Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With H.P. Lovecraft

1. Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in a visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

Stars: Lize Johnston, Kevin Keppy, Ben Barnes, F. Murray Abraham

Votes: 56,663

2. Suitable Flesh (2023)

100 min | Horror, Thriller

A psychiatrist becomes obsessed with one of her young patients, who she later discovers is linked to an ancient curse.

Director: Joe Lynch | Stars: Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Bruce Davison, Johnathon Schaech

Votes: 5,175

3. From Beyond (1986)

R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ted Sorel, Ken Foree

Votes: 30,811 | Gross: $1.26M

4. Justice League (2001–2004)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Seven of the most formidable heroes form arguably the most powerful team ever.

Stars: Carl Lumbly, Phil LaMarr, Michael Rosenbaum, George Newbern

Votes: 51,807

5. Color Out of Space (2019)

Unrated | 111 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world.

Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight

Votes: 56,356

6. Masters of Horror (2005–2007)

TV-MA | 1,531 min | Horror

Anchor Bay's collection, which has amassed some of the best horror film anthologies.

Stars: Karen Elizabeth Austin, J. Winston Carroll, Miho Ninagawa, Anthony Harrison

Votes: 13,292

7. Re-Animator (1985)

Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale

Votes: 71,577 | Gross: $2.02M

8. The Beyond (1981)

R | 87 min | Horror

A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John

Votes: 25,346 | Gross: $0.12M

9. Night Gallery (1969–1973)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Rod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings.

Stars: Rod Serling, Larry Watson, Joanna Pettet, Matt Pelto

Votes: 6,187

10. Dagon (2001)

R | 98 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A boating accident runs a young man and woman ashore in a decrepit Spanish fishing town which they discover is in the grips of an ancient sea god and its monstrous half human offspring.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño, Macarena Gómez

Votes: 21,070

11. Castle Freak (1995 Video)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A man travels to Italy with his family to live in the castle they have recently inherited. But he soon begins to suspect that they are not the only occupants.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller, Jessica Dollarhide

Votes: 10,339

12. City of the Living Dead (1980)

Not Rated | 93 min | Horror

A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi

Votes: 19,379

13. Banshee Chapter (2013)

R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Journalist Anne Roland explores the disturbing links behind her friend's sudden disappearance, an ominous government research chemical, and a disturbing radio broadcast of unknown origin.

Director: Blair Erickson | Stars: Katia Winter, Ted Levine, Michael McMillian, Corey Moosa

Votes: 10,898

14. H. P. Lovecraft's the Old Ones (2024)

84 min | Horror

Sea captain Russel Marsh was possessed by an ancient entity for 93 years, committing horrific acts for a cult. Now free, he seeks to travel back in time to undo his dark deeds, while the cult vows to eliminate him.

Director: Chad Ferrin | Stars: Kelli Maroney, Robert Miano, Cyril O'Reilly, Elina Madison

Votes: 214

15. The House by the Cemetery (1981)

Not Rated | 86 min | Horror

A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza

Votes: 16,268

16. The Dunwich Horror (1970)

R | 90 min | Horror

Wilbur Whateley travels to the Arkham Miskatonic University to borrow the legendary Necronomicon. But, little does anyone know, Whateley isn't quite human...

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley, Lloyd Bochner

Votes: 5,189 | Gross: $0.45M

17. Lurking Fear (1994)

R | 76 min | Action, Horror

The town of Leffert's Corners has been plagued by unearthly beings for decades, and now there is only a few people left... what everyone is not aware of are the humanoid creatures lurking underneath the holy grounds.

Director: C. Courtney Joyner | Stars: Jon Finch, Blake Adams, Ashley Laurence, Jeffrey Combs

Votes: 1,828

18. Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain discover the secret to creating human life and proceed to create a perfect woman from dead tissue.

Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones, Fabiana Udenio

Votes: 17,603

19. Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993)

R | 96 min | Horror

Lovecraft visualizes 3 stories in Necronomicon: The Drowned, The Cold and Whispers, about bringing a dead wife and child back to life, extending life and aliens.

Directors: Christophe Gans, Shûsuke Kaneko, Brian Yuzna | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Tony Azito, Juan Fernández, Brian Yuzna

Votes: 6,962

20. The Curse (1987)

R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.

