The Thing on the Doorstep
by H. P. Lovecraftliterary work· published 1937
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"The Thing on the Doorstep" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe. It was written in August 1933 and first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales. The idea for the story came to Lovecraft from a dream he had in 1928, which he wrote down in his Commonplace book as, "Man has terrible wizard friend who gains influence over him. Kills him in defence of his soul—walls body up in ancient cellar—BUT—the dead wizard (who has said strange things about soul lingering in body) changes bodies with him . . . leaving him a conscious corpse in cellar." Daniel Upton, the story's narrator, explains that he has killed his best friend, Edward Derby, and that he hopes his account will prove that he is not a murderer.
Adaptations (1)
The Thing on the Doorstep was adapted into a 2023 film.
Suitable Flesh2023 · film · 100 min · dir. Joe Lynch · IMDb ↗A once-esteemed psychiatrist helplessly watches her life spiral into a nightmarish maelstrom of supernatural hysteria and gruesome deaths, all linked to a seemingly unstoppable ancient curse.
