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Let me be clear by saying that if you put shades of HP Lovecraft in anything, you have my complete attention. Horrors from beyond time and space? Let's see it. Stephen King dipping his toes into something so blatantly Lovecraftian? Hell yes. Cthulu plushies? Want one. All of this amounts to me being seriously peeved at myself for not discovering this until now. You see, I fell off of the Stephen King train a while back. I still like the guy's work and know that he's produced some of the best bits of fiction in history.

That said, since what I will refer to as 'the Dreamcatcher Incident' transpired, I haven't been his biggest fan. Still, the guy keeps on turning out work of varying qualities. I haven't paid too much attention to most of it, but back in 2008, he released a short story collection entitled Just After Sunset. Within was a previously unpublished work called N. It was adapted into an illustrated webseries even before the book's publication (a webseries I will be devouring moments after this article).

Now, Marvel is bringing the story into comics form in the shape of a 4 issue limited series written by Marc Guggenheim, one of the bigger writing names in the industry. What's more is that they're using artwork from Alex Maleev who, after his stretch on Daredevil, can really do no wrong.

It's an epistolary tale (again, Lovecraft) of a psychiatrist who falls into the same trap of madness and obsession as one of his patients. They discover an assortment of mysterious stones in the desolate Ackerman's field that may be a portal holding back a creature of unrefined evil.

Like a little comedy with your Lovecraftian horror? Then you'll want to read this story.

Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that MPI Media group has acquired the North American distribution rights to Henry Saine's The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu. The film, which played Slamdance last month, will be released domestically through MPI's Dark Sky genre imprint later this year. The early buzz has the film playing theatrically this autumn, followed by a DVD and VOD release at some point in October.

The title, which is a horror-comedy hybrid, follows Jeff--a lovable loser who discovers he's the last living descendant of horror novelist H.P. Lovecraft. Jeff learns that he's not only the author's relative, but that everything the dark scribe wrote about in his fiction is real. Armed with this knowledge, Jeff and his friend Charlie are forced to team up with a high school acquaintance as they embark on a quest to protect an ancient relic and stop the release of none other than dread god Cthulhu himself.

Early buzz for the film has been positive, with many comparing it to a slightly less polished--but still fun--version of Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer.

Jump past the break to check out the official trailer.

One thing the world is desperately in need of is more movies based on the Elder Gods mythos created by H.P.Lovecraft. It's been awhile since we've had a good film built around this material (the last was John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness--and to be fair, that was only inspired by Lovecraft's work, not actually based on it). It looks like we may be about to receive a new one if this teaser promo trailer for Altitude is any indication.

Bloody-Disgusting has a full synopsis for the project:

"Lost in a mysterious cloudbank, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends must contend with a freak mechanical failure that first sends their small plane climbing to an impossible height, and then plummeting through endless mist. After regaining control, the survivors are confronted with a horrifying realization - the very ground beneath them has vanished and a malevolent force lurking in the clouds wants them dead."

This early trailer looks great, although the visual FX work still hasn't been completed. Altitude is being directed by Kaare Andrews and stars Jessica Lowndes and Julianna Guill. No word on distribution yet, but I'm guessing someone will pick it up based on this trailer alone.

Skip past the break to check out the preview in its full Lovecraftian glory.

By Jenni Miller

It's understandable if you don't get a shiver down your spine when you hear the name Danvers unless you're a fan of abandoned insane asylums, horror movies, or H.P. Lovecraft. But if you've caught the criminally underseen Session 9, which was written and directed by Brad Anderson, you'll know an apartment at the newly renovated Avalon Advantage in Danvers is not the hottest property investment on the market.

Session 9 is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen, and it boasts a fine performance from David Caruso as well, with nary a pair of sunglasses in sight. And, most pantswettingly, it was actually filmed on location in the Danvers State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Danvers, MA. (Anderson also wrote and directed the equally excellent and underseen Transsiberian.)