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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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July 30: New Shoggoth on the Roof review
The
latest issue of Music Street Journal (a free ezine that
you can find here)
includes a review of the H.P.
Lovecraft Historical Society's album A Shoggoth
on The Roof.
Check
it out here.
You can witness A Shoggoth on The Roof live at
the forthcoming MiskatoniCon 2005 (in Stockholm, Sweden)!
The musical will be performed by Teater Tentakel, and
Andrew Leman and Sean Branney of the HPLHS will be on
hand...
Click here
for more.
(Thanks
to Gary Hill and http://www.miskatonicon.com/)
July
30: New Fog images...
Click here
to view 3 new images from The Fog, courtesy of
upcominghorrormovies.com...
(Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
July 29: Official HPLFF poster!
...art by Lee Moyer
(Thanks
to Andrew Migliore)
July
28: Submit to the HPLFF!
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More
goodness from the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival:
Late
Bloomer, March the 13th, 1941
and The Yellow Sign (Italian) have been added
to the short films roster. More features and shorts
to be announced!
And
for those of you familiar with Late Bloomer
(and even for those of you who are not!), there
will be a live performance by writer Clay McLeod
Chapman after the screening!
Late
Bloomer—After you watch the short film,
come witness the live performance...
The
Old Ones have been hidden within a dimension unbeknownst
to most of the boys and girls in Miss Lovecraft's
seventh grade sexual education class. But with puberty
only a few breaths away, it won't be long before
the gates from their world open up into ours...
right in the middle of class. Darker than your normal
curriculum, Late Bloomer is a theatrical
performance of the short story written
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by
Clay McLeod Chapman. Come see the original piece
that went on to inspire Craig Macneill's award winning
cinematic adaptation that was an official selection
at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
«Chapman
sounds like a deranged poet who's clearly spent
too much time studying that other Lovecraft while
in the asylum. His fevered hysteria during the boy's
ultimate breakdown rivals that of the great Gene
Wilder for sheer simulated delirium, a true spectacle
indeed.»
—Film Threat, 2004
Please remember, early submissions end August 1st.
The late deadline for the 2005 H. P. Lovecraft Film
Festival is September 1, 2005. All submissions postmarked
August 2 or later must ARRIVE by September 1 and
must be accompanied by $35/submission. Entries postmarked
after August 1 are not eligible for any of the Juried
Film Competitions. Entries that arrive after September
1 will not be eligible to show in the 2005 H. P.
Lovecraft FIlm Festival. Filmmakers should contact
Andrew Migliore if they need an extension.
Contact
information can be found on the official HPLFF website...
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(Thanks
to Andrew Migliore)
July 28: The Resurrected DVD details!
Michael Allred scored exclusive
details to the recently announced DVD release of The
Resurrected (coming in September). He also received
news that Lions Gate Entertainment will be doing something
"bigger" with the other H.P. Lovecraft "works"
they own...
Click here
for details!
(Thanks to Michael Allred)
July 28: The Blind Dead are coming
Here's the cover art for the fourth
disc for the upcoming Blind Dead Collection. Arguably
Lovecraft inspired (The Shadow Over Innsmouth comes
to mind...), Night of the Seagulls will accompany
Tombs of the Blind Dead, Return of the Evil
Dead and The Ghost Galleon in Blue
Underground's coffin shaped 5 disc box set. Retail
price is $99.95...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
July 28: Castle Freak re-released...
Full Moon will re-release Stuart
Gordon's Lovecraft inspired film, Castle Freak
(based on The Outsider), as part of a DVD 4 pack
called Slab of Horror. The set is available for
$34.98, or each film is available individually for $9.98.
Slab of Horror contains Castle Freak, Retro
Puppet Master, Sideshow and Creepozoids...
(Thanks to http://www.gorezone.net)
July 27: Will Paxton swim with the Creature?
A
Bloody-disgusting.com source reports that Bill Paxton
(Near Dark) has committed to a role in the upcoming
remake of "Creature from the Black Lagoon".
During a CNN interview with Ron Howard the information
was revealed that Bill could not commit to Howard's Da
Vinci Code adaptation, because he had already committed
to "Creature"...
