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Here you will find all the latest news on recently
announced projects, films currently in production,
VHS/DVD street dates and the occasional video game
and collectible...
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to help out? Send news, product announcements, film
reviews, correspondences (and report broken links)
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April
29: Regeneration site live
The
official website for the third Evil Dead video
game (Regeneration) is now live...
Check
it out here.
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
April
27: Read me a story trailer premier!
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The
recently finished teaser trailer for my short film,
Read me a story..., will have it's premier
screening at this weekends Cthulhu One convention.
The trailer should be available online in the next
week or so...
Other
films making an appearance at the festival include,
Aaron Vanek's "The Yellow Sign"
and David Schmidt's "The Lovecraft Syndrome".
For more convention information, click here.
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(Thanks
to Darrick Dishaw)
April
27: A little piece of the Blob...
The
writers of House of Wax, Chad & Cary Hayes,
gave bloody-disgusting.com a little info on their script
for the new Blob remake. They say that it is, "100%
different, nothing like the original film." and
that, "It's really scary."
Not
much, but I'm sure more will be forthcoming...
(Thanks
to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
April
24: More Doorstep reviews
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Check
out the latest reviews for Maelstrom Productions short
film, The Thing on the Doorstep. Reviews are
courtesy of filmthreat.com
and horrorview.com...
Please note: You can
purchase The Thing on the Doorstep on DVD by
clicking here... |
(Thanks
to http://www.maelstromproductions.com/)
April
22: New Lovecraft Syndrome screening!
David
Schmidt's short film, The Lovecraft Syndrome (see
Bob Brinkman's review),
will screen at The Chicago Really Short Film Festival
on May 7th.
Don't
forget, it will also screen at the Cthulhu One Convention
(in Madison Wisconsin) on April 30th...
More
information can be found here
and here.
(Thanks
to David Schmidt)
April
21: New reviews added!
Bob
Brinkman's back, and he's passed along reviews for The
Lovecraft Syndrome, Don't
Feed the Book and Callgirl
of Cthulhu...
(Thanks to Bob Brinkman)
April 21: Who's side are you on...
Source:
newsarama
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Dread
Central reports that Dynamite Entertainment is launching
its Army of Darkness comic into a monthly series,
and they’ll start with Army of Darkness vs.
Re-Animator!
The
series was written by James Kuhoric with art by
Sanford Greene and Scott Kester, and according to
Dynamite, "Ash is committed to Arkham Asylum.
It’s here that he runs afoul of a rather ghoulish
and creepy Herbert West... and the battle of the
century begins!"
[Herbert
West] "...discovers a serum that can be injected
into the brain of the recently deceased that brings
them back to life. But these revived people are
no longer our friends, relatives or loved ones.
They're adrenaline-driven zombies! Even more unfortunate
is the fact that West runs into Ash, The Chosen
One, who has a well-earned disdain for the undead!"
The first issue will feature four different covers
shipping in approximately equal increments, by Sanford
Greene, Nick Bradshaw, J.G. Jones, and Gabrielle
Dell'Otto,
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well as a "Super-Rare" 1-25 cover by Bradshaw... |
Future
covers will be drawn by Esad Ribic, Adam Hughes, Billy
Tan, John Romita Jr., John Romita Sr., and more.
The
first issue will be on sale in July, with a cover price
of $2.99. Check out Newsarama
for a preview of the remaining covers...
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
April 19: Out of Mind DVD available now!
For
immediate release:
Lurker
Films Announces the H.P. Lovecraft Collection Volume 3:
Out of Mind on DVD
Acclaimed
by Lovecraft fans worldwide, this Bravo!Canada television
show starring Christopher Heyerdahl (Blade: Trinity,
The Chronicles of Riddick & "Kingdom
Hospital") is available now for the first time
on DVD and includes many extras.
PORTLAND,
OR (PRWEB) April 15, 2005 -- Lurker Films, Inc. the world's
leading producer and distributor of Lovecraft related
film products announced the immediate availability of
"The H.P. Lovecraft Collection™ Volume 3: Out
of Mind" on DVD, available from merchants throughout
the United States.
