Hastur in Popular Culture

The Great Old One Hastur has appeared in and been referenced by numerous other works in popular culture. The following is a non-comprehensive list of media that either includes Hastur or contains references, allusions or themes relating to him.
==Comic Books & Manga==
*Murcielago: ongoing Japanese manga with a protagonist by the name of Kuroko. Kuroko is translated to 'black lake' and is a reference to the Lake of Hali where Hastur reigns.
*Providence: In the comic by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, the meteorite from "The Colour Out of Space" is identified as the Shining Trapezohedron, which is said to be "an abstraction ... of Hastur. Hastur is the thing itself, that cannot be described." It was called down to Earth by the secret society of the Stella Sapiente, appearing to absorb the "orgone energy" released when protagonist Robert Black has sex with another man in its presence in issue #9, and seems to be connected to Nyarlathotep manifesting in reality in the next issue. Hastur, as the Trapezohedron, reappears in the final issue as an "important dignitary" carried by a Mi-Go to witness the birth of Cthulhu.
==Film==
*Tummbad: 2018 Hindi movie based on the work of Marathi author Narayan Dharap which features an entity named Hastar. The work in question was heavily inspired by Stephen King's work "Gramma" and Dharap was among the first to introduce readers in the Marathi language to the mythos.
==Literature==
===Light Novels===
*Aisora, Manta: features Hastur as one of the main characters, along with Nyarlathotep and Cthugha, in the light novel and anime series Haiyore! Nyaruko-san.
==Miscellaneous==
*Olshevsky, George: named the nonconvex snub polyhedra after several of the Great Old Ones, with the small snub icosicosidodecahedron dubbed "Hastur".
==Television==
*Haiyore! Nyaruko-san: anime based on the light novel series which features Hastur as one of the main characters.
* True Detective: makes mentions of the King of Yellow and Carcosa.
==Video Games==
*The Baby In Yellow: Hastur appears as a demonic baby wearing yellow in a popular horror game based on escaping the baby. Multiple quotes from Hastur and others mentioned are seen throughout the game.
*Devil Maker: Tokyo: Hastur appears in the mobile game. 
*El Viento: A cult seeks to summon Hastur to bring forth the end of the world.
*Identity V: Hastur appears as a Hunter in the asymmetrical horror escape game. He is referred to as The King in Yellow in the Chinese and Japanese versions, and as The Feaster in English. Another character, the Priestess, Fiona Gilman, worships Yog-Sothoth, and possibly Hastur as well. There are incomplete pieces of a story in a Lakeside Village populated by worshippers, and the gruesome death of a popular novelist which happened there.
*Persona 5 Royal: Hastur appears as a Persona.
*Persona 2: Eternal Punishment: Hastur appears as a Persona.
*Sucker for Love: First Date: Hastur appears as a woman known as 'Estir' that Darling can romance at the end of Chapter Two.
*The Sinking City: Hastur appears as Johannes van der Berg, a professor who likes to dress in all yellow. He serves as the primary benefactor of protagonist Charles Reed during the latter’s stay in Oakmont and guides him on his quest to uncover the source of the flood and visions plaguing the city.
*20 Minutes Till Dawn: Hastur appears as a playable character, added in V0.8.0, whose ability involves periodically summoning tentacles from the ground to attack enemies. There is no yellow imagery, but this is likely due to the artstyle of the game consisting solely of greens and reds. They are unlocked by beating the game once on the Temple map. Additionally, Hastur also appears as the main boss of the Temple map, appearing once 15 minutes have elapsed in a run. He boasts an immense health pool, and drops a tome on defeat.
==Web Original==
*Carmilla: The Series: web series in which Hastur has a minor but crucial role in the story in connection to the Summarian goddess, Inanna. He is described as her deceased lover whom she hopes to resurrect, making him the motive for the crimes she commits over the series. This isn't revealed until the third and final season, but Hastur was alluded to in the first season, were the titular Carmilla finds and uses the "Sword of Hastur" in an attempt to destroy Lopphiformes.
*Malevolent: A horror fiction podcast by Harlan Guthrie, in which The King in Yellow features as a major antagonist.
*User Friendly: webcomic in which the distilled essence of Usenet becomes a body for Hastur, and is greeted by Cthulhu on distillation. He is later used by Sid to murder an annoying intern by means of a song which repeats Hastur's name.
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