I need a second season of CABINET OF CURIOSITIES to be announced. It was clearly just getting started, and I want some high-quality ongoing anthology horror shows, please.
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I'm sorry. Second season is the end of the high quality. High quality was for the "Please renew me for a second season" season. Second season is the "Sunk Cost" season.
That adaptation of “Pickman’s Model” was one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen on television. But yeah Lovecraft is a bit overexposed at the moment.
If they really want to do Lovecraftian stuff, there's plenty of modern writers doing much better cosmic horror. I'm thinking specifically of @premeemohamed.com, but there are more.
Or if they're going to do an HPL, do something kind of out there. like Doom That Came to Sarnath or try to make The Picture in the House work on screen (or better yet, don't, actually)
I would kill for a episode done with puppets, dark Krystal type shit, telling a Robert Aickman story.
Maybe the dog, or the one about the "lucky" coin.
Tbh I would love to see some of the short stories from The King In Yellow by Robert W Chambers, an adaptation of The Mask could have some amazing effects
(plus I get defensive about The King In Yellow getting treated like it's Lovecraft when it's not. None of his stories have Hastur)
My highschool was right next to Arthur Machen’s childhood home. I didn’t appreciate that at the time, but I’d be curious to go back and see if any of his books can be bought nearby.
or in the spirit of being true to its name i'd like to see some stories from 'the thackery t. lambshead cabinet of curiosities'. always liked that book.
So much fresh talent who could benefit from a short film format too, could you imagine people like Jane Schoenbrun or Robert Eggers getting a nice budget and a half hour?
I still need to watch this series. I've had a physical copy since October and still haven't found the time to sit down and watch it. Got too much laying in bed watching nothing to do!
i was rewatching it during Halloween week to really get in the mood. anthologies are really killer for that. i still kind of pine for an adaptation of josh malerman's Goblin similar to creepshow as well.
Dream Season 2:
1 R. Chambers, The Repairer of Reputations
2 C.L. Moore, Shambleau
3 K. E. Wagner, Sticks
4 A. Machen, The White People
5 H.P. Lovecraft, The Festival
6 R. Matheson, The Distributor
7 P.K. Dick, Faith Of Our Fathers
8 M. W. Wellman - Any John the Balladeer story
It also clearly needs an episode about a fucked up little guy designed by this really cool artist I saw reskeeted by Del Toro. You may know him! I think it was Trevor Henderson!!
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Maybe the dog, or the one about the "lucky" coin.
(plus I get defensive about The King In Yellow getting treated like it's Lovecraft when it's not. None of his stories have Hastur)
But yeah, horror anthology series and high-quality ones at that are so hard to come by now.
I need three films from him a year.
https://youtu.be/am6T8shDRqY
1 R. Chambers, The Repairer of Reputations
2 C.L. Moore, Shambleau
3 K. E. Wagner, Sticks
4 A. Machen, The White People
5 H.P. Lovecraft, The Festival
6 R. Matheson, The Distributor
7 P.K. Dick, Faith Of Our Fathers
8 M. W. Wellman - Any John the Balladeer story