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I've added a new image gallery to Unfilmable.com for the upcoming film, "The Picture in the House". "The Picture in the House" (directed by Aaron Lucchesi) can be found here. (Thanks to Derek M. Koch) June 29: Shunned House on tour! From M J Simpson: ~If you haven’t yet seen Ivan Zuccon’s The Shunned House, you can catch it at several film festivals later this year. The film will be shown at the Tohorror Film Festival in Torino, Italy in June, then in August Canadians can catch it at Exofest3 in Edmonton, after which it plays the Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester, UK at the end of the month. Come September the film heads for Spain for the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival and then in October it’s over to Portland, Oregon, USA for this year’s HPLovecraft Films Festival.~ There's also an interview with Ivan Zuccon from February 2002 here. An edited version of this interview appeared in issue 216 of Fangoria. (Thanks to http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/) June 28: The Evil Dead trilogy Anchor Bay UK have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Sam Raimi's THE EVIL DEAD Trilogy Boxed Set for July 28th 2003 with a retail price of £29.99. Click here for a complete listing. (Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/) June 27: At the Mountains of Madness is a ways of.... I came across the following mention of "At the Mountains of Madness" on the Hellboy Message Board. It seems that the film is a long way from production.... Fan Question: Regarding 'At The Mountains of Madness' - any word on where you stand with the project? Have you scouted locations or anything like that? How much preparation do you do on a project before taking it to the money guys? Guillermo Del Toro: No
scout yet. But that lil' adventure -IF it happens- will probably take
me about 2-3 years of prep. June 27: Lovecraftian chiller MALEFIQUE added to Fantasia fest lineup Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival (running July 17-August 9) should be announcing its schedule this weekend at www.fantasiafest.com, and there are several new titles added to the roster that Fango has learned about in advance, as well as a few special guests. Joining the previously announced movies (see here and here for our earlier news bursts) is France’s prison-set Lovecraftian chiller MALEFIQUE, directed by Eric Valette, who will be on hand.... Click here for more festival additions courtesy of Fangoria.com. (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) June 27: Beyond Re-Animator's TV debut delayed From Fangoria.com: ~As for the network’s premiere of BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR, it has (obviously) been delayed from a June airing to sometime in October.~ (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) June 26: The Path to The Picture in the House Aaron Lucchesi (from Best Destiny films) kept a journal while prepping and shooting "The Picture in the House". You can read it here. (Thanks to http://www.bestdestiny.net/) June 26: Armee des
Jenseits (Unknown Beyond!) Ivan Zuccon's "Unknown Beyond" will soon be released on region 0 (PAL) video/DVD in Germany! Some of the many features included are: Bloopers, Deleted Scenes, Alternate Ending, Audio-Commentary. Click here to see the entire release specs (in German). There's also a great image gallery from the film! (Thanks to Ivan Zuccon) June 26: The Hound's official website gets revamped Nick Gains animated adaptation of "The Hound" is moving along nicely. Nick has revamped the website and is currently working on storyboards for the film. There are examples of his storyboard work on the site as well as a few production images. Click here to keep an eye on what Nicks progress. (Thanks to Nick Gains) June 26: Tales of the Plush Cthulhu Charles P. Mitchell (author of The Complete H.P. Lovecraft Filmography) sent along this great link. So I thought I'd share it with the rest of you. Enjoy! (Thanks to Charles Mitchell) June 26: "Graveyard" at Cinemuerte FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 'Graveyard' to premiere at the 5th Cinemuerte Horror Film Festival Cast features local rock legends Joe Keithley and Jon Mikl Thor (23 June 2003 - Vancouver)
Inspired by years of drudgery and minimum-wage The second short film
from Vancouver's Fizz Films, 'Graveyard' brings "Orwellian in its
