A wonderfully eerie adaption in the animated/machinima form of H. P. Lovecraft’s 1917 short story Dagon:

Dagon by Lainy Voom

Read the original story here [Wikisource] or listen to the original story [Librivox]:

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A very nice animated interpretation of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Music of Erich Zann by a group of animation students:

Listen to the original The Music of Erich Zann short story read by Cameron Halket:

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More readings of H. P. Lovecraft’s works can be found on Librivox.

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These two videos are probably the nerdiest/scariest odes to Lovecraft and Cthulhu on the entire interwebs. Their creator thought it would make a lot of sense to take two songs by Perfume, the Japanese idol group, add random lovecraftesque images to the sound and flood the screen with weird comments in Japanese. For those who read the language and are fast enough, you’ll see that hidden in the captions the songs’ lyrics are being savagely molested and remodeled to fit the cthulheian images and theme. What a wonderful world:

Lovecraftro World (original song: Electoro World)

Cthurhythm (original song: Polyrythm)

The ever perfect Grim Reviews have dug out a fantastic filmed interpretation of HP Lovecraft’s Azathoth story:

Between the Stars, producer Djie Han Thung (1998)

A poignant ode to Cthulhu, full of insane love and madly cute, by The Eben Brooks Band:

Live and vibrant

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Below is a fantastic video review of Arkham Horror, the adulated board game by Chaosium that gives you the hilarious false hope to beat the dice out of your favourite Great Old One.

No need to be a Mythos freak to play, no need to have friends to play with either (I often play it solo). All you need is a big table and a swift wrist:

I think, but am not 100% sure, that Ziplocs were invented for the sole purpose of storing the 700+ pieces that make up the game.

True cultist stuff. Only for the strong harcore ones:

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In 2004, the US gothic band Nox Arcana released Necronomicon, their musical ode to H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. A fantastic piece of dark audio art for all Mythos fans and musique noire lovers.

The Necronomicon is said to contain the lost knowledge of the Elder Gods, the ancient lords of darkness that held dominion over the Earth aeons ago. Believed to hold the key to opening forgotten gateways between worlds, the text prophesies the return of the Great Old Ones and contains forbidden rituals of summoning that will bring about their resurrection.
Now, for the first time ever, the Necronomicon is set to music with this dark symphony by Nox Arcana. This epic concept album based on H.P. Lovecraft’s legendary book of shadows features a mixture of exotic, dark fantasy themes with 21 tracks of ominous orchestrations, Gothic choirs, Egyptian and Middle-Eastern melodies, eerie voices and otherworldly chants. This musical grimoire is a spellbinding tribute to the Cthulhu Mythos—a powerful and sinister soundtrack to evoke your darkest nightmare.
This cd is dedicated to the memory of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, with special thanks to August Derleth and Arkham House for keeping the mythos alive.

Although the full album can be streamed on Necronomicon’s last.fm page (you can also listen to a few tracks on Nox Arcana’s website), I’ve done a little bit of research and collected the following videos that use the album’s tracks as musical background to display mythos-related slideshows. I’m still missing Eldritch Rites (track 10) and The Great Old Ones (track 21). If anyone finds them, please post them in the comments.

1. Mythos

2. The Nameless City

3. Alhazred’s Vision

4. Necronomicon

5. Ancient Shadows

6. Azathoth / 7. The Black Throne

8. Nyarlathotep

9. Temple of the Black Pharaoh (official video)

11. The Haunter of the Dark

12. The Awakening

13. Yog-Sothoth / 14. Guardian of the Gate

15. Lords of Darkness (sound only)

16. Dagon

17. The Stars Align

18. Cthulhu / 20. Cthulhu Rising

19. Ritual of Summoning

20. Cthulhu Rising

Tracklist:
1. Mythos
2. The Nameless City
3. Alhazred’s Vision
4. Necronomicon
5. Ancient Shadows
6. Azathoth
7. The Black Throne
8. Nyarlathotep
9. Temple of the Black Pharaoh
10. Eldritch Rites
11. The Haunter of the Dark
12. The Awakening
13. Yog-Sothoth
14. Guardian Of The Gate
15. Lords Of Darkness
16. Dagon
17. The Stars Align
18. Cthulhu
19. Ritual Of Summoning
20. Cthulhu Rising
21. The Great Old Ones

Label: Monolith Graphics
Catalog#: MG 1002
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2004

More info here:
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A lovecraftian performance by Tempest, the infamous gothic belly dancer, with excellent music, featuring Nox Arcana:

Cthulhu Waits Dreaming… No More