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The Apocalypse Trilogy consists of 3 Carpenter films: The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, and Prince of Darkness. The three are connected by theme, not story. I've seen The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness, but I've yet to watch Prince of Darkness (I've heard it's the weakest of the three films). I thought The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness were excellent. I'm always in search of good lovecraftian horror movies. Lovecraftian horror is such a hard thing to bring to life in film, but when it's done right, it's awesome. If you guys have any good examples of lovecraftian horror in film, let me know.

The Apocalypse Trilogy consists of 3 Carpenter films: The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, and Prince of Darkness. The three are connected by theme, not story. I've seen The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness, but I've yet to watch Prince of Darkness (I've heard it's the weakest of the three films). I thought The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness were excellent. I'm always in search of good lovecraftian horror movies. Lovecraftian horror is such a hard thing to bring to life in film, but when it's done right, it's awesome. If you guys have any good examples of lovecraftian horror in film, let me know.

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You have to tie They Live into this or everyone will be sullen.

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Might do those on next week. I've seen the thing but not the other two and I'm always down to carpenter.

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Sci-fi channels dagon is ok

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Agreed

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I have a small C'Thulhu collection.

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Like, movies that are part of the Cthulu mythos?

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downloading them now. I'll put them up this evening if you're around.

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Where do you watch them?

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I didn’t know The Thing was part of a series. I might have to check it out.

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It's really not (unless you count the subpar prequel). These three movies have just been dubbed the Apocolypse Trilogy because they all kind of deal with similar things.

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Don't forget the cheap remake!

They couldn't get it funded so they spent the last of their budget developing a time machine and successfully convinced some studio execs in the 50s to give it a shot. They renamed it "The thing from another world" to avoid being sued, but their special effects budget was nowhere near the original so they shot it as a psychological thriller instead.

Oh. Well fuck it then.

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Well, I can't speak for prince of darkness, but the other two are awesome, if you like john carpenter.

The Thing is sci-fi. It has nothing to do with supernatural bullshit.

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Little did you know Lovecraft also did some sci fi shit. In the Walls of Eryx being notable.

Lovecraft and Allan Poe were both great. Why are you bringing him here?

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Scifi makes for great horror movies. You ever hear of Alien?

Yes. Alien is fucking sci-fi too.

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I don't understand your argument here. Scifi horror is a thing bro. Alien is the quintessential example of that.