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November
23: Night of Horror deadline fast approaching!
For
Immediate Release:
A
Night of Horror Short Film Festival - Regular
Deadline Fast Approaching!
Sydney,
Australia, November 24, 2006 - A Night of
Horror Short Film Festival reminds horror
filmmakers that there is less than a week
to go before the fest's regular submission
deadline, which is Thursday, November 30 (postmarked).
Of
particular interest to Unfilmable readers,
the festival is encouraging filmmakers to
submit short films inspired by the writings
of H. P. Lovecraft. According to festival
co-director Dean Bertram, a long-time fan
of the iconic horror author, the festival
aims to be as Lovecraft "friendly"
as possible. "At the very least we
will be dedicating one whole screening block
to Lovecraft inspired films," states
Bertram.
Films
submitted in the Lovecraft category, compete
for the festival's "Best Lovecraft Film"
award as well as several general festival
awards, including: Best of Fest, Best Scream
Queen, Best Special Effects, and Best Score.
Thanks to the festival's sponsors, which include
Kodak and People magazine, winners will share
in several thousand dollars worth of cash
and prizes.
A
Night of Horror Short Film Festival is scheduled
for March 23-25, 2007. More details are available
at the festival's official website: www.anightofhorror.com
(Thanks
to Dean Bertram)
November
22: Sherlock Holmes vs. the disciples of Cthulhu!
~ An investigation will lead the most famous
detective of all time to the edge of the irrational
as he thwarts the designs of a sect of the
disciples of Cthulhu. ~
I'm
not sure how I missed this one, but Focus
Home Interactive recently announced that they
will be releasing a new Sherlock Holmes game
in March 2007 called Sherlock Holmes: The
Awakened. In the game, players will take
on the role of Sherlock Holmes as he attempts
to unravel the dark secrets of the cult of
Cthulhu...
The
game was developed by Frogwares for Ascaron
Entertainment GmbH. For further information,
please visit: www.focus-home.com.
(Thanks
to http://www.imdb.com/)
November
21: Strange Aeons screening details!
Maelstrom Productions
Strange Aeons
will be part of the 2006
Tabloid Witch Award Winners screening
at the Santa Monica Public Library on Saturday
Dec. 9th (12 noon - 5:15 pm). The screening
is free to the public and takes place in the
Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium at the main
branch (601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica,
CA 90401)...
Also
screening: Bill Whirity's Zombie Island,
Mike Flanagan's Oculus, Paul Carty's
computer animated The Kooky Kastle,
Aldo E. Serrano's Moloch, Kenny Selko's
Alone and Rolfe Kanefsky's Nightmare
Man...
Afterwards,
meet the filmmakers and actors during an audience
Q&A and vote for your favorite film...
About
Strange Aeons: A Miskatonic University
professor combats an evil sorcerer trying
to bring back the demonic "Old Ones"
to Earth. Based on H.P. Lovecraft's "The
Thing on the Doorstep." Directed
by Eric Morgret. Written by K.L. Young. Cast:
J.D. Lloyd, Erick J. Robertson, Angela M.
Grillo, Jerry Lloyd (Best Supporting Actor),
Peter Anthony Holden. 78 minutes.
(Thanks
to Eric Morgret)
November 17: Now it's a remake...
Fangoria.com
reports that Universal has announced a remake
of John Carpenter's 1982 classic The Thing
(which was a re-imagining of Howard Hawk's
1951 film, The Thing from Another World).
Strike Entertainment (Marc Abraham and Eric
Newman) will produce, David Foster (The
Thing, The Fog remake) will executive
produce and Ronald D. Moore (the new Battlestar
Galactica) will script...
The film is being described as "a companion
piece" to Carpenter's film rather than
a straight retelling...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
November
16: Marebito sequel in the works?
According
to a bloody-disgusting.com insider, Takashi
Shimizu is planning a sequel to Marebito
sometime in the future...
(Thanks
to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
November
16: New David Cade audio books
Following
upon the success of the Lovecraft CD "The
Unnameable":
Tales
of Orpheus Announces Two New CD AudioBooks.
"The
music is hypnotic and David Cade's voice is
realistic and mesmerizing - an enchanting,
fully absorbing immersion in the experience
of reading, or listening to Poe! I greatly
prefer this to the Basil Rathbone version."
- James Hutchison Ph.D, Author of "Poe"
(2005).
