Lovecraftian movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant lovecraftian movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out lovecraft, suspenseful, scary, suspense, weird and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with monster, cosmic horror, supernatural, creature, danger, occult, death, macabre, blood and supernatural horror plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
lovecraftian
 413
lovecraftian movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as lovecraftian: The Dunwich Horror (2008), Color Out of Space (2019), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), The Void (2016), The Lighthouse (2019), The Borderlands (2013), The Creature Below (2016), Europa Report (2013), Shadow Bound (2013), Event Horizon (1997).

List of lovecraftian movies

Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
The Dunwich Horror (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In Louisiana, in the wicked Whateley House, Lavina delivers two babies whose fate is written. Ten years later, three scholars of the occult discover that one page of the “Necronomicon,” the unspeakable book, is missing and the Black Brotherhood ...
Style: lovecraft, suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot: supernatural, mutant, parallel world, ancient mystery, curses spells and rituals, danger, legends and myths, destiny, escapades, occult, cthulhu, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans
Is relevant ?
Color Out of Space (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Malaysia, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land ...
Style: suspense, lovecraft, suspenseful, surreal, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mutation, farm, cosmic horror, husband wife relationship, alien invasion, farmhouse, meteorite, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, infected, self mutilation, mind control ...
Time: future
Place: new england, arizona, massachusetts
Is relevant ?
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to ...
Style: surreal, psychological, lovecraft, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: insanity, investigation, hallucination, paranoia, gory, supernatural, small town, mind game, mental illness, writers, fear, monster ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, distant future
Place: new england, new hampshire, england, europe, new york ...
Is relevant ?
 5.9
 41K
The Void (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and ...
Style: dark, lovecraft, creepy, stylized, surreal ...
Audience: date night
Plot: body horror, hospital, monster, cosmic horror, another dimension, insanity, macabre, murder, mutation, small town, isolation, human experiment ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
 7.4
 252K
The Lighthouse (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The story of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Style: suspense, minimal cast, psychological, mysterious, lovecraft ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: isolation, hallucination, lighthouse, lighthouse keeper, drunkenness, symbolism, island, nightmare, fight, storm, madness, violence ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, victorian era, 2010s, year 2019 ...
Place: nova scotia, new england
Is relevant ?
The Borderlands (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
Style: scary, demonic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: found footage, folk horror, church, catholic priest, religions or cults, supernatural, suicide, uncover truth, paganism, clergy, danger, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, brazil
Is relevant ?
The Creature Below (2016)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A young scientist discovers a malevolent entity which sets her on a bloody descent into the jaws of insanity.
Style: bleak, scary, rough, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot: creature, creature feature, murder, nightmare, sibling relationship, marine biologist, diving, eaten alive, insanity, monster, cosmic horror, medical ...
Place: atlantic ocean
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 75K
Europa Report (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Style: cerebral, suspense, suspenseful, lovecraft, space horror ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: space travel, found footage, outer space, space exploration, spacecraft, astronaut, space, distant planet, alien, moon, spacewalk, survival ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 1972, 21st century
Is relevant ?
Necronomicon – The Book of Hell (2018)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A librarian founds a copy of the fabled Necronomicon, only unleash hell on earth.
Style: lovecraft, psychotronic, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural being, supernatural, occult, death, violence, librarian, supernatural ability, loss, rescue, good versus evil, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina
Is relevant ?
 8.9
 72
Shadow Bound (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Welcome to Veritas. It is an old place. A place with a long memory. A city of shadows and hidden terrors long forgotten by the modern world of 1931. But some things in the shadows are best left forgotten... SHADOW BOUND follows famed pulp horror ...
Style: gothic, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized, silent ...
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, supernatural, danger, writer's life, rivalry, good versus evil, dishonesty, losing-it hero, small town, monster, creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 196K
Event Horizon (1997)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the ...
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, scary, lovecraft, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, outer space, supernatural, space station, spaceship, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, cosmic horror, hallucination, nightmare, rescue team ...
Time: future, 90s, year 1997, 2040s, 21st century
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 211K
Dark City (1998)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Style: neo noir, mind bending, psychological, suspense, gothic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, memory, cyberpunk, alternate reality, distopia, alien race, trippy, dystopian future, virtual reality, amnesia, memory loss, experiment ...
Time: future, year 1998, distant future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: persia
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
creepy movies
1218
occult movies
1792
 5.9
 96K
Underwater (2020)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: underwater, creature, monster, giant monster, water, sea monster, creature feature, animal attack, earthquake, ocean, survival, destruction ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: pacific ocean
Is relevant ?
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Style: suspense, scary, dark, stylized, slasher ...
Plot: supernatural, demon, satan, devil, zombie, antichrist, cosmic horror, monster, occult, church, end of the world, research ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 38K
The Empty Man (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers ...
Style: psychological, suspense, lovecraft, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: occult, supernatural, suicide, investigation, cosmic horror, danger, teenager, death, riddles and clues, legend, experiment, supernatural horror ...
Time: 2020s, 20th century, 90s, year 1995, year 2019 ...
Place: missouri, himalaya
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 357K
Annihilation (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Style: suspense, psychedelic, psychological, disturbing, lovecraft ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: female protagonist, creature, dna, mutation, scientist, expedition, research, genetic mutation, terror, biologist, transformation, mission ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: chicago, florida, pakistan
Is relevant ?
Banshee Chapter (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, The Silence of The Lambs -- finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government ...
Style: scary, lovecraft, disturbing, spooky, psychological ...
Plot: found footage, missing person, experiment, drug use, uncover truth, cosmic horror, experimental drug, ghost, desert, female protagonist, drug, missing friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa
Is relevant ?
The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Style: suspense, lovecraft, apocalyptic, space horror, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: trapped in space, space station, alternate dimension, alien, space, alternate reality, scientist, parallel universe, giant monster, monster, multiverse, alternate world ...
Time: 2010s, future, 2000s, near future, 2020s
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
 6.7
 31K
Spring (2014)
Genre: Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
Style: atmospheric, sexy, melancholic, surreal, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: immortality, supernatural, dangerous attraction, relationships, love, transformation, small town, monster, magic realism, survival, runaway, life & death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, california, rome italy, naples italy
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 463K
The Thing (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, isolation, alien, survival, creature, fear, body horror, paranoia, snow, supernatural, suspicion, ufo ...
Time: year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place: antarctica, antarctic, south pole
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 251K
Life (2017)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Style: suspense, scary, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: space travel, space, mars, outer space, monster, alien, space station, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, extraterrestrial life, first contact ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, near future
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 338K
The Mist (2007)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style: twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, bad ending, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, survival horror, religious fanatic, giant monster, chaos and mayhem, small town ...
Time: year 2007, distant future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, maine
Is relevant ?
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Style: scary, mind bending, bloody, surreal, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: monster, supernatural, creature, survival, cabin in the woods, trapped, zombie, fear, werewolf, dark humor, death, danger ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
demonic movies
502
spooky movies
1944
sinister movies
748
 6.0
 3K
Dark Waters (1993)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A girl travels to an island, after the death of her father, to find out why the father funded a monestary on the island.
Style: gothic, lovecraft, atmospheric, bleak, surreal ...
Plot: nun, supernatural, convent, beast, amateur detective, island, isolation, woman in danger, unlikely criminals, friendship, religions or cults, good versus evil ...
Time: 90s
Place: ukraine
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 419K
Cloverfield (2008)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, mockumentary, lovecraft ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: monster, disaster, found footage, alien, giant monster, survival, survival horror, danger, destruction, fear, creature, chaos ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place: new york, bolivia, brooklyn new york city, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 21K
Dagon (2001)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. ...
Style: lovecraft, scary, suspense, surprise ending, satanic ...
Plot: curses spells and rituals, cthulhu, chase, monster, supernatural, small town, body horror, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gory, nightmare, ritual, human sacrifice ...
Place: spain, galicia, europe
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 14K
The Keep (1983)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.
Style: surreal, gothic, scary, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, demon, supernatural, magic, monster, ss, vampire, devil, surrealism, good versus evil, military ...
Time: year 1941
Place: germany, romania, black sea, transylvania, bucharest ...
Is relevant ?
Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993)
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following ...
Style: lovecraft, anthology, atmospheric, scary, psychological ...
Plot: legends and myths, cthulhu, cosmic horror, book, occult ritual, serial killer, motel, creature, monster, body horror, supernatural, haunted house ...
Time: 90s, year 1932, 1930s, 21st century
Is relevant ?
The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Written in 1931, H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s like Frankenstein, Dracula and King Kong. Using its Mythoscope™ process — a ...
Style: lovecraft, retro, scary, suspenseful, black and white ...
Plot: cosmic horror, legends and myths, cthulhu, supernatural, abduction, danger, space and aliens, twists and turns, escape attempt, rain, alien, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: new england, vermont, usa
Is relevant ?
 4.6
 2K
Cthulhu (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reacquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating ...
Style: lovecraft, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, queer horror ...
Plot: cthulhu, small town, love affair, religions or cults, uncover truth, escapades, life is a bitch, love and romance, homecoming, society, cosmic horror, death of mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, astoria oregon
Is relevant ?
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
Related movie lists