January 28: First Memory image!

The first few images from Edward Martin's animated adaptation of Memory have appeared online! The artwork was provided by April "Danger" Cox...

About the film: Memory is the tale of the end of the Age of Man, and what remains of his great works...

The official site can be found here (which includes another great image). Also forthcoming from Guerilla Productions is an adaptation of The Temple and an original Mythos inspired film called Shock Troops. They can be found here and here...

(Thanks to Edward Martin III)

January 28: Flashy new Maelstrom site!

Maelstrom Productions, the fine folks behind Strange Aeons and The Love Craft, have a brand new website with news about Strange Aeons and several forthcoming films!

Check it out here!

(Thanks to Eric Morgret)

January 28: The latest Black Cat review

Bloody-disgusting.com has the latest review of Stuart Gordon's The Black Cat and it can be found here...

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

January 24: Re-Animator DVD specs!

Final DVD specs have been released for the upcoming (March 20th) Anchor Bay re-release of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator!

Features include:

~ Brand-new remastered transfer, approved by director Stuart Gordon
~ Audio commentary with Director Stuart Gordon
~ Audio commentary with Producer Brian Yuzna and Actors Bruce Abbott, Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton and Robert Sampson
~ New 70-minute featurette: "Re-Animator Resurrectus"
~ Interviews with Director Stuart Gordon, Producer Brian Yuzna, Writer Dennis Paoli, Composer Richard Band and Fangoria Magazine Editor Tony Timpone
~ Music discussion with Composer Richard Band
~ Deleted and extended scenes
~ Theatrical trailer
~ TV spots
~ Production stills, behind-the-scenes, posters & advertising, storyboard and fun-on-the-set galleries
~ Stuart Gordon bio
~ Screenplay (DVD-ROM)
~ "Herbert West, Reanimator" by H. P. Lovecraft (DVD-ROM)

(Thanks to Dread Central)

January 23: New Lovecraft/pulp festival in Rhode Island!

Fangoria.com reports that the American Studies Department at Providence, Rhode Island's Brown University is readying the all new Pulp Festival for March 15-17 (scheduled to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Lovecraft's death)! The festival will celebrate the works of H.P. Lovecraft and the pulp magazines of the '20s and '30s...

The event is being organized by Scott Tiffany and co-sponsored by Brown University. Scott tells fangoria.com that the festival will "look at how the art, stories and creators of pulp magazines influenced/mirrored society and how they broke many social taboos." Activities include "two museum exhibits on the campus, one on the action-detective pulps including Doc Savage and the other focusing on Lovecraft and the horror pulps."

Scott is also working with numerous organizations, including the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence Preservation Society, RISD Museum, the Providence Athenaeum and the Ladd Observatory (all of which are co-sponsoring the public events), Scott notes that, "There will be two walking tours on different aspects of Lovecraft's life and work, a RISD Museum event talking about the art of the pulps, a Lovecraft astronomy night at the Ladd Observatory and various lectures and panel discussions. We also have a Pulp Film Festival at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence, featuring pulp-inspired movies and film noir classics."

The festival's website will be online February 8th, and can be found here...

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

January 23: Another Black Cat review

Dread Central gives Stuart Gordon's The Black Cat an extremely favorable review here.

(Thanks to Dread Central)

More news follows!

January 22: Casting call for Lovecraft-inspired film!

For Immediate Release:

Casting for Lovecraft-inspired picture in Victoria BC

Local Victoria motion picture company Frontline Films is working on an H.P. Lovecraft-inspired horror/sci-fi/action picture set for release around Halloween of 2007. We are seeking talented local performers for main roles, small parts and extras, as well as a possible camera operator. Please read this bulletin in full before responding!

Main roles require 2-3 afternoons or evenings per week of about 4 hours each for 2 months shooting. Will be paid a small fixed sum upon completion of shooting.

Small roles are volunteer positions and require 2-3 afternoons or evenings of rehearsing/shooting (in total) during the entire 2-3 month shooting schedule.

Extras are volunteer positions and will be called as needed for crowd scenes or for smaller scenes requiring costumed extras. These are simple parts that have no lines.

Ethnic background is unimportant for all available parts except German soldiers.

