknown kind of encapsulates fear of pain.

    • @Rune3100
      @Rune3100 Před 3 lety +2

      There are a good number of stories that don't use the old ones but still follow that fear of the unknown, the outsider, or the wrong. The Lurking Fear is a good one where there are no cults and no old ones, but it's honestly one of the more terrifying stories of his and the monsters boil down to inbred nobility living underground for generations and becoming cannibal ghouls. So the old ones are sort of ancillary to the stories, and it seems HP thought so too since most of his stories don't reuse them

  • @adrianokury
    @adrianokury Před 2 lety +6

    I would love to have a library of audio books narrated by Quinn. I'll try to catch up with the videos of this channel that I missed. Great content...

  • @bubbadunnam3944
    @bubbadunnam3944 Před rokem +4

    Quinn, I am so glad I found your channel. Your explanations of sci-if/horror are awesome and your presence just amplifies the content. Thank you for your hard work, dedication, originality, and frankly your intellectual synopses are refreshing. I appreciate how you cover both the typical topic/stories as well as the unique/unusual ones. Wether I am looking for something familiar or strange your channel is sure to deliver!!!

  • @TheGreatBlueBlob
    @TheGreatBlueBlob Před 3 lety +31

    Loved the intro, thank you. Now I have an unfitting big dumb smile on my face.

    • @sinisterminister6478
      @sinisterminister6478 Před 3 lety +2

      Funny so do I. But then again I did 2 grams of magic mushrooms.😂😂😂😂😂

  • @FrankMonday
    @FrankMonday Před 3 lety +16

    Well done sir! Tip of the hat! That took some serious time, work, energy, and edits. In a word, superb! What a treat! And nearly zero tricks... Happy Halloween Quinn 👻 🎃

  • @sub-jec-tiv
    @sub-jec-tiv Před rokem +2

    Huge recommendation for Horrorbabble here on CZcams, readings of Cthulhu mythos stories and other Weird Tales stuff etc. Ian’s voice is great for it.

  • @brandonzero07
    @brandonzero07 Před 3 lety +33

    A horror special? Nice, hope to see more of these types of videos

  • @hansthebeast9740
    @hansthebeast9740 Před 3 lety +129

    Irony is getting a Christian singles add with this video.

    • @thoughtfuldevil6069
      @thoughtfuldevil6069 Před 3 lety +2

      I got that, too. Gotta say, I needed a laugh 😈

    • @JoshKnoxChinnery
      @JoshKnoxChinnery Před 3 lety +2

      Me three

    • @thomashuizinga4618
      @thomashuizinga4618 Před 3 lety +3

      God and Cthulhu go way back man. Who do you think God talked to all that time before he made the universe?

    • @MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI-1
      @MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI-1 Před 3 lety

      You too 🤣

    • @thomashuizinga4618
      @thomashuizinga4618 Před 3 lety +1

      @johnmburt1960 That actual sounds pretty interesting. I might have to give that a read as I've tired to mix the mythologies into one once before, but couldn't figure out how to mix in the Lovecraft Mythos.

  • @jakejutras5420
    @jakejutras5420 Před 3 lety +11

    This was a nice change of pace and an amazing Halloween special! This was great Quinn, thanks man.

  • @picklesnoutpenobscott3165
    @picklesnoutpenobscott3165 Před 3 lety +18

    Dude, you ROCK, I loved this, thank you for making a happy halloween!

  • @janderson1008
    @janderson1008 Před 3 lety +4

    Quinn is out here doing the good work, like Reading Rainbow for adults. Sadly that show was canceled, but Quinn is here.

  • @Ryuondo
    @Ryuondo Před 3 lety +6

    I swear my dude, you gotta start an sci-fi audio book channel if you haven't already. Also, I love that Annihilation plug because it was a damn fun read. I still need to see the movie and finish reading the trilogy.

  • @claymoore7632
    @claymoore7632 Před 3 lety +11

    I would highly recommend the whole southern reach triology to anyone that is into lovecraft.

