Cthulhu Mythos

The Cthulhu Mythos is a collection of books, games and movies set in a shared universe with fluid continuity. The universe was started by the late H.P. Lovecraft and in the subsequent decades has been expanded on by many other authors and adapted into various games and films.

Victims[]

H. P. Lovecraft's Works[]

The Little Glass Bottle (1897)[]

At Least One Unknown Sailor - Died when their ship sank from unknown reasons.
- Total - 1

The Mystery of the Grave-Yard (1898)[]

Joseph Burns - Died of unknown causes, probably from old age.
- Total - 1

The Secret Cave or John Lee's Adventure (1898)[]

Alice Lee - Drowned in a cave during adventure with her brother John Lee.
- Total - 1

The Mysterious Ship (1902)[]

Manuel Ruello - Executed via hanging for his crimes.
- Total - 1

The Beast in the Cave (1905)[]

At Least Two Members of Colony of Consumptives - Died in the Mammoth Cave.
Beast of the Mammoth Cave - Hit by the protagonist with a stone.
- Total - 3

The Alchemist (1908)[]

TBA

Dagon (1917)[]

At Least Two Fish - Died of unknown means. Bodies decaying.
At Least Two Less Describable Things - Died of unknown means.
Whale - Killed by a fish-man. Depicted on the monolith.
The Narrator - Either killed by Deep Ones in his apartment or committed suicide by jumping out the window.
- Total - 6 (So Far)

The Tomb (1917)[]

Jervas Hyde - Incinerated by a blast of lightning. Reincarnated as Jervas Dudley.
- Total - 1

Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family (1920)[]

Lady Jermyn - Died of an unknown cause.
Sir Wade Jermyn - Died of an unknown cause.
Philip Jermyn - Died of an unknown cause.
Samuel Seaton - Strangled by Robert Jermyn, who was aided by Nevil Jermyn. Shared kill.
Nevil Jermyn - Died of an unknown cause.
Robert Jermyn - Succumbed to apoplexy.
Alfred Jermyn - Beaten to death by a gorilla after he picked a fight with it.
Arthur Jermyn's Mother - Died of an unknown cause.
Arthur Jermyn - Committed suicide by dousing himself in oil and burning himself alive.
- Total - 9
  - 8 Human-Ape Hybrids
    - 7 Men
    - 1 Female
  - 1 Human
    - All Men

The Cats of Ulthar (1920)[]

At Least One Cat - Killed by an unnamed old cotter and his wife through unknown means off-sight, screams heard.
At Least One Cat - Killed by an unnamed old cotter and his wife through unknown means off-page, mentioned.
Menes’s Father - Perished from the plague off-page, mentioned.
Menes’s Mother - Perished from the plague off-page, mentioned.
Menes’s Kitten - Killed by an unnamed old cotter and his wife through unknown means off-page, mentioned.
At Least Seven Animals of Unknown Species - Died of unknown means off-page, seen as meat.
Unnamed Old Cotter - Flesh devoured by cats on orders of Menes as revenge for killing his kitten off-page, seen as a skeleton.
Unnamed Old Cotter’s Wife - Flesh devoured by cats on orders of Menes as revenge for killing his kitten off-page, seen as a skeleton.
- Total - 12
  - 4 Humans
    - 2 Men
    - 2 Women
  - 10 Animals
    - 7 Animals of Unknown Species
    - 3 Cats

The Terrible Old Man (1920)[]

Angelo Ricci - Repeatedly stabbed and slashed by the Terrible Old Man with a cutlass and beaten to death.
Manuel Silva - Repeatedly stabbed and slashed by the Terrible Old Man with a cutlass and beaten to death.
Joe Czanek - Repeatedly stabbed and slashed by the Terrible Old Man with a cutlass and beaten to death.
Total - 3
- All Male

The Doom That Came to Sarnath (1920)[]

TBA

The Temple (1920)[]

TBA

The Picture in the House (1921)[]

