![]() ![]() The story is filled with hostile lost civilizations, Lovecraftian monsters called shoggoths (sorry, Cthulhu), and enough terror and dread to last a lifetime. He has seen things on this voyage, and he does not recommend anyone else follow in his footsteps. In true Lovecraftian fashion, the tale unfolds through the narration of Dyer all but begging any future explorers from making their way to this lone continent. William Dyer sets out to explore that vast expanse of ice and snow with a crew of men, only they end up discovering much more than they bargained for. ![]() When Lovecraft sat down to pen this particular tale, there was still a lot to learn about this particular continent, making it the perfect setting for his icy yarn. "At the Mountains of Madness" is a chilly tale, taking place on the continent of Antarctica. To some, it would seem that the big screen is just not in the cards for this particular Lovecraftian excursion, but del Toro hasn't given up hope just yet. Several decades later, filmmaker and horror auteur Guillermo del Toro has been trying to adapt this same story about an ambitious team of arctic explorers into a feature film, but he's long had troubles convincing major studios to back it. ![]() Initially pitched to the sci-fi magazine "Weird Tales" in 1931, it was rejected by the publisher for being too long. Lovecraft's novella, "At the Mountains of Madness," is no stranger to rejection.
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