![]() ![]() These are more than creatures but genetically engineered servants, created by “the Elder Things,” as the explorers called them. They are monstrous, to be sure, but not monsters. Not that the shoggoths aren’t terrifying in their own right. There is little so terrifying as the creatures of the Cthulhu mythos that have left such an indelible legacy for fans of psychological horror.īy the same token, the novella “At the Mountains of Madness” leaves just as deep an imprint, now in the realm of science fiction. In fact, his prose style is so forcefully literate that it pays to take a break once in a while to let all that erudition settle in. His ability to evoke the most fearsome primeval images is as remarkable as his savvy. Lovecraft is among the most seminal authors of spectral horror. It can be said, without hesitation, that H. Guillermo del Toro recently released on social media the CGI clip of a shoggoth bearing down on an unsuspecting explorer in an Antarctic cave. ![]()
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