Unnamed Person - Decapitated, dismembered, and eaten by the Anzique cannibals before the story, body shown in a photo.
Ebenezer Holt - Killed in a war before the story.
Passon Clark - Drowned before the story.
Two Sheep - Killed by The Old Man man before the story.
Unnamed Person - Killed and eaten by The Old Man before the story, implied.
Unnamed Person - Killed and eaten by The Old Man before the story, blood seen.
- Total - 7
  - 5 Humans
    - 3 Victims of Unknown Gender
    - 2 Men
  - 2 Sheep

The Moon-Bog (1921)[]

TBA

The Outsider (1921)[]

None

The Other Gods (1921)[]

TBA

The Music of Erich Zann (1921)[]

TBA

The Hound (1922)[]

Seven Unnamed People - Died.
Unnamed Person - Killed by the Hound, implied. Revived as a zombie.
Unnamed Person - Died and body eaten by the cult of the Leng.
St. John - Mauled by the Hound.
Two Unnamed Thieves - Mauled by the Hound.
The Narrator - Committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
- Total - 13
  - 2 Men
  - 11 Victims of Unknown Gender

The Rats in the Walls (1923)[]

Four Unnamed De la Poers - Stabbed by Walter De la Poer.
Lady Mary De la Poer -Stabbed by Walter De la Poer.
Three Unnamed Servants - Stabbed by Walter De la Poer.
Unnamed De la Poer - Eaten alive by rats after Walter De la Poer left them to die. Shared kill.
Two Animals - Eaten alive by rats after Walter De la Poer left them to die. Shared kill.
Delapore's Father - Died of an unknown cause.
Alfred Delapore - Died of his injuries two years after being wounded in World War I.
- Total - 13
  - 11 Humans
    - 8 Victims of Unknown Gender
    - 2 Men
    - 1 Female
  - 2 Animals

The Festival (1923)[]

TBA

The Horror at Red Hook (1925)[]

TBA

The Call of Cthulhu (1926)[]

Cthulhu - Sent into a long slumber. Revived when the crewmen of the Emma awakened him
George Gammell Angell - Succumbed to a heart attack after being attacked by a Cthulhu Cultist.
Unnamed Person - Committed suicide by jumping out of a window.
Five Unnamed Male Cthulhu Cultists - Shot by the police.
Unnamed Alert Crewman - Died of an unknown cause.
Captain Collins - Killed by the crewmen of the Alert.
First Mate Green - Killed by the crewmen of the Alert.
Unnamed Emma Crewman - Killed by the crewmen of the Alert.
Two Unnamed Alert Crewmen - Killed by the crewmen of the Emma.
"Old" Castro - Died of an unknown cause, mentioned.
Two Emma Crewmen - Succumbed to heart attacks after seeing Cthulhu.
Donovan - Bludgeoned after Cthulhu swiped him with his paw.
Guerrera - Bludgeoned after Cthulhu swiped him with his paw.
Ångstrom - Bludgeoned after Cthulhu swiped him with his paw.
Parker - Fell after accidentally stepping into R'Lyeh's non-Euclidean geometry.
Cthulhu - Head split open after Johansen rammed him with his ship. Revived when he regenerated himself.
Briden - Succumbed to mental illness after seeing Cthulhu.
Gustaf Johansen - Killed by two Cthulhu Cultists.
Francis Wayland Thurston - Killed by the Cthulhu Cult, implied.
- Total - 25
  - 23 Humans
    - 22 Men
    - 1 Victim of Unknown Gender
  - 2 Great Old Ones
    - All Victims of Unknown Gender

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1927)[]

TBA

The Colour Out of Space (1927)[]

TBA

Pickman's Model (1927)[]

Unnamed Man - Eaten alive by a canine monster.
Canine Monster - Shot repeatedly by Pickman.
- Total - 2
  - 1 Person
    - All Men
  - 1 Monster

The Dunwich Horror (1928)[]

TBA

Cool Air (1928)[]

Muñoz - Died of old age and rapidly decomposed after the pump on his life machine broke.
- Total - 1

