Status:
Pre-production
The Black Cat
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Written by: Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli
Cast: Jeffrey Combs as Edgar Allen Poe
Plot: Based on the "The Black Cat"
by Edgar Allen Poe.
Release date: Will air as part of the second season
of the television series Masters of Horror.
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: Dread
Central
*
The Charnel Gospel
Production company: TBA
Directed by: T.R. Mowery
Written by: T.R. Mowery
Cast: Bob Berry
Plot: TBA
Release date: TBA
Website: http://home.indy.rr.com/dismantler/dv/film.htm
IMDb: NA
Source: Post from Dismantler on alt.horror.cthulhu.
Personal correspondence with Ted Mowery.
update: According to Ted
Mowery, filming has been postponed until spring.
* Colour from the Dark
(Colour of the Dark)
Production
company: Studio Interzona and Arabesque Films
Directed by: Ivan Zuccon
Written by: Ivan Zuccon and Ivo Gazzarrini
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the story "The Colour Out of
Space". Read the story here.
Release date: Winter 2005
Website: http://www.unfilmable.com/ColourfromtheDark.html
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Ivan Zuccon.
update: Ivan Zuccon has
informed me that casting has begun on the Colour
of the Dark.
update: Ivan has informed
me that the 2nd draft of the screenplay will be finished
by the end of January, and actors will be met by mid
February. The shoot is scheduled to run from May 15
through June 30.
update: The title has been
changed from "Colour of the Dark" to
"Colour from the Dark".
update: Funding problems
have temporarily stopped the Colour from the Dark
production...
update: Production on Colour
from the Dark will resume in the spring of 2005.
The Colour Out of Space
Production
company: The House of Wrong
Directed by: Frank Difficult
Written by: Frank Difficult
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the story "The Colour Out of
Space". Read the story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: TBA
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Frank Difficult.
Cooler
(was Cool Air)
Production
company: Cooler Productions
Directed by: TBA
Written by: TBA
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the story "Cool Air".
Read the story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: Bob Brinkman
Curse of the Hunter's Moon
~ updated ~
Production
company: Bloody Rose Productions
Directed by: Catharine Post
Written by: Catharine Post
Cast: Russ Russo, Anne McDaniels, Jackie Billote, Christine
Post, Joe Fillipone, Ashley Sword, Jeffrey Dallet, Michael
Bowser, Doug Post, Sr., Will Smith, Adam Kahn, Shelley
Iler, Jessica Waterman, Jeffrey Sealing, Dawn Thompson,
Shale LePage, Julian Lontine, Doug Post, Jr., Jason
Serbu, and Dan Hardee
Plot: A group of high-school students who, despite a
wave of recent disappearances, decide to throw an early
Halloween party on the night of the Hunter's Moon. They
are unaware, however, that Krul, one of the last ghouls,
is planning to bring the Queen of the Ghouls back to
life-but he needs bloody sacrifices to do so, and has
a dead army to help him get them.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://ifs.postware-technology.com/index.html
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Catharine Post.
The Dark between The Stars
Production company: TBA
Directed by: Jay Woelfel
Written by: Jay Woelfel and Scott Spears
Cast: Ken Foree, Tricia Helfer, Corin Nemec, Jason Brooks,
Josh Hammond and Tim Thomerson
Plot: The story deals with dreams and how they relate
to the power of faith, shamanism and authentic creation
myths of the Native Americans.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://darkbetweenthestars.com/
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436212/
Source: http://fangoria.com/
Personal correspondence with Jay Woelfel.
The Dark Tree
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: Keith Woodruff
Written by: Keith Woodruff
Cast: TBA
Plot: Evil grows in the woods. It corrupts the innocent
and feeds on death. When Nancy and David fell under
it's spell, David had finally found a way to bring his
dad back. All it would take was some blood for the ancient
tree. Well, David has many enemies but his best friend
Nancy didn't realize she was one of them.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.myspace.com/liquidfilmproductions
IMDb: NA
Source: Bob Brinkman
*
Doomtown
Production
company: Happy
Cloud Pictures
Directed by: TBA
Written by: TBA
Cast: Amber Benson, Mike Quinn, Amy Lynn Best, Reggie
Bannister, Debbie Rochon, Brinke Stevens, Greg Nicotero
and Tom Savini
Plot: A private detective searching for a missing woman
and a film crew out to produce a knock-off reality show
arrive in a town filled with monsters on the last day
of the world. A "Lovecraftian Comedy"...
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.amylynnbest.com/development.html
IMDb: NA
Source: Post from Christopher K. Philippo on alt.horror.cthulhu.
* Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Production company: Revolution Studios
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Written by: TBA
Cast: Ron Perlman
Plot: Based on characters created by Mike Mignola. The
story revolves around "the fairy world and the
mythical creatures all rebelling against humanity and
saying it’s the end of mankind and it’s the
season for the sons of the Earth. And basically Hellboy
has to try to repress or suppress that rebellion."
