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~ Chris Porter reports that he and the Willamette Radio Workshop (a group he helped found) are adapting "Pickman's Model" as a 'radio theatre piece'. He went on to say: ~It's a very straight-ahead conversion from literature to audio; I took very few liberties with the text. Most changes were, obviously, substitutions of descriptions of sounds with the sounds themselves. I also put the characters in various locations that HPL didn't specify and transposed a few passages here and there for a smoother flow.~ He hopes to have the project completed by October of this year, to coincide with the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Willamette Radio Workshop's
"Pickman's Model" page can be found here. (Thanks to Chris Porter,
Rick Tillman, and Andrew Migliore) Note: might contain some good Lovecraft references.... Cinema book specialist Silman-James Press has just issued JOHN CARPENTER: THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS to bookstores everywhere. Basically a book-length interview with the director by Gilles Boulenger (who has also written tomes on Tim Burton and APOCALYPSE NOW and was the editor of the French cult movie mag Cinephage), PRINCE covers all Carpenter’s films “as well as varied topics including his Bible Belt childhood, German Expressionism, Michael Myers, Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Stephen King, quantum physics and attractive female extras,” according to the publisher. Illustrated with black-and-white and 24 pages of color photos, the paperback original lists for $19.95. (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) Geoffrey Clark, who made the great animated adaptation "In the Vault", sent along the following link to his animated film "The Sleeper Awakes". It's a great little short containing a Cthulhu-like Idol and an unfortunate explorer! The project was for an animation class in college, and is Geoffrey's first 2-D animated film. Click here to view "The Sleeper Awakes". You can also view "In the Vault" here. (Thanks to Geoffrey Clark) July 30: Final Destination 2 - Necronomicon mention From alt.horror.cthulhu: ~Not in the movie, but in the commentary track for a deleted scene. Among the deleted scenes is a longer version of the scene where we meet Tony Todd's character. The commentators make fun of the things they had Tony Todd say; they had him speaking Latin, for one. They say, facetiously, that they had also had his character consulting the Necronomicon.~ (Thanks to Christopher
K. Philippo) ----- Crawling Chaos Pictures Press Release ----- An Imperfect Solution,
delayed for over a year, will finally be released on August 20th, the
date of H. P. Lovecraft's birth. The film is a faithful 1920's adaptation
of the fourth installment of "Herbert West: Re-Animator",
H. P. Lovecraft's first professionally published work. The short film
clocks in at 18 minutes and 30 seconds, and is going to be available
on NTSC video, with a bonus-packed DVD available in October (details
are still being worked out). The film will be playing at this year's
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland Oregon, as well as a number
of other festivals in the U.S. and England over the next six months. Please check out http://www.reanimator.8m.com for further details! ----- Crawling Chaos
Pictures Press Release ----- I've been given an advanced
look at the trailer for Aaron Lucchesi's short film "The
Picture in the House", and would share my thoughts on it.
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished film (hopefully at this years H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival). I also applaud Aaron for adapting a story that, to my knowledge, has never been done before. Aaron has informed me that the trailer will be available online soon. You can view the image gallery here. (Thanks to Aaron Lucchesi) ~Well, we've sent
off a copy of the nearly finished film to the H.P.
Lovecraft Film Festival, and we await their word on whether it has
been accepted. Work continues as the final sound is being edited, as
well as recording of the music for the soundtrack. We will keep you
posted.....~ (Thanks to Rick Tillman) From Creature-corner.com: Avatar comics brings you this collection of Moore's abandoned Lovecraftian work, along with interviews and script presentations. From Avatar comics: ~As for the Lovecraftian fragments from the series, those stories are also emerging from a tragically-lost project of a different kind. "Yuggoth Cultures was originally intended as a series of texts that would have been inspired by HP Lovecraft's poem cycle FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH," recalls Alan Moore.~ Click here for more. (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) Click here
to read a great review of the film "Uzumaki". The review
