August 30: Colour from the Dark wraps!

Principle photography on Ivan Zuccon's Colour from the Dark has ended, and behind-the-scenes images from all 35 days of production are up on the films official site!

(Thanks to http://www.ivanzuccon.com/)

August 30: HPLFF schedule update!

Serge Rodnunsky's Chill and Marc Lougee's The Pit and the Pendulum have been added to the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival's schedule...

More updates soon!

(Thanks to http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/)

August 30: Nox Arcana's new CD: Shadow of the Raven

For Immediate Release:

Nox Arcana's new album Shadow of the Raven is a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe. The music delves into the haunted realms of the literary master of the macabre, weaving a lush tapestry of Victorian elegance and Gothic nightmares. Whilst exploring this dark soundscape one is treated to 21 tracks of ghostly melodies, mournful dirges, eerie sound effects and ominous orchestrations. The cd also contains a 12-page booklet filled with original artwork from gothic fantasy artist Joseph Vargo, depicting Poe's classic works in lavish detail, in addition to a hidden "gold bug" riddle.

(Thanks to Nox Arcana)

August 30: The Frolic at Shreikfest 2007

The Frolic has been accepted to Shriekfest 2007 (Hollywood, CA, October 4-7). For further information, visit the official Skriekfest site...

(Thanks to Jacob Cooney)

August 29: Nyarlathotep attends the HPLFF!

Nyarlathotep, a new short film by Darkside Films LLC, will screen as part of the short program at this years H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. The short was written and directed by D.W. Kann, with music provided by Mars (of Dead House Music)...

You can visit the official Darkside Films site here, or view the Nyarlathotep trailer on their MySpace page...

(Thanks to Steve Hergina)

August 28: Naschy and the Old Ones?

Spain's Paul Naschy recently completed production on his latest horror effort, titled Empusa (which he wrote, directed and starred in), and he spoke with fangoria.com about the experience...

Naschy called it, "One of the hardest and most unpleasant shoots I’ve ever experienced.", but more importantly to Unfilmable.com readers, he also discussed the films Lovecraft connection, "It certainly parallels aspects of H.P. Lovecraft’s works. In this case, we have an aristocrat who is a fanatical collector of antique artifacts and also a practitioner of the black arts. He summons the Empusas into our world from another dimension to which they have been banished, and where they have been waiting for the chance to return, rather like Lovecraft’s Old Ones. Then, as the saying goes, all hell breaks loose!"

Empusa is a supernatural story of seamen, fishermen, ships, and a seagull who happens to be a vampire/witch woman...

Check out the full story on fangoria.com, or visit Paul Naschy's official site for photos and more!

(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)

August 27: Bruce Campbell talks Evil Dead

Horror Icon Bruce Campbell spoke with Fangoria Radio Friday night and all the rumored Evil Dead projects came up in the conversation...

When the subject of Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash was brought up, Bruce commented, "it blows! You really think Ash would be allowed to kill Freddy and Jason off? We [including Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi] didn't have any control on the project, New Line did, so there was no reason to do it."

Campbell added (in regards to the fourth Evil Dead film), "Raimi still talks about it, but he's in no rush to do it with everything else he has going on. Sam jokes,' Maybe we can do another Evil Dead when we're 70.'"

As far as the Evil Dead remake goes, "The feedback from the fans was 90 percent negative. It's going nowhere. The remake has fizzled fast at Sam's company."

Of course, all these films could be on the fast-track by next week...

(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)

August 27: The Frolic at the LA International Shorts Fest

Jacob Cooney's The Frolic will screen as part of the 11th Annual LA International Shorts Fest in Burbank, CA. The screening will take place Saturday, September 15th at 5:30 pm.

For festival details, visit the official LA International Shorts Fest site...

(Thanks to Jacob Cooney)

August 27: Red Hatchet Films at Dragon*Con 2007!

An entire block of Michael Granberry's stop-motion animated films will screen at this weekends Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA, including Valley of Gwombi, H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond, Georgie's Wish, A Winter's Tale and Dredd Manor! The screening takes place Friday night (August 31st) at 3:00 am.