(Thanks
to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
July26:
Stuart's Dreams...
Here's
what Stuart Gordon had to say about "Dreams in
the Witch House" at the recent San Diego Comic
Con:
"It's
about a young man who rents a room in a house that was
originally the home of a witch in the seventeenth century.
This witch has a familiar that is a rat which has a human
face, and she comes back and wants this kid to sacrifice
the baby of this lady that lives next door. It's a very,
very intense story."
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
...please note: the H.P.
Lovecraft Film Festival deadline for submission is
now just one week away (August 1st)...
July 25: Ray Harryhausen oversees
Poe
Fangoria.com
reports that special effects legend Ray Harryhausen and
producing partner Arnold R. Kunert are currently working
on a series of shorts based on the works of Edgar Allan
Poe. Mr. Harryhausen will executive-produce and oversee
the shorts, which will feature stop-motion animated characters
against computer generated backdrops. Poe's "Pit
and the Pendulum" is already in the works...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
July
25: Creature remake is on the way
According
to the-reelgillman.com
(run by Ben Chapman, the man who played the monster in
the original movies), Universal Pictures has signed Brett
Ratner (Red Dragon) to direct the remake of the
1954 classic, The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
The film (originally attached to director Guillermo del
Toro) was written by Gary Ross, who is related to the
writer of the original film...
(Thanks
to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
July
25: The Fog keeps rolling...
The
teaser trailer for The Fog remake can now be found
on IGN
FilmForce...
Early
details on the SE DVD re-release of The Fog include
a October 4th street date, and $14.94 price tag...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/
and http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
July
24: Jeffrey Combs latest?
Creature-corner.com
recently ran an article covering Jeffrey Combs latest
projects. According to the article, he is considering
parts in two upcoming Masters of Horror episodes.
The episodes are listed as, "Witch" and
"Dagon". Here is the information in question:
~Showtime
is in the process of creating a new series called "Masters
of Horror". Jeffrey is already being considered for
two of the upcoming episodes; "Witch" and "Dagon".
Keep an eye right here for more information on this new
series.~
I'm
pretty sure that the information in this article is misquoted.
It is true that Jeffrey Combs in working on Stuart Gordon's
"Dreams in the Witch House" episode,
but there is no episode (to my knowledge) based on Dagon.
The confusion probably came from the fact that Jeffrey
is starring opposite Dagon lead Ezra Godden in
the Witch House episode (see:
June 2)...
(Thanks
to http://www.creature-corner.com/)
July
24: Guerrilla Productions Bulletin Board online!
Want
to keep up to date with the various Guerrilla Productions
projects (including Flesh of my Flesh, The Statement
of Randolph Carter and others) currently underway?
If
so, check out their new message
board for all the latest!
(Thanks
to Edward Martin III)
July
24: Halfway House signing
The
Halfway House star Mary Woronov (along with other
cast and crew members) will make an appearance at Dark
Delicacies in Burbank, CA (Sunday, August 28) for a DVD
signing/release party. The DVD will be released on August
23rd...
Click
here
for more.
(Thanks
to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
July
19: HPLFF updates!
The
H.P.
Lovecraft Film Festival (October 7-9) schedule has
been fleshed out a little, and now includes new features,
shorts and guests...
Features
will include: Marebito, Beyond the Wall of Sleep,
Cast a Deadly Spell, and Forbidden Quest.
Only
two shorts have been announced (Call of Cthulhu
and The Yellow Sign), but expect many more in the
coming weeks.
Discussion
panels will include: director Stuart Gordon, scholar S.T.
Joshi (Lovecraft expert), singer Patti Smith, screenwriter
Joseph Dougherty, author Scott Connors (Clark Ashton Smith
expert).
The
Howie Awards, an art show and various merchants (Pagan
Publishing, Catalyst Studios, Lurker Films, SighCo Graphics,
Guerrilla Productions, The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
and more) will also be part of the event.
Remember,
submission deadlines are August 1st...
(Thanks
to http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/)
July
19: The first BtWoS review is online!
The new issue of The
Dunwich Herald is online, and they've provided us
with what might be the first ever review for Barrett J.