Director: David Keith | Stars: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee

Votes: 3,891 | Gross: $1.93M

21. The Halfway House (2004)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror

Young girls are disappearing in and around the Mary Magdalen Halfway House for Troubled Girls. Desperate to find out what became of her sister, Larissa Morgan goes undercover to infiltrate the Catholic-run institution.

Director: Kenneth J. Hall | Stars: Mary Woronov, Janet Tracy Keijser, Shawn Savage, Stephanie Leighs

Votes: 1,024

22. The Haunted Palace (1963)

Not Rated | 87 min | Horror

Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell

Votes: 8,477 | Gross: $2.62M

23. Castle Freak (2020)

Not Rated | 106 min | Horror, Mystery

An Albanian castle with bloodthirsty creatures is inherited by a young woman.

Director: Tate Steinsiek | Stars: Clair Catherine, Jake Horowitz, Kika Magalhães, Chris Galust

Votes: 1,719

24. Call Girl of Cthulhu (2014)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror

When a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop an ancient cult from summoning their god and destroying mankind.

Director: Chris LaMartina | Stars: David Phillip Carollo, Melissa LaMartina, Nicolette le Faye, Dave Gamble

Votes: 1,103

25. Beyond Re-Animator (2003)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

After 13 years in prison, the mad scientist from Re-Animator (1985) gets a new chance to experiment with the arrival of a young prison doctor, who secretly hopes to learn to reanimate dead people. Good intentions turn to horror.

Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Tommy Dean Musset, Jason Barry, Bárbara Elorrieta

Votes: 13,036

26. The Island of the Fishmen (1979)

R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Richard Johnson, Beryl Cunningham

Votes: 2,478

27. The Crimson Cult (1968)

R | 87 min | Horror

Robert Manning visits the remote country house where his brother Peter was last seen. While his host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, Robert detects a feeling of menace in the air.

Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele

Votes: 2,995

28. The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

Not Rated | 47 min | Horror, Mystery

While sorting the affairs of his late Uncle, a man accidentally stumbles across a series of dark secrets connected to an ancient horror waiting to be freed.

Director: Andrew Leman | Stars: Matt Foyer, John Bolen, Ralph Lucas, Chad Fifer

Votes: 8,905

29. The Resurrected (1991)

R | 108 min | Horror

Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries.

Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon, Robert Romanus

Votes: 4,921

30. The Unnamable (1988)

R | 87 min | Horror

College students check out a haunted house where in the 1800's an ugly monster called "the Unnamable" was trapped in a vault.

Director: Jean-Paul Ouellette | Stars: Charles Klausmeyer, Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Alexandra Durrell, Laura Albert

Votes: 3,172

31. Bleeders (1997)

R | 89 min | Horror

A man travels to an island with his girlfriend in search of his relatives, but he finds maybe more than what he wanted to know.

Director: Peter Svatek | Stars: Gillian Ferrabee, Pascal Gruselle, Roy Dupuis, Kristin Lehman

Votes: 3,038

32. The Deep Ones (2020)

83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A married couple rents a beach side Airbnb only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. They soon discover that they are in the grip of a mysterious cult and the ancient sea god that they worship.

Director: Chad Ferrin | Stars: Gina La Piana, Robert Miano, Johann Urb, Silvia Spross

Votes: 912

33. The Call of Cthulhu

Horror | Pre-production

Follows Francis Thurston as he investigates a cult that worships the ancient monster Cthulhu.

Director: James Wan

34. The Shuttered Room (1967)

Unrated | 99 min | Horror

A series of horrific murders is traced to a creature that inhabits a very strange house.

Director: David Greene | Stars: Oliver Reed, Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Flora Robson

Votes: 1,886

35. The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Based on the H. P. Lovecraft story of the same name, a folklorist investigates reports of unusual creatures in Vermont only to uncover more than he bargained for

Director: Sean Branney | Stars: Stephen Blackehart, Autumn Wendel, P.J. King, Barry Lynch

Votes: 3,558

36. Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024)

90 min | Sci-Fi | Post-production

Renowned oneirologist, Ambrose London, is requested to Arkham Asylum to study the strange case of split personality in patient James Fhelleps/Joe Slater.