was sent in by Fake-Shemp fan Steve Robertson. (Thanks to Steve Robertson) I've added a new image gallery for the film, "Monstersdotcom". Although it's not a true Lovecraft adaptation, it contains several Lovecraft references and phrases... You can view the gallery here. I'll be adding a review of the film soon. (Thanks to Kevin J. Lindenmuth) Dennis has just uploaded a new song to the files section of Lovecraft_based_music. This one is his interpretation of HPL's 'The Picture in the House'. It's a 12+ minute song, and is included on the Mutiny in Jonestown CD 'The Return of the Nowhere Man'. Join the Lovecraft_based_music Yahoo group here. (Thanks to Dennis) I've added a new image gallery to Unfilmable.com for the upcoming film parody "Enter the Dagon". You can view the gallery here. (Thanks to Tom Gleason) (Thanks to Ivan Zuccon) Rick Tillman sent along this interesting link to an episode of the TV series 'Hercules: The Legendary Journeys' containing The Necronomicon. The site contains the following information: ~Although the infamous Necronomicon is mentioned, it is NOT the Necronomicon from HP Lovecraft stories and/or other horror stories. It's just the episode's writer being really confused."~ If anyone has seen this episode, I'd like to hear your thoughts on it. Send them here! (Thanks to Rick Tillman) Ivan Zuccon has informed me that the Official US website for "The Shunned House" is now online. You can view it here! (Thanks to Ivan Zuccon) July 24: Alien trailer shown at Comic-Con ~update~ Dark Horizons reported that the re-release trailer was shown! Many of you may be aware that Alien is being re-released this Halloween and Dark Horizons reports the trailer for said film was screened at the recent San Diego Comic-Con. No news on what 'Director's Cut' may entail (ie. whether the story circulating that most, if not all, deleted footage will be restored, is in fact true). Source: Dark
Horizons (Thanks to http://www.countingdown.com/
and http://www.darkhorizons.com/) Leo Films has announced the street date for Ivan Zuccon's "Unknown Beyond". The DVD will be released on September 9th (the same date as "The Shunned House" from Braindamage). You can pre-order the DVD from Amazon.com here. (Thanks to Ivan Zuccon) Dear Friends, Lovecraftians and musical theatre fans, Many of you may have followed the strange saga of A Shoggoth on the Roof, the Lovecraftian mega-musical that has tormented my collaborator Andrew Leman and I for some years now. This fall, for the first time since the1979 production ended so terribly, ASOTR was to have been performed on stage. Sadly, Shoggoth seems doomed to remain the musical which cannot and must not be performed..... Click here to read the rest of Sean Branney's letter. (Thanks to Sean Branney) From Bloody-Disgusting.com: Received an email from
La La Land
Records President who writes in, "To celebrate the release
of its latest CD, the soundtrack of George Romero's CREEPSHOW,
La La Land Records is hosting a horror celeb-studded signing event at
Burbank, CA's Dark
Delicacies bookstore (4213 W. Burbank Blvd.) on Saturday, August
9 at 2 p.m. CREEPSHOW composer John Harrison will be on hand to sign
copies of that disc (which, in addition to the digitally remastered
film score, includes unreleased bonus tracks from other Romero projects,
including unfilmed movies), and Stuart Gordon and Richard Band will
also appear to autograph La La Land's previous limited-edition RE-ANIMATOR
and FROM BEYOND CDs. Note: the discs must be purchased at Dark
Delicacies to get em signed. Don't live in the Burbank area No problem
call You can read more by clicking here. (Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/) ~A DVD for "An Imperfect Solution" is in the works as well as a VHS release of the film. Details are still being worked out, but it should be ready by October [H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival] if not sooner! Nyarlathotep, the first Crawling Chaos film, will also be available on DVD.~ Also noted, the final edit is of An Imperfect Solution is 98% complete! (Thanks to Christian
Matzke) While skimming through the Hellboy Message Board I found this mention of "At the Mountains of Madness".... Fan Question: concerning the Mountains of Madness, I always thought it would work as a mini-series more than a movie..... Guillermo Del Toro: The novel is actually pretty brief and easily condensed in 120 minutes. Perhaps a 2 part mini-mini but with a maxi-maxi budget for the Elder ones and friends. (Thanks to The
Hellboy Message Board) ~"Enter the Dagon"
is a short film parody currently in production. It is being created
with the intention of submitting it to the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival
in Portland, Oregon. The theme behind the film short is the struggle
between literary purists and movie makers..... Click here to check out the official website for "Enter the Dagon". Click here to join the "Enter the Dagon" Yahoo Group. (Thanks to Tom Gleason) Click here to find out about an interesting easter egg on Elite Entertainment's release of the Stuart Gordon classic "Re-Animator". (Thanks to Mad Dog Mike
