On this day in Horror History, Howard Phillips Lovecraft passed away. More commonly known by his pen name H.P. Lovecraft, the works of the literary genius have inspired and intertwined with hundreds of films in the last decade, and thousands of popular culture mediums have paid homage to the brilliance in the macabre that was seemingly fluid to the American Author. Everything from film to music, video games to artists worldwide have been impacted by the tales of Cthulhu and mythology behind the ageless sagas which has become home for horror and science fiction aficionados since Lovecraft’s passing unto today. A life cut short by cancer, it was the perilous disease that would attack Lovecraft’s small intestine and take the author from the awestruck world. Lost but never forgotten, he will always be the irrefutable father of horror, and the mind at which a legacy was born.
“From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.”- H.P Lovecraft
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On this day in Horror History, David Cronenberg was born. The mind behind such films as They Came from Within (1975), Rabid (1977), Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), and The Fly (1986), Cronenberg has become a staple of the horror industry. Given such suitable nicknames as “King of Venereal Horror” and the “Baron of Blood”, Cronenberg has established a following with his eclectic inspirations within film, from the gore and mutant nature to crime and psychological thrillers which have gained fan bases in other genres. A living legend, even with countless cult masterpieces under his belt the Canadian born film-maker will certainly go on to awe us for years to come.
“Civilization is repression. You don't get civilization without repression of the unconscious, of the id. And the basic appeal of art is to the unconscious. Therefore, art is somewhat subversive of civilization. And yet at the same time it seems necessary for civilization. You don't get civilization without art.”- David Cronenberg
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