frank depiction of the horrors of capitalist exploitation, Other key 'Graveyard'
crew includes Shira Blustein (lighting), Brian 'Graveyard' also
features a soundtrack with songs from Thor, D.O.A., Sons Of The title track to 'Graveyard'
was recently recorded by Thor and will be For more information
regarding Cinemeurte please visit: Media contacts Ed Brisson, Director Michael Patience, Consulting
Producer June 26: Beyond Re-Animator
midnight dates set! (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) June 23: Sascha Renninger's "The Unnamable" on Bloody-Disgusting! Sascha Renninger's "The Unnamable", first featured on Unfilmable.com got the following write-up on Bloody-Disgusting.com! ~H.P. Lovecraft's
'The Unnamable' Trailer Moviefans.de writes in, "Wanna see something special !?! This trailer is from Sascha Renninger who worked with the german splatter-god Olaf Ittenbach... H.P. Lovecraft's THE UNNAMABLE Trailer, right here for your entertainment."~ (Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/) June 23: Lemora - A Childs Tale of the Supernatural Greetings! I have just put together an e-group based on the cult vampire film LEMORA - A Child's tale of the Supernatural aka Lady Dracula, etc. It is located here- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lemora/ We hope to have discussions about the film, the soundtrack, the whole thing really. If you have seen it, like it - please join the group! It is to be reissued by Synapse Films around Halloween!!!!!!! I thought some of you may have an interest as there is a Lovecraft influence in the film, specifically "Shadow over Innsmouth". Regards, June 23: WENDIGO
model kit unleashed Fangoria.com post this cool picture of Glass Eye Pix new Wendigo model. The model is based the "Wendigo" film directed by Larry Fessenden. ~“No account of the Wendigo is the same, and this model represents a figment of imagination visited upon a young schoolboy in the 1970s,” says director Fessenden. The 11-piece, 13-inch resin kit was sculpted by John Guenther and can be found at hobby shops or on-line at the Glass Eye website.~ (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) June 20: Lovecraft copyrights in question In a email I received recently from filmmaker Bruce G. Hallenbeck (London After Midnight), he asked about "the vague state of copyrights when it comes to his [Lovecrafts] work". Bruce would like to make further Lovecraft adaptations (he has already adapted "In the Vault"), but is concerned about what is and isn't safe to film. Filmmaker Steve Sessions (Malefic, Cadaver Bay) has expressed similar concerns. If anyone has any incite into this (and would like to help these individuals) please email me here. Any help would be appreciated. June 19: Ron Perlman in "At the Mountains of Madness"? While looking for news on Hellboy, I ran across this mention of Guillermo Del Toro's possible Lovecraft project "At the Mountains of Madness". I really hope this one gets made.... ~Future directors, you WANT Ron Perlman in your movie. Interestingly enough, when our conversation drifted to At the Mountains of Madness (Guillermo's H.P. Lovecraft project at Dreamworks), Guillermo told Ron flat out that there was a role with his name on it in the movie. Not the lead character, but a good one. While this is far from official, the vibe I got was that the project might have some trouble coming to life. Dreamworks, I know you're reading this: MAKE THIS MOVIE. If you do, you might not win a lot of Oscars, you may not quadruple your budget in the first three weeks of release... but you will be making history and the film will be beloved. H.P. Lovecraft has been hinted at a bunch of times (The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, Dagon), but he's never really been done fully. Be the first, people. Anyhow, back to Hellboy...~ (Thanks to http://www.chud.com/) June 18: Lovecraft on your desktop! I've added two new wallpapers to the Pickman's Models page! These images started out as designs for Unfilmable.com T-shirts (which may still happen someday). They are for screens with 800 x 600 screen resolution. Click here to view them! June