of Mid-World) The third edition of Los Angeles’ annual Screamfest has announced its 2003 call for entries. The folks behind this event, which takes place October 10-19, are accepting films (completed after January 1, 2001) and screenplays to compete in the following categories: Horror Feature, Horror Short, Horror Super Short (under 10 minutes), Horror Comedy, Documentary (haunt or horror-related), Horror Animation, Horror Animation Short, Horror Animation Super Short, Student Horror Feature Film, Student Horror Short and Student Horror Super Short. Entry fees are $25-40 for films (depending on category), and for scripts it’s $30 (for awards consideration) or $60 (with coverage by the panel of Screamfest judges, including Guillermo del Toro, Stan Winston, PSYCHO’s Joseph Stefano, literary agents and development excecutives). The grand prize is $1,000 cash; deadline for entries is August 15. In addition, veteran screenwriting instructor Robert McKee will host his Horror Day Story Structure seminar as part of the fest on October 11. Go to the official website for more info. (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) Christian Matzke has sent along two more great reviews! This time for the films "Bleeders" and "Spider Labyrinth". You can read them by clicking here and here! Special thanks goes to
Christian for continuing to support Unfilmable.com! Bryan Moore sent along the this great update! Interviews were shot this past weekend for the "Cool Air" DVD. The interviews consisted of Bryan Moore, Jack Donner (Dr. Munoz), Mike Bratkowski (cinematographer), Sam Oldham (editor), and Dukey Flyswatter (Iceman). Also on hand for interviews for Lurker DVD's down the road were Aaron Vanek, John Strysik, Sean Branney, Andrew Leman and a few folks who had worked on "The Music of Erich Zann". And here's some great news with "Pickman's Model". Bill (House of a 1000 Corpses) Moseley has expressed interest in playing Pickman after reading the script. Though at this time nothing is contractual. (Thanks to Bryan Moore) July: Enrico Saletti
and Ray Harryhausen I just had to share this cool pic of Enrico Saletti (the great writer of "The Shunned House") and stop motion legend Ray Harryhausen. The picture was taken at the Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester (2001). (Thanks to Enrico Saletti) Dennis Montgomery has started a Yahoo group called Lovecraft_based_music to showcase songs he has written based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Songs available on the site are: "Nathicana Pt
1: The Redolent Herald of Midnight", music copyright "Nathicana Pt
2: A Horrible Coma Called Living", music copyright "The Festival
Pt 1: Arrival", words and music copyright Dennis You can join by clicking here. There is also a Yahoo group for the opera adaptation of "The Music of Erica Zann". You can join by clicking here. (Thanks to Dennis Montgomery) July 17: Upcoming Lovecraft titles? In the new issue of Fangoria,
Brian Yuzna mentions that the possible title for the 4th Re-Animator
film could be "Revenge of Re-Animator". The title was
suggested to him by a fan at a convention. Other possible titles mentioned
were "House of Re-Animator" and "Isle of Re-Animator".
Brian noted that he would like to see Bruce Abbott return, but it all
hinged on fan reaction to "Beyond Re-Animator". In the same issue Stuart Gordon mentioned that the title to his (and Dennis Paoli's) forthcoming adaptation of "The Thing on the Doorstep" would be called "Envy". The article incorrectly credited the same story as the basis for Stuart's film "Castle Freak" (which is in reality is based on "The Outsider"). (Thanks to Fangoria Magazine) Opening in Toronto on August 14th and running to the 23rd..."Evil Dead 1&2:The Musical!!" You may have heard about another production that went up in Chicago a little while ago that was a parody of sorts of the films. Well, this Toronto production (which is completely separate from the Chicago thing) is fully authorized by the studios, and has Bruce's blessing, so it's bound to be an impressive endeavor! It features the best elements from the first 2 movies, along with some really amazing original music, a stellar script, and a gore-fest of special effects! The theatre even has a full bar right inside of it! All the info can be found on the site here. (Thanks to Danielle Spring) The wait will be a little longer for BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR on video; Lions Gate just bumped the street date from October 14 to a December 30 VHS and DVD bow. If you just can’t wait, you can check out Brian Yuzna’s sequel at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, and be on the lookout for more midnight-show bookings in selected cities this summer. In addition, BEYOND is now slated to make its Sci Fi Channel debut this October. Also, the current issue of Fangoria contains articles on "Beyond Re-Animator" and Stuart Gordon's "King of the Ants". (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) From http://www.b-horror.com/: Cadaver Bay, starring Jeff Dylan Graham and Elizabeth North, will be released in the U.S. by Brain Damage Films. Stay tuned for info. Cadaver Bay, is being reviewed by the British Board of Film Classification; an "18" rating with no cuts is expected. The UK release is expected sometime this summer from Cryptkeeper Films. Stay tuned for US release information. The long-awaited Malefic (Jeff Dylan Graham, Lilith Stabs, Cynder Moon) will be released shortly as a B-Movie Drive-In Double-Feature from Sub Rosa. Pre-sales are planned for September with an October street date. The movie is paired with Raising Hell, an ambitious pact-with-the-devil flick from Albany filmmakers Brandon Bethmann and Eric Szmyr. (Thanks to Steve Sessions) Enrico Saletti sent along
this link
to a great behind the scenes photo gallery from the sets of Ivan Zuccon's
films, The Unknown Beyond and The Shunned House! There
