The H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....

 Historical Society or HPLHS is the organization that hosts Cthulhu Lives!, a group of live-action roleplayers

Live action role-playing game

A live action role-playing game is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world, while interacting with each other in character. The outcome of player actions may...

 for the Cthulhu Live

Cthulhu Live

Cthulhu Live is a live-action roleplaying game version of the popular horror roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu. Based on the bleak works of horror author H. P...

version of Call of Cthulhu

Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)

Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos.The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium.-Setting:...

. Founded in Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 in 1984, it is now based in Glendale, California

Glendale, California

Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...

. Their motto is Ludo Fore Putavimus ("We thought it would be fun").

HPLHS produces a number of Cthulhu Mythos

Cthulhu Mythos

The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus...

 films and sound recordings, under its Mythoscope and Mythophone labels, respectively. They also offer props, both for sale and for free download.

Audio

The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society has created music based on the writings of HP Lovecraft.

• A Shoggoth on the Roof
  A Shoggoth on the Roof
  A Shoggoth on the Roof is a parody musical of Fiddler on the Roof based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Published by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, it is credited to a member of the society who is referred to only as "He Who Must Not Be Named".There have been many legal difficulties in...
  
  (2005)
• A Very Scary Solstice
  A Very Scary Solstice
  A Very Scary Solstice is a parody album, mixing Christmas carols with the Cthulhu Mythos. It was produced and performed by members of the H. P...
  
  (2003)
  • "Carol of the Old Ones
    Carol of the Old Ones
    "Carol of the Old Ones" is a song originally published in the 1988 HPLHS Solstice Carol Songbook, released by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society...
    
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• An Even Scarier Solstice
  An Even Scarier Solstice
  An Even Scarier Solstice is a parody album, mixing Christmas carols with the Cthulhu Mythos. It was produced and performed by members of the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society...
  
  (2006)

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre

• Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness
  Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness
  Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness is a 2006 radio drama performed by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and based on the novella At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft...
  
  (2006)
• Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Dunwich Horror
  Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Dunwich Horror
  Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Dunwich Horror is a 2008 radio drama performed by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and based on the short story "The Dunwich Horror" by H. P. Lovecraft...
  
  (2008)
• Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Out of Time
  Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Out of Time
  Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Out of Time is an radio drama performed by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and based on the novella The Shadow Out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft. The adaptation was written and produced by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman.-Production:The CD was released...
  
  (2008)
• Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Over Innsmouth
  Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Over Innsmouth
  Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Over Innsmouth is an radio drama performed by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and based on the novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in December 2008.-Production:...
  
  (2008)

Film

• The Testimony of Randolph Carter
  The Statement of Randolph Carter
  "The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written December 1919, it was first published in The Vagrant, May 1920...
  
  
• The Call of Cthulhu
  The Call of Cthulhu (film)
  The Call of Cthulhu is a 2005 silent film adaptation of the H. P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, produced by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman and distributed by the HP Lovecraft Historical Society...
  
  (2005) - Directed by Andrew Leman and generally accepted as the most successful adaptation of this story, this silent movie was filmed in black and white. 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
  Intertitle
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   cards translated into any one of 24 languages.
• The Whisperer in Darkness (scheduled for 2011) - Filming for this production was undertaken at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
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