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Films, Inc. (formerly Beyond Books) announces the immediate availability
of Volume 1 of the H.P. Lovecraft Collection on DVD, Bryan Moore's Cool
Air. The disk also contains Christian Matzke's "An Imperfect
Solution" and "Nyarlathotep", Anthony Penta's
"The Hound" (letterbox) and "The Hapless Antiquarian",
a 25 minute interview with the cast & crew of Cool Air including
Jack Donner, an 18 minute interview with scholar S.T. Joshi regarding
Lovecraft and the stories the films from the collection were based on,
plus festival openers "The Scroll" and "Dunwich
1927". There are also two Easter Eggs and if that wasn't enough
there is an informative 8 page booklet designed by Andrew Leman. Retail
prices is $21.95. Readers of Unfilmable.com
will receive a free Re-animator Audio Book CD if they order in
the next two weeks and mention "Pickman" in the comments. Other Recent Lurker Films
News: (Thanks to Andrew Migliore) (Thanks to Thom Maurer) June 27: El Necronomicon
de los Templarios On page thirty-five, the filmography ends with this note: "The Winter 1993 edition of US fanzine VIDEOOZE announced that Ossorio was 'shopping around a script for the fifth BLIND DEAD film, EL NECRONOMICON DE LOS TEMPLARIOS'. At the time of compiling this booklet the script has not been optioned, either in Spain or elsewhere; go figure..." Christopher also found one mention of that title on Google, an alt.horror post from 1999 (click here). An individual named Bob wrote "Incidentally, a few years ago I had an opportunity to look over the script for a fifth 'Blind Dead' film De Ossorio was shopping around. (EL NECRONOMICON DE LOS TEMPLARIOS). I vaguely remember it having something to do with the Templars being 'nuclear-powered' and terrorizing a bunch of campers in the woods. I am not making this up!!!" If anyone has any further
information, I'd be interested in hearing about it... According to Moviehole.net, Sam Raimi had the following to say: Sam Raimi told IESB.net (at the "Spider-Man 2" Premiere) that he'd be interested in doing both an "Evil Dead 4" and a "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash". Says Raimi on Evil Dead 4, "I'd like to make another Evil Dead movie. Right now I don't have any plans to, but it would be a lot of fun". And on Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash he remarks, "That sounds interesting. I'd love to read a script? If one exists". Unfortunately, Sam is
concentrating on getting "Spider-Man 3" off the ground,
so any and all other projects are years away… ~From Full Moon's creepy
vault of gems comes 3 gothic horror stories re-edited and re-energized
from past classic films, designed to freak you out and pull you even
deeper into its web of madness. In Ascent From Hell an idealistic
she-devil heads for the world above to begin serving her own brand of
justice. Infinite Evil deals with a race of cannibalistic genetic
freaks that live below a cemetery and come out to feed during thunderstorms.
In Evil Never Dies, Theriel, the Black Angel is summoned from
his resting place to usher in the end of the world.~ Tim Hudson had the unique opportunity to interview Jeffrey Combs during his appearance at Trek Expo in Tulsa, Oklahoma earlier this month. It was written for a local paper, but he has graciously allowed Unfilmable.com to reprint it here in it's entirety. (Thanks to Tim Hudson) Click here
for the latest from Guerilla Productions, including news on the Innsmouth
Legacy shoot and a new Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath DVD!
There were some interesting results in the 13th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. Although no Lovecraft related films won in any category, Beyond Re-Animator and The Shunned House earned several nominations and write-in votes. Beyond Re-Animator was nominated for Best Limited-Release/Direct-To-Video Film (won by Bubba Ho-tep), and The Shunned House earned write-in votes for the same category. Jeffrey Combs earned write-in votes for his portrayal of Dr. Herbert West in Beyond Re-Animator, and Cristiana Vaccaro (as Carlotta Zann) earned votes for best actress in The Shunned House. Silvia Ferreri (as Nora, best supporting actress) and Acid Vacuum (best score) were also nominated for The Shunned House. Congratulations to all the nominees! Click here for complete results. (Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/) More as it becomes available. Bob Brinkman has just
provided Unfilmable.com with a review for one of it's favorite Lovecraft
films, Ivan Zuccon's The Shunned House. (Thanks to Bob Brinkman) June 21: Alone in
the Dark From the official website: Edward Carnby (Christian Slater) is a private investigator specializing in unexplainable supernatural phenomena. His cases delve into the dark corners of the world, searching for truth in the occult remnants of ancient civilizations. Now, the greatest mystery of his past is about to become the most dangerous case he has ever faced. With the help of his ex-flame, archeologist Aline Cedrac (Tara Reid), and his bitter rival, government agent Richard Burke (Stephen Dorff), Edward Carnby is about to learn that just because you don¹t believe in something, that doesn't mean it can't kill you. Alone in the Dark is based on the best-selling Atari videogame series. (Thanks to Bob Brinkman) For immediate release: "THE CALL OF CTHULHU" Sean Branney (prod.)
is accepting submissions for The Call of Cthulhu, a digital faithful
adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft classic tale of supernatural horror.
