Review of Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (2008) by Jack T — 13 Jan 2010

For those who've known me for longer than 10 minutes it quickly becomes pretty apparent that I'm a huge Lovecraft fan. Even before I discovered his stories, my own writings already had a natural kinship with his, so, needless to say, when I did discover him his stories became a large influence on me.

I love the epic scope of his mythology. I really wish I could have read his stories as they came out, though, a lot of those stories didn't see publication until after he died. Told through pictures and interviews with top names in contemporary horror and sci-fi-such as Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, John Carpenter, Ramsey Campbell, Guillermo del Toro, and Stuart Gordon-this documentary takes us through Lovecraft's childhood to his death, through his inspirations for writing, his brief marriage, and the genesis of his Cthulhu Mythos.

It's incredible how many people were inspired by Lovecraft, so much that if you see anything in horror and sci-fi nowadays it probably has its roots in Lovecraft. A very interesting documentary.