"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
- H.P. Lovecraft
"Adding a Lovecraft quote to your film doesn't make your film Lovecraftian."
- The Cast of Cthulhu
So, we're talking about The Endless, a film that pays lip service to Lovecraft, but we're also talking about so much more than that, so check out the timecode notes below if you want to get straight to the discussion of a film that raises more questions about its world in its attempt to give us answers and that fundamentally misunderstands the term "Lovecraftian" (if that's even what the filmmakers were intending in the first place).
We don't get into that discussion until 42:03 though as we first spend some time to encourage listeners to pick up Battleship Pretension's 101 Best Movies of the 2010s at 1:13, discuss our thoughts on #TheSnyderCut at 3:45, and discuss the horrific allegations against Richard Stanley and why we support his "canceling" (and also why we hate that term) at 19:18.
For more information on AAPI organizations to support in the wake of the horrible actions of a white supremacist, check out this link and let's all contribute to stopping Asian hate.
Episode 61 - The Ritual (2017)
Episode 60 - X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Episode 59 - Hellraiser (1987)
Episode 58 - Witch House (2021)
Episode 57 - Castle Freak (2020)
Episode 56 - Castle Freak (1995)
Episode 55 - Spring (2014)
Episode 54 - John Dies at the End (2012)
Episode 53 - Monsters (2010)
Episode 52 - Interview with Abyssal Albion creator Thomas Campbell
Episode 51 - Spiral/Uzumaki (2000)
Episode 50 - Conversation with Starfish Writer/Director Al White
Episode 49 - Dark City (1998)
Episode 48 - At the Mountains of Madness Virtual Table Read!
Episode 47 - Dark Waters (1993)
Episode 46 - The Lighthouse (2019)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Commentary
Dead Cast of Cthulhu Awaits Dreaming
Episode 45 - The Resurrected (1991)
Episode 44 - The Unnameable (1988)
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