Director: Chad Ferrin | Stars: Edward Furlong, Bai Ling, Ginger Lynn, Steve Railsback

37. Die, Monster, Die! (1965)

Approved | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, Suzan Farmer

Votes: 3,728

38. Pulse Pounders (1988)

77 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

In this 'sequel' anthology, the film offers a TRANCERS sequel written by original creators Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, a new Lovecraft adaptation THE EVIL CLERGYMAN, featuring Jeffrey ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Band | Stars: Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs, David Warner, David Gale

Votes: 283

39. Corporate Monster (2019)

14 min | Short, Action, Drama

A dangerously unstable man starts to see monsters all around us.

Director: Ruairi Robinson | Stars: Birkett Turton, Jenna Coleman, Gary Murphy, Patrick Joseph Byrnes

Votes: 433

40. The Color Out of Space (2010)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A boy, looking for his missing father, travels to Germany and uncovers a haunting legacy that a meteorite left behind in the area. Based on H.P. Lovecraft's short novel "The Color Out of Space."

Director: Huân Vu | Stars: Paul Dorsch, Jürgen Heimüller, Ingo Heise, Philipp Jacobs

Votes: 1,767

41. The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992)

R | 104 min | Horror

A creature of demonic nature, too hideous to have a name, once again terrorizes the college kids that summoned it.

Director: Jean-Paul Ouellette | Stars: Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Charles Klausmeyer, Maria Ford, John Rhys-Davies

Votes: 1,167

42. The Dunwich Horror (2008 TV Movie)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A single mother delivers a monstrous baby boy, somehow connected to a dark prophecy involving the Black Brotherhood, a book called the Necronomicon, and a demonic portal.

Director: Leigh Scott | Stars: Sarah Lieving, Griff Furst, Dean Stockwell, Jeffrey Combs

Votes: 1,116

43. Cthulhu (2007)

R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reaquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has... See full summary »

Director: Dan Gildark | Stars: Jason Cottle, Casey Curran, Ethan Atkinson, Patrick McKnight

Votes: 2,223 | Gross: $0.02M

44. La mansión de los Cthulhu (1992)

R | 92 min | Horror

A group of drug dealing petty criminals fleeing from the police take a magician and his daughter hostage; but once they reach his mansion, all hell breaks loose.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Frank Finlay, Marcia Layton, Luis Fernando Alvés, Brad Fisher

Votes: 956

45. The Creepypasta Episodes (2012–2019)

Horror

A horror anthology series that adapts Creepypastas into short films.

Stars: Jacob Rohrbach, Drake Dalgleish, Ashton Ruiz, Maddie Baker

Votes: 11

46. At the Mountains of Madness (I) (2021)

69 min | Horror, Thriller

A group of scientists studying climate change discover untold horrors on a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic in September 1992. Inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft short story.

Director: Matthew Cooper | Stars: Tony Coughlan, Gary Geeson, Ashe Russell

Votes: 38

47. The Colour Out of Space (2017)

5 min | Short, Horror

A meteorite, strange vegetation, a colour: an experimental take on H.P. Lovecraft's spiral into madness, shot with a vintage camera on truly unique LomoChrome 16mm film. This is a beautiful exercise in the surreal.

Director: Patrick Müller

Votes: 136

48. Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game (2018 Video Game)

M | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A Private Detective, Edward Pierce is a mission to find the truth behind the death of an acclaimed artist and her family on a Darkwater Island in Boston.

Directors: Jeremie Monedero, Justin Villiers | Stars: Anthony Howell, Christina Cole, Emerald O'Hanrahan, Antony Byrne

Votes: 717

49. Portal to Hell!!! (2015)

12 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

A crusty and recluse superintendent is thrown into the ultimate fight against evil when a pair of cultists open a portal to the ancient and mystical city of R'lyeh, awakening a slumbering god.

Director: Vivieno Caldinelli | Stars: Roddy Piper, Laura Robinson, Matt Watts, Jordan Todosey

Votes: 336

50. Herbert West: Re-Animator (2017)

83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

After the loss of his daughter Eleanor, a famous scientist, Dr. Herbert West, experimenting with a special serum invented by him, desperately tries to bring her back to life.

Director: Ivan Zuccon | Stars: Emanuele Cerman, Alessio Cherubini, Rita Rusciano, Valentina Bivona

Votes: 2,294