September 27: Lovecraft's Night of Horror call for entries!

For Immediate Release:

A Night of Horror Short Film Festival Announces Call for Submissions – and Special H. P. Lovecraft Category

Sydney, Australia, September 27, 2006 - A Night of Horror Short Film Festival will announce its official call for submissions next week. However, because of the relevancy of the festival’s special H. P. Lovecraft category, early notification is being given exclusively to Unfilmable.com.

The festival, which will be held in Sydney, Australia, from March 23-24, 2007, aims to promote independent filmmakers working in the horror genre from both Australia and abroad. It is operated by the Sydney based film company Lovecraft 21C Productions.

A Night of Horror aims to screen as many and varied films as possible. The festival’s organizers believe that the horror genre is the great equalizer of the filmmaking world, with some of the genre’s most memorable and influential films - from Night of the Living Dead, through Halloween, to The Blair Witch Project - being made on small budgets. In the words of festival director Lisa Mitchell, "We want to see and promote films from all budget levels. We don’t care if your budget was $100 or $100,000. As long as you’ve made a scary, atmospheric, or shockingly funny horror short then it’s in with a chance!"

Films submitted for consideration must be 30 minutes or under, but there is no restriction to the year that they were completed. Those films, which are selected for screening at the festival, will compete for several awards and prizes, in the following three categories:

1: Short Horror Films

2: Short Horror Animations

3: Short Films Inspired by the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft

Since he was a teenager, festival co-director and filmmaker Dean Bertram has been near obsessed with Lovecraft’s writings and the screen adaptations of his work. Under Bertram's direction, the festival has incorporated the special Lovecraft category in an effort to encourage filmmakers who have been similarly inspired, and to offer them the opportunity of having their work screened in Australia.

More details about A Night of Horror Short Film Festival are available at: www.anightofhorror.com

(Thanks to Dean Bertram)

September 27: Dunwich images and more!

For Immediate Release:

Page Street Studios and Crawling Chaos Pictures have released a teaser trailer for the new short film "Dunwich". Visit the official website: http://www.dunwichthemovie.com to watch it!

"Dunwich" is an official selection at the 2006 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon.

(Thanks to Christian Matzke)

September 27: 13th Annual HPLFF schedule updates!

Please note: Along with the following press release were attached two articles, one by Ramsey Campbell (The Crucial Lovecraft) and the other by Robert M. Price (HPL in the Screaming Room). They can be found (in there entirety) here and here!

For Immediate Release:

Lurker Films is proud to present the 13th Annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival

WHEN: October 6-8, 2006
Doors open at 6pm on Friday, 1pm on Saturday & Sunday.
WHERE: The historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon
WHAT: 8 feature films, 7 guests of honor, discussion panels, world and regional premieres, 12 vendors, multiple door prizes, and more than 25 short films.
COST: Tickets are $12 per day per person on Friday, $15 per day per person on Saturday & Sunday.
Advance tickets can be purchased at http://www.hplfilmfestival.com

The 13th annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival will surely be the most exciting yet. Here is a taste of what the weekend will look like.

Friday the festival will kick off with a "Cthulhu Blessing" by author/ editor Robert Price creator of "Crypt of Cthulhu", a literary fan zine. Renowned horror author Ramsey Campbell will be discussing the importance of Lovecraft in the horror genre. There will be a special screening of Dark Waters with director Mariano Baino on hand for an introduction to the film and Q&A. One of four pieces of original artwork done by the director will also be given away.

On Saturday afternoon Dark Horse will be presenting a panel discussion on Lovecraft's Lasting Legacy in Comics. Ramsey Campbell, Robert Price and others will be reciting selected works of H.P. Lovecraft. In the evening there will be festival greetings with founder Andrew Migliore and special guest Ramsey Campbell. We will be playing TNT's "Nightmares and Dreamscapes". Scream Queen Barbara Crampton will be on hand for a discussion on one of her cult classics. Director Alex Turner will be on hand for Q&A and to introduce his film Dead Birds. The Annual Howie Award ceremony will take place Saturday evening. This year we will be honoring Ramsey Campbell for his lifetime achievement as a horror author, and Robert Price for his work with "Crypt of Cthulhu" and his contributions to the Lovecraft legacy.

Sunday we will be presenting a panel with the producer of "Hellboy Animated" Tad Stones, about animating Hellboy. He will be showing exclusive never before seen footage of the incredible cartoon. Jay Woelfel will be introducing his film Beyond Dreams Door as well as having a Q&A session.

In addition to the exciting guest speakers and special events we will be playing 8 feature films and 30 short films.

(Thanks to Sarah L. Mason)

September 27: Fango gets weird!

Check out fangoria.com's coverage of the Weird Tale Collection DVD release here!

(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)

September 25: Films, comics and all things Re-Animator!

Dread Central caught up with producer/director Brian Yuzna, and he spoke of the future exploits of Herbert West (specifically House of Re-Animator)... "We are working on getting the script to House of Re-Animator. Halcyon is organizing the financing and presales," he told them. He went on to say, "The idea for West in the White House began as the concept for the first sequel, Bride of Re-Animator. It took place during the Reagan years and picked up directly where the first movie left off and include a re-animated Meg. In the past few years Stuart Gordon has gotten very enthusiastic about the House idea, and he and Dennis Paoli came up with a completely different version, which is funny and outrageous as well as being pretty gory."