From Beyond is an H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and A Night of Horror award winning short film.

Dragon*Con details can be found here...

(Thanks to Michael Granberry)

August 25: Whisperer in Darkness cover art!

Writer/director Matt Hundley passed along this very cool DVD cover art for his directorial debut, H.P. Lovecraft's The Whisperer in Darkness! The artwork was provided by Lovecraft artist Zarono...

DVD features include 5.1 surround sound, a making of short, interviews, a directors commentary and a technical secrets commentary, bloopers, behind the scenes and more!

Visit the official Gravehill Productions site here...

(Thanks to Matt Hundley)

August 22: Beware the cult of amphibious creatures!

Couldn't find much on this one...

Written and directed by Russell Welch, The Crimson Robe is a short film inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft in which a young man struggles to maintain his sanity after a terrifying encounter with a cult of amphibious creatures...

Production on the 5 minute HD film took place over the weekend of February 9-11 in San Francisco, CA. The film screened at the CSU Spring 2007 TAT capstone Festival in Monterey Bay, CA...

(Thanks to http://memmott.org/cap/)

August 22: Enter the Closet tomorrow!

A reminder for those of you in the Houston area...

The premiere of Mel House's Lovecraftian horror film, Closet Space, is tomorrow night at the Studio Movie Grill (8580 Hwy. 6 North - Houston, TX 77095). The show starts at 9 pm and admission is free...

Definitely worth checking out if you're in the area!

(Thanks to Mel House)

August 22: Gordon's Thing is alive!

During an interview with Stuart Gordon, bloody-disgusting.com learned that Stuart Gordon's adaptation of The Thing on the Doorstep is moving forward (with Amicus Films behind it)...

Hopefully we'll have more substantial news soon!

(Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)

August 22: HPLFF update

Larry Fessenden's The Last Winter has been added to the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival schedule...

(Thanks to http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/)

August 21: Free Fangoria From Beyond screening in NYC!

Fangoria magazine is hosting a free screening of the director's cut of Stuart Gordon's From Beyond! The screening takes place on Friday, September 7th at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater (155 East 3rd Street and Avenue A) in New York City...

The screening is sponsored by MGM Home Entertainment, which will release From Beyond on DVD September 11th...

(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)

August 20: Mushroom people attack!



Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People), based on William Hope Hodgson's The Voice in the Night, will be released on DVD tomorrow as part of the Toho Triple Feature Collection. Directed by Ishirô Honda, the 1963 film revolves around a yacht that is damaged in a storm and stranded on a deserted island, while the passengers; a psychologist his girlfriend a wealthy businessman, a famous singer, a writer, a sailor and his skipper take refuge in a fungus-covered boat...

The Mysterians and Varan The Unbelievable are also part of the collection...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

August 20: The Damned DVD...



Tobe Hooper's The Damned Thing (based on a short story by Ambrose Bierce) is coming to DVD October 16th. Disc features include a commentary by screenwriter Richard Christian Matheson, a 'making of' featurette, a behind-the-scenes look at the FX and a bio of Tobe Hooper...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

August 19: Latest HPLFF news!

A quick glance at the official H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival site shows that John Carpenter (Via Special Pre-Recorded Presentation for the Festival) and Hans Rodionoff (creator of Vertigo's Lovecraft graphic novel, and director of the forthcoming Mythos inspired film Mnevermore) have replaced Peter Straub and Guillermo del Toro as guests for the 2007 festival. They join previously announced guests Bernie Wrightson and Richard Band...

John Carpenter's The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness will also screen as part of the fest...

(Thanks to http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/)

August 17: Guerrilla Productions awarded!

Edward Martin and Guerrilla Productions were three for three at the Conestoga International Film Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Edward's Lovecraft based films The Statement of Randolph Carter and Innsmouth Legacy won second and third place in the Horror Division, and their short Lord of the Rings -- a Toroidal Epic placed second in the Fantasy Division...

