Cthulhu is a creation.
Cthulhu ( [ - all ( k ) ʟ̝̊ʊlʔɬuː ] ) is a cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft and first introduced in the short story `` The Call of Cthulhu '' , published in the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928 . Cthulhu is a 2007 American horror film directed by Dan Gildark and co-written by Grant Cogswell and Daniel Gildark . The film is loosely based on the novella The Shadow over Innsmouth ( 1936 ) by H. P. Lovecraft .