"Out
of Mind" casts an entertaining eye on the work
of American writer H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), one of
the early 20th century's masters of gothic-horror literature.
The film offers an encounter with Lovecraft and enters
into his world. Engaging in a kind of game around the
writer, the film playfully winks at many of the themes
characteristic of his work: the occult, cursed books,
monstrous creatures, and the world of dreams. Out of Mind
draws its inspiration from Lovecraft's actual personal
correspondence and many of his stories, carrying the viewer
through a labyrinth "beyond the wall of sleep."
The
H.P. Lovecraft Collection Volume 3: Out of Mind
DVD includes:
•
"Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft"
television feature film
• Two audio commentary tracks by writer/director
Raymond Saint-Jean, actor Christopher Heyerdahl, and cinematographer
Serge Ladouceur.
• John Strysik's award winning student short film
"The Music of Erich Zann" with both Dolby
2.0 and 5.1 audio options.
• Aaron Vanek’s student short films "The
Outsider" and "My Necronomicon".
• Interviews with the crew of "The Music
of Erich Zann"
• The third part of the continuing interview with
the foremost Lovecraft scholar in the world, S. T. Joshi.
• Bonus trailers of upcoming films including "Call
of Cthulhu"
The
H.P. Lovecraft Collection Volume 3: Out of Mind
DVD will be available through retail at a suggested price
of US$21.95. The DVD is not rated but a rating of PG-13
is suggested. Total running time of the DVD is over 120
minutes.
"It
is fitting that this DVD was mastered on March 15th, the
anniversary of Lovecraft’s death," said
producer Andrew Migliore, "and occurs in the wake
of the Library of America’s newly released volume
of Lovecraft short stories proving that Lovecraft’s
writings have literary merit and is worth preserving."
About
Lurker Films
Lurker Films, Inc. (formerly Beyond Books) is headquartered
in Portland, Oregon and was founded in 1995 by Andrew
Migliore to munch popcorn where cultists fear to tread,
producing DVDs, Videos, and Audio CDs of the famous, infamous
and just plain obscure films and television shows that
have been directly or indirectly inspired by Lovecraft's
work. More information about Lurker Films can be found
at http://www.lurkerfilms.com.
(Thanks
to Andrew Migliore)
April 19: Mortuary site updated!
Dread Central reports that the official website for Tobe
Hooper's Mortuary has received a facelift. Updates
include images and news of it's Cannes Film Festival premiere
(on May 12th)...
Click
here
for more!
update: Images seem to be
for press purposes, and can only be accessed with a username
and password...
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
April
16: Pagan Productions has a new home
Bruce
Hallenbeck and Pagan Productions (makers of London
After Midnight, The Drowned and others) have
a new official website...
You
can check it out here.
(Thanks
to Bruce and Rosa Hallenbeck)
April
16: Tom Sullivan's Books of the Dead
Creature-corner.com
recently interviewed Evil Dead fx man Tom Sullivan
about several of the projects he has in the works. Among
them, he discusses the upcoming Anchor Bay re-release
of the Evil Dead II DVD and his upcoming comic
Books of the Dead: Devilhead...
Check
it out here.
(Thanks
to http://www.creature-corner.com/)
April
16: Late Bloomer now available!
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Craig
Macneill's incredible short film Late Bloomer
is now available on DVD! Recently acquired by Echelon
Entertainment, the DVD is available for $9.98.
From
echelonent.com
~ SYNOPSIS: Loosely based on the dark tales of HP
Lovecraft, this film is a compelling and humorous
initiation into one young boy's first seventh grade
sexual education class. He freaks out when he discovers
that winthin the loins of all his classmates lay
sex organs of ancient gods. Watch our for the biting
vagina on the chalkboard. ~
Click here
for more.
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(Thanks
to Craig Macneill)
April
16: New street date for The Halfway House
According
to fangoria.com, The Halfway House will now street
on July 5th in an R-rated edition. The unrated special
edition DVD will be released on September 27th. Both are
being released by Ventura
Select...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
April
14: New games on the horizon...