For more information on the films of Guerrilla Productions, visit www.FleshOfMyFlesh.com or www.guerrilla-productions.org.

(Thanks to Edward Martin III)

August 14: Closet Space premiere and party flyers!

See August 2nd for further information...

(Thanks to Mel House)

August 14: Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, the comic



Since the movie isn't happening, DC and Dynamite are teaming up on a miniseries that debuts this November...

Click here for details.

(Thanks to Dread Central)

August 14: Final From Beyond DVD specs?



Source: bloody-disgusting.com

From Beyond Unrated Director's Cut

H.P. Lovecraft’s classic tale of suspense became "a grisly amalgam of sex, shock and satire" (Newsweek) in the hands of the creators of Re-Animator. And now, armed with shocking never-before-seen footage and special features and on DVD for the first time, this "bloody good entertainment" (Time) has evolved into one of the most gruesomely riveting film experiences of all time! The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. But when a beautiful psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe…and to the deviant behavior within the human psyche. With its victims becoming creatures who feed on – and become aroused by – human brains, the Resonator is the ultimate man-made monster. And now something's gone horribly wrong and no one can turn it off!

From Beyond - Special Features:

• "The Director's Perspective" featurette
• "The Editing Room: Lost and Found" featurette
• Interview With Composer
• Photo Montage
• Storyboard To Film Comparisons w/introduction
• Deleted Scenes:
o Appearance of Dr. Pretorus
o Death of Bubba
o Hospital Escape
o Katherine Frees Herself

(Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)

August 12: Ligotti's The Frolic reviewed

Jacob Cooney's 22 minute adaptation of Thomas Ligotti's The Frolic gets the review treatment over at Dread Central. The short stars Maury Sterling, Michael Reilly Burke, Jennifer Aspen and Kailey Swanson...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

August 8: Images utterly beyond thought!

The Statement producer Robin Anson (who also handled the Special Make-up & Prosthetic Effects) passed along a ton of images from the forthcoming short, and below you will find the first batch of them! The film, written and directed by Kurt Dudley, stars Adam Fozard as Randolph Carter, Charles Hunt as Harley Warren, Ewan Main as the Junior Officer, Hugh Wright as the Senior Officer and Amy Fallon as the Creature...

Based on The Statement of Randolph Carter, The Statement is currently set for the festival circuit so keep an eye out for screening news!

You can visit the official MySpace page here...

Haunted by his encounter in Cypress woods, Randolph Carter must prove his innocence to two police officers suspicious over the disappearance of his friend Harley Warren.

But will his statement set him free, or condemn him to a fate worse than death!

Look for more pics soon!

(Thanks to Robin Anson)

August 8: Animated Lovecraft!



Based on Lovecraft's Dreamland stories, Shadow Of Time is an animated short film by New Zealand's George Schlemmer. The score was provided by a friend of Unfilmable.com, MARS of Dead House Music.

You can view Shadow Of Time on the films official site.

About the film: One of the biggest fears of human kind is the fear of death. Natalie, like most people, is afraid of death and the dreadful uncertainty of future. In great despair, she visits a magical Victorian house to see her future. She pays for a service and a magical luminescent ball with morphing capabilities shows her the future. The ball bounces down the stairs and lets Natalie dive into her feelings by its shape changes. What’s more, the ball makes Natalie actually feel her future. As the ball continues down the stairs it morphs into a clock. The clock hands start spinning and Natalie begins to magically grow older and older. During another bounce, the ball morphs into a skull and shows Natalie her death. She is fighting to withstand the power of this very moment. With the last ounce of her strength she stands up and walks towards the skull to face her own death. No matter what Natalie saw, there will always be hope...

(Thanks to MARS and http://www.wyrdstuff.com/)

August 8: Fear of the Unknown videos online...



The first trailer from Wyrd's documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown is up on wyrdstuff.com! The clip features Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, Guillermo Del Toro and Ramsey Campbell...

There is also a video clip from their interview with author Caitlin R. Kiernan (Daughter Of Hounds) in which she discusses Lovecraftian overtones in King Kong!

