This weekend at ConnectiCon, I debuted two brand new panels. The 18+ panel was called Lovecraft on the Silver Screen. It was an exploration of the best and the worst attempts to bring H.P. Lovecraft's stories to film. Unfortunately, there were some major tech issues during the panel and the projector kept freaking out, preventing any of the full videos from playing. I want to thank everyone who came and stuck with the panel that largely turned into a lecture with guest appearances by convention A/V staff trying to fix everything from muted audio to the blue screen of death.
Below the jump, I've embedded the full PowerPoint presentation as well as the videos from the panel in order. You can read along if you choose or just jump straight to the videos for NSFW Lovecraftian madness.
Due to copyright issues, I cannot share the carefully edited clips specifically pulled for the panel at ConnectiCon. I have substituted close approximations.
Cthulhu in South Park
Cthulhu Cult in South Park
The Dunwich Horror
The Evil Dead
From Beyond
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Pacific Rim
Lemora, A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Re-Animator
The Call of Cthulhu
Additionally, there were many great suggestions at the end of the panel for more Lovecraft adaptations across media.
Dagon (Film, 2001)
Digimon 02 featured an episode where the characters were transported to another dimension and fought Cthulhu/Lovecraftian monsters
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (Manga, 2009)
Nyaruko: Crawling with Love (OVA anime, adaptation of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san)
Justice League featured an episode with the heroes fighting Lovecraftian monsters
Fall Out 3 features a cult driven mad by Cthulhu, expanded on in DLC (PC/PS3/Xbox 360 Game)
DYE "Fantasy" Music Video
In the Mouth of Madness (Film, 1994)
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (Film, 2009)
Cabin in the Woods (Film, 2012)
Lovecraft's "The Temple" (Short Story)
Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zahn" (Short Story)
Slenderman (Creepypasta)
Welcome to Night Vale (Podcast/Radio Show)
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (Gamecube Game)
Cthulhu Saves the World (PC Game)
Penny Arcade's On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 (PC Game)
Thanks again to everyone who came out. I look forward to bringing this panel back bigger and better than ever next year.