Leigh and Thom Maurer's feature length adaptation of Beyond
the Wall of Sleep.
Check
it out here.
(Thanks
to The
Dunwich Herald)
July
19: The Shunned House in Germany!
Ivan Zuccon has just informed me that The Shunned House
will soon be available on DVD in Germany. Among the various
special features (which you can learn more about here),
the epiX release will also be dubbed in German!
Further
information can also be found here...
(Thanks
to Ivan Zuccon)
July
19: The Fog trailer is online... ~
updated ~
The
teaser trailer for the remake of The Fog played
at last weekends San Diego Comic Con, and can now be found
on the website Enprimeur.
You
can view the trailer by clicking here (off-line)...
update: The teaser for The
Fog is no longer available at the above link, but
can now be here.
There is also a new image available here.
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/
and http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
July
19: LovecraCked call for entries has ended ~
updated ~
For
Immediate Release:
The
call for entries for BiFF JUGGERNAUT'S upcoming anthology,
"LovecraCked! The Movie" has officially
ended. Unofficially, we're still waiting on a few submission
from filmmakers who requested a couple extra weeks to
put the finishing touches on their respective Lovecraftian
flicks amongst other things ;) There may still be space
for a few additional shorts, so if you're a filmmaker
and you have a short Lovecraftian flick you'd like to
submit for consideration you can still send it to the
below listed address for the next couple of weeks, but
don't delay.
BiFF
JUGGERNAUT Productions
Greenpoint Station
P.O. Box 220-540
Brooklyn, NY 11222-0540
USA
Any
questions please contact me at elias@biffjuggernaut.com.
For
all the hordes eagerly awaiting the release of the finished
anthology... Patience my squiggly, squirmy Cthulhu friends;)
Check back here at the "Herald" and www.biffjuggernaut.com
for more news and updates. A DVD release date for the
anthology is TBA for the moment but as soon as it's official
you'll hear about it. At the moment we're still in the
process of contacting filmmakers and working out the finer
details of the project, such as the order of the shorts
and a nifty opening title sequence. Stay tuned for more
news and announcements soon. Thanks for all your interest
and support!
Regards,
Elias
BiFF
JUGGERNAUT Productions
www.biffjuggernaut.com
Independent
Cinema Lives! It Lives!!!
update: Elias
has informed me that the selections have now been made.
There is going to be about 7 or 8 films in total included
in the final anthology as well as the LovecraCked!
doc/spoof, which will be the wrap around that holds the
other shorts together. The feature should run app. 80-90
minutes and the DVD will include bonus materials (runner-up
shorts and more).
(Thanks
to Elias)
July
18: Guerrilla Productions to re-release The Dream-Quest
of Unknown Kadath on DVD
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For
Immediate Release:
July
14, 2005
Guerrilla
Productions to re-release The Dream-Quest of
Unknown Kadath on DVD
Portland's
Guerrilla Productions announces the reprint of its
first feature film, the animated adaptation of H.
P. Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,
on DVD, for August 2005.
The
Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, one of H. P.
Lovecraft's few novels, follows the adventures of
Randolph Carter, a brave Dreamer in the Land of
Dream, as he navigates a terrifying landscape of
ghouls, zoogs, Shantak birds, nightgaunts, dholes,
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evil
priests, and moonbeasts, all in search of his beloved
Sunset City.
"We've
really punched it up," says Director Edward
Martin III. "We've remastered the soundtrack
in Dolby Digital, added more bonus features, pulled
out many scenes that were very loosely animated
and re-animated them completely from scratch, included
some very neat DVD-ROM content, and just overall
have made this an even more attractive product than
the first release."
The
first limited release of 1000 copies sold out in
six months.
"That's
not going to happen again," adds Martin.
"We're committed to keeping this product
alive and well for as long as the fans want it."
Guerrilla
Productions, fueled almost entirely by caffeine,
has completed half a dozen short movies since the
initial release of 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, and pre-production on a live-action
adaptation of The Statement of Randolph Carter.
