Richard Stanley’s successful H.P. Lovecraft movie adaptation of The Colour Out of Space is to be joined by two more. It was reported last week that a movie of “The Dunwich Horror” has been ‘greenlit’ for production, and thus the mooted trilogy is actually underway.
The third movie in the trilogy is not mentioned. What could it be? The $200m blockbuster possibilities can be discounted (“Mountains”, “Shadow”, “Cthulhu” etc). On a more medium-sized budget “The Shadow over Innsmouth” could just about be done and would have the most obvious box-office appeal. But it would still likely be outside the budget range, and also lacks some of the more trippy aspects of Lovecraft that obviously interest Stanley.
My guess is that it’ll be “The Dreams in the Witch House”. The latter would allow re-use of Miskatonic University sets from “The Dunwich Horror”, has the necessary psychedelic potential, and offers various ‘contemporary’ angles likely to please producers requiring ‘political relevance’.
Netflix is also said to have an Indiana Jones vs. Cthulhu TV-movie spoof scripted and in the works, Gordon Hemingway & The Realm of Cthulhu.
Update: almost as soon as it was greenlit, the movie series has now been abruptly cancelled. Ah well… such is the fickle movie business.