HPLHS produces a number of
Cthulhu Mythos films, including the eponymous The Call of Cthulhu, as well as sound recordings, under its Mythoscope and Mythophone labels, respectively. They also offer props, both for sale and for free download.
Originally a hobbyist group, HPLHS has become a for profit company dedicated to creating content faithful to the spirit of the Gothic 1920s source material but leavening it with some humour.
The HPLHS is the world's largest organization of Lovecraft enthusiasts, with members in more than fifty countries.
Productions
Printed work
Strange Eons** (1986-1990)
The Spirit of Revision - Lovecraft's Letters to Zealia Brown Reed Bishop (2015)
A Shoggoth on the Roof - a short mockumentary film about a failed attempt to stage a musical that set the works of Lovecraft to the music of
Fiddler on the Roof (2001).
The Call of Cthulhu (2005) – Directed by
Andrew Leman and described by one reviewer as the most successful adaptation of this story, this
silent movie was filmed in black and white.[6] It was created over the course of two years on a very small budget. The DVD version allowed the viewer to watch the movie with the
intertitle cards translated into any one of 24 languages.[7]