For
more information, please contact:
Edward
Martin III
Guerrilla Productions
http://www.Guerrilla-Productions.org/
Edward@Guerrilla-Productions.org
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(Thanks
to Edward Martin III)
July
18: New Cthulhu Stills!
The
H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society have released a few
new stills of R'lyeh from their upcoming adaptation of
The Call of Cthulhu!
Check
them out here.
(Thanks
to Sean Branney)
July
18: First Mortuary screening
Tobe
Hooper's Mortuary
(Hooper's tale of possession, zombies and Lovecraftian
nastiness) will make its big screen debut at the German
Fantasy Film Fest. The festival launches July 27th and
runs through August 24th.
No
word yet on any U.S. appearances...
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
July
18: Guerrilla Productions to adapt The Statement of
Randolph Carter!
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For
Immediate Release:
July
12, 2005
Guerrilla
Productions to adapt The Statement of Randolph
Carter
Portland's
Guerrilla Productions announces it is in pre-production
on a live action adaptation of The Statement
of Randolph Carter, based on the short story
by H. P. Lovecraft.
The
Statement of Randolph Carter is one of Lovecraft's
most terrifying tales, a blind descent into terror
in an ancient graveyard.
"I've always thought it was peculiar that
Randolph Carter, who is
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normally
a very strong character in Lovecraft's work
had been portrayed as so weak in this story,"
said Director Edward Martin III. "But as
I became more familiar with the story and started
digging into the possibilities, I realized that
this one story is a pivotal moment for Carter, a
place where he graduates, essentially, from student
of Harley Warren's to the path of a master. This
is the moment, in this movie, that changes him into
the strong and powerful character he becomes."
The
Statement of Randolph Carter stars newcomer
Sean Strauss as Harley Warren and "Mad Martian"
as Randolph Carter. "The crew is amazing,"
adds Martin. "This crew is fresh from our
recent feature and they can make gold out of straw.
It's like a Flesh of my Flesh family reunion."
Guerrilla Productions, fueled almost entirely by
caffeine, has completed half a dozen short movies
since the initial release of 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.
For
more information, please contact:
Edward
Martin III
Guerrilla Productions
http://www.Guerrilla-Productions.org/
Edward@Guerrilla-Productions.org
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(Thanks
to Edward Martin III)
July
18: Witch-House at the HPLFF?
Source:
Aaron Vanek
At
this past weekends "Masters of Horror"
panel (at the San Diego Comic Con), Stuart Gordon said
that we should be able to see his "Masters"
episode, "Dreams in the Witch House"
at this year's H.P.
Lovecraft Film Festival!
Please
note that this is not a guarantee, but it's good news
nonetheless...
(Thanks
to Aaron Vanek)
July
17: Blue November MicroFilmFest STAGE III
For
Immediate Release:
Call For Entries
Entries
must be NTSC DVD or VHS - Nonreturnable.
Submissions
must include Name, Address, Phone, E-mail, Title, Format,
Bio & Synopsis, and Running Time. Each film must represent
the original work of the artist.
Promotional
materials are strongly encouraged!
All
genres accepted. Entry is FREE! Deadline is September
15th, 2005.
Send
Film Entries To:
Adam Shea Chambers
2205 E.L. Anderson Blvd.
Claremore, OK 74017
For
an entry form or additional information, contact Captain
Chambers at
captain@blue-november.com
2005
Blue November MicroFilmFest STAGE III
November 4th & 5th
OSU-Tulsa Auditorium, 700 North Greenwood Tulsa, OK
Admission is FREE!
(Thanks
to Captain Chambers)
July 16: Gordon's Witch-House!
Variety ran a insert recently
that was devoted entirely
to the Masters of Horror series. It contained details
about each of the 13 episodes in the first season, including
the following info on Stuart Gordon's "Dreams
in the Witch-House"!
There is no mention of Jeffrey Combs involvement, as had
been reported earlier...
"Dreams In The Witch-House," dir.
Stuart Gordon
Screenplay
by Stuart Gordon & Dennis Paoli
Stuart
Gordon presents his fifth adaptation of a tale of terror
from horror master H.P. Lovecraft. Walter Gilman (Ezra
Godden), a college student studying interdimensional string
theory, rents a garret in a run-down building in the old
New England town of Arkham. He is haunted by terrifying
nightmares in which he is visited by a 17th-century witch
and her familiar, a rat with a human face. He begins to
realize that these are not dreams at all and that diabolical
forces are gathering to sacrifice his neighbor's infant.