Dread
Central reports that a third Evil Dead game is
scheduled for a summer release. The game, titled Evil
Dead Regeneration, is a direct follow-up to the first
Evil Dead movie. The story revolves around, "the
events at the cabin and Ash's subsequent capture and imprisonment
for the suspected murders of his companions. He’s
sent away to Sunny Meadows, an institute for the criminally
insane, where the evil seems to follow him yet again.
His psychiatrist, Dr. Reinhard, attempts to use science
to harness the powers of the Necronomicon, unleashing
hordes of demons and deadites "and leaving mankind
with that not-so-fresh apocalyptic feeling."
Bruce Campbell again voices Ash...
Also
according to Dread Central, Guillermo Del Toro announced
that a deal has been signed with Konami to create a Hellboy
video game based on the film’s version of Hellboy’s
characters and universe. Del Toro is hoping that they'll
take him and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola on as
consultants to oversee the production...
For
further details on both games, click here
and here.
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
April
11: Call of Cthulhu gets noticed
Dread
Central has a nice write-up of Andrew Leman and Sean Branney's
upcoming adaptation of Call of Cthulhu.
Check
it out here!
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
April
11: Sergeantstein is coming!
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The
latest comic from Pete Von Sholly is on it's way!
Entitled Sergeantstein
and his Maraudin' Monsters, it's a satirical Monster
War comic touching on many aspects of the horror
genre. Advanced copies will be available at the San
Diego Comicon in July. Inspiration ranges from Lovecraft
and Poe, big screen serial killers (such as Jason,
Chucky, Leatherface), modern CG fests like The
Matrix and Van Helsing to the recent events
in the Middle East and classic big brained SCI-FI
monsters (Mars Attacks, This Island Earth)
plus much more...
The
book will be a slick 96 page trade paperback from
VONSHOLLYWOOD press, retailing for $14.95 and has
several back up features. A Diamond Previews solicitation
will be announced soon...
You can go to www.vonshollywood.com
to monitor details, read short samples and even
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order signed copies once the books are in.
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artwork
©
2005 Pete Von Sholly
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(Thanks
to Pete Von Sholly)
April 11: Strange news!
According
to director Eric Morgret of Maelstrom
Productions, post-production work continues on their
highly anticipated feature film debut, Strange Aeons:
The Thing on the Doorstep. A post-production sound
team has been hired, with sound sweetening and mixing
to be completed by Phillip Moore. Foley work will be done
by Glenda Suggs and Ed (last name coming soon).
Strange
Aeons composer Richard Temple will be composing the score
by night while he is apprenticing for Christopher Young
(composer of nearly one hundred movies including Hellraiser
1 and 2 and Spider-Man 2). The search
for a good post-production effects man continues however,
with some tests currently being conducted. So if you are
interested in working on Strange Aeons computer effects
please contact Eric here: emorgret@cocmast.net.
(Thanks
to Eric Morgret)
...Unfilmable.com
will be undergoing a lengthy overhaul over the coming
months. Please let me know if it makes your visit easier
and more enjoyable...
April 7: The Hound update
According to ASE Films, The Hound
project has been put on hold for an indefinite period
of time. They are currently looking for a production company
interested in covering their current deficit, as funding
was pulled from under them. ASE hopes to find someone
to help fund a small 3 minute film in hopes of raising
the money they need for The Hound...
Interested
parties can email me here
(all information will be forwarded to ASE Films).
(Thanks
to Janie Gaiger)
April
7: Stern Fathers and Enter the Dagon news!
Tom Gleason provided the following
update on the various projects Spinning Grave currently
have underway...
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Enter the Dagon is creeping closer to it's official
DVD being complete. Recently Rob Reay completed editing
on the film short "The Pitch", directed
by Jesse Edmond, that will be on the final disc.
I
am currently viewing raw footage taken for the Lovecraft
documentary "Stern Fathers Neath the Mould"
and working on the narrative script...