The Whisperer in Darkness (1930)[]

TBA

At the Mountains of Madness (1931)[]

TBA

The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1931)[]

TBA

The Dreams in the Witch House[]

At Least Two Unnamed Infants - Killed by Keziah and Brown Jenkin under the orders of Nyarlathotep. Proxy kills.
Keziah Mason - Strangled by Walter Gilman.
Unnamed Infant - Bled out after Brown Jenkin bit its wrist open under the orders of Nyarlathotep. Proxy kill.
Walter Gilman - Bowels eaten by Brown Jenkin.
Brown Jenkin - Died of old age.

The Thing on the Doorstep (1933)[]

Both of Edward Derby's Parents - Died of old age.
Ephraim Waite - Died of unknown cause, his soul survived by possessing Asenath.
Asenath Waite/Ephraim Waite (Deep One-Human Hybrid) - Bashed by Edward Pickman Derby with candlestick, her soul survived by possessing Derby.
Edward Pickman Derby - Shot six times and later burned by Daniel Upton.
Asenath Waite (Spirit) - Banished after Edward Derby was killed and burned by Daniel Upton.
Ephraim Waite (Spirit) - Banished after Edward Derby was killed and burned by Daniel Upton.
- Total - 7
  - 4 Humans
    - 1 Magic User
  - 2 Spirits
  - 1 Deep One-Human Hybrid

The Shadow Out of Time (1935)[]

TBA

The Haunter of the Dark (1935)[]

Robert Blake - Electrocuted by Nyarlathotep/The Haunter of the Dark.
- Total - 1

Video Games[]

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005)[]

TBA

Movie Adaptations[]

Re-Animator (1985)[]

Dr. Hans Gruber - Killed and turned into a Re-Animation by Dr. West.
Re-Animated Dr. Hans Gruber - Eyes imploded during the reanimation process.
Unnamed Woman - Heart stopped beating. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Melvin - Died of an unknown cause off-screen, body seen in the morgue. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Gesundheit - Either committed suicide by shooting himself in the face with a shotgun or was shot in the face by another person with a shotgun off-screen, body seen in the morgue. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Pyre - Burned to death off-screen, body seen in the morgue. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Unnamed Woman - Committed suicide by slitting her wrists off-screen, body seen in the morgue. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Unnamed Man - Killed in a botched operation off-screen, body seen in the morgue. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Unnamed Man - Killed in a motorcycle accident off-screen, body seen in the morgue. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Unnamed Skinny Man - Died of an unknown cause off-screen, body seen in the morgue. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Unnamed Man - Killed in a botched O.R. off-screen, body seen in the morgue. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Rufus the Cat - Killed and turned into a Re-Animation by Dr. West.
Re-Animated Rufus - Head smashed and back broken after being thrown against a wall by Dan.
Unknown Person - Died of an unknown cause off-screen, skull seen.
Dean Alan Halsey - Fingers bitten off and then head slammed multiple times against a wall by Re-Animated Melvin. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Re-Animated Melvin - Sawed through the back by Dr. West with an electric bone saw.
Dr. Carl Hill - Hit in the back of the head and stabbed multiple times in the throat until he was decapitated by Dr. West with a shovel. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Re-Animated Dr. Carl Hill - Skull crushed by Re-Animated Alan. Revived as a Re-Animation again in the next film.
Re-Animated Dean Alan Halsey - Torn apart by the morgue Re-Animations.
Re-Animated Gesundheit - Punched in the shotgun blast hole in his face by Dan.
Re-Animated Pyre - Arm cut off by Dan with a fire axe.
Megan Halsey - Strangled by Pyre's severed arm.
- Total - 22

Bride of Re-Animator (1990)[]

