The strange filmic universe of H. P. Lovecraft

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2022.1.42364

Keywords:

Lovecraft, Cinema, Literature, Horror

Abstract

This paper tries to make a brief survey of some incursions of the fictional universe of H. P. Lovecraft in cinema. Creator of a teratological pantheon, varied profane objects and a pessimistic philosophical perspective pointing to the insignificance of the human before a terrifying cosmos, the writer ends up becoming a broad material for film appropriations. While a massive use of lovecraftian elements is gaining larger contours in films with good reviews and box office, the transpositions of the author’s narratives seem to inhabit a more specific niche of films, especially in a scope considered more trash of the audiovisual. Through the study of some authors and some more well-known and emblematic examples, we will demonstrate this strange paradox and we will try to test some possible hypotheses.

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Yuri Garcia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Doutor em Comunicação Social na linha de Tecnologias da Comunicação e Cultura do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), no Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), no Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Pesquisador de pós-doutorado na Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, em São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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2022-08-22

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Garcia, Y. (2022). The strange filmic universe of H. P. Lovecraft. Revista FAMECOS, 29(1), e42364. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2022.1.42364

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Vol. 29 No. 1 (2022): Single Volume

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