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: http://imdb.com/title/tt0411477/
Source: Various sources
The Hound
(animated)
Production company: TBA
Directed by: Nick Gains
Written by: Nick Gains
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the story "The Hound".
Read the story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.nickgains.com/thehound/
IMDb: NA
Source: Post from Nick Gains on alt.horror.cthulhu.
Personal correspondence with Nick Gains.
House of Black Wings
Production
company: Sword & Cloak Productions
Directed by: David Schmidt
Written by: David Schmidt
Cast: TBA
Plot: After a tragic act of violence cuts short her
music career, Kate Stone is returning to a city full
of ex-fans and ex-friends. Taking shelter with her last
friend, a struggling artist named Robyn Huck, the two
women work to restore the aging courtyard apartment
building Robyn has inherited. But a terrible secret
infests the venerable structure, and soon Kate will
be haunted by horrific dreams, sinister apparitions,
and the sounds of something moving in the walls. She
will be dragged into a confrontation not only with her
own dark past, but the unspeakable nightmare that lurks
beyond the walls!
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.swordandcloak.com/blackwings/hobw-main.htm
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with David Schmidt.
House
of Re-Animator
(Revenge of, Isle of)
Production
company: Halcyon International Pictures
Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Written by: TBA
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton,
William H. Macy and George Wendt
Plot: V.P. Cheney passes away from a heart attack and
Dr. West is called in to bring him back. Based on the
story "Herbert West: Reanimator". Read
the story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: Interview in Fangoria Magazine, http://www.fangoria.com/
and http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/.
update: This project hinges
on the presidential election results...
update: Brian
Yuzna has announced that House of Re-Animator
is currently seeking funding...
* The King in Yellow
Production
company: Yankee Classic Pictures
Directed by: J. P. Ouellette
Written by: Donald Clarke
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the story "The King in Yellow".
"The King in Yellow" was written by
Robert W. Chambers.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.yankeeclassic.com/thekinginyellow/index.htm
(off-line)
IMDb: NA
Source: http://www.yankeeclassic.com/
update: Production on The
King in Yellow begins in the Spring of 2005.
The
Lurker From Below
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: Rolando Gutierrez
Written by: Rolando Gutierrez
Cast: TBA
Plot: Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
Release date:
Website: TBA
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Rolando Gutierrez.
Out
of Oblivion
Production
company: Darkwater Filmworks
Directed by: Brian Brethauer
Written by: Brian Brethauer
Cast: TBA
Plot: An old man grows tired of life's dullness, and
seeks refuge in the world of dreams. Seeking out the
Lord of Deep Slumber, he hopes to learn the secret that
will allow him to pass from this life into the dream-world,
forever! Based on the story "Ex Oblivione".
Read the story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.darkwaterfilms.com/ (off-line)
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Brian Brethauer.
update: The new website
for this film has been added.
* Pickman's Muse
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: Robert Cappelletto
Written by: Robert Cappelletto
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the stories "Haunter of the Dark"
and "Pickman's Model". Read the stories
here
and here.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.geocities.com/rcappelletto/
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Rick Tillman and
Robert Cappelletto.
update:
According to director Robert Cappelletto, set construction
begins this week on his feature, Pickman's Muse.
The Repairer of Reputations
Production company: Carollus Films Limited
Directed by: TBA
Written by: TBA
Cast: TBA
Plot: TBA
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.repairerofreputations.com/
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Frank Hummel.
Something Wicked
Production company: Unearthed
Films
Directed by: Allen Plone
Written by: TBA
Cast: TBA
Plot: In the Lovecraft genre, it's about a demon summoned
in the 15th century that stalks the family of a countess
who first raised him from the underworld.
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: http://www.fangoria.com/
*
The Thing
(sequel)
Producer:
David Foster
Directed by: TBA
Written by: Dave Johnson
Cast: TBA
Plot: A 4 hr miniseries sequel to the John Carpenter
movie.
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426373/
Source: http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/
* Unnamable III: Rats in the
Walls
Production
company: Yankee Classic Pictures
Directed by: J. P. Ouellette
Written by: Donald Clarke
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the story "The Unnamable"
and "Rats in the Walls". Read the stories
here
and here.
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: http://www.yankeeclassic.com/
update:
Production on the Unnamable III begins in the
Summer of 2005.
The Whisperer in Darkness
Producer:
Sean Branney and Andrew Leman
Directed by: Sean Branney
Written by: Andrew Leman
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the story "The Whisperer in Darkness".
Read the story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Christian Matzke.