Four Unnamed Peruvian Soldiers - Killed in a Peruvian war off-screen, bodies seen. One soldier is revived as a Re-Animation.
Re-Animated Peruvian Soldier - Shot in the head by Dr. West.
Unnamed Peruvian Soldier - Stabbed in the back of the neck by Dr. West with a machete.
Two Unnamed Peruvian Soldiers - Shot by Dr. West.
Unnamed Person - Skinned off-screen, body seen.
Ten Unnamed People - Died of unknown causes off-screen, body parts seen. Revived as Re-Animations.
Cat - Died of an unknown cause off-screen. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Finger-Eyeball Monster - Accidentally crushed by Chapman with a book.
Bat - Died of an unknown cause off-screen, body seen. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Re-Animated Bat - Disemboweled by Dr. Graves with a scalpel.
Lt. Leslie Chapman - Smothered by Dr. West with a chemical cloth. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Francesca's Dog - Thrown into a wall by Re-Animated Chapman.
Gloria - Died of an illness. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Two Unnamed Nurses - Killed off-screen by Re-Animated Dr. Hill and Re-Animated Chapman.
The Bride of Re-Animator - Melted after removing Megan's heart from her chest.
Re-Animated Dr. Carl Hill - Crushed underneath pieces of the underground crypt when Dr. Hill destroyed it.
Re-Animated Lt. Leslie Chapman - Crushed underneath pieces of the underground crypt when Dr. Hill destroyed it.
Sentient Re-Animated Head With Foot - Crushed underneath pieces of the underground crypt when Dr. Hill destroyed it.
Bundled Re-Animation - Crushed underneath pieces of the underground crypt when Dr. Hill destroyed it.
Two-Faced Re-Animation - Crushed underneath pieces of the underground crypt when Dr. Hill destroyed it.
Conjoined Re-Animated Couple - Crushed underneath pieces of the underground crypt when Dr. Hill destroyed it.
Re-Animated Cat - Crushed underneath pieces of the underground crypt when Dr. Hill destroyed it.
- Total - 26

Beyond Re-Animator (2003)[]

Emily Phillips - Skull crushed by a jawless Re-Animation.
Jawless Re-Animation - Shot to death by an unknown police officer.
Ratti the Rat - NPE harvested by Dr. West. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Moses - Died of cardiac arrest. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Laura Olney - Beaten to death by Brando with a baton. Revived as a sentient Re-Animation.
Warden Brando - NPE harvested by Dr. West. Revived as a sentient Re-Animation.
Two Unnamed Prison Guards - Killed off-screen by prisoners, bodies seen.
Unnamed Prison Guard - Killed off-screen by prisoners, body seen.
Unnamed Prison Guard - Beaten to death and then set on fire by prisoners.
Unnamed Prison Guard - Killed off-screen by Sentient Zombie Brando, body seen.
Sgt. Moncho - Beaten to death by Sentient Re-Animated Brando with a baton. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Cabera - Cut in half off-screen by Sentient Re-Animated Laura with a scalpel, body seen. Revived as a Re-Animation.
Two Unnamed Prisoners - Stabbed to death off-screen by Sentient Re-Animated Laura with a scalpel, bodies seen.
Unnamed SWAT Team Member - Throat bitten out by Re-Animated Moses.
Re-Animated Moses - Shot to death by a SWAT team.
Three Unnamed Prisoners - Hung on ropes off-screen by Sentient Re-Animated Warden and Re-Animated Moncho, bodies seen.
Speedball - Exploded after overdosing himself on the reagent. Revived as a skinless Re-Animation.
Zombie Cabera - Beaten to death by Dr. West with a cane.
Sentient Re-Animated Warden Brando - Electrocuted in an electric chair by Dr. West.
Sentient Re-Animated Laura Olney - Decapitated by Howard with a scalpel.
Re-Animated Ratti - Killed by a sentient Re-Animated penis off-screen.
- Total - 25

Cthulhu Mansion (1992)[]

Chandu's Wife - Burned alive during a magic gone wrong by Chandu.
Unnamed Drug Dealer - Stabbed by Hawk.
Unnamed Bodyguard - Beaten to death by Candy.
Candy - Killed by the Devil.
Billy - Drowned in blood by the Devil.
Unnamed Drug Dealer - Shot by Eva when she was possessed by the Devil. Shared Kill.
Eva - Absorbed by the Devil with vines.
Hawk - Impaled by the Devil with flying knives.
Chandu - Died of natural causes.
- Total - 9

