Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.
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The point with Lovecraft stories is that they work from the words, and in the readers heads. Trying to put them on the screen would break this link, and destroy the essence.
Think about the story "The Color out of Space". The book describes it as a color that has never been seen on earth before. This might work in a black and white adaption, but in color, it would be underwhelming to say the least.
I love that the rule (with horror) that the mind is capable of imagining things much darker and scarier than anything you can put on paper. The moment Lovecraft's monsters appear on scene, the magic is lost, they're not supposed to be humanly conceivable. It's not easily commercialisable like capitalism demands of literally anything nowadays
They did make The Colour Out of Space into a movie starring Nicolas Cage and... well while I won't say it was good, it definitely wasn't underwhelming.