IF Camera operator is needed, he/she must be experienced with the Canon XL series of camera (specifically XL-2) and be available 1-2 afternoons/evenings per week for the 3-4 month shooting schedule. Must be available for pre-production meetings to go over storyboards and detailed discussion with director. Must be able to take direction well and not attempt to "take over" the style of the movie, but at the same time able to bring ideas to the table in a diplomatic fashion. Will be paid a small fixed sum upon completion of shooting.

Main roles:

Barry – (main character) 20-35 year old male. Barry is a struggling writer overcome by stress who begins to crack and suffer hallucinations and nervous breakdowns.

Small roles (volunteer only):

Modern News Anchor – 20-35 year old female, must have powerful and deliberate voice (like a newscaster). One shoot required only.

Modern News reporter – 25-35 year old male, haggard and burned out from the horrors he has been witnessing. One shoot required only.

Modern uniformed police (2) – 20-50 year old male/20-35 year old female police officers who question a robbery victim. 1-2 shoots required.

Hadley – 18-25 year old Canadian WWII soldier, grizzled from the war but still young-looking. Suffers a grisly death. 2 shoots required. Must fit into an existing costume.

Mrs. Fabishum – 40-50 year old female 1940's landlady, frightened, stressed out and crying from the discovery that one of her tenants has been conducting demonic rituals by sacrificing cats. 1-2 shoots required. Should ideally fit into an existing costume, or have an outfit that is appropriate for 1940's wear. Must have hair that can be styled in period fashion (no extremely short hair/Mohawks/dyed bright colours, etc)

German Officer – 30-40 year old male Caucasian WWII soldier who discovers an ancient book of evil. 1 shoot required. Should ideally speak German but not necessary. Must fit into existing costume.

German soldiers (2) – 20-30 year old male Caucasian WWII soldiers who help in the discovery of the ancient book of evil. 1 shoot required. Should ideally speak German but not necessary. Must fit into existing costumes.

1930's Federal Agent – 25-40 year old male 1930's "G-man", a square-jawed type who packs a .45 and fights the forces of evil. 1-2 shoots required. Would be great if he has own suit and hat, but one can be provided.

Extras:

Modern Paramedic – 20-40 year old male/female, 1 shoot, must fit existing costume

Modern Riot cops (3-4) – 20-40 year old burly males, 1-3 shoots, must fit existing costumes (fairly large)

1930's cops (2) – 25-40 year old males, 1-3 shoots, must be clean-cut and clean-shaven and fit existing costumes

1930's federal agents (2-3) – 25-40 year old males, 1-3 shoots, must be clean-cut and clean-shaven, square-jawed, and fit existing costumes (or else have own suits)

Modern civilians (3-5) – 18-40 year old male/females who get beaten up by riot cops

Modern crazed civilians (10-30) – 18-40 year old civilians who have gone crazy and are running amok, covered in blood, killing everyone in their path

Undead cultists (3-5) – 18-40 year old male/females who wear black hooded robes, have decomposed faces and worship a grotesque otherdimensional entity. (Must be OK with makeup prosthetics)

1930's/1940's period enthusiasts who have their own costumes and can style their own hair (especially women) and would like to appear in various period scenes and photographs

Also seeking:

pre-1947 period automobiles in running condition that can appear in short scenes. Some scenes can be shot at the owner's home inside the car by setting up a black backdrop so no moving the vehicle would be required.

Please email info@frontlinefilms.net or email this profile (http://www.myspace.com/thedeadinside) for more information. DO NOT email or contact if your first question is "how much will I get paid". If this is your main concern you will not enjoy working on this picture. This is NOT part-time work. Pay is very very minimal if there is any at all. Our budget is extremely low. Local talent only please. We cannot afford to pay for travel expenses. Please keep this in mind. If you are not doing this for experience or love of the craft this picture is not for you.

(Thanks to Frontline Films)

January 22: Mike Boas talks Lovecraft

Mike Boas, producer of The Other Gods, recently spoke with "Podcast of Circadia" host David Powers about H.P. Lovecraft and the challenges of adapting his work. The interview is featured in episode nine and is now online!

To listen, visit the POC site, click each link and download the MP3 files to your computer. The files can be found here...

(Thanks to Mike Boas)

January 22: Meet filmmaker Aaron Vanek at EnigmaCon!

Filmmaker Aaron Vanek (Return to Innsmouth, The Yellow Sign) will be making an appearance at EnigmaCon this weekend (Saturday, January 27th) at UCLA in Los Angeles. Aaron will be talking indie filmmaking and as well as showing some of his work (which is well worth seeing)!

