Other works that give you a similar feel/vibe

[holub]

Hey people, let's comment other works (games, movies, series, books, comics, et cetera) that are in some way similar to Darkwood.
For me, some things:
Offcourse, Lovecraft and the Cthullu Mythos.
Resident Evil 4 (Specially the first part, El Pueblo).
Gretel and Hansel Part 1 & 2 (Flash games, classics in Newgrounds), Unique and weird characters, weird/scary places in the woods, and bloody as hell :D
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/515322
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series (i just played the first game for a few hours, but really passes the feeling).
I heard that METRO series is similar in some ways too.

[holub]

Armless Amy Webcomic.
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_weird_adventures_of_Armless_Amy/5500570/
Similar setting, disturbing stuff, woods that hide secrets.

[Tarik Torgaddon]

Amnesia: The Dark Descent. I have the same thoughts in both games: "no, angry Mr. Growly thing banging around, ain't nobody here but us roaches!"

[paul_weston]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hallow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch_(2015_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Reach_Trilogy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_the_Borderland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzumaki (snails, mysterious infection)

[holub]

Originally posted by paul_weston:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hallow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch_(2015_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Reach_Trilogy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_the_Borderland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzumaki (snails, mysterious infection)

Thank you for commenting.

Roadside Picnic, the premisse seems cool, kinda remind of Lovecraft (in the sense that we (Humanity) are just a dot on an endless universe, and that there are many things and horrors beyond our comprehension).

The Hallow, seems interesting, gonna watch :v

The Witch, great movie, weird and bizarre. :3 The baby scene was really disturbing.

SR Trilogy, woods, mystery and dreams, seems darkwoody to me >.<

The House on the Boderland, Otherwordly things, fungal disease, house, surviving attacks of creatures, damn is Darkwood the book.

Uzumaki, i don't believe i forgot about this one, is my favorite work of Junji Ito, was the first thing to come to mind when i saw the giant human snail, i wonder if the devs where inspired by this.

[paul_weston]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Beksi%C5%84ski (probably art design inspiration, similar creepy vibe)
http://culture.pl/sites/default/files/styles/galeria_style/public/images/culture.pl/s-2250.jpg?itok=9pTbCEXZ

[Deggo]

Darkwood also reminded me of Teleglitch (top-down horror), also a game available on Steam.

[B1ackjack]

No one mentioned Limbo yet? Limbo :)

Silent Hill 2, as far as survival horror in semi-real/semi-nightmarish places with uncertain backgrounds goes.

From movies, The Road, i guess. Ain't supernatural or horror stuff, but the tone of decay and despair is pretty close. Besides it's just a great damn film.

From literature, Roadside Picnic, as mentioned. There's also a 1979 movie adaptation called Stalker by Tarkovsky.
STALKER games were inspired by all that, but they only borrowed the surface stuff. Have very little in common, actually.

I'll add whatever else gonna come to mind.

[Amorphis]

The Color out of Space (the book and movie)
The Curse 1987 movie (basically the color out of space)

I actually get the vibe that the color out of space was a strong inspiration for the game.

[B1ackjack]

Originally posted by Amorphis:

The Color out of Space (the book and movie)
The Curse 1993 movie (basically the color out of space)

I actually get the vibe that the color out of space was a strong inspiration for the game.

I'm still craving decent movie adaptations of Lovecraft, is The Curse really in the tone of the story?

[Amorphis]

Originally posted by B1ackjack:

I'm still craving decent movie adaptations of Lovecraft, is The Curse really in the tone of the story?

The Color out of Space 2010 is pretty decent. The curse is okay considering most lovecraft movies flop pretty hard.

Lovecraftian movies I would really reccomend are the whisperer in darkness 2011 and "In the Mouth of Madness" by John Carpenter. Its more inspired by lovecraft then based on his books but I really dig that movie.

Also check out Prince Of Darkness 1987 again not based on Lovecrafts book but inspired.

Yes its 1987 I got my year wrong sorry!

[ZZtheTOP]

I am going to have to say the Wayward pines book has a very similar something isn't right feel to it, the monster design also isn't too bad. I actually enjoyed some of the intense moments the book had to offer, but was thrown off by the drastic change in direction the last 1/3 had. I thought it was going to remain supernaturally and then it turned sci fi ey matrixy explanation that ruined the eerieness and suspense for me. It just kinda felt cheap so I never watched the show and cant compare it to that .
The other one that comes to mind is I am Legend, which was brought up in another discussion about you hunt the monsters in the day and they hunt you at night spoiler for the book which is very similar to the climax of the book when it is revealed that many of the monsters he was hunting werent what he thought they were so they were getting their revenge, but he would forever be a legend much like the boogey man to them , and while the most recent movie doesn't quite have the same ending, it still holds the similar theme of scavange in the day and hide out in the night.

[Amorphis]

Oh and Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993) and the Ressurected 1991 also I assume you have seen reanimator and from beyond?

[B1ackjack]

Originally posted by Amorphis:

Oh and Necronomicon: Book of the Dead (1993) and the Ressurected 1991 also I assume you have seen reanimator and from beyond?

As far as Lovecraft goes, i've actually been cautiously sticking to books and games so far, but i'll give it all a try, thanks for an impressive list!

[Amorphis]

Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the earth is probably the best game based on Lovecraft to be honest! Check that out if you havent already but it can be a bit annoying to get working right and you will probably have to download an unofficial patch.

[holub]

WOW, thats a lot of stuff to watch, read. Thank you all for commenting :)
Is really interesting to see how Lovecraft inspirated so many things.
Now i remembered about this webcomic author, also some of the stories remind me some things od Darkwood :
http://www.emcarroll.com/