As Walter struggles to prevent this, it becomes less clear
if he will save the child or become its unwitting murderer
himself.
(Thanks
to http://aintitcoolnews.com/)
July 16: More Regeneration screenshots
Click here
for another look at the upcoming Evil Dead Regeneration
video game...
(Thanks to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
July 16: New Fog SE DVD
Fangoria.com reports that Sony
will release a newly re-mastered special edition of The
Fog on DVD. No street date is available, but it will
likely coincide with the release of Rupert Wainwright's
remake...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
July 16: "Halfway to Hell" Premieres
on IFILM
For
Immediate Release:
North
Hollywood, CA July 13, 2005
This
Wednesday, July 13, "Halfway to Hell"
- the first music video produced for BV
Entertainment's "Fright Film Factory" label
- will premiere online at IFILM.
It will play on the site for the next 3 months.
The
video features the original song composed and performed
by Insecto Circus, which appears in the horror/expoitation/comedy
The Halfway House, starring Mary Woronov. It was
directed by Tim Herrman and produced by Kenneth J. Hall.
There are cameo appearances by actors Janet Tracy Keijser
as a virginal victim and Athena Demos and Tomi X as nasty
nuns along with clips from the film.
"Halfway
to Hell" will be included on the DVD release
of The Halfway House, in stores throughout the
US and Canada August 23. For more information about the
movie, click on the banner above to visit the official
website.
(Thanks
to BV
Entertainment, Inc.)
July
16: BotD Devilhead update
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Here's
the latest...
Tom Sullivan's Book's of the Dead mini series
(written by Tom Sullivan and illustrated by Josh Medors)
will be released in November and cost $4.95...
Here's
the story:
Months after the Iraq incident, back in a secret
lab in Michigan the archeologists research and experiment
on the Book. They discover the terrifying properties
of the spores and unleash a terrifying force. Two
authors of the supernatural with a history of mutual
hostility are drawn into a plot to control this
horror beyond imagination. Another amazing tale
from Dead Dog Comics brings you Tom Sullivan's Books
of the Dead.
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(Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/)
July 12: Hell is closing in
Fangoria.com has a lengthy write-up
of filmmaker Ted (The Deadly Spawn) Bohus's new
film, Hell
on Earth. Filming is currently underway on the
supernatural horror/comedy...
I'm still not sure how much inspiration Lovecraft's writings
played in the creation of the script, but some obvious
mythos elements are evident.
The
story involves a sixteen-year-old named Bobby who walks
with the help of metal leg braces and lives with his parents
Ernie and Lucy and sister Peggy. He plays with 'imaginary
friends' provided by the mysterious and ancient 'Apocryphal
Book of Tarkuhm' provided by his Aunt Sadie. What he doesn't
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 friends
and the mysterious Aunt Sadie. Things get nasty as one
by one, the inhabitants of the house fall prey to the
ever-increasing horde of pustular monstrosities. Who will
survive? Who will discover the way to destroy these strange
creatures and save the Earth?
Click
here
for the full write-up...
(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)
July 12: More AoD vs. Re-Animator covers...
Click here
for a sneak peek at the four covers that will grace issue
#3 of Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator...
(Thanks to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
July 10: The Resurrected DVD announced!
Lions
Gate Home Entertainment has finally announced the
release of Dan O'Bannon's The Resurrected on DVD
(see fangoria.com's news item here).
No word on whether it will be the director's cut or if
the disc will contain any special features...
Please visit Michael Allred's "The Resurrected"
DVD Campaign page,
and show your support for a special edition director's
cut of the film!
(Thanks to Michael Allred)
...this
might be worth keeping an eye on...
July 10: March the 13th,
new poster and images!
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Director Robert P. Olsson provided these great behind-the-scenes
images from March the 13th, 1941 (based on
"The Statement of Randolph Carter"). The
above poster was designed for promotional purposes for upcoming
festival appearances, (to be announced)...