The Dunwich Horror (1970)[]

Oliver Whateley - Hanged and burned alive by the people of Dunwich. Mentioned.
Elizabeth Hamilton - Mutilated by The Dunwich Horror.
Old Whateley - Pushed down a flight of stairs by Wilbur.
Unnamed Security Guard - Stabbed in the chest by Wilbur with a spear.
Lavinia Whateley - Soul claimed by Wilbur via the Necronomicon.
Rusty (Dog) - Mutilated by The Dunwich Horror off screen.
Mr. Cole - Crushed and mutilated by The Dunwich Horror.
Mrs. Cole - Crushed and mutilated by The Dunwich Horror.
Nurse Cora - Mutilated by The Dunwich Horror off screen.
Reeger - Lifted up and mutilated by The Dunwich Horror.
Six Unnamed Locals - Mutilated by The Dunwich Horror.
Sheriff Harrison - Mutilated by The Dunwich Horror off screen.
Wilbur Whateley - Struck by lightning and fell off of a cliff.
The Dunwich Horror/Whateley Twin - Dissolved after Wilbur's spell failed.
- Total - 19

Robert W. Chambers's Works[]

The Mask[]

Goldfish - Frozen into marble by Boris with his serum. Revived when the effects wore off.
Rabbit - Frozen into marble by Boris with his serum. Revived when the effects wore off.
Goldfish - Frozen into marble by Boris with his serum. Revived when the effects wore off.
Geneviève - Frozen into marble when she fell into a pool of Boris' serum. Revived when the effects wore off.
Boris Yvain - Committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart due to thinking that Geneviève was gone forever.
Two Goldfish - Suffocated after the effects of Boris' serum wore off.
- Total - 7

The Repairer of Reputations[]

Horse - Shot by an unknown assailant after Hildred Castaigne fell off of it, blaming the horse on hurting him.
Dr. Archer - Killed by Hildred Castaigne under the control of the King in Yellow. Proxy kill.
Osgood Oswald Vance - Committed suicide by entering a lethal chamber so he wouldn't have to kill Louis.
Mr. Wilde - Throat slit by Hildred Castaigne under the control of the King in Yellow, who was hallucinating him to be his aggressive feral cat. Proxy kill.
Hildred Castaigne - Succumbed to mental illness after reading the King in Yellow.
- Total - 4

In the Court of the Dragon[]

Unnamed Man - Banished to Carcosa by the King in Yellow.
- Total - 1

The Yellow Sign[]

The Watchman - Died. Revived as a vessel for the King in Yellow
Tessie - Succumbed to a heart attack from fright when the Watchman attacked them under the King in Yellow's control. Proxy kill.
The Watchman - Died when the King in Yellow left his body.
Scott - Succumbed to mental illness after watching the King in Yellow leave the body of the Watchman.
- Total - 4

The Demoiselle D'Ys[]

Rabbit - Stabbed in the throat by a falcon with its talons.
Viper - Head crushed when Philip stomped on it.
- Total - 2

The Prophet's Paradise[]

Unnamed Man - Killed by a woman as a sacrifice.
Unnamed Woman - Stabbed by an unknown assailant.
- Total - 2

The Street of the First Shell[]

None

The Street of the Four Winds[]

Sylvia Elven - Died of an unknown cause.
- Total - 1

The Street of Our Lady of the Fields[]

None

Rue Barrée[]

None

Comic Books and Graphic Novels[]

TBA

Deaths[]