18: Lovecraft's 'The Picture in the House' nears completion! Post-production has almost finished on an adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Picture in the House". The short film (written and directed by Aaron Lucchesi) was produced by Best Destiny, and will be released mid to late 2003! It stars Derek M. Koch and Jayesunn Krump. They are also about to begin production on another adaptation based on a short story by Lovecraft's colleague Robert E. Howard called "Casonetto's Last Song". You can visit Best Destiny here. More as it becomes available! (Thanks to Derek M. Koch) June 18: Anthony Penta's "The Hound" on DVD! If you haven't seen Anthony Penta's great adaptation of "The Hound", here's your chance! You can purchase it on DVD (or VHS) through Anthony's own PentaWorks website. The DVD contains The Hound, as well as The Hapless Antiquarian, 2 Found Films, and The Doll House Maker. All for only $15.00! These films can be purchased separately on VHS. So If you haven't seen Anthony's work, stop on over. It's well worth it. The PentaWorks catalog can be found here. The main site can be found here. (Thanks to Christian Matzke) June 18: War Gods of the Deep DVD review Check out Creature Corner.com's review of the 'vaguely Lovecraftian' Vincent Price film, "War Gods of the Deep". It was released on DVD as part of the MGM Midnite Movies line. ~The film is about a lost underwater civilization…sort of. The civilization is actually extinct. So the primary focus of the film is not on underwater monsters but on a group of immortal sailors, led by Vincent Price, who live in caves that are remnants of that civilization. However, they are only immortal while they are in these caves, so they can’t leave. They also must occasionally sacrifice one of their own to the devolved gill men who live in the ruinous subterranean matte painting….~ Click here for the rest of the review. (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) June 18: Dagon comes up empty handed Stuart Gordon's "Dagon" came up empty handed at The 12th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. Click here for the full results. (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) June 17: 7 DAYS Episode with Lovecraftian Title Frank Hummel sent along the following: ~This Wednesday, June 18th (and early morning on Thursday the 19th) on cable network TNN, the Science Fiction series SEVEN DAYS is showing an episode called "The Dunwych Madness". Looks like it is Lovecraftian in title only. Seven Days (Thanks to Frank Hummel) June 17: Graveyard update! The website for the Lovecraftian film, "Graveyard" has been updated with the following information: ~What is Graveyard? Inspired by years
of drudgery and minimum-wage slavery, Graveyard is the story
of two under-appreciated bookstore clerks, their paranoid yuppie necromancer
boss; an irrationally violent thief; a homeless guy; and the endless
night-shift that brings them together. Starring Jon Mikl Thor, Joe Keithely, Toren Atkinson, James McBurney, Butch Murphy and Shira Blustein.~ The soundtrack will contain tracks by Thor, DOA, Sons Of Jo, Bughouse 5, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets and many more! It will be available soon from Outlaw Recordings. Click here for the complete cast and crew listing. (Thanks to http://www.fizzfilms.com/graveyard.html) June 15: Happy Father's Day everyone! June 15: Screening of "The Yellow Sign" reminder Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be showing "The Yellow Sign" at a small (FREE!) screening next Wednesday (not this coming Wednesday, the next one) along with some other horror shorts, featuring the premiere of Jeff Hoffman's adaptation of Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". Please come out to see them: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2003 7:30PM CONTINENTAL RESTAURANT
& MARTINI BAR http://www.continentalbar.homestead.com Since The Tell-Tale Heart is only approximately 15 minutes, a collection of other dark, gothic, and horror shorts will be screened. Come early and get 10% off your entire bill (including dinner and alcohol) from the restaurant! The screening is free and no RSVP is necessary. Bring your guests! (Thanks to Aaron Vanek) June 14: BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR on Sci Fi? Some time ago I put the following information in the News section. Then I forgot about it.... ~Beyond Re-Animator, the Brian Yuzna-directed third in the Herbert West series, has been sold to the Sci Fi Channel (!) and will be airing on the cable station in June (June 9th to be specific).~ Does anyone know if it actually aired? It is not listed in the TV Guide as having been on. If you have any information, drop me a line here. June 13: The latest news on Hellboy Interested in Hellboy?