(Thanks to Robert P. Olsson)
July 10: First look at Pickman's
Muse!
Here's an exclusive first look at Robert Cappelletto's
upcoming film, Pickman's Muse! The pics
to the left and right are from the mental hospital set,
and the center photo is of a possible location for the
Starry Wisdom...
Based on both "Pickman's Model" and "Haunter
of the Dark", the film is expected to begin shooting
in the fall!
(Thanks to Robert Cappelletto)
July 10: Strange Aeons at
Horrorfind!
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For
Immediate Release:
Maelstrom Productions "Strange Aeons:
The Thing on the Doorstep" to play at
Horrorfind Weekend.
Maelstrom
Productions, a Seattle production company, will
be premiering their feature debut, "Strange
Aeons: The Thing on the Doorstep"
at Horrorfind Weekend in Baltimore. Visit horrorfindweekend.com
or maelstromproductions.com
for full convention details.
There
will be several cast and crew members in attendance
including: J.D. Lloyd (Dan Upton), Angela Grillo
(Asenath Waite), Eric Morgret (director), and K.L.
Young (writer). Other members of the cast and crew
are expected to attend.
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The feature will play two times on Saturday August
20th. Please check the Horrorfind
Weekend Website for more details. There will be
a question and answer with the movie makers before
the presentation.
The
creators will be available the entire weekend in
the dealer’s room, and throughout the convention
floor. They will also be selling a DVD of the short
version of "The Thing on the Doorstep"
that led to the creation of the feature.
View Dread Central's coverage here...
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(Thanks
to Eric Morgret)
July 10: Is Heading Home
heading for Portland?
Jane Rose (The Statement of Randolph Carter) dropped
me a line to inform me that Heading Home (based
on a story by Ramsey Campbell) is still in post-production.
Jane is currently working on the sound and adding filters
to get the look she wants, but hopes to have it done in
time for the HPLFF...
(Thanks to Jane Rose)
July 8: Book of the Dead 2
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According
to Anchor
Bay, September 13 is the final street date for
the Divimax re-release of Evil Dead II in the
new Book of the Dead package (designed by Tom
Sullivan). The packaging includes an enclosed sound
chip that screams when you poke the eye!
The film is a 16x9 widescreen transfer with Dolby
Digital 5.1 Surround sound with commentary by Sam
Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Scott Spiegel and Greg Nicotero.
It also includes two featurettes, Evil Dead II:
Behind the Screams and The Gore the Merrier,
a poster/still gallery and talent bios. |
(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)
July 8: AoD vs. Re-Animator #2 cover art
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The
first issue of Dynamite
Entertainment's Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator
is due out this month. Pictured here is one
of four new covers for issue #2 (coming in August)...
Here's a refresher on the storyline: "Locked
in an insane asylum, surrounded by re-animated abominations,
and low on gas, Ash leads a misfit band of wannabe
heroes into the depths of a Deadite infested madhouse.
Facing an entire wing of undead inmates Ash must
uncover the Necronomicon and send the evil spirit
back before the gateway to the Old Ones is opened
ushering in the destruction of the human race. It's
Cthulhu meets Chinfu as everyone's favorite one-armed
wisecracking anti-hero discovers that there are
worse things than Deadites detailed in the blood
soaked pages of the Book of the Dead. Can Ash uncover
the book and save the day before the Chosen One
flies over the cuckoo's nest?"
Click
here
to view the 3 remaining covers...
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(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/)
July
6: The Necronomicon of the Templars
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Source:
CineTerror
(translation by BabelFish)
Here's
an update (from Christopher K. Philippo) outlining
what the storyline might have been for the fifth
film in Amando de Ossorio's Blind Dead series
(See also: July
10th and June 27th)...
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Lamentably this was the last appearance of the
templarios horsemen in the great screen although
in way a villa is had left delivery that would take
by name "the Necronomicon of the Templarios"
and that would suppose a crossing between the horsemen
and count Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy), that
would try to free of its curse of man wolf through
the magical
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secrets
written in the Necronomicon that the templarios horsemen
kept in their abbey. What he never could be carried
out so that the producers found a history between
these two unnecessary so appeared personages who had
several sequels already, in addition Paul Naschy did
not see itself very interested in the project.
