 Jason Barry (qv)s character is named Howard Phillips. The movie  is based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft (qv), whose full name is  Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Also, the last name of  Elsa Pataky (qv)s character is Olney, which is the last name of  the main character (Thomas Olney) in Lovecrafts story "The Strange  High House in the Mist."