The Unnameable

H.P. Lovecraft, at this point, has more or less become a household name; however few of those people may actually read his books, they at least know of his work and what it has accomplished. His creation of cosmic horror is one that would spur on thousands of more ideas to come from other writers, however, cosmic horror is hard. Not only is it hard but it's even harder to adapt to film mediums. One of H.P. Lovecraft's greatest examples of cosmic horror lies in 'The Unnameable" a short story, but it perfectly encapsulates the idea of this unexplainable force that occurs in cosmic horror, not only are the characters distraught and terrified by what they see, they cannot even describe it, it is the unnameable. Perhaps the greatest examples of film adaptations of cosmic horror are found in Alien and The Thing, these two movie perfectly encapsulate this idea of this unknowable force.