Total - 228 (So Far)
- H. P. Lovecraft's Works - 86 (So Far)
  - The Little Glass Bottle - 1
  - The Mystery of the Grave-Yard - 1
  - The Secret Cave or John Lee Adventure - 1
  - The Mysterious Ship - 1
  - The Beast in the Cave - 3
  - The Alchemist - TBA
  - Dagon - 6 (So Far)
  - The Tomb - 1
  - Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family - 9
  - The Cats of Ulthar - 12
  - The Terrible Old Man - 3
  - The Doom That Came to Sarnath - TBA
  - The Temple - TBA
  - The Picture in the House - 7
  - The Moon-Bog - TBA
  - The Outsider - 0
  - The Other Gods - TBA
  - The Music of Erich Zann - TBA
  - The Hound - 13
  - The Rats in the Walls - 13
  - The Festival - TBA
  - The Horror at Red Hook - TBA
  - The Call of Cthulhu - 25
  - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - TBA
  - The Colour Out of Space - TBA
  - Pickman’s Model - 2
  - The Dunwich Horror - TBA
  - Cool Air - 1
  - The Whisperer in Darkness - TBA
  - At the Mountains of Madness - TBA
  - The Shadows Over Innsmouth - TBA
  - The Dreams in the Witch House - 6
  - The Thing on the Doorstep - 7
  - The Shadow Out of Time - TBA
  - The Haunter of the Dark - 1
- Movie Adaptations - 102
  - Re-Animator - 22
  - Bride of Re-Animator - 26
  - Beyond Re-Animator - 25
  - Cthulhu Mansion - 9
  - The Dunwich Horror - 19
- Robert W. Chamber's Works - 22
  - The Mask - 7
  - The Repairer of Reputations - 4
  - In the Court of the Dragon - 1
  - The Yellow Sign - 4
  - The Demoiselle D'Ys - 2
  - The Prophet's Paradise - 2
  - The Street of the First Shell - 4
  - The Street of the Four Winds - 0
  - The Street of Our Lady of the Fields - 0
  - Rue Barrée - 0

Kill Counts[]

Herbert West - 17 (Alive)
The Dunwich Horror/Whateley Twin - 13 (Deceased)
Walter De la Poer - 10 (Fate Unknown)
Dr. Carl Hill - 10 (Re-Animated)
Hastur/The King in Yellow - 7 (Alive)
Cthulhu - 6 (Alive)
The Devil - 5 (Alive)
The Old Man - 4 (Alive)
Lt. Leslie Chapman - 4 (Re-Animated)
Boris Yvain - 4 (Deceased)
Nyarlathotep/The Haunter of the Dark - 3 (Alive)
The Hound - 3 (Alive)
Daniel Upton - 3 (Alive)
The Terrible Old Man - 3 (Alive)
Dan - 3 (Alive)
Warden Brando - 3 (Re-Animated)
Wilbur Whateley - 3 (Deceased)
Laura Olney - 3 (Deceased)
Brown Jenkin - 3 (2 Shared) (Deceased)
Hildred Castaigne - 2 (Deceased)
Menes - 2 (Alive)
Philip - 1 (Alive)
Dr. Graves - 1 (Alive)
Howard - 1 (Alive)
Richard Upton Pickman - 1 (Undead)
Keziah Mason - 1 (Deceased)
Alan Halsey - 1 (Deceased)
Canine Monster - 1 (Deceased)
Robert Jermyn - 1 (Deceased)
Nevil Jermyn - 1 (Deceased)
Edward Derby - 1 (Deceased)
Gustaf Johansen - 1 (Deceased)
Walter Gilman - 1 (Deceased)
Moses - 1 (Deceased)
Pyre - 1 (Deceased)
Melvin - 1 (Deceased)
Chandu - 1 (Deceased)
Hawk - 1 (Deceased)
Candy - 1 (Deceased)
Eva - 1 (Deceased)

Navigation[]

Robert W. Chambers' Works
The King in Yellow

Video Games
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth | Sucker for Love | The Baby in Yellow

Films
Re-Animator
Re-Animator | Bride Of Re-Animator | Beyond Re-Animator
Other
Cthulhu Mansion | The Dunwich Horror

Characters
Antagonists
Azathoth | Cthulhu | Hastur | Nyarlathotep | Ln'eta