are over a hundred pics (taken by Enrico) from the set, as well as some
great poster images. Enrico Saletti is responsible for writing the incredible screenplays for those films, and is currently working on the treatment for the third Beyond film, The 7th War! (Thanks to Enrico Saletti) From Fangoria.com: Variety reports that 20th Century Fox’s rerelease of ALIEN, scheduled for this Halloween, October 31, will have a major break in 1,000-plus theaters—the biggest opening for a genre reissue since THE EXORCIST: THE VERSION YOU’VE NEVER SEEN. And like that edition, the new ALIEN will contain additional footage never seen before—not even on the DVD. The trade also notes that the movie is going unopposed as the only wide release that Friday—the Alien must’ve scared off the competition. (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) Check out Nick Gains official "The Hound" website for some great new images from the productions museum intro... (Thanks to Nick Gains) July 16: Pickman's Model update! From http://www.pickmansmodel.com/: ~Sorry for the long period of silence....We got trapped in the well and no one would let us out...Actually, we're proud to announce that we are now done with the off-line portion of the editing process, which is to say that all of the individual scenes have gone through their final edit(s). We now enter the on-line editing stage, where all the b/w and colour bits are being edited together, along with the titles and credits. We are also moving ahead with the soundtrack and sound editing. Everything looks good for finishing in time for this year's H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, but keep your tentacles crossed for us anyways.....~ (Thanks to Rick Tillman) Click here to read a review of "Ice Crawlers". A film that has been described as a cross between "Alien" and "The Thing". (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) Update from director Ted Mowery: ~"The Charnel
Gospel" will be available exclusively from Chaosium this fall,
and the intro teaser will be demoed at Gencon in the Chaosium booth
on Friday, July 25th. (Thanks to Ted Mowery) July 14: 2003 NYC Horror Fest opens website, seeks entries From Fangoria.com: The 2003 edition of the New York City Horror Film Festival has made its call for entries and announced its new website address. Last year's debut event showcased the likes of LUCKY and REVELATION, and they're now seeking entries in both short and feature-length categories; the early deadline is September 1 and the final deadline is September 25. Awards will be given for Best Feature and Short, as well as Best Actor, Special Effects and Cinematography, plus an Audience Award. This edition will run for five days (October 22-26), once again at the Tribeca Film Center in lower Manhattan, and will also feature special screenings, parties, celebrity guests and free giveaways. Go here for more info. (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) Director Giovanni Furore's adaptation of Pickman's Model is nearing completion. He is currently finishing the audio mix, and hopes to have it ready in time for the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. More as it becomes available. (Thanks to Rick Tillman) Chaosium have now been added to The Charnel Gospel's list of supporters. Director Ted Mowery received authorization today to include a display of Chaosium products in the film! ~Chaosium is a long-time publisher of roleplaying games (Call of Cthulhu) and has recently found success in releasing horror anthology trade paperbacks.~ You can visit Chaosium's website here. (Thanks to Ted Mowery) Director Aaron Vanek (Return to Innsmouth, The Yellow Sign) sent along the following information about his feature film adaptation of "The Colour Out of Space": ~My 20+ page treatment was approved, and I am moving on to writing the script for "The Colour Out of Space".~ He went on to say that he would like to have something by the end of August! (Thanks to Aaron Vanek) July 10: Lemora - A Childs Tale of the Supernatural review added! I've added a great review of the film, "Lemora - A Childs Tale of the Supernatural" courtesy of Michael Ford. Michael also runs an e-group dedicated to the film that you can join by clicking here. Click here to ready Michael's review. The reviews page(s) of Unfilmable.com is painfully devoid of reviews at this time. If you would like to contribute a review (or two!), drop me a line here. (Thanks to Michael Ford) July 10: "The Picture in the House" image gallery updated I've updated the "The Picture in the House" image gallery to include picture descriptions by director Aaron Lucchesi, and a short synopsis of the film! Click here to view the updated gallery (links to all of Unfilmable.com's galleries can be found at the bottom of this News page). (Thanks to Aaron Lucchesi) I've made several new
additions to the upcoming films page (Forthcoming Terrors). Among the
films added are Andrew Migliore and Warren Banks adaptation of "Pnomus",
Ted Mowery's "The Charnel Gospel", and Edward Martin's
"Innsmouth Legacy". If you have a film listed
(or know of one not listed) and would like additions/corrections made,