  • @chasjetty8729
    @chasjetty8729 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome. I grew up right near Lovecraft. Used to visit his grave and home all the time. I’ve read him and those that followed in his mythos for a long time. This video is greatly appreciated!

  • @lfyoung
    @lfyoung Před 2 lety +3

    You truly have to wonder, just what HP Lovecraft’s life was like, if you could see through his eyes and be apart of his dreams.

  • @randystone4903
    @randystone4903 Před 2 lety +2

    Enjoy your Lovecraft reviews very much. Having read Lovecraft as a teenager in the 1960s I was surprised when young people told me they also enjoyed his books. You've given me some great ideas for Halloween, my favorite holiday.

  • @tuumef1799
    @tuumef1799 Před 3 lety +9

    This was amazing, Quinn! The quality of your videos has increased exponentially. I enjoyed the deep dive into the lore and the artwork you picked out really ramped up the creep factor. The story with you and the cult was well done. Kinda sheisty to try and sell out your brothers though. Happy Halloween 🎃!

  • @jlworrad
    @jlworrad Před 3 lety +23

    That image at the 8:25ish mark is of Black Annis, my home city’s ancient folklore monster. Nice to see a local celebrity make the CZcams big time!

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore Před 3 lety +1

      So cool, to live by the ocean (I also did for years), and, in a place with such rich local lore.
      Would so enjoy getting pints with old captains, in the evening, somewhere in the harbour.

    • @meesalikeu
      @meesalikeu Před 3 lety

      black anus you say?

  • @cheeselover626
    @cheeselover626 Před 3 lety +8

    Dang, I kinda enjoyed Color out of Space. I thought it did a decent job of adapting my second favorite Lovecraft story (Mountains of Madness is my all-time fave).

  • @viniciuspurezaribeiro7298

    I just absolutely love the cosmic horror history from HP Lovecraft

  • @nemtudom5074
    @nemtudom5074 Před 3 lety +3

    God, this video is dripping with atmosphere, I LOVE IT

  • @mn1q
    @mn1q Před 3 lety +2

    Lovecraft has two burial locations in the same Cemetery, the marked public stone and the secret actual site. It's a beautiful site.

  • @matthewsteele5229
    @matthewsteele5229 Před 2 lety +4

    People (good people) tend to get hung up on the ungodly amount of racism in Lovecraft’s work, but I always felt like it was a kind of accidental genius.
    His characters always start off building this tension of unbelonging as they get creeped out about “mongoloids” or “black skinned asiatics” or whatever, but then they discover the true horror of a truly alien and indifferent thing, one that doesn’t care about them but feels the inconvenience of coexistence.
    To me, it comes across as a self-imposed horror. Like, how terrifying and awful most the world be in the mind of someone who can’t wrap their head around brown people. Like, if you have a deep seeded fear of Asians, how scary must the world be to you.
    How much more frightening must the unknown be, when everything and everyone triggers your fear of the unknown.

  • @pociesznykamel
    @pociesznykamel Před rokem +1

    I know I'm already 2 yeras too late to the party but I only recently stumble upon ypur channel and wow, the amount of effort and pasaion that you put into this video is as incomprehensible as The Old Ones themselves. Keep up the great job man!

  • @hamfist2975
    @hamfist2975 Před 3 lety +4

    Dude, you should do audiobooks. What does it take to become a narrator? I think you'd nail it.

  • @nicoleschoenberg2571
    @nicoleschoenberg2571 Před 2 lety +2

    These Lovecraft vids are awesome man!!! An interesting topic could be his paranoid xenophobia and how that shaped a lot of his works and stories

  • @lizardbreathh
    @lizardbreathh Před 3 lety +16

    Quinn, don't read books aloud! Haven't you seen the mummy?

  • @cmschmidt
    @cmschmidt Před 3 lety +2

    This content is why I joined Patreon. This video is epic and a good intro to Lovecraft. Bravo good sir!

  • @ashlynncross3537
    @ashlynncross3537 Před 3 lety +10

    so early that there aren't any comments to read so that i accidently don't pay attention to the video :/
    it's really good!

