H.P Lovecraft themes in the first one.


by JokerSmells

16 years, 12 months ago

Anyone noticed some HP Lovecraft-esque themes in the original movie? such as how spirits invade the world with eliminators using technology and of course the whole apartment building as a device to summon the supernatural.

by Kingpin

16 years, 12 months ago

Unfortunately I haven't gotten around to reading the complete works of Lovecraft… but I don't remember eliminators using technology to defeat invading spirits to be that great a theme in any of his stories, or whole buildings built to be summoning devices.

by CrimsonGhostbuster

16 years, 12 months ago

Well… yeah. I mean all the names of the creatures that Louis mentioned while he was posessed was a big tip of the hat to HP. I mean, there's an entire RGB episode where Cthulu gets awakened. He didn't really do a lot of ghost-related stuff, as it was mainly just monsters and demigods. I could see the Terror Dogs being something out of a story though.

by OniellFord

16 years, 12 months ago

Kingpin;129202
Unfortunately I haven't gotten around to reading the complete works of Lovecraft… but I don't remember eliminators using technology to defeat invading spirits to be that great a theme in any of his stories, or whole buildings built to be summoning devices.

Actually, in “The Dunwich Horror”, some of the characters ban together to take down an invisible spirit-like monster with things they invented to harm it, including a device to actually see it.

This happend at the end, after the main character is mauled and killed by a Guard Dog at a library entrance.

But since JokerSmells brought it up, the characters that kill the inivisible monster kinda seemed like a more serious version of the Ghostbusters in a way.

by misfit1

16 years, 11 months ago

I remember a wierd tales (not neccisarily lovecraft) story in which a supernautural detective used a handheld electric pentagram to detect spirits, always reminded me of the GB's

by JokerSmells

16 years, 6 months ago

Well basically the Samatartan themes and the idea with technology with beings from another dimension is very lovecraft-esque you gotta admit.

by CrimsonGhostbuster

16 years, 6 months ago

You sure do love ressurecting dead threads, doncha?

by Nix

16 years, 6 months ago

Misfit;129313
electric pentagram

Another good name for a heavy metal band…

by castewar1

16 years, 6 months ago

Cultists on the East coast use architecture to summon an extradimensional elder god to end the world.

Nope. Don't see any Lovecraft references there.