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Click here
for fangoria.com's write-up of the forthcoming 5 disc
Blind Dead DVD set...
(Thanks
to Christopher K. Philippo)
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July 6: The Hound sleeps
For
Immediate Release:
ASE
turning Personal before Tribute:
ASE
Films Janie Gaiger and Woodruff Laputka have announced
that their work on the aimed adaptation of Lovecraft "The
Hound" has been put on indefinite pause. "Resources
are slim right now, so bear with us as we work on the
more manageable production of De Bunnaugh: A
Secret, which is one of Laputkas own manifestations
and which I have full faith in the solidity of the script",
says Janie. The film is still, once again because of budgeting
and scheduling problems, in the early principle photography
stage, but ASE hopes to wrap up everything by the end
of 2005.
(Thanks
to Janie Gaiger)
July
6: Colour from the Dark news!
Ivan
has informed me that casting for Colour from the Dark
has begun, and that production will start in November...
(Thanks
to Ivan Zuccon)
July 6: The Colour Out of Worlds
Please
note:
Article contains spoilers
Was
Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds inspired by
Lovecraft and other works of weird fiction? Check out
D. W. Bostaph's examination
of the horror background hidden in the new War of the
Worlds for the answer...
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/)
July
6: Strange press...
Click here
for reallyscary.com's coverage of the Strange Aeons
production (this is the same information covered here
on May 24th)...
(Thanks to http://www.reallyscary.com/)
July
6: Evil Dead Regeneration screenshots
3dgamers.com
scored some more screenshots from the upcoming Evil
Dead Regeneration video game. Check them out here...
(Thanks
to http://www.gorezone.net)
July
4: Argento's myth of Ctuhlu
Here's
another film that never made it past the writing stage...
Director
Dario Argento (Suspiria) and producer Dino de Laurentiis
attempted to adapt Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos without
success...
The
following is an excerpt from an interview conducted by
darkdreams.org:
Dark
Dreams: If you could make a Lovecraft tale into a film,
which would it be and why? Would you do this if the opportunity
presented itself? Do you feel that the feat of translating
Lovecraft to film can be done properly?
Dario
Argento: Many years ago producer Dino de Laurentiis
asked me to work on a movie taken from Lovecraft. I worked
with an American writer. I wanted to inspire to the myth
of Ctuhlu and I studied it for almost a year. Then I realized
it was too difficult, and de Laurentiis didn't like the
work, it looked too abstract to him. Indeed, Lovecraft
is not so realistic, especially the myth of Cthulu.
Check
out the entire interview here.
(Thanks
to http://www.darkdreams.org/)
July2:
Protection from Elder Gods!
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Middle
Pillar Presents
The
Unquiet Void - Poisoned Dreams : Talisman Box
Set
The
Poisoned Dreams:Talisman Box offers protection
from control by the Elder Gods!
Limited
to just 15 sets, all individually handmade
by Jason Wallach (The Unquiet Void), the Poisoned
Dreams: Talisman Box Set contains a wooden hand-crafted
box, crackle painted and covered with special runes
- Lovecraft's version of the "elder sign"
which symbolize protection against the Old Ones.
Affixed to the top of the box is a talisman of a
'Deep One' - a dark creature described in the Innsmouth
Lovecraft stories. Because the individual boxes
and Deep One Talismans are hand cast and painted,
each of the 15 sets are unique!
The felt-lined boxes include a CD exclusive to this
set: The "Dagon" CD features
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reading Lovecraft's story "Dagon", an interview
with Jason about the making of "Poisoned Dreams,"
and his future plans for TUQV's next album, "The
Shadow Outside." The Dagon CD will
only be made available in this set and will not be
duplicated in any future release. The set also contains
a signed "Talisman" insert card, autographed
and numbered by the artist himself.
The
Talisman Box is also available with a signed
and numbered edition of the Poisoned Dreams
CD album.