If so, click here for all the latest
news courtesy of The Hellish Herald! June 12: The Shunned House image gallery! (This one's for you, Thomas!) The second Unfilmable.com image gallery is now online. Click here to view "The Shunned House" gallery! If you haven't seen Ivan's film yet, these images will make it a must! The first image gallery (for The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath) can been seen here. (Thanks to Ivan Zuccon, Darrin Ramage, and Thomas) June 12: Aaron Vanek's Lovecraft short film The submission deadline is up, and Aaron Vanek has decided on a storyline for his upcoming short film (see: June 8 News). The story Aaron decided on was written by indie filmmaker Richard Becker. Details when they become available. (Thanks to Aaron Vanek) June 11: NYC Japan fest UZUMAKI producer, Dai Miyazaki, will be appearing at the New York-Tokyo Film Festival. Click here for complete details. (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) June 10: Guillermo Del Toro's Next Countingdown talked with Director Guillermo Del Toro on the Prague set of the comic adaptation and he spoke about his upcoming flicks: "Before coming to Prague, I turned in my 17 page scriptment of 'Wind in the Willows', and a 50 page treatment of 'At the Mountains of Madness'. My writing partner Matthew Robbins finished a pass several weeks ago, and I made my comments and my changes on the weekend, and the screenplay has been turned into the studio, we'll see what happens. On' Wind in the Willows' now, we're on pages. Every Sunday night, I send in my copies".... Click here to read the entire interview. (Thanks to http://www.darkhorizons.com/) June 8: Bryan Moore's "Cool Air" on DVD! Bryan Moore's incredible adaptation of "Cool Air" will be released on DVD this October. It will likely premier at the 10th annual H.P. Lovecraft film festival where it is scheduled to screen. Bryan will be there to promote it, as will the awesome Jack Donner. They will be discussing the film after the screening. The DVD will contain a behind the scenes making of featurette as well as 15 minutes of cut footage (including a subplot that involves the landlady). With the release of Ivan Zuccon's films ("Unknown Beyond" and "The Shunned House"), Brian Yuzna's "Beyond Re-Animator", and now "Cool Air", this will be a very good year for Mythos DVD's! (Thanks to Bryan Moore) Here's a website that might be of interest to those of you with short films. Below is a description of Fastshooters service. ~Fastshooters is the name for a series of 25 and 55-minute programs. TV stations work with (time) slots. We understand that most TV stations simply can't program individual short feature films of 3, 11 or 19 minutes. What we basically do, is prepare 'ready to air' tapes, filled with as many short films of the same genre as it takes to arrive at exact 25 or 55-minute programs. Obviously, we also add that little extra touch...~ Click here to visit Fastshooters.com. (Thanks to Patrick of
the B-Film list) June 8: Help Aaron Vanek make a Lovecraft Movie! Interested in helping Aaron Vanek (Return to Innsmouth, The Yellow Sign) with a Lovecraftian short film? Aaron's looking for story ideas (I've sent mine!) for a short film to be shot this month. Click here to read Aaron's request. Please send all submissions here, and they will be forwarded to Aaron. The deadline for submission is Thursday June 12. Also, remember to include contact information. Thanks! While looking for information on "London After Midnight" Frank Hummel came across a website for director Bruce G. Hallenbeck. After looking over the website I found the following information on an adaptation of "In the Vault". ~BLACK EASTER, an anthology film that Bruce wrote and directed in the 90s, should finally be completed sometime in 2001. It stars Veronica Carlson, who worked with Bruce in FANGS, and "Queen of the Bs" Debbie Rochon. The stories concern a phantom hitchhiker, a being made of darkness, a snow demon, a monster rabbit--and an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's short story IN THE VAULT.~ Bruce also has a short write-up of an un-produced screenplay called LOVECRAFT. ~LOVECRAFT You can read a much longer version here. I will be contacting the filmmaker for more information soon. More as it becomes available. (Thanks to Frank Hummel and http://www.paganhorror.com/index.html) June
7: London After Midnight ~London After Midnight (Written & Directed by Bruce G. Hallenbeck) is a very ambitious project that began in 1997. It's a cross between THE X-FILES, THE AVENGERS and H.P. Lovecraft, with scores of actors and locations. The story is about a man and a woman who investigate the paranormal and find themselves battling a cult that worships the Lovecraftian deity Shub-Niggurath. Available in early 2002.~ (Thanks to http://www.lindenmuth.com/index.shtml) June 7: Shadows in