Breakdown-Professor Angel: male, 50-70, frail in body, but burning with intellectual curiosity; Listener: male, 50s, empathetic psychiatrist enthralled by the unfolding horror; Bell: male, 40, professor of archeology; Shaman: male, Inuit, Aleut, or Native-American, 40+, holy man; Castro: male, Latino or Creole, 60+, crazed old devil worshipper; Sailors: male, 20-40, burly, unsavory workingmen; Males and females: 20-50, all types to play deranged swampfolk conducting unholy rites, scantily clad. Send pix & resumé
by June 30 to HPLHS, Inc., Casting Dept., 2466 E. Chevy Chase Dr., Glendale,
CA 91206. First Posted 06/17/2004. (Thanks to Bob Brinkman) Director James Raynor has informed me that filming on Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle is now finished! I've added a fourth image gallery containing pics from the 4th and 5th days of shooting that you can find here. If you head over to the official website (you can find it here), you'll find a new trailer and some more pics. The finished film runs 24 minutes and 30 seconds. The cast includes Vicky Crampton, Alex Eamonson, Nick Thompson, Nicola Ford, Sabbi Stone and Dom Wynter. A proper scored soundtrack is still being worked on, but will be completed this summer... (Thanks to James Raynor) June 19: Dark Heritage review added! I've just added a new review for Dark Heritage: The Final Descendant. The film, directed by David McCormick, is an un-credited adaptation of "The Lurking Fear". You can find the review, courtesy of Bob Brinkman, here. (Thanks to Bob Brinkman) June 19: The Thing DVD re-release According to gorezone.net, Universal will re-release John Carpenter's The Thing October 5th. It will include an anamorphic transfer and all the same extras as the current (and now discontinued) special edition: the "Terror Takes Shape" documentary, audio commentary with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter, a still gallery, deleted footage and trailer. (Thanks to http://www.gorezone.net/) June 19: Hellboy 2
gets a start date… Unfortunately, this pushes
"At the Mountains of Madness" even further into the
future. Hopefully Aaron Vanek will get to the bottom of this in his
upcoming interview with director Guillermo del Toro (see June 13)… June 19: Innsmouth
Legacy updates (Thanks to Edward Martin
III) While doing research on another film I came across a message board post from an individual by the name of Robert Olsson. In it he mentioned that he and a friend are currently working on a script and will be shooting (this summer) a short horror film based on H.P. Lovecraft's novel, "The Hole". Since I'm not familiar with a Lovecraft story by that name, I'll put this one in the rumor section until I can find out more. The film is to be shot in Sweden, so is it possible that "The Hole" is the Swedish name for another story? More as is becomes available. (Thanks to Robert P.
Olsson) June 13: New reviews
added! ~updated~ (Thanks to Christopher
Bond) Have you found The Yellow Sign on TV? According to Aaron, Richard
Becker has started a public access cable show called "Doctor
Morbius's Movie Mausoleum". Similar to other horror hosts,
he shows cheesy horror movies punctuated with humorous comments. During
a showing of Bela Legosi's The Gorilla, he interrupts it halfway
and plays The Yellow Sign instead. Aaron is interviewed (as some
guy off the street) where he gets his name wrong, forgets about the
plot, etc. It will be making the rounds to other public access stations,
so check back for show times in your area. Aaron submitted his screenplay
adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space"
(see Forthcoming Terrors) to
Columbia College Chicago's "Written Image" contest. The screenplay
took first place in the contest! Aaron will be interviewing
director Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, Devil's Backbone,
Hellboy) about his career for a retrospective to be printed in
an upcoming issue of CultCuts magazine. CultCuts also picked Aaron's
The Yellow Sign as one of their favorite short films of 2003. Jean-Paul Ouellette's
film The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter has been
released on DVD (simply called The Unnamable II), and can be
found for under $6.00 at your local Wal-mart! Unfortunately, the only
extra feature is scene access… Check out Lou Reed's (Velvet Underground) brilliant version of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. Called "Lou Reed's The Raven Net Version", it's taken from his album The Raven. Dario Picciau created the art and Willem Dafoe narrates this haunting version... Check it out here. (Thanks to http://www.reallyscary.com/) According to gorezone.net and PC Zone Magazine, there is a another Evil Dead game on the way. Bruce Campbell mentioned it while talking about a possible Evil Dead 4 (in an interview with Ain't It Cool News). Campbell said: "We've got these Evil Dead games coming out left and right. The new one's coming out next year, next Spring. I did the voice for it for Cranky Pants." There's no further information on THQ or Cranky Pants... (Thanks to http://www.gorezone.net/) A reminder for those