  • @EmperorClutch
    @EmperorClutch Před 3 lety +1

    Love all you do Quinn. You cover all of my favorite book series and now my absolute favorite. The cosmic horror of H.P.LOVECRAFT. Thank you for all the time and effort, and for inspiring me into doing my own voice over work.

  • @docbones213
    @docbones213 Před 3 lety +16

    That was awesome! My fave Lovecraft adaptation was Beyond the Wall of Sleep. It was effed up and funny as hell. I live not to far from the Danvers Mental Institution. Heard stories about that place that would make your hair stand on end!

  • @kimwelch4652
    @kimwelch4652 Před 3 lety +2

    Lovecraft didn't work alone. He maintained a circle...of fiends...I mean friends. These included: Robert Bloch, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard (yeah, the Conan guy), Frank Belknap Long, and August Derleth. That's not to mention the ones he recruited after death like Brian Lumley.

  • @polkalamypekopeko2969
    @polkalamypekopeko2969 Před 2 lety +5

    Hey Quinn I started watching all the dune videos you done with such love so far due to the new movie. I gotta say you have a wonderful content channel. If it is not too much you should consider joining up with the Exploring Series who did quite a few reads of the Lovecraft works in full.
    I think you guys would make an amazing podcast and read.

  • @harleypoppitypop3817
    @harleypoppitypop3817 Před 3 lety +2

    What’s in the box?
    What’s in the box?
    Omg I’m dying! So awesome.

  • @Dehasho
    @Dehasho Před 3 lety +8

    Maybe the true horror was the friends we made along the way :D

  • @Driven2Beers
    @Driven2Beers Před 4 měsíci

    "Matter is composed chiefly of nothing."
    - Carl Sagan
    That's the most mind blowing sentence that I've ever read. More mind blowing than anything that Lovecraft could ever think of! 🤯

  • @wintersmill4853
    @wintersmill4853 Před 3 lety +6

    Your vids production has come so far dude! Super pro 👋💯🔥
    Quinn has ALL the props 😳👍

  • @trymbruset3868
    @trymbruset3868 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow, okay this is the first video of yours I'm watching and I had to pause it to comment 11 seconds in. What an opening shot! What a sound scape! And by jove what a voice!

  • @jkb1O5
    @jkb1O5 Před 3 lety +22

    Stephen kings creep show [+movies]
    In one short, King plays “Jody”
    An asteroid lands in his yard.
    Color out of space’y

    • @MaledictGaming
      @MaledictGaming Před 3 lety

      I have to ever since I noticed SK's work, I have been so very fascinated by how he managed to draw from and provide a base for a lot of literature I enjoy.
      For instance:
      Coralline = IT (Coralline is younger I believe)
      Pet Sematary = MR. Widemouth (here I am not so sure about the chronology, givenhow MWm is a creepypasta)
      theese I have wondered upon lately, altho as you mention the Meteor story was for instance an adaptation of the Color out of Space.

    • @averynewtown2782
      @averynewtown2782 Před 3 lety

      @@MaledictGaming Caroline and pet seminary both have their authors talk about where their inspiration came from.

    • @the_real_tay_loud2072
      @the_real_tay_loud2072 Před 3 lety

      Andrew Wolf I don't understand the connection of Coraline and IT

    • @DeathBYDesign666
      @DeathBYDesign666 Před 3 lety

      Yeah it does mutate everything into plants, I didn't realize but you may have a good point there.

    • @MaledictGaming
      @MaledictGaming Před 3 lety

      @@the_real_tay_loud2072 Both are spider-like shapeshifters that lure and eat children.
      Also both are supposed to becapable of manipulating the mentals states of adults.

  • @robertwalker-smith2739
    @robertwalker-smith2739 Před 3 lety +1

    How have I not discovered this channel before now?! He's genre savvy, got a voice like caramel and looks like a snack.
    Definitely going to be exploring these videos.

