Panelists Gretchen Brooks, Daniel Gildark, Monstark, Mark Schneider, Eric Morgret, and Kelly Young. From the cosmic horrors of The Call of Cthulhu to the existential dread of The Shadow Over Innsmouth, H.P. Lovecraft’s work has haunted literature for over a century. But adapting his dense, often unfilmable prose to a visual medium presents unique creative challenges. This panel brings together filmmakers, screenwriters, and genre specialists who have tackled Lovecraftian themes directly or indirectly in their work.

Romance is peculiarly absent from the mythos. In a pulp fiction world of dashing heroes and the women who worship them, Lovecraft's work eschewed romance–and women in general. Instead, people mate with monsters. Let's discuss the queer implications in the mythos as well as the writers bringing LGBTQ+ themes to the foreground.