The
Unquiet Void - Poisoned Dreams: Talisman Box
Set "Album" edition with signed, number
edition of Poisoned Dreams CD $55.00
The
Unquiet Void - Poisoned Dreams: Talisman Box
Set (without Poisoned Dreams CD for those who
already own the album) $45.00
Click
here
for more. The Official Unquiet Void site can be
found here...
You
can purchase The Unquiet Void's Poisoned Dreams
through the shop of unspeakable
things!
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(Thanks to Jason Wallach)
July 1: New Halfway House review!
Check out Christian Matzke's review of Ken Hall's The
Halfway House here!
The official DVD release date is August 23, 2005...
(Thanks to Christian Matzke)
July 1: Experiment 17 footage exposed
For Immediate Release:
Footage of Experiment 17 has finally been made available
to Crawling Chaos Pictures. With the help of Anthony Penta
(The Hound) and PentaWorks, the footage has been
repaired and cleaned, and is nearly ready to be released
(in documentary form). CCP are traveling to Los Angeles
this weekend to record the narration with Andrew Leman
of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. All that remains
is scoring, and then it will be submitted to the H.P.
Lovecraft Film Festival for possible inclusion in this
fall's festival. Other venues and festivals are also being
looked at, including the MiskatoniCON.
Click here
for further information and documentation.
The following photos are presented in there original format:
(Thanks to Crawling Chaos Pictures)
July 1: Richard Stanley's Nemesis,
the film that never was...
I
ran across the following information on Between Death
and the Devil, a website dedicated to the films of
Richard Stanley (Hardware,
Dust
Devil). During an interview (conducted by the
webmaster) he expresses his interest in Lovecraft, whether
there's ever been a true Lovecraft film and his own unfilmed
attempt Nemesis.
An adaptation of Poe's "The Fall of the House
of Usher" and a treatment for Arthur Machen's
"The Great God Pan" are among Richard's
other unfinished projects...
Here
is an excerpt from the interview:
BDD:
Do you like Lovecraft?
RS:
Big fan.
BDD:
Which of his stories would you like to adapt?
RS:
I can't really imagine adapting any of his stories
'cause none of them quite lend themselves to film. I wouldn't
mind doing a homage. One of his stories that I might think
of doing is making The Call of Cthulhu as a fake documentary.
It's possible having a documentary, piecing together different
pieces from around the world. I'd like that - people around
the world having the same dreams, seeing the same nightmare.
But otherwise it's more likely that I might make a homage
to him.
BDD:
You don't see films doing justice to Lovecraft?
RS:
No, I don't think there's ever been an actual Lovecraft
movie. Sometimes, funnily enough, I think that Bergman
comes quite close, like Through a Glass Darkly,
where a girl has a vision of god as a huge spider about
to eat her, that's a pure Lovecraftian moment. Hour
of the Wolf, and even the ending of Shame have
their moments of cosmic horror.
BDD:
What about that Reservoir Dogs/Evil Dead
movie?
RS:
That was actually closest to a Lovecraft adaptation.
It was written ages ago, for Jean-Claude Van Damme, when
Sam Raimi was looking to do it. But it was called Nemesis,
now there's another film called Nemesis. The idea
was - there is a poem by H.P. Lovecraft with that title
- the story is about a bank robbery in Netherlands, they
break into the vault of a very old European bank to get
the diamonds, and they do it on Queen's day, there is
a party to cover up the noise of jack-hammers. Together
with the diamonds they get a box left there since the
World War II. It's got some triangular black stones in
it, and one of the guys cuts his hand on a stone or something,
and then they're trapped in the vault because the police
surround them, and then a demon possesses one of the hoods.
Particularly good was, when a demon takes over the gangster,
he immediately reaches for his cell phone and calls HELP.
And some Call of Cthulhu kind of 'cleaners' arrive, fast-moving
Indian-like types with funny tattoos on their faces and
rain capes who try to rescue their God and stuff...
Click
here
for the full interview.
(Thanks
to http://www.everythingisundercontrol.org/nagtloper/)
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headlines...
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20th Anniversary Screening
June
28: Cthulhu interview continued!
June 27: Call of Cthulhu interview!
June 26: Pickman and Poe
June 24: Late Bloomer in Sweden!
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