You can view both here.

(Thanks to http://www.wyrdstuff.com/)

August 8: New Colour images!



I've added quite a few new images to Ivan Zuccon's Colour from the Dark site (including a dozen new panoramic images) recently...

...and you can check them out here!

(Thanks to www.ivanzuccon.com)

August 8: Read Me a Story on TV



Read Me a Story will air on public access television's The Midnight Movie (courtesy of Time Warner Cable)! An airdate has not been confirmed, but will most likely take place in November or December (in the Cleveland, Ohio viewing area)...

(Thanks to Unfilmable Films)

August 6: Hillbilly Lagoon DVD cover and specs!



DVD specs (and artwork) have been released for the November 11th Shock-O-Rama DVD release of Richard Griffin's Creature from the Hillbilly Lagoon, and they include an audio commentary with Griffin, behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scenes, and a variety of Shock-O-Rama trailers. Retail is $19.95...

Check out the Hillbilly Lagoon trailer here...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

August 5: New Tomb in the works!

Filmmaker Matt Cloude (The Creightonville Terror) is currently writing an adaptation of Lovecraft's The Tomb that may see production in the summer of 2008. A modern day take on the original, the storyline deals with a girl that discovers the tomb of the Hydes' and learns the dark secrets behind them and what happened to a boy named Jervas Dudley that lived in her house years before...

Matt promises that the film will be "way more faithful to Lovecraft's vision" than Ulli Lommel's recently released version...

(Thanks to Matt Cloude)

August 5: The Statement trailer is online!

The trailer for Kurt Dudley's The Statement is now available on the film's official MySpace page...

(Thanks to Robin Anson)

August 2: Closet Space premiere and wrap/release party info!

For Immediate Release:

Okay, so the Closet Space World Premiere is in three weeks at the Studio Movie Grill. Click the link to see the event page for more info, but here are the basics:

Closet Space World Premiere
Thursday, August 23 at 9 PM
Studio Movie Grill
8580 Highway 6 North & West Road
Houston, TX 77095
Free Admission

At the Closet Space screening, we will also be premiering the new Jonah Matranga music video for "Not About A Girl Or A Place" (aka "The Zombie Video We Just Shot"). Jonah will also be there in person (he has two songs on the Closet Space soundtrack as well).

Which leads us to the wrap/release party...the next night (Friday, August 24th), Jonah will be playing a show at The Proletariat. This will be our semi-official Closet Space wrap/release/premiere celebration. The show starts promptly at 7 PM. Opening up will be Jenny Westbury and then Radio Pioneer (which is the band I now play bass in). Jonah goes on about 8:45. Here's the info on that.

Semi-official Closet Space wrap/release party featuring:

Jonah Matranga
Radio Pioneer
Jenny Westbury

Friday, August 24th at the Proletariat (903 Richmond -One block East of Montrose).

Show starts promptly at 7:15 PM
Cover charge is $7-10 sliding scale

So come on out and enjoy tentacles on Thursday the 23rd, and rock on Friday the 24th!

(Thanks to Mel House)

August 1: HPLFF update...

Looked at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival site today and I see that both Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) and Peter Straub (Ghost Story, Koko, Mr. X) have cancelled (filming and promotional tour). No word on replacement guests...

(Thanks to http://hplfilmfestival.com/)

August 1: Debbie Rochon joins The Tell-Tale Heart

Debbie Rochon (Colour from the Dark) has joined the cast of Mark Redfield's The Tell-Tale Heart. Rochon will play "Mary", a Confederate widow traveling north after the Civil War to begin a new life. Stopping at a boarding house run by the Clarions (played by Ingrid Pitt and Robert Quarry), Mary discovers that the horror of war has followed her to what she thought would be a safe haven...

Visit the official MySpace page for more cast and crew info!

(Thanks to Mark Redfield)

August 1: Hellboy changes his name

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army will now simply be known as HB II. The film is scheduled for a July 11, 2008 release...

