There have been sufficient people asking about my observation here that the most successful Lovecraft/Mythos movies made were Alien, Pleasantville
, and United 93
– particularly the last one – that I will attempt to explain what I meant there. Let’s dispose of Alien quickly: malevolent universe, deliberately hostile towards humanity; overwhelming doom – everybody on-board with that one? We good? Good. Continue reading On the Lovecraftian nature of United 93.