Volumes: 1/1 (Complete), In Print
Seinen
Genre: Horror
Summary: This manga of adapted short stories from H.P. Lovecraft contains 3 short stories:
The Temple: The steadfast commander of a German submarine refuses to abandon his mission, while the ship’s crew start to act strangely, asking for the return of an artifact back to the ocean.
The Hound: Two wealthy young men, bored of ordinary pursuits, become interested in the thrill of grave robbing. One night, seeking a greater thrill, they decide to rob a grave of a corpse said to be protected by a Great Beast...
The Nameless City: An explorer discovers a nameless city, the ruins of an ancient race from a time before humans.
Review: As a general rule of thumb, a lot of manga adaptations of classic literature have been fairly underwhelming. But these adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft’s works are unusually exceptionally good. They convey the spirit and atmosphere of tense, creeping dread and otherworldly wonder of the original horror stories in a very accessible and faithful way. The art style is also very western, and doesn’t look like most manga, but it really fits well with the stories here.
Recommended: Of course this is probably of most interest to H.P. Lovecraft fans, but as a general horror comic it works very well too. That being said, H.P. Lovecraft is one of those classic writers who had so much influence on the genre that his stuff might seem passé to modern horror readers because of how much his style became a classic horror trope.
Age Rating: Older Teen: This kind of horror focuses more on atmosphere than straight up gore.
Related Works: H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountain of Madness
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