Lovecraftesque

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1. rareReminiscent of the works of American horror, science fiction and fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937).

   The nice thing about it is at least, in the most superficial aspects and some of the deeper ones, there is a lot of Lovecraftesque stuff still in Hellboy.

   2006, Andrew Migliore, John Strysik, The Lurker in the Lobby: A Guide to the Cinema of H. P. Lovecraft, Portland, OR: Night Shade Books, →ISBN, page 216

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   [See title] Has anyone else out there read Thomas Tessier's "In Praise of Folly" in the anthology, "Metahorror." I'm probably reading a lot into it, but it seemed awfully Lovecraftian to me.

   1994 February 5, James Anthony Maysonett, “Best Lovecraftesque Story”, in alt.horror.cthulhu (Usenet)

   Really, I think the whole "plot holes," discussion, which seems to be focusing on the vanities necessary to move the movie along (roughly like one of those Lovecraftesque stories that ends with something like "...as I write this, I can hear it on the stairs...I...it comes! It comes! It--") is kind of pointless.

   1999 July 20, V-X, “LIST BLAIR WITCH PLOT HOLES - Possible Spoilers”, in rec.arts.movies.current-films (Usenet)