Cloverfield Monster Not H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu
LAist has an interview with Matt Reeves, the director of J.J. Abrams’ mysterious monster flick Cloverfield, which opens Jan 18th. In it, he confirms the Cloverfield monster is not Cthulu, a fiction creature created by H.P. Lovecraft. Reeves continues on and gives an explanation of the origins of the monster, as well as what movies he watched to prepare for directing.
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On January 18th 2008, Is J.J. Abram’s Cloverfield a New Classic? | Movie Crunch wrote:
[...] had the monsters in Cloverfield been based on H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu and other creatures, I’d have been rushing out to theatre tonight for the [...]
On February 12th 2009, Jdam wrote:
If you read the slusho website it practically reads as if you were describing the life of a Deep One. It was not Cthulhu, but it was his closest cousin! Deep Ones are said to move about on two legs and on all fours in an erratic behavior, occasionally hopping when out in the open. They breathe with lung-like gills which form on the sides of the neck. The make bleating, croaking noises which sound quite disturbing.
The town of Innsmouth was near Boston and Manhattan Island is only 200 miles away. The city where Father Dagon and Mother Hydra reside practically splits the difference between the two cities. Now, if anyone has any questions as to what the island on Lost is….read a book. Start in the fiction section with authors whose last names begin with L.