What are some recent examples of HPL influences?

[Swede]

Mouth of Madness is an example.

[Orrex]

1. Ooh! Fun question!

I didn't care for Mouth of Madness, but HPL's influence is undeniable.

Here are a few others, IMO:

Evil Dead et al -- 'nuff said
Deep Rising -- the monster at the end is, to my eye, clearly Cthulhoid
Hellboy -- the big monster looks like a Cthonian

Otherwise, I'm drawing a blank. I'll follow up tomorrow if I can.

[MalachiConstant]

2. HPL?

[Orrex]

3. Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Check out his Wikipedia entry here.

[Orrex]

4. A few more, sort of

In the climactic scene of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Ursula's rampage--complete with betentacled lower body, is reminiscent of Cthulhu.

And in the forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Davy Jones sports a squid-like beard of tentacles.

Heck, while I'm at it, let's add ol' Squid-Head himself from Return of the Jedi.

Visually, at least, these characters seem inspired either by Lovecraft's imagery or else by the same images that inspired Lovecraft.

[davidinalameda]

7. Davy Jones made me think of Lovecraft

it freaked me out when I first saw the commercials

[Broken_Hero]

5. In the Mouth of Madness was amazing...

had me freaked out...Sam Neil was perfect for that movie, and the Car scene, had me in laughing fits! :)

[semillama]

6. Hellboy the comic draws heavily on Lovecraft

Of course, there was also the recent Call of Cthulu video game for xbox, which was excellent but ultimately too hard for me to complete.

I'd argue there's an element of Lovecraft in the movie Alien. Giger at least seems to operate in a vein that has parallels to HPL.

[philosophie_en_rose]

8. Two Stories by Neil Gaiman (links to the stories on gaiman's website below)

A Study in Emerald - http://www.neilgaiman.com/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf

I Cthulu - http://www.neilgaiman.com/exclusive/shortstories/chulthhustory

[davidinalameda]

9. I found a book a couple of years ago

that combines Sherlock Holmes with Lovecraft

very interesting

Shadows over Baker Street

it has A Study in Emerald in it

[Orrex]

10. Chaosium's "Call of Cthulhu" game had a brief Holmes crossover

It was, IIRC, part of the Cthulhul By Gaslight supplement, which was probably about 20 years ago. It wasn't a big Holmes-vs-Cthulhu adventure, but Moriarity made an appearance. The way the game's authors handled him was, I thought, a very satisfying treatment.