or would like the listing to be removed, please email me here. Received these interesting updates from "The Charnel Gospel" director and screenwriter Ted Mowery: "The Charnel Gospel" will feature music from The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Songs include “Burrow Your Way to My Heart”, “Shoggoths Away”, and “A Thousand Fists”. It will also feature the commercial debut of music from The Unwilling Subjects - "The Monkey's Paw" and "R'lyeh Calling" will be used in the film. The cast features professional film and stage actor Bob Berry in the starring role of the preacher. Once the film is complete, the film's script will be converted to a Cthulhu Live! adventure (titled "The Charnel Gospel-Live!") that viewers can role-play themselves, making it the first mythos film to offer this unique twist... (Thanks to Ted Mowery) Click here to read an official Dream-Quest update from Edward Martin III. A great deal of good news is contained within, including the possible release of "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Testament of Tom Jacoby", a new project called "Innsmouth Legacy", and of course the completion of the Dream-Quests animation! (Thanks to Edward Martin III) July 7: "An Imperfect Solution" update! From the official website of "An Imperfect Solution": ~July 7th, 2003: The new edit of the film is 75% done and tighter than ever. I'm pushing to meet the deadline for this year's H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, so putting the trailer online is no longer my highest priority. We'll see after the middle of August!~ (Thanks to Christian Matzke) July 7: "The Charnel Gospel" promo teaser The promo teaser for "The Charnel Gospel", a no-budget mythos short film, is now accessible here. Look for CHARNEL.zip in the file listing. It's in PowerPoint show format, so you'll probably need PowerPoint to view it. An AVI version will be added later, after the cast is finalized. It doesn't look quite as good on computers that don't have the custom Ogilvie and Demon fonts installed. You can get the fonts from the downloads page of the following website, if you want to see it exactly as it should appear. Final casting will occur on July 24th, click here for details (Thanks to Dismantler) I heard from K. Kempelin today in regards to his upcoming short film adaptation of "The Music of Erich Zann". He is currently working on the screenplay (which is now branching out to include pieces from other Lovecraft tales), and may start filming in the fall. Casting has also begun (but has yet to be finalized), although he has cast the part of Erich Zann. Before filming can begin on Zann he will shoot a short film (working title: the invisible girl) this summer. (Thanks to emo bloom) July 2: "The Unnamable" site updated Sascha Renninger's "Unnamable" website has been updated with screenshots, cast & crew, and a new film synopsis. Sascha also says that the trailer will be submitted to this years H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. ~New England in the 1930's. The two friends Randolph Carter and Joel Manton spend a sunny autumn afternoon on an old far off 17th century cemetery. An argument arises, concerning the horror stories written by Carter. Especially one story draws Manton`s sarcasm: The Unnamable... Encouraged by the atmosphere of the old burial ground Carter tells his friend about the origin of that novel. He claims it to be based on a more than 200 years old local legend. Manton listens with increasing fascination, while darkness descends on the cemetery. And suddenly both of them become part of the legend as well...~ Click here to read the updated cast & crew list. Click here to view the image gallery. (Thanks to Sascha Renninger) July 1: Nyarlathotep
DVD news! The PentaWorks Motion Picture company of Providence, Rhode Island, recently completed a DVD edition of the short Mythos film "Nyarlathotep" for director Christian Matzke of Crawling Choas Pictures. The DVD contains interviews with the director, out-takes, a production stills gallery, behind-the-scenes clips, a retrospective interview with Matzke on the making of the film, and Matzke's short film "Dunwich 1927". Though no release date has been set, Crawling Chaos Pictures may decide to duplicate the DVD and make it available for sale. Relevant links: DVD Cover:
http://www.pentaworks.org/see/nyarllarge.jpg
~ PentaWorks Press Release
~ July
1: Casonetto's Last Song wraps The story Casonetto's Last Song was written by Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), who was a contemporary and penpal of Lovecraft's. Andrew Migliore (H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival) has a cameo as Evil Cult Member #5. (Thanks to Derek M. Koch
and Andrew Migliore) July 1: Tom Sullivan's Evil Dead Museum In a report from the Flashback Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Weekend, Creature Corner.com put up some great pics from Tom Sullivan's Evil Dead Museum. They also review EVIL DEAD! THE MUSICAL. Click here to read the report. (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) July 1: Clive Barker and Hellboy A lot has been going on in regards to Del Toro's "Hellboy". Get caught up here. For those of you who
familiar with Clive Barker, I've started The Sixth Dominion.
My new site devoted to the cinematic adaptations of Clive Barker. You
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