Late Bloomer by Thom Little

Though Thom Little's Sundance Film Festival short has made the rounds elsewhere online, it seems remiss if it wasn't shared here. "Late Bloomer" is a well made, humorous, and tense exploration of human sexuality through Lovecraftian horror.

The film is an obvious jab at HPL's own puritanical habits. Media like this runs the risk of encouraging too much probing into Lovecraft's personal life for insight into his fiction, overshadowing far more important factors like the ideological principles he embodied.  With that said, the film's overtone, if not viewed humorously (I know - it's not easy), highlights the strangeness of biology. Perhaps Lovecraft's own odd habits, best documented by S.T. Joshi in I am Providence: The Life and Times of HP Lovecraft, were more justified than they initially seem, unveiling the terrible grip of nature that's inescapable for most of us.

-Grim Blogger