The Eldritch Dreams | Short Cosmic Horror Film

Alice Atwood discovers an old chest hidden in her fireplace. After sifting through the contents, she is exposed to terrifying cosmic revelations that lead to a series of increasingly horrifying nightmares. Can her religious faith bring her out of the darkness, or will she succumb to insanity?

Based on the stories of H.P. Lovecraft.

Written and Directed by: Danny Takacs

#cosmicfilms #Lovecraft #Cthulhu

[robertlucas]

You know, Lovecraft is so difficult to translate to visual. But you guys did a pretty good job here capturing the spirit. Kudos to everybody involved. Really enjoyed it 👍👍🐻

[paullevine]

Fantastic storytelling from the Legend of Cthulhu & those that messed with things best left hidden. It's a Pandora's box of Evil with intent . Just as many before, her once opened there's no turning back as we see & all things lead to one of three things for the finder, insanity, death, or worse you bring him back . Evie plays these roles very well & with not much dialog she has the ability to use facial expressions that will leave us as baffled as she is as to what, where & why & that's a trick of the masters before we had talkies. I loved the fact no matter how many religious icons she tries they are all designed to fail as this is older than any human religion & it doesn't care as it already knows there is nothing to stop what she started even if she never meant to. I do love these Cosmic Horror shorts & films as an avid reader of Lovecraft & August Derleth . They would be proud .

[_Curanes_Rex]

Finally, someone understands what the Master was realy talking about... and how to bring it on screen. Well done, well done...

[jamesdiluzio]

As an Orthodox Christian that happens to also have a deep love for Lovecraft, it really made my day to see the beautiful iconography along side with cosmic horror. Thank you.

[horsthinterwaldler]

So... after that thing in her basement, the haunted piano, the creepy mask that pulled her downstairs and incident with the cassette, she finally left her house. Just to find this box in her new home. Well, that's what I call "really bad luck"!
Great film, by the way. I don't know that much about Lovecraft, but at least a few things and despite a few insider-details I think I got the point of the story.

[getshorty]

Also, I can appreciate the apotropaic occultish threads of Alice's Catholicism (icons, Saints, angels, etc.), having grown up Catholic myself.

[ElizabethMills]

Outstanding translation of Lovecraft's work to a visual medium. So many try to capture HPL's cosmic horror, and fail miserably. You absolutely nailed it. Fine acting too.

[getshorty]

This is fucking outstanding! Completely nailed the vibe. Top-drawer cinematography. Lovecraft historically has been difficult to adapt to screen but you did it BETTER in 19 minutes and with less money than many major production companies. Bravo!

[katherinevasper]

Finding a decent Lovecraft film is so hard, but you guys knocked it out of the park! The set pieces, especially the artwork in his notebook, are amazingly done. Keep up the awesome work!

[johndough]

She didn't know about the Elder Sign. Ignorance is death.

[brightsorcerer]

That was fascinating!!! The images and background vibrations of their reality was actually palpable. Loved it!!!!

[LighthouseHorror]

Saw this on artstation. Excellent work!

[praxidicethorn]

Yup this is underrated, You definitely pulled off the atmosphere, great work!

[brothertsoker]

The irony is that this was better than all the other Lovecraftian movies that out there. Great job I loved it

[prestofilms]

The sound design and music was really brilliant! The dream scenes of the Lovecraft look incredible too 👌

[jamespsylotripitaka]

! This is incredible, and like the scifi short films channel Dust, so glad I found a channel with incredible horror short films - labors of love much better than most mainstream movie attempts. This one really captures the atmosphere and perspective of Lovecraft. Thanks so much!

[samkittredge]

I have been watching short horror films all day, but NOTHING made me glance back over my shoulder and feel my hair stand on end quite like this. Extremely well executed.

[morietur]

It's always great to see Lovecraft related media, and i really enjoyed all the little details ^^

[slagit]

Damn good one and I hope to see more visions of the ancient ones from other realms...we dare not dream about! Chills!

[thefallencat]

I was watching and started thinking "wow I love how this manages to make me feel scared without the use of jumpscares I love this" and right on queue the goddamn cultist made me have a heart attack! 10/10 would scream again.