283: The Ocean in Call of Cthulhu
Added 2024-03-26 10:13:42 +0000 UTCThe ocean and its horrors play a huge role in Lovecraft’s fiction and, by extension, in Call of Cthulhu. With entities such as Cthulhu, Dagon and the Deep Ones, and locations like R’lyeh and Y’ha-nthlei, Lovecraft placed many of his most memorable creations deep below the waves. So how can we make use of the ocean in Call of Cthulhu? What inspiration can we take from nature and folklore? And what memorable scenarios are there that use the ocean as their setting?
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Things we mention in this episode include:
The Ocean in Lovecraft
“Dagon” by HP Lovecraft
“The Temple” by HP Lovecraft
“The Strange High House in the Mist” by HP Lovecraft
“The Horror at Martin’s Beach” by Sonia Greene and HP Lovecraft
“The Call of Cthulhu” by HP Lovecraft
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by HP Lovecraft
“The Shadow Over Innsmouth” by HP Lovecraft
At the Mountain of Madness by HP Lovecraft
“Out of the Aeons” by HP Lovecraft for Hazel Heald
“The Night Ocean” by RH Barlow with HP Lovecraft
Humanoids From the Deep (1980)
The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions by HP Lovecraft
Blue Velvet (1986)
Inspirations from Nature and Folklore
Survive The Savage Sea by Dougal Robertson
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Cast Away (2000)
The Ninth Wave by Kate Bush
“Bleak Prospect” from Nameless Horrors
The Ocean in Call of Cthulhu
“Sound of the Sea” by Philip G Orth
“Do Not Call Up That Which You Cannot Put Down” from Fear’s Sharp Little Needles
“The Mauretania“ by MB Willner
“The Transatlantic Terror” by Jon Hook
“Waiting For the Hurricane” from Pulp Cthulhu
“The Blue” from The Blasphemous Tome issue 7
“Slow Boat to China” from Pulp Cthulhu
“The Derelict” from Petersen’s Abominations
“City in the Sea” from Cthulhu Now
“Full Fathom Five” by Paul Fricker
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Master and Commander (2003)
The Abyss (1989)
DeepStar Six (1989)
Underwater (2020)
The Witch (2015)
The Rig (2023)
“Mohole” from Petersen’s Abominations
“The Love of Money” for The Esoterrorists
