Ed Naha, Brian Yuzna, Stuart Gordon, Tom Schulman

We'll admit it: it's a little surprising that the literary minds behind Honey, I Shrunk The Kids gave us a film that's at all light-hearted. (And yes; we're classifying a film that includes giant ants as "light-hearted." That's just us.)

After all, you'll find that their most common influence is dark science fiction and body horror a la H.P. Lovecraft. Initial story writers Ed Naha and Brian Yuzna had worked together numerous times prior to the film, most notably on Re-Animator, an adaptation of a short story written by (you guessed it) H.P. Lovecraft. Naha'd also penned spooky scripts like Dolls (tagline: "They Walk. They Talk. They Kill.") and Yuzna had produced movies like From Beyond (tagline: "Humans are such easy prey.").

This original draft was also co-written by Stuart Gordon, who'd primarily written literary science fiction prior to the screenplay, but who also got in on the Re-Animator and From Beyond action.

This trio brought the script to Disney, but it went through numerous changes before reaching its final form. (It was even originally called Teenie Weenies. Oof.) Once the script was picked up, it received contributions from Tom Schulman, best known for his semi-autobiographical screenplay for Dead Poets Society.

So yeah—Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was written by hardcore Lovecraft fanboys and the dude best known for the iconic "O Captain! My Captain!" scene. The world—or at least Hollywood—is a weird place.