Hijacking Lovecraft

When modern sensibilities don't just cast out writers, but profit off of their sordid history.

In the era of modern horror no one individual has made such a lasting cultural impression as the writer H.P.Lovecraft.

Whether it be the creation of the highly popularized Cthulhu in his story The Call of Cthulhu or the construction of the grotesque and supernatural world as seen by mere mortals in such stories as The Shadow over Innsmouth, the lasting impression that Lovecraft and his Old Gods has left on the horror and literary genre can be seen everywhere.

Many images can be found of different renditions/inspirations for Cthulhu, owing to the prominence and legacy of this mythos.

So awe-inspiring was Lovecraft's work for modern creators that many modern artists such as the Japanese artist of the macabre Junji Ito and director/producer Guillermo del Toro have cited him as being an inspiration for their own work. Even Stephen King has has been referenced as drawing inspiration from Lovecraft, although the evidence for such inspiration isn’t as concrete.¹