on the short story " The Shadow Over Innsmouth " , and also incorporating elements from several other Lovecraft stories. Cthulhu is a 2007 American thriller / horror movie , directed by Dan Gildark and was co-written by Grant Cogswell . Link here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_%282007_film%29 - (2005) The H. P. Lovecraft Historical