Status:
Production
Closet Space
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: Mel House
Written by: Jason Stewart
Cast: Melanie Donihoo, James LaMarr, Evan Scott, Peyton
Wetzel, Jovan Jackson, Morgan McCarthy, and Tim Wrobel
Plot: Five Miskatonic University graduate students on
a search for their missing professor stumble onto a
discovery so terrifying and unnatural that the human
mind can barely comprehend it. The laws of nature and
physics are merely the first layers to be peeled back
and discarded as the group continues their inexhaustible
search for their mentor…which leads them deep inside
the Closet Space. But...there are things that live inside
the vast emptiness. Horrible, hungry things. Will the
professor be found alive? Will the group get out alive?
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.closetspacemovie.com/
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal Correspondence with Mel House.
*
Disposable: the music video
Production
company: Spinning Grave
Directed by: Thomas J Gleason
Written and performed by: Killing Miranda
Cast: Killing Miranda
Plot: The video will have a Lovecraft theme.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.spinninggrave.com/
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Thomas J Gleason.
Ex Oblivione ~ new ~
Production
company: Shoggoth Frames Pictures
Directed by: Strut Glid
Written by: Strut Glid
Cast: TBA
Plot: A man is slowly being driven to madness by his
dull and insignificant existence, so he finds an alternate
world, a world of dreams, and tries to find the "key"
to stay there forever and forget his former life. Based
on the story "Ex Oblivione". Read the
story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Strut Glid.
* Hell on Earth
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: TBA
Written by: TBA
Cast: Teri Shields
Plot: Seventeen year old Bobby, walks with the help
of metal leg braces and lives with his nasty parents
and repulsive sister, Peggy. He plays with "imaginary
friends" provided by the mysterious and ancient
"Apocryphal Book of Tarkuhm" provided
by his eccentric and somewhat crazy Aunt Sadie. What
he does not know is that the monsters and demons are
only biding their time until the planets are aligned
and they can get him to read the passage freeing their
master from the "Hell" of another universe.
As this process begins more and more bizarre creatures
breach the portal of this world and magically seal everyone
in the house including Bobby, his parents, Peggy, her
partying friends, and the mysterious Aunt Sadie...
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.horrorbizfilms.com/
IMDb: NA
Source: http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread
*
Hellboy
(animated)
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: Tad Stones
Written by: TBA
Cast: Ron Perlman and Selma Blair
Plot: Based on characters created by Mike Mignola.
Release date: 2007
Website: http://hellboyanimated.typepad.com/hellboy_animated/
IMDb: NA
Source: Dread
Central
Lakeside
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: Neil Sarver
Written by: Neil Sarver
Cast: Rory Isbell, Wayne Bastrup, Ken Kreps and Lydia
Bishop
Plot: The film revolves around a girl who moves to a
small town and falls for the wrong guy, a fellow who
is a member of a cult who worships an ancient and unnamed
God.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.lakesidemovie.com/
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Bob Brinkman and
Neil Sarver.
Let
Sleeping Gods Lie
Producer:
Scarlet Star Studios
Directed by: Sven Bonnichsen
Written by: Sven Bonnichsen
Cast: Carl Caputo and Andrew Stout
Plot: Deep in the white wastes of Antarctica, a pair
of explorers happen upon an unknown cave system. Inside
they discover a sleeping hive of ancient, alien creatures
-- and their doom. Inspired by the story "At
the Mountains of Madness". Read the story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.scarletstarstudios.com/blog/archives/movies/let_sleeping_gods_lie/index.html
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Sven Bonnichsen.
The Other Gods
(silhouette animation)
Production
company: Subterranea Entertainment
Directed by: Peter Rhodes
Restored by: Mike Boas
Written by: H.P. Lovecraft and Peter Rhodes
Plot: Based on the story "The Other Gods".
Read the story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://maddogmovies.com/theothergods
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Mike Boas.
Stern Fathers 'Neath the Mould
(documentary)
Production
company: Spinning Grave Productions
Directed by: Thomas J Gleason
Written by: Richard Squires (original book)
Cast: TBA
Plot: Stern Fathers 'Neath the Mould is a documentary
about Lovecraft's family on his Father's side and the
author/historian (Richard Squires) who's quest has been
to learn more about them. The title of the documentary
comes from Squires book title which in turn came from
an HPL poem. Squires has discovered a family of people
more interesting and noble then Lovecraft ever led people
to believe through his correspondence. Though they do
have their fair share of tragedy and madness.
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Thomas J Gleason.
Through A Lens Darkly
(formerly the Australian Lovecraft project)
Production
company: I Was A Teenage Nerd Productions
Directed by: Dean Bertram
Written by: Dean Bertram and Lisa Mitchell
Cast: Lisa Mitchell, Florence Lyons and Andrew Mitchell
Plot: Inspired by the writings of Lovecraft (including
"The Picture in the House"). Read the
story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Christian Matzke
and Dean Bertram.