  • @Slayheim
    @Slayheim Před 3 lety +9

    I love your content bro this is brilliant. Really well done. I love it! Nice outfit

  • @guaporeturns9472
    @guaporeturns9472 Před rokem +1

    The “music”/sound effects make this even more fun

  • @Rem1Gnova
    @Rem1Gnova Před 3 lety +3

    You did such a great job with this, really brought the story to life

  • @maikilreategui1271
    @maikilreategui1271 Před rokem +1

    They should make a game or movie when Chuthulu wakes up and just his presence unleashes soo much horror in the world.

  • @__anasa
    @__anasa Před 3 lety +13

    perfect when i can’t sleep! i’ve been meaning to read this story but i’m just going to listen to you talk about it!

    • @jakejutras5420
      @jakejutras5420 Před 3 lety +1

      If you use Audible the books are amazing there! The collections are read by Wayne June, the narrator from the game "Darkest Dungeon". His voice is amazing and perfect for Lovecraft's writing.

    • @arcanaobscura3519
      @arcanaobscura3519 Před 3 lety

      Read it anyway🧏‍♀️🐙

  • @JarcoArt
    @JarcoArt Před rokem +1

    Hilarious storyteller figure and the B-Movie effects reminds me of The Crypt Keeper, Weird Tales and The Twilight Zone along with interesting information and a voice that fits.
    Loved it! Well done! 👾🐙

  • @tardisgirl1237
    @tardisgirl1237 Před 3 lety +14

    WOW! This video is a masterpiece. I love the content and the suspense you created while talking about Cthulu, but all the comedy with the Organism was hilarious! I had a great, spooky time watching this.
    Also, wow the Organism is such a dick! You'd be great at writing villains.

  • @vi683a
    @vi683a Před 3 lety +2

    The more i give you attention the more i realize how really good you are!
    PRAISE!

  • @violetreave
    @violetreave Před 3 lety +3

    I'm so glad Quinn's finally doing more Lovecraft videos. This is some GOOD SHIT.

  • @caseydilg6713
    @caseydilg6713 Před 2 lety

    Quinn, the voice actor you got for Organism 9186 is absolutely *slaying*. you should give them a raise and a hug.

    • @jeffgrey2161
      @jeffgrey2161 Před 2 lety

      Unless I miss my guess, that is Quinn dong the voice. Something about the speech patterns feels similar.

  • @StarWarsJay
    @StarWarsJay Před 3 lety +9

    Fantastic. I was just looking for some Lovecraft!

  • @TacoSallust
    @TacoSallust Před 2 lety +1

    "I have four brothers, you can take any one of them!" Thrown under the BUS! This was very fun, I'm glad I stumbled across it!

  • @sweetsarah226
    @sweetsarah226 Před 3 lety +24

    "What's in the box?" 😂😂😂😂

  • @redladie8528
    @redladie8528 Před 3 lety +1

    For anyone who didn't enjoy the intro skip to 7.37 minutes in and the video actually starts. Love Lovecraft, love Quinn and the video is great!

  • @fuchila2point0
    @fuchila2point0 Před 3 lety +5

    We started to miss you buddy.

  • @staffordlewis9503
    @staffordlewis9503 Před rokem +1

    Hey brother. Just found your channel a few days ago and had to say thanks. Your content is fantastic. Keep it up!

  • @toastanator
    @toastanator Před 3 lety +3

    Yes please more lovecraft/ Cthulhu stuff.

  • @varza_cu_ciolan
    @varza_cu_ciolan Před 9 měsíci +1

    I can't believe you used a castle from my home (Romania) for extra spookiness. Corvins' Castle is a really awesome place to visit

  • @TheWuschi
    @TheWuschi Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you, Oh Great and Mighty Quinn! - I've been working all through the night on a text I had to have ready in the morning (it's morning right now here) - and the first thing after sending the shit by E-mail was finding your superbe Halloween-Easteregg on CZcams! I watched it with bloodshot eyes - and soooo happy!!! You saved my soul!! Greetings from Austria!

  • @scrinsons
    @scrinsons Před 3 lety +2

    A truly excellent video, thankyou! To those who love Lovecraftish horror films I highly recommend the film Tremors as it depicts the Cthonians quite well and is just a great comedy horror.