...Once
the script is complete, it's mainly voice-over recordings
and editing to complete the project.
Curt
Markham has recently taken up the directing reigns for
completing the "Disposable" music video...
...He's
going to shoot stuff to fill in the gaps where footage
of the band was meant to be...including some possible
animation of the band itself.
Recently
Enter the Dagon's very own Herbert East, Kevin
Serwacki, became a published author. His children's book
"Doorknob the Rabbit and the Carnival of Bugs"
is currently available in book stores such as Barnes &
Noble, and is also available for purchase on-line. You
can see art from the book at Kevin's web site: http://www.serwacki.com
You
can also see pictures of Herbert...er...Kevin at his recent
book signing. Sadly, there is no kung fu or deep ones
featured in the photos.
The
gallery can be seen here.
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(Thanks to Tom Gleason)
April 7: New interview with Alex Turner and Simon Barrett
(Dead Birds)
Bloody-disgusting.com got to sit
down with Alex Turner and Simon Barrett (director and
writer of), and discuss the future of Dead Birds.
They discussed a possible prequel and sequel among other
things...
Check it out here.
(Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
April 6: First image from The Fog?
A
Creature-corner.com scooper has provided the website with
what might be the first image from the upcoming remake
of The Fog. The film is currently being shot in
Canada, and rumor has it that Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
is also working on the film. It's not mentioned whether
she is acting in, or doing music for the production...
Check
it out here.
(Thanks
to http://www.creature-corner.com/)
April 3: The Other Gods are
coming!
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Source:
theothergods
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A prophet who longs to look upon his deities. A
daunting journey to a mountain peak. A confrontation
with gods too powerful to name.
This
is the story that inspired Peter Rhodes, who worked
as a filmmaker and artist during the 1920s. Few
people know of his work, and it's only through luck
and perseverance that we have been able to track
down the elements for this "lost" film.
"The Other Gods" is currently undergoing
restoration and will be ready for public screening
in the coming year.
Rhodes'
films were created using silhouette animation, a
technique perfectly suited to depict Lovecraft's
mythic Dreamland stories. The filmmaker's involvement
in New York City's occult and literary scenes provided
him with a select audience for his work. Rhodes
was especially influenced through his relationships
with occultist Aleister Crowley and writer H.P.
Lovecraft, but it was personal tragedy that moved
him to produce "The Other Gods,"
his most powerful film... ~
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Visit the official
website for a look at Peter Rhodes Biography,
a Rhodes and Lovecraft Timeline and what is being
done to restore this lost film...
You
may want to stop by the forum
for more information regarding this production (please
note: contains spoilers).
You
can view Dread Central's write-up of the film here.
(Thanks
to Mike Boas)
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April
3: LovecraCked! filmmaker interviewed
LovecraCked!
the Movie director Elias was recently interviewed
by Edgar Allen Lovecraft for the great Dunwich Herald
website...
You
can check it out here.
(Thanks
to Elias)
April
3: Forthcoming Terrors updated...
I've
recently added the following films to the forthcoming
terrors section of Unfilmable.com, the animated adaptation
of The Other Gods, Hell on Earth, my own
short film Read me a story..., Kammaren
(The Chamber) and Stuart Gordon's "Dreams
in the Witch House".
Have
a film (or films) listed on this page? If so, and an update
is available, please send it here!
April
3: Bad Brains production starts tomorrow!
...slightly
off topic...
Bad
Brains, Ivan Zuccon's first non-Lovecraft inspired
feature film begins production tomorrow. If you're interested
in keeping up-to-date on this production, visit the official
website here.
If you'd like to learn more about Ivan's other productions,
visit the official Studio Interzona website here.
(Thanks
to Ivan Zuccon)
recent headlines...
March 30: Bloody-Disgusting's spotlight
on Indie Filmmakers!
March 29: Gordon visits the Witch House!
March 26: It keeps getting foggier...
March 25: Necronomicon sighting!
March 25: The Chamber is coming
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