Check out the official EnigmaCon site for exact location and time...

(Thanks to Aaron Vanek)

January 22: The Dead Inside on DVD!

Brian Clement's The Dead Inside, a classic style haunted house movie in the vein of H.P. Lovecraft, will be released on DVD in the spring of 2007 through SRSCinema! The film screened at the 2005 HPLFF...

(Thanks to Frontline Films)

January 22: Closet Space at Texas Frighmare Weekend!

Closet Space director Mel House and Visual FX Supervisor Stacy Davidson will be in attendance at the Texas Frightmare Weekend! Closet Space actress Melanie Donihoo will also attend...

The event will take place June 22-24 in Dallas, Texas.

(Thanks to Mel House)

January 22: The Halfway House UK premiere!



Kenneth J. Hall's cult horror feature The Halfway House will premiere on the UK horror channel this coming Saturday!

Click here for details...

(Thanks to Kenneth J. Hall)

January 20: Herbert West's Obsession one-sheet and news!

About the film: Herbert West and his assistant Darryl Craig are secretly working on a formula to reanimate the dead, inside the Miskatonic Hospital. Things get out of control when Herbert begins to get more and more obsessed with the idea of conquering brain death.

Henrik Harksen, writer/webmaster and Unfilmable.com contributor, is currently co-writing a short script (somewhere in the 20 minute range) that contains several references to the works of H.P. Lovecraft...

The working title for the film is Island of Dread, and details are forthcoming!

(Thanks to Henrik Harksen)

January 18: From Beyond clip and more Poe! ~ updated ~

The eyeball sucking sequence from Stuart Gordon's classic From Beyond has shown up on YouTube. The extended scene was re-inserted into the Director's Cut of the film that premiered on Monsters HD...

You can check it out here!

update: YouTube has removed the From Beyond video at the request of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. because it was used without permission.

Don't forget that Gordon's adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat (starring Jeffery Combs as Poe) airs this Friday night (which happens to be Poe's birthday!)...

(Thanks to Dread Central and Sean)

January 17: H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival 2007 Call for Entries!

The 2007 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival is now accepting submissions.

Visit these links for further information:

Happy New Year everyone!

Sorry for the lack of updates over the last few weeks, but my new spawn has been keeping me very busy! Lots of cool news and great imagery this time around and here's hoping that 2007 is another cyclopean year for H.P. Lovecraft Cinema!

Thanks as always for your continued support!

January 17: Re-Animator re-release announced!

Anchor Bay will be re-releasing Stuart Gordon's classic Re-Animator on DVD with among other things, all new commentary tracks (one by director Stuart Gordon, the other by producer Brian Yuzna and the cast)! It will also include new cover art and a cool as hell syringe pen! The disc will street March 13...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

January 17: Edward Martin awarded auteur of the year!

Writer/producer/director Edward Martin III (The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, Innsmouth Legacy) was awarded the auteur of the year award (for 2006) at last years Blue November Micro Film Fest in Tulsa, Oklahoma!

Congratulations Edward from Unfilmable.com!

(Thanks to Bret Mix)

January 17: First Mountains of Madness script review!

Latinoreview.com got an exclusive first look at Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins 106 page script for their adaptation of Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, and have posted their thoughts here (contains spoilers)!

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

January 17: Behind-the-scenes Flesh!

Here are some great behind-the-scenes images from Edward Martin's highly anticipated feature length film, Flesh of my Flesh!

(Thanks to Edward Martin III)

January 17: Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness



The HP Lovecraft Historical Society has released a 1930's style radio adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness with a cast of professional actors, original music and sound effects! The 75 minute radio show comes on CD with a newspaper clipping about the expedition, photos of the elder city, and replicas from Danforth's sketchbook. Retail is $17.50...

A direct download MP3 version is also available as well as a poster of the CD artwork.

Buy it here!

(Thanks to Sean Branney)

January 17: Kammaren and the Lightkeeper

Robert P. Olsson sends word that his short film Kammaren is nearing completion! Work continues in post on music and sound effects, with a February finish in mind...

Robert has also teamed up with writer Tommy Karlsson on a new Lovecraft inspired script entitled Fyren (The Lightkeeper)! Robert will star in and direct the film and producing and distribution duties will be handled by BigBellyFilm. The film is slated for a 2007 release.

