What's everyone's favorite H.P. Lovecraft story?

[BreweryYardRat]

"Pickman's Model," the Herbert West series, and "The Haunter of the Dark" are my top three...with "The Whisperer in Darkness" and "The Dunwich Horror" coming in as runners-up.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:H._P._Lovecraft#Novels_and_Short_Stories

[Swede]

1. I can't really pick one.

But I do enjoy his tales.

[texanwitch]

2. I liked the all.

I wished more people knew about his stories.

If you like King you will like Lovecraft.

[NoodleBoy]

3. The Thing on the Doorstep

I once actually told that story with myself and a couple of friends in the places of the main characters to a few classmates of mine at an overnight school event around a campfire, and some of them believed that I had a friend who had a girlfriend who was trying to possess his mind, and that I later killed him in an insane asylum.

They weren't too bright.

[BreweryYardRat]

6. Yep, that's some impressive stupidity.

Although a campfire party with Lovecraft stories might not be a bad idea for Halloween.

[sanguinivorous]

4. There's an excellent adaptation of "The Call of Cthulhu" available on DVD...

It's a silent film, just recently made, but very excellent. About 40 minutes long. It was shown at a few film festivals, I believe.

It's been so long since I've read any of his stuff that I couldn't pick a favorite story, though...

[Aristus]

5. "The Outsider". It's an amazing story.

Loneliness, despair, self-loathing, rage, a desire to be loved, and a dreamy surrealism punctuate this chilling story. Never get tired of it.

[Withywindle]

7. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"

I love, love, love his long, rich, surreal stuff.

And of course "The Colour Out of Space." :scared:

[texanwitch]

8. That was the first of his stories that I read.

I was out the country, attic bedroom, dark as hell outside.

I heard every sound, wouldn't get me outside after dark.:scared:

[Mz Pip]

9. The Dunwich Horror.

Creepy, creepy.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[BreweryYardRat]

14. Such a charming, handsome fellow, that Wilbur Whateley.

:sarcasm:

[TreasonousBastard]

10. "At the Mountains of Madness" wasn't his best, but it...

was the first one I read and I have a special fondness for its marvelous creepiness.

[Orsino]

21. AtMoM is the best...

...being a long one, and wall-to-wall creepy. It's also less dated than most of his other work, with the Antarctic still being so mysterious.

[Downtown Hound]

11. The Colour Out of Space

A haunting tale of fear, helplessness, isolation, and madness and decay told in the poetic beauty that only Lovecraft is capable of.

[DarkTirade]

12. I can't remember the name of it...

but it involved a violinist. :)

[BreweryYardRat]

13. That sounds like "The Music of Erich Zann."

It was pretty good.

[DarkTirade]

15. If it's the one

where he was playing to fend off something he could hear in the distance, then yes. :)

[cemaphonic]

19. Yeah, that one is great

[FloridaJudy]

16. Another vote for "Colour Out of Space"

Scared the fertilizer out of me as a teenager.

BTW, I had Zazzle make me a bumper-sticker that says "Go Miskatonic University: Fighting Cephalopods!", and put it on my car. I get a lot of puzzled looks, but more than a few laughs as well.

[BreweryYardRat]

17. NICE!!! I may have to get something like that.

Zazzle, you say?

[FloridaJudy]

18. Yeah. I made it public

Just in case there were any other HP Lovecraft fans around. You can always change the font and colors.

http://www.zazzle.com/floridajudy/products

[The Straight Story]

20. "The Whisperer in Darkness" - only story EVER to creep me out

I remember reading it as a teen in the basement (where my bedroom was) and getting goosebumps.

I still remember myself to this day reading that (got it from the main library, a favorite haunt of mine) story and then as I laid down to sleep turning it over and over in my mind.

I am 41 now, and no story has ever left a more deep impression on me.

I think it could be re-written for today's times a little better, but I saw it for what it was for it's time. HP was ahead of his time.

[BreweryYardRat]

23. I'd say it holds up pretty well.

Sleep tight, and don't dream of severed hands and faces...

[Arkham House]

22. The Colour Out of Space...

...though it's close. "Dunwich Horror" shivers my timbers pretty well, too...:scared:

[imperial jedi]

24. The Shadow Over Innsmouth

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