of you currently working on Mythos related films... Andrew Migliore announced today that the 2004 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival will be held October 1-3, 2004 at the Hollywood Theater in lovely Portland Oregon. "Last year's Festival was tremendous," said Migliore. "We had a full four-day program, excellent guests, music, and pretty much non-stop activities. Each year it just gets bigger and better." The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival is also open for feature film and short film submissions. It has featured critically acclaimed and award-winning films from countries such as Italy, Spain, Japan, Germany, Ireland, Wales, and the United Kingdom, as well has works from across the United States. Deadline is July 15th. The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, now on its 11th festival, features an annual banquet of features and short films based on the influential works of H. P. Lovecraft, as well as vendors specializing in related work, and discussions and interviews with filmmakers. For more details: http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/ (Thanks to Andrew Migliore) According to the official website, the first rough cut of The Unnamable is almost complete. Work has also begun on the films soundtrack (both the films score and sound fx). The soundtrack is being worked on in Munich and Australia (by the Lovecraft inspired group, The Unnameable). The digital FX (by Munich based "Rebels-of-Design") is also underway. (Thanks to http://www.the-unnamable.com/) Director Edward Martin III is looking for 30-40 extras for a June 16th shoot on his short film, Innsmouth Legacy. The shoot (a wedding scene) will take place in the Portland Oregon area. Pay is screen credit and a copy of the finished movie. Interested? Drop Edward a note by clicking here. (Thanks to Edward Martin
III) (Thanks to Ivan Zuccon) Source: fangoria.com Evil Dead: The Musical
will be playing in Montreal (at the Cabaret du Plateau) July 2 through
the 25th. It will also be playing in Toronto (at the Bathurst Street
Theatre) June 22-26. Click here
for more information. June 5: Synapse announces
Lemora specs Synapse Films has announced details of its long-awaited DVD for Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (Richard Blackburn’s 1973 cult favorite). The DVD (to be released August 31) will contain a new uncut and uncensored 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer, supervised and approved by Blackburn, plus an audio commentary by the director, producer Robert Fern and star Lesley Gilb, a still gallery including rare on-set continuity photos, the original shooting script as a DVD-ROM feature, bonus trailers and liner notes by Richard Harland Smith and Fango scribe Chris Poggiali. List price will be $19.99. Click here for a look at the official sell sheet! (Thanks to Bob and http://www.fangoria.com/) For Immediate Release: Crawling Chaos Pictures' new expose on the controversial "Experiment 17" footage should be ready by early Fall. We are actively looking for tips, leads, and donations to help complete our research. Please visit here for more information. (Thanks to Crawling Chaos Pictures) June 2: Evil Dead the Musical returns! Running August 14-23 at the Tranzac club is "Evil Dead 1&2: The Musical"!! This fully authorized production takes the best elements from the 2 cult horror classics "Evil Dead" and "Evil Dead 2 Dead By Dawn" (directed by Sam Raimi and starring Bruce Campbell) and combines them with a full score of original music, a stellar script, brilliant cast and a gore-fest of special effects!The FX Master from the films, Tom Sullivan, will be making an appearance at the production on the 22-23rd. He will be available for questions, autographs, and to display props from the movies - such as the Necronomicon! The Tranzac Club features a full bar right inside the theatre, so bring a group of your friends for an unforgettable night. Tickets can now be reserved at 416-723-EVIL. Reservations are highly recommended for the nights of Tom Sullivan's appearances, for the second weekend, and for the late night performances. Full details can be found
on the wickedly entertaining site: (Thanks to Tim) June 2: Hellboy II pre-production to begin in January? Source: MovieHole.net According to countingdown.com, Todd LaBonte, animation supervisor for Tippett Studios, confirmed that Tippett will be meeting with director Guillermo del Toro about Hellboy 2 in January. How this effects "At the Mountains of Madness" remains to be seen... (Thanks to http://www.countingdown.com/) From countingdown.com: Since I've stopped updating my Hellboy site, I thought I'd post this here... Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is rushing Guillermo Del Toro's "Hellboy" to DVD on July 20, less than 16 weeks after it opened in theaters, where it generated $59 million. The two-disc special edition DVD will include video introductions by del Toro and Selma Blair, plus a unique feature in which viewers can click during selected parts of the movie to comics drawn by Mike Mignola, on whose Dark Horse Entertainment series the movie is based. Other bonus features include audio commentaries by del Toro, Blair, Mignola, Ron Perlman, Jeffrey Tambor and Rupert Evans, as well as visits to the "Right Hand of Doom" set and a two-hour documentary. Source: Variety (Thanks to http://www.countingdown.com/) |
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