the Garden Here is a short write-up of "Shadows in the Garden" (Shadows in Fog). The film was written and directed by Wayne Spitzer (from his short story), and is included on the Monstersdotcom anthology. ~When a police officer investigating a string of gruesome murders is murdered himself, a botanical monster emerges (from Sarnath Biological) to terrorize-or is it to save?-the rain-drenched community of Cthulhu Gardens, U.S.A.~ You can read more about the Monstersdotcom anthology here. (Thanks to http://www.lindenmuth.com/index.shtml) June 7: Bride of Re-Animator DVD coming According to Creature-Corner.com, Artisan will be releasing a full-frame and bare bones version of "Bride of Re-Animator" on DVD August 19th. The DVD will retail for $14.95. (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) June 6: Show your movies on the big screen! I'm forwarding this post from the B-Film yahoo group. I thought some of you might be interested. ~I am starting a show that will feature indi horror movies! I have access to a theatre that can use videos and DVDs! If you ever wanted to show your movie on the big screen in front of an audience this is your opportunity. The show is going to be in Cincinnati. Anyone who is interested should drop me a line!~ Contact Rob here. (Thanks to Rob) June 5: Server problems continue It looks like my server
problems are continuing. Some pages are not loading completely, but
I have found that if you refresh the page it will finish loading. Sorry for any inconvenience. June 5: Lions Gate Goes Cannes Crazy Lions Gate is on a frenzy as of late, acquiring little packages of gold from around the world. Their latest stop, the Cannes Festival, where they went to work on acquiring a bunch of Filmax’s Fantastic Factory titles, with an announcement regarding Beyond Re-Animator. According to Screen Daily, Lions Gate is looking to test run Filmax’s Fantastic Factory's Beyond Re-Animator in 8 theaters this summer, with the chance of expansion if it tests well. Worst comes to worse, we'll see it on DVD this August if we miss it in the theater (unless that changes). "If successful, it could bode well for titles on the label’s second-year slate, which Lion’s Gate also pre-bought at Cannes this year, including Yuzna’s Rottweiler, Paco Plaza’s Romasanta and ghost tales Beneath Still Waters and The Nun." (Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/) June 5: SPONGE Online Series updated We have all the episodes on our own server, and we're currently featuring up to Episode 7. Check it out on SPONGE: http://s-p-o-n-g-e.com and click (Downloads). SPONGE (Thanks to SPONGE) June 5: EVIL INVADES
THE UK Creature-corner.com put up this image of Anchor Bay's forthcoming 4-disc box set of all the 'Evil Dead' films. None of the extra features have been announced yet. The Region 2 set will be released in the UK on July 28th, and retail for £29.99. Click here for more images. (Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/) June 5: Castle Freak
action figure! Tempe Entertainment has a limited number of Castle Freak action figures available. It is being discontinued, and will be available for $9.99 while supplies last! Click here for more details. (Thanks to http://www.tempevideo.com/index.html) June 5: Off topic but worth a mention Gabriel writes in, "Big news guys, Stuart Gordon, who brought us Dagon and our beloved Re-Animator has popped up with another movie that is being world premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 13th, King of the Ants. It is being currently advertised as a "different type of horror film." I talked to a source from Cult Cuts Magazine two weekends ago, and he said this one is a winner. Here for you now is the official trailer for King of the Ants. Enjoy guys." (Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/) June 5: Translation Movie Weirdness I'm posting this request for help with the permission of William Johns (of The Lovecraft Library). Any help would be appreciated (I will also be trying to find out what I can). Help! I received a review of the 1993 movie "Beyond the Wall of Sleep", allegedly derived from the HPL story of that name, from a visitor to my website. It's in Spanish, so I asked a friend of mine who speaks the language to translate it for me. The results are ... weird. The original: Dirigida por el dramaturgo Barret Leigh en el año 1993, luego de superar una grave operacion de hemorroides, debido a