Greatest hits for the genre but at times his stories feel so slow!

Really liked the voices he put on during The Alchemist & From Beyond.

having read him, really loved majority of them. This is my personal ranking, then only the Why's.

1. The Dunwich Horror
2. The Thing at the Doorstep (sequel to The Shadow over Innsmouth)
3. The Call of Cthulhu
4. The Colour out of Space
5. The Statement of Randolph Carter
6. The Silver Key (sequel to the Statement of Randolph Carter)
7. Dagon
8. The Outsider
9. Herbert West's - Reanimator (Frankenstein parody)
10. The Haunter of Dark

Throughout his work, he remains consistent; the looming oppressiveness, dread, helplessness, hopelessness, despair, insignificance... is why we love HPL, for his ability to extract such painful emotions and into imaginations that people would consider for psychiatric help. Another one would be how writes his stories as though they're journal logs; major bonus for this.

Through this, I'll break down some of the works here; give them the proper respect. Buckle in (follows the Book order)

1. Dagon - pretty good introduction into his work, relatively short and captures the essence.

2. The Statement of Randolph Carter - follows Dagon's structure, introspective statement in relatively short amount of pages, captures the helplessness of the situation... appreciated more after reading The Silver Key (sequel to this)

3. Herbert West - Reanimator - this was copy paste of Shelley's work while injecting the horror aspects (which kinda misunderstood Shelley's purpose of the book). It's approach was lacking the emotional gravity found in Frankenstein; but it's ending was really good, only that it came in WAY too late. Descent into madness, would translate much better onscreen that words repeated, while also going in circles about the subject matter. Silver Key, yet again, bumped my pov of this book (HPL's ability to link it to his other works is also intriguing...)

4. The Outsider - I didn't have notes on this, explains why it's kinda low on my ranking as well.

5. The Colour out of Space - as much as the film diverts heavily from this, both can be appreciated. really liked this too because of how, it doesn't really have Wells' prints all-over it but rather the gradualness of how humanity kinda succumb to things that come off as odd.

6. The Call of Cthulhu - come on, do we really need to write of this? this eldritch god is the sole reason why he's still so popular. Captures the insignificance of humanity, the unintended unearthing of something that isn't supposed to be unearthed, the dangers of cults and so much more; read and then you'll know.

7. The Silver Key - the references to Herbert West and being the unintended sequel to Statement of Randolph Carter, made this read really good. The effects to witnessing the horrors of the cosmos, questioning the purposes of humanity; was insightful and everlasting.

8. The Dunwich Horror - while it has a somewhat predictable structure, what made it for me was it's description of the 'main' character, environments, shit that happens that makes it worth the journey. Descriptions of genuine terror without being in the centre of it, is what allows it to be so peak. Through this, HPL utilises 3rd POV wherein it shifts from character to character... and it's beautiful; breadcumbs of info too, was so good. It's ending, of unsureness was just icing on the cake; ending it on a the most perfect of notes; why it's also my 1st.

9. The Haunter of Dark - idk why, i was so blur throughout this reading. descriptions were HPL coded with and ending that's good, but the leadup to it was just so, lacklustre.

10. The Thing at the Doorstep - having reading Shadow over Innsmouth 2 years prior, it paid off because this was a sequel to it. Extremely effective horror storytelling, with sequences that kinda baffles you, with how depraved the characters are written; how almost everything has a double meaning (names, intentionally picked from the Bible). Although structure is relatively "predictable", the journey towards the opening paragraphs (which, was the conclusion) allowed the journey to pay off to understanding; the turmoil, human condition, identity, uncontrollable nature of the cosmos, death and of an ending that was sweet-bitter? you'd go "they won" but at what cost? did they actually win? or will it continue regardless? Stories like that, utilising effective words, it doesn't even pass 5 pages and you'd pee your pants already. And also teaches you to not fuck around with witchcraft, shit's whacky and ain't for the humankind.