"David
Cade has here chosen two of Poe's most psychologically
suggestive tales and his sensitive reading
accentuates the suspense and fear which Poe
built into them."
- Scott Peeples Ph.D., President of The Poe
Studies Association, & Author of "The
Afterlife of Edgar Allan Poe" (2003).
The
Masque of the Red Death
(with The Black Cat, and The Bells)
The
Tell-Tale Heart
(with Berenice, and The Raven)
Performed
by David Cade, with original music by Roberto
Barzini. Total Timing of each disc: 73 minutes.
Both
CDs are now available from: http://www.davidcade.net
(Thanks
to Tales of Orpheus)
November
11: Herbert West is looking for victims!
Shoggoth
Frames Pictures latest, Herbert West's
Obsession, is currently searching for
actors! The script has been finished and funding
is being sought. The above image comes from
a previously shot teaser trailer that will
be available soon...
More
updates to come!
(Thanks
to Strut Glid)
Please
note: Dagonbytes.com
is unavailable at this time, so all story
links are dead...
November 8: Nyarlathotep: The Audient
Void!
Writer/director
Michael Poli is currently at work on a new
adaptation of HPL's Nyarlathotep called
Nyarlathotep: The Audient Void!
Produced by Sly's Basement, and starring Sam
Biles, Shawn Georgiana and Michael Poli, the
film revolves around one of three triplets
who is guided back to the world of the living
by a menacing outer god, who is really using
him as a small pawn in his own plan for absolute
universal chaos...
The
film is scheduled for an October, 2007 release...
Michael
promises further updates as they become available!
(Thanks
to Michael Poli)
November
8: Chill on the big screen!
H.P.
Lovecraft Film Festival and Lurker
Films founder Andrew Migliore will be
hosting a screening of Serge Rodnunsky's Chill
at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon!
Andrew will also be interviewing Serge for
a forthcoming article...
Additional
Chill information can be found on the
Official
Website, MySpace
and YouTube...
I'll
post screening details as soon as Andrew releases
them!
(Thanks
to Andrew Migliore)
November
8: Fangoria.com reviews Evil Dead:
The Musical
Click
here
to read fangoria.com's 4 skull review!
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
November
8: Darabont speaks of The Mist
Frank
Darabont sat down with chud.com
recently and discussed (among other things)
his adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist...
"The
Mist ... is going to be a really quick project;
it's very low budget, very fast, not unlike
what Danny Boyle did in 28 Days Later, which
I found very inspiring in terms of, hell,
just go out and make a movie and have fun
with it," he told the site. "It'll
be a pretty fast and furious narrative, really.
And I'm certain the shortest film I've made
to date."
According
to Dread Central, a start date sometime in
February is likely...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
November
8: Ash vs. Marvel Zombies?
Bloody-disgusting.com
reports that everyone's favorite zombie killer,
Ashley J. Williams, will take on Robert Kirkman's
Walking Dead in the upcoming comic book limited
series, Marvel Zombies Vs. The Army of
Darkness!
Click
here
for details...
(Thanks
to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
November
8: The damned director...
Bloody-disgusting.com
talks with The Damned Thing director
Tobe Hooper here...
(Thanks
to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
November
2: Ex Oblivione feature in the works!
For
Immediate Release:
LOS
ANGELES, CA - El Globo Films, LLC and Bozzi
Films is proud to announce it's joint venture
on a new H.P. Lovecraft film titled, EX
OBLIVIONE. Co-Writers/Directors Thom Maurer
and Barrett Klausman plan to begin shooting
in February 2007 with an expected release
by Lions Gate Films in October 2007. Gino
Bozzi, Executive Producer, is spearheading
the project, bringing one of Lovecraft's most
ambiguous works to life.
El
Globo Films, LLC will also partner with Unfilmable
Films and Dragon Moon Productions on a short
film (to be announced) that will lens in the
spring of 2007...
(Thanks
to Barrett Klausman)
November
2: The Other Gods need your help!
Lovecraft
translators needed!
As
the Special Edition DVD of The
Other Gods takes shape, a vital component
is lacking... We'd like to include subtitles
for non-English speaking persons.
If
you love Lovecraft and can translate (accurately)
into Spanish, French, Italian, or German,
we need your help! If you'd like to donate
your time and expertise, please write to us
at info(AT)maddogmovies.com.
Not
sure if you can take on the whole project?
It's a short film, so there's only about 25
lines of text. Click here
to download the script and take a crack at
it!
