 The book is referenced as the name of the four-part "Lurker At The Threshold" suite by avant-garde musician Buckethead on his album "The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock" (2006).The title of the book is seen written on the chalkboard behind high school teacher Jake Amberson as a reading assignment in a scene from the first episode of the filmed adaptation of Stephen King's novel "11/22/1963".King is a lifelong fan of Lovecraft and has himself written stories considered to be influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos.