https://vo.rs/tags/science-fiction-horror/Latest from the Science Fiction Horror desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/the-cosmic-horror-canon-beyond-the-lovecraft-adaptations/<p>Cosmic horror is the hardest kind to film, which is why the direct Lovecraft adaptations so often disappoint. Put the monster on screen and you shrink it; a thing with a rubber face and a body count is a creature, and the whole point of cosmic horror is the opposite of a creature — the sensation that the universe is vast, ancient and utterly uninterested in you, that knowledge itself is dangerous, that some doors, once opened, unmake the mind that opened them. The films that actually deliver that sensation mostly leave Lovecraft&rsquo;s name and his squid-gods on the shelf and chase the feeling instead. Here are ten that get there without adapting a single story of his. All kept spoiler-free.</p>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000