In this video we take a look at why Cosmic Horror (or Lovecraftian Horror) is so hard to adapt onto the screen because of its visual complexity and abstraction.

Video essay made by Moises & Sergio Velasquez


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■  Movie Clips From:
2001: A Space Odyssey  (Debatably has Lovecraftian elements)
Alien
Annihilation
Bird Box
Cloverfield Paradox
In the Mouth of Madness
The Endless
The Mist
The Thing
The Unnamable
The Void

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Why Cosmic Horror is Hard To Make