You
can also check out Mike's H.P. Lovecraft Film
Festival report here!
(Thanks
to Mike Boas)
November
2: News from Lurker Films
Bob
Brinkman alerted me to the following...
NOTICE:
We have just discovered a couple of mistakes
in the current pressing of this DVD. First
is that the film The Yellow Sign and
the film The King in Yellow are not
presented in their proper aspect ratio. Although
the films are watchable this was not our intent
and we wish to present the films in the intended
aspect ratio as created by the filmmakers.
Secondly, the Portuguese subtitle track is
actually a duplication of the Spanish subtitles.
We intend to correct these mistakes in the
next pressing, and any current customer who
would like the corrected disc (no packaging)
can request one. Look here
for further news.
(Thanks
to Bob Brinkman)
November
1: New Closet Space images!
Here's a new batch of Closet Space
images sent in by director Mel House (that
I didn't get online in time for Halloween...)!
Mel
notes that the film is currently in post-production,
with digital FX work underway from Visual
Oddysee. Later in the month, Oddtopsy FX will
do some practical FX pickups so look for a
new Closet Space trailer and poster
to debut around that time...
Don't forget that the Closet Space
crew will be attending the San Jose and Chicago
Weekend of Horrors, so stop by and say hi!
(Thanks
to Mel House)
November 1: Miskatonic
music and more!
The
4-minute trailer for The Miskatonic Acid
Test that screened at last months H.P.
Lovecraft Film Festival has found it's way
online (in a slightly different form), and
can be found here!
According
to writer/director Dark Lord Rob, the film
currently clocks in at about 2-½ hrs!
Further editing and FX work are underway for
the horror-festival circuit version, but Rob
promises that the Director's Cut will retain
much of the current footage. A DVD release
is in the planning stages for spring, but
if you check out the official
site, you'll see that a 3-disc CD soundtrack
is currently available. The set includes 2
CDs of songs and one CD of instrumentals…
The
next round of projects from Dark Lord Rob's
American Entropy include Howard and Howard
(a take-off on The Odd Couple featuring
HPL and Robert E. Howard), Bwa Haw Haw
(a horror version of Hee Haw featuring
some Lovecraftian elements) and a straight-up
Lovecraftian horror film called The Abomination!
Updates
as they become available!
(Thanks
to Dark Lord Rob and Donald
C. Foley)
November 1: Two Guerrilla
Productions shorts make the cut at "Blue
November Film Festival"
For
Immediate Release:
Portland's
Guerrilla Productions announces that two GP
shorts, The Testament of Tom Jacoby
and Innsmouth Legacy have made the
cut at the Blue November Micro Film Fest in
Tulsa, OK.
The
Testament of Tom Jacoby is a creepy adventure
into a place of deepest darkness -- the human
mind. What happens when six men are trapped
beneath a mountain in a massive cave-in? What
happens when one by one they start dropping,
inexplicably destroyed by a monster that walks
among them in the impenetrable dark?
Innsmouth
Legacy is the story of a woman desperate
to escape the curse that haunts her family.
It is not a direct adaptation of Lovecraft's
story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth",
but takes place one generation after that
tale, borrowing elements from the story.
Blue
November accepts and encourages traditional,
general- interest films, but has become particularly
known for its acceptance of experimental and
"pure" art films as well. "Cinema
is a limitless canvas," says Bret
Mix, Festival Director. "There are
many ways to tell any particular story, and
not all of them involve traditional storytelling
techniques. We aim for a good mix of traditional
and non-traditional film."
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 visit the official
Guerrilla Productions site.
(Thanks
to Edward Martin III)
November
1: Lovecraft in the House of Horrors
David
J. Hohl's In Search of Lovecraft is
featured in a recent House of Horrors article
that you can find here...
The
trailer that premiered at midnight on Halloween
Eve can be found here!
(Thanks
to David J. Hohl)
November
1: Late Bloomer available on Netflix!
Craig
Macneill's short film Late Bloomer,
based on a story by Clay McLeod Chapman, is
now available on Netflix as part of the Short
Stack: Vol. 1 collection...
Check it out here!
(Thanks
to Craig Macneill and Clay McLeod Chapman)
recent
headlines...
October 30: Unfilmable.com Exclusive:
New Chill images!
October 30: Rare Re-Animator
screening!
October 29: Closet Space in the pages
of Fango!
October 29: New Hellboy Animated
review
October 26: A letter from Arkham, Massachusetts!
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