(Thanks to http://gorezone.net/)

August 1: Experiment 18: Das Hexenhammer-Projekt announced

(Thanks to Page Street Studios and Crawling Chaos Pictures)

August 1: Dunwich welcomes you!

The Dunwich Horror, the latest project from director Richard Griffin (Creature from the Hillbilly Lagoon), is currently underway! Now in it's 4th week of shooting, the film stars Jason McCormick, Sarah Nicklin, Carlos Brum, Christopher Calcagni, Robin Watkins, Brandon Luis Aponte, William Decoff, Donald Foley (The Miskatonic Acid Test), Alexandra Cipolla, Jennifer Scharf and Jason Krangel...

Written and directed by Richard Griffin, The Dunwich Horror promises to be what happens if the bloated, worm-infested corpse of Lucio Fulci rose from the grave and directed a gory mix of H.P. Lovecraft while dropping massive amounts of blue sunshine acid! It's another film for the whole maggot-spewing family to enjoy from Scorpio Film Releasing!

Visit the official MySpace page here...

(Thanks to Richard Griffin)

August 1: Dread Central reviews The Tomb



Dread Central reviews Ulli Lommel's The Tomb, and it doesn't look good...

Check it out here.

(Thanks to Dread Central)

August 1: Creature from the Hillbilly Lagoon on DVD!



Richard Griffin's (The new Dunwich Horror) last feature Creature from the Hillbilly Lagoon (formerly known as Seepage!) is being released on DVD November 13th by POPCinema!

(Thanks to Richard Griffin)

August 1: Guerrilla Productions sweeps Conestoga International Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Portland's Guerrilla Productions announces that three of their films have placed at the Conestoga International Film Festival.

The films were:

Second Place in the Fantasy Division
Lord of the Rings -- a Toroidal Epic

Second Place in the Horror Division
The Statement of Randolph Carter

Third Place in the Horror Division
Innsmouth Legacy

Hosted by Conestoga, Oklahoma's largest science fiction convention, the Conestoga International Film Festival is in its fifth year, and has included winners from Italy, Canada, England, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands and China.

Guerrilla Productions, fueled almost entirely by caffeine, has completed half a dozen short movies since the initial release of its first feature The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and is currently in post-production on Flesh of my Flesh (www.FleshOfMyFlesh.com), a live action horror/thriller with Lovecraftian undertones, as well as several short projects.

Associated links
The Conestoga International Film Festival
http://www.burningclam.com/film.html
Lord of the Rings -- a Toroidal Epic
http://www.guerrilla-productions.org/Movie_LordOfTheRings.html
The Statement of Randolph Carter
http://www.guerrilla-productions.org/Movie_StatementOfRC.html
Innsmouth Legacy
http://www.guerrilla-productions.org/Movie_InnsmouthLegacy.html

For more information, please contact

Edward Martin III
Guerrilla Productions
http://www.Guerrilla-Productions.org/

(Thanks to Edward Martin III)

August 1: Closet Space world premiere this month!

The Closet Space world premiere is set for August 23rd at the Studio Movie Grill in Houston, Texas! Admission is FREE, and a wrap/premiere party is in the works...

Details as they solidify...

(Thanks to Mel House)

August 1: LovecraCked! distribution announced

For Immediate Release:

BiFF JUGGERNAUT Productions is pleased to announce that their feature length, Lovecraft-inspired anthology, "LovecraCked! The Movie" has been picked up by Unearthed Films ("Cannibal", "Frankenhooker", "Bone Sickness" and the notorious "Guinea Pig" film series) for a North American release planned for early 2008. The Unearthed Films release will feature an extended cut of the film that includes a new segment from director Elias, and stars Jerrod Bogard ("Gatorman") and Susan Adriensen ("The Blood Shed", "Under The Raven's Wing"). Among other bonus features planned, there will also be a cast/crew commentary touted by Elias as "so drunken and disorderly that you will have to be under the influence of something to make it through without your head exploding from sensory overload." For more info please visit www.unearthedfilms.com & www.biffjuggernaut.com/lovecrackedthemovie.

(Thanks to Elias)

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