Status: Post-production
*
The Call of Tu-tu
(aka The Call)
Production
company: Some Company
Directed by: Aaron Vanek
Written by: Richard Becker
Cast: TBA
Plot: A man in an asylum has a story to tell...
Release date: TBA
Website: TBA
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Aaron Vanek and
Bob Brinkman.
*
Cthulhu
Production
company: Arkham NW Productions
Directed by: Daniel Gildark
Written by: Grant Cogswell and Daniel Gildark
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth".
Read the story here.
It's the story of a gay history professor drawn back
to his hometown by his mother's death, where he discovers
his father's ministry may have ties to old massacres
and monsters.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.cthulhuthemovie.com/
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478126/
Source: Personal correspondence with Daniel Gildark.
update:
Cthulhu has now entered post-production...
*
The Damned Thing
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Written by: Richard Christian Matheson
Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Marisa Coughlan and Ted
Raimi
Plot: Adapted from the story The Damned Thing
by Ambrose Bierce. An apocalyptic tale of a monstrous
force that devastates Sheriff Kevin Reddle's family
and his small Texas town…
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: http://www.dreadcentral.com/
*
Dunwich
Production
company: Crawling Chaos Pictures
Directed by: Sarah Tarling and Christian Matzke
Written by: Christian Matzke
Cast: Dan Harrod
Plot: Based on the stories "The Dunwich Horror"
and "The Terrible Old Man". Read the
stories here
and here.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.dunwichthemovie.com/
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Christian Matzke.
* Flesh of my Flesh
Production company: Guerrilla Productions
Directed by: Edward Martin III
Written by: Edward Martin III
Cast: TBA
Plot: A zombie film with Lovecraft connections.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.FleshOfMyFlesh.com/
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Edward Martin III.
* Heading Home
Production company: ReelSweetBetty
Directed by: Jane Rose
Written by: Jane Rose
Cast: TBA
Plot: Based on the story Heading Home by Ramsey
Campbell
Release date: TBA
Website: NA
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Jane Rose.
* In Search of Lovecaft
Production
company: HohloGraphic Productions
Directed by: David J. Hohl
Written by: David J. Hohl
Cast: Denise Amrikhas (as Amber), Tytus Bergstrom (as
Mike Connors), Saqib Mausoof and Renee Sweet (as Rebecca)
Plot: While shooting a Halloween news story on horror
writer H.P. Lovecraft, reporter Rebecca Marsh discovers
that the "fiction" Lovecraft wrote is actually
true and the creatures and cults described in his writings
really exist.
Release date: 2006
Website: http://www.insearchoflovecraft.com/
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494237/
Source: http://www.imdb.com/
*
Kammaren
(The Chamber, formerly the Untitled Cthulhu Mythos project)
Production
company: Big Belly Film
Directed by: Robert P. Olsson
Written by: Robert P. Olsson and Björn-Erik Karlsson
Cast: Robert P. Olsson
Plot: Adam and Björn are two childhood friends.
When they were kids, Adams sister died mysterious in
the forest at Adams grandfathers cabin and Adam is having
returning dreams about what happened. He is now about
30 years old and he hasn't talked to Björn for
a long time. One day Adam decides to call Björn
and suggest that they could make a fishing trip to the
now dead grandfathers old cabin. The old cabin is the
playground for something really, really bad. Based on
the concept of the roleplaying game 'Cthulhu Mythos'
and inspired by "The Statement of Randolph Carter".
Read the story here.
Release date: Autumn 2005
Website: http://www.bigbellyfilm.se
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479936/
Source: Personal correspondence with Robert P. Olsson.
update:
Robert P. Olsson and Björn-Erik Karlsson are currently
writing the sixteenth draft of the screenplay. The second
one was filmed as "13:de mars 1941"
(The Hole). The story has changed dramatically
from the early drafts, and is not set in the present...
update: Shooting on Kammaren
has begun...
Slumber
Production
company: TBA
Directed by: Tom Sales
Written by: Tom Sales
Cast: TBA
Plot: A tribute to the works of H.P. Lovecraft, the
story revolves around Terry, a part-time homeless carer,
philosophy student and the stranger, a homeless man
troubled by nightmares of terrifying squid like creatures,
the future and the past. It's about their friendship
and their fate...
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.myspace.com/slumberthemovie
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Tom Sales.
The
Unnamable
Production company: CHURCH-HILL Filmproduction
Directed by: Sascha Renninger
Written by: Sascha Renninger (based on a script by Sascha
Renninger & Torsten Nowicki)
Cast: Jeff Motherhead as Joel Manton & Robert Lyons
as Randolph Carter
Plot: Based on the story "The Unnamable".
Read the story here.
Release date: TBA
Website: http://www.the-unnamable.com/
IMDb: NA
Source: Personal correspondence with Sascha Renninger.
update: According to Sascha
Eichholz, filming is now completed, and post-production
has officially begun.
