Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture
This article provides a list of cultural references to the work of author H. P. Lovecraft. These references are collectively known as the Cthulhu Mythos. For works that are stylistically Lovecraftian, including comics and film adaptations influenced by Lovecraft, see Lovecraftian horror.
Film
| Title | Year | Writer | Notes |
| The Haunted Palace | 1963 | Charles Beaumont | Based on The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. |
| 1970 | Curtis Hanson, Henry Rosenbaum, Ronald Silkosky | Based on the short story of the same name. Roger Corman, executive producer. | |
| 1985 | Stuart Gordon, William J. Norris and Dennis Paoli | An American science fiction horror film based on the Lovecraft novella Herbert West–Reanimator. | |
| 1986 | Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna | An American science fiction body-horror film directed by Stuart Gordon, loosely based on the Lovecraft short story of the same name. | |
| Bride of Re-Animator | 1990 | Brian Yuzna, Rick Fry and Woody Keith | An American science fiction horror film sequel to Re-Animator. |
| Dagon | 2001 | Dennis Paoli | An adaptation of the Lovecraft novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth set in Spain. |
| The Call of Cthulhu | 2005 | Sean Branney | A silent film adaptation of the Lovecraft short story of the same name. |
| Cthulhu | 2007 | Daniel Gildark | Loosely based on The Shadow Over Innsmouth. |
| 2009 | Devin McGinn | A comedy-horror film about the last of Lovecraft's relatives. | |
| Die Farbe | 2010 | Huan Vu | A German film adaptation of the Lovecraft short story of the same name. A young man goes searching for his lost father and finds something unexpected. |
| The Whisperer in Darkness | 2011 | Sean Branney | A film adaptation of the Lovecraft short story of the same name. |
| Color out of Space | 2020 | Richard Stanley | A film adaptation of The Colour Out Of Space. |
| Underwater | 2020 | William Eubank | A "secret Lovecraft love story" loosely inspired by The Call of Cthulu. |
See also listing for :Category:Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft|Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft.
Tabletop games
Video games
Music
Television
Comics
- Fall of Cthulhu
- Kodoja
- Neonomicon
- Providence
- The Marvel universe includes lovecraftian horrors based on the Cthulu mythos such as Shuma Gorath who is apart of the Many Angled ones.
- The DC universe also includes lovecraftion horrors such as Starro, Anti-Monitor, and Nekron.
- The Hellboy Universe also had some lovecraftian horrors Like the Ogdru-Jahad and its offspring Ogdru-Hem
- Witchblade and The Darkness also have the titular Darkness and its counterpart the Angeleus who mated to make the Witchblade.
- In the Image Comics series Spawn combines this with Religious Horror : Humans are just pawns to a war between Heaven and Hell. It's mere chance, not the way you lived your life, that determine if you will go to one or the other. Also, going to Heaven isn't exactly a good thing because God and Satan Are Both Jerks; while there is a benevolent entity that is even more powerful than both of them combined, she's too busy taking care of the whole Multiverse to pay attention to the comics' main setting. Also, the Spawn franchise as a whole deals a lot with Fatalism and the idea that fighting Evil is pointless. Some of the deities even resemble lovecraftian like Urizen who existed before Heaven and Hell.
- 邪神伝説 クトゥルフの呼び声/Jashin densetsu Cthulhu no yobigoe is a Japanese manga illustrated by Yousuke Miyazaki. November 2009
Other
- The 153rd episode of the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast features an episode titled "When Cthulu Cthalls", which was recorded on September 7, 2013 and released on February 17, 2014. The episode is part of the "Beyond Belief" series and features stars Frank and Sadie Doyle protecting their friend's baby from chipper cultists and an entity only referred to as "The Old One". The Old One/Cthulu is voiced by Parks and Recreation star Jim O'Heir.
- Miskatonic Brewing Company is a brewpub in Darien, Illinois. It is named after the Miskatonic River and Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts, which are fictional settings for some of Lovecraft's stories.