The film revolves around a man (in the 1920's) who is living in fear in an abandon Lighthouse. He lives in constant light to protect himself from the evil of the darkness outside, until one day when he gets a visitor.

More news as it becomes available!

(Thanks to Robert P. Olsson)

January 17: Starry Wisdom found!

Writer/director Robert Cappelletto has found his Starry Wisdom!

The church, a stand-in for H.P. Lovecraft's Starry Wisdom, will be one of the central locations in Robert's upcoming film, Pickman's Muse. The film, based on Pickman's Model and Haunter of the Dark, is set to begin production in February!

(Thanks to Robert Cappelletto)

January 17: Binding Silence gets Blog'D!

Ray Zablocki's short film Binding Silence is this years recipient of the 2006 Blog'D Award for Best Short Lovecraftian Film!

Congratulations Ray!

(Thanks to Derek M. Koch)

January 17: New Love Craft screening

Florida's Mega-Con (February 24th - 26th) will screen Maelstrom Productions short film The Love Craft!

(Thanks to K.L. Young)

January 17: Sean Branney whispers of darkness!

As previously announced, The HP Lovecraft Historical Society's Call of Cthulhu follow-up will be an adaptation of The Whisperer in the Darkness. Sean Branney revealed on the alt.horror.cthulhu group that the film will be feature length with sound, but still shot in Mythoscope in the style of the early 30s (the look of the early Universal Pictures horror films)...

(Thanks to Sean Branney)

January 17: House of Re-Animator rumour control

The recent report that Stuart Gordon's House of Re-Animator (via esplatter.com and creature-corner.com) has been laid to rest is not true according to producer Bryan Yuzna. The report was based on comments made by Jeffrey Combs during his Fangoria Weekend of Horrors appearance...

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

January 17: The Other Gods screens at Tromadance

H.P. Lovecraft's The Other Gods has been selected to play at this month's Tromadance Film Festival, presented by Troma Entertainment. The 8th Annual TromaDance Film Festival will be held from January 22nd to 27th 2007 in Park City, UT...

Find out more here!

(Thanks to Mike Boas)

January 17: Jeffrey Combs is Edgar Allan Poe!



Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli's second Masters of Horror episode, Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat, airs this Friday (January 19th) at 10:00 pm on Showtime. The episode stars Jeffrey Combs as Poe in a storyline that has Poe himself as the lead character in the poem. The script (written by Paoli) follows Poe, nearly broke and having no luck selling his poems to a publisher who wants only more horror stories, trying to deal with his young wife’s illness and turning frequently to the bottle. As he attempts to write, he’s tormented by their black cat, which drives him beyond the edge of sanity yet ultimately inspires him to write his best work yet...

Check out fangoria.com's Fearful Feature on the show here!

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

January 17: Double dose of Fulci on DVD



Bloody-disgusting.com reports that Blue Underground will release Lucio Fulci's The Black Cat and the Lovecraft inspired film, House by the Cemetery, on DVD this April. Extras on House include an anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 widescreen transfer, Dolby Surround 2.0 soundtrack, trailers, TV spots, bios, and a picture gallery. The Black Cat DVD has been completely restored from the original negative materials and presented in widescreen with Dolby Digital Mono. Features include a trailer and Fulci Bio...

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

January 17: New Ladies of the Evil Dead interview

Thefleshfarm.com caught up with the Ladies of the Evil Dead for a look at their latest projects...

Check it out here!

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

January 17: New Army of Darkness art



Click here to check out cover art for Army of Darkness #13, as well as news on the AOD/Marvel Zombies prequel story...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

January 17: New Hellboy: Blood and Iron trailer

There's a new Hellboy: Blood and Iron trailer over at the Hellboy Animated production diary site...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

January 17: The Mist is growing

KNB EFX have signed on to do all the practical effects on Frank Darrabont's adaptation of The Mist. KNB's Greg Nicotero will also handle second unit directing on the film. Digital effects have been handed over to Cafe FX (Pan's Labyrinth and Sin City), and Thomas Jane (The Punisher) is still attached as the lead...

The film will begin production on February 20th, with a November 21st release date possible...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

recent headlines...

December 30: Re-Animator of the Dead at Fango Con!
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