la enorme cantidad de tiempo en la cual no se podia sentar, se le ocurrieron perfectas ideas para pasar a un film uno de los mas terrorificos cuentos de Lovecraft. El autor se inspiro en una leyenda milenaria en la cual cuando uno se agachaba cerca de una pared misteriosa, tenia terribles e irreversibles consecuencias (roturas de partes intimas del cuerpo). En la pelicula, le rompen el cucu al personaje principal, que muere clavado muy feo. Un detalle muy importante: la mujer protagonista era en realidad un trabuco. Excellente pelicula con extraordinarios efectos de post produccion. "NINE STARS OUT OF TEN" Evelyn's translation: In 1993 after a long period of recuperation from a serious hemorrhoid operation during which he could not sit up, dramatist director Barret Leigh had a perfect idea to film one of the most terror filled stories by Lovecraft. The author was inspired by a thousand-year-old legend in which when one bent down near a mysterious wall, one would have terrible and irreversible consequences where intimate parts of the body would break off. In the film the lead actor, who dies after being nailed, looses his bottom. The lead woman actress was in reality a blunderbuss. This is an excellent movie filled with extraordinary effects. "NINE STARS OUT OF TEN" Me again: Now, I've never seen the movie, so for all I know the main character's ass does indeed fall off, and the leading actress is indeed an antiquated firearm. But somehow I don't think so. Has anyone out there seen the movie? Does this review in any way resemble it? Is the translation incorrect, perhaps because Evelyn speaks a different flavor of Spanish (she's from Cuba, the author of the review is from Argentina)? Perhaps I am reviewing a porn movie on my site? (HPL would be appalled.) Or is this guy just pulling my leg? I know that very few movies allegedly based on HPLs work resemble the original story in any way. But this seems to be beyond the pale! Bill
The Lovecraft Library
http://www.ech-pi-el.com June 4: Server problems today Unfilmable.com experienced server problems today. Several pages were effected, including the new Hellboy page (The Hellish Herald). The problems seem to have been corrected, and all pages are back to normal. Regular updates will resume tomorrow. Thanks again for visiting! June 3: Del Toro on Lovecraft film While skimming through the Hellboy Message Board I found Lovecraft film mentioned a few times. There is much more here, and I'm thinking of asking him a question or three myself. If anyone has a question they would like to see asked send them here. Fan Question: Since there has been a spate of (less than) fantastic interpretations of Lovecraft's tales in films and other media, do you have any ambition to improve this body of work by making one of your own? Which story would you
actually turn into a film anyhow? Guillermo Del Toro's answer: I adore "The outsider" it was the FIRST Lovecraft story I ever read. Difficult to do except as a short -all POV until the mirror comes into view... But next year, I'm hard at work in AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS. I hope it comes through. Fan Question: With all this talk of a "Mountains of Madness" film, would you consider working with Rob Bottin on this one? The Thing is one of my faves, and I'd really like to see him get some work on another horror movie sometime soon. Del Toro's answer: Rob is a genius, he has done the best Lovecraftian effects ever. Yeah, he's high on the list. Might prove tough to afford though- (Thanks to The Hellboy Message Board) June 1: The votes are in! Here are the results from the first Unfilmable.com poll: "What is the best Lovecraft adaptation?" Below you will find the most popular features and shorts in order of the amount of votes received. I would appreciate any input you have in regards to these results. ~ Do you think something
listed as a feature should be a short or vice versa? If you're new to the world of Lovecraft cinema, this list would be a good starting point. So I hope you enjoy this list, but better yet, I hope you enjoy these films! Features: Out of Mind: The Stories
of H.P. Lovecraft 5
votes Cool Air 4
votes (Thanks to all who participated!) I've added a new News page to Unfilmable.com devoted to the upcoming Guillermo Del Toro film "Hellboy". While Hellboy is not a Lovecraft adaptation, it has been described as very Lovecraftian by many of it's fans. Some of the early character sketches and production artwork have a strong Lovecraftian feel to them. I hope you enjoy this new addition to Unfilmable.com. You can access The Hellish
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