Unfilmable's Update on Ligottian Films

The excellent blog of weird cinema, "Unfilmable," posted a recent entry cataloging all of the potential film ideas mentioned over the years by Thomas Ligotti. The award winning writer previously saw his first short movie adaptation appear last year, based off his short story "The Frolic." In numerous interviews before "The Frolic" film and since, Thomas Ligotti has mentioned other intriguing projects that almost seem written to appear again in the cinematic medium. "Unfilmable" compiles all of these hints by the author in one easy list, and also provides an update on the current state of Ligottian cinema.

Unfortunately, it seems nothing is currently on the horizon for new adaptations of any Ligotti stories. A passing comment left by Brandon Trenz who has previously worked with Ligotti confirms this. Still, one certainly can't rule out further Ligottian movies. The many dreamlike and bleak stories he has written remain ripe for translation to film, which should at least prompt further amateur attempts over the years. And fortunately, unlike Lovecraft, Ligotti's pieces are absent of the more hackneyed elements like tentacles that corrupt so many Lovecraftian movie efforts into foolishness.

-Grim Blogger