Also in the works is a new comic book adaptation of Re-Animator courtesy of Barry Keating. If the comic does well, Yuzna plans to use future issues to fill in the gaps in the Re-Animator world.

An official Re-Animator website is in the works that will include comic book art and many other things yet to be announced.

Check out Dread Central's exclusive talk with Brian Yuzna for more!

(Thanks to Dread Central)

September 25: Mariano Baino update

HPLFF founder Andrew Migliore reports that Dark Waters director Mariano Baino will indeed make an appearance at this years festival. Baino will appear on Friday October 6th only...

(Thanks to Andrew Migliore)

September 25: New Ex Oblivione trailer online!

There is a new trailer for Ex Oblivione available on the official site, and director Strut Glid sends word that a NTSC version of the DVD will be available the first week of October...

(Thanks to Strut Glid)

September 23: More Mariano Baino appearances announced



Several new appearances have been announced by Mariano Baino in celebration of the forthcoming NoShame Films DVD release of Dark Waters. Along with the previously announced appearance at the East Coast Fangoria Weekend of Horrors (September 29-October 1), Baino will appear at Seattle, WA's Scarecrow Video (5030 Roosevelt Way NE) on September 26 and at Burbank, CA's Dark Delicacies (4213 West Burbank Boulevard) on October 7 (at 2 pm)...

Fangoria.com reports that Baino will not appear at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, but I have yet to confirm this with festival staff. Baino had been announced as an HPLFF special guest...

Visit fangoria.com for complete details!

(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)

September 23: Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash not dead?

Bloody-disgusting.com reports that director Ronny Yu has once again started the Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash rumors with the following comment, "Yeah, they've been talking about it [a sequel to "Freddy vs. Jason"], and they even talk about bringing Ash [from Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" movies] into the equation, and I thought it's terrific. It's almost like an updated version of "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly." If they really want to do it and they want me to do it, I'd love to do it. It would be a lot of fun."

You can check out a poster mock-up for the film by clicking here...

(Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)

September 21: Yellow Sign screening details!

Here is the update on the screenings for the new widescreen, re-mixed version of The Yellow Sign (starring Shawna Waldron)! The movie will be released on DVD by Lurker Films on Sept. 26th...

The first screening takes place on Thursday, October 12th between 8pm - 10pm at the Nova Express Cafe (located at 426 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA). The screening will begin around 8:45 (the film lasts 45 minutes) with music afterwards...

The screening is free, but parking is $5.00 and food is not included. Cafe information can be found on their website...

The second screening takes place a few days later on Sunday, October 15th from 7pm-9pm at The Chaplin Theater of Raleigh Studios...

The Horror Writers Association of America presents:

A free screening of The Yellow Sign and Call of Cthulhu (made by the HP Lovecraft Historical Society). Afterwards, there will be a Q&A with directors Aaron Vanek (The Yellow Sign) and Andrew Leman (Call of Cthulhu). Raleigh Studios is located at 5300 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA (across the street from Paramount Studios). Details can be found by entering the pedestrian gate on Van Ness Ave. (just south of Melrose)...

(Thanks to Aaron Vanek)

September 21: Asleep in the Deep on DVD!

For Immediate Release: Moviemark DVD, Inc. announces the release of its first DVD, Moviemark DVD Indie Shorts Project Vol. (SRP $19.95). This DVD is a compilation of seven very different films from seven different filmmakers all with one common thread; the filmmakers all made their movie their way. The DVD has a scheduled street date of October 17, 2006.

Asleep in the Deep (29 min) (Killing Joke Productions Inc.)

Asleep in the Deep is an experimental/narrative film adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story. In the vein of David Lynch and Maya Deren, the film follows a punk girl, Alyce, down the rabbit hole into a strange land. She is first tormented by a group of upper-classs dinner-goers but soon finds a strange building with even stranger inhabitants. Her new odd neighbors are topped by a reclusive violin player, Zahn, who mesmerizes all with his playing. Alyce eventually meets and befriends the black, older violin player to find out too late that he plays for all of the lost children in the world. The next time they meet, Zahn is nothing more than a living-dead musician and Alyce runs from the strange land never to find it again.

Additional Material:

Photo Gallery
Filmmaker Bio & Filmography

Cast: Delilah Davis, Benny S Cannon, Charlie Bethel, Chase Korte, Anne-Sophie Martin-Mordien, Brandy Snyder, Garrett Fitzgerald

Director/Producer: Paul von Stoetzel

Awards:
"Best Cinematography" - Action on Film Festival

Other films include: Boxed In by Daniel Heisel, The Depression of Detective Downs by Anthony Thurman, Indebted by Jose Rosete, The Locksmith by Jason Stephenson, Midnight Snack by Shawn Hunt and Souled by Richard Marshall...

This is the first release in the Moviemark DVD Indie Shorts Project program. The Moviemark DVD Indie Shorts Project is an ongoing program to showcase independent short films and their filmmakers. You can find out more on-line at http://www.moviemarkdvd.com/.

(Thanks to Allen Richards)

September 21: See The Beyond on Devil's Night!

Lucio Fulci's 1981 supernatural/zombie classic The Beyond will screen as part of the Grindhouse Film Festival's special Devil's Night (Monday, October 30th) double bill with Juan Piquer Simon's (Cthulhu Mansion) 1982 film Pieces...

Details can be found here.

(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)

September 21: He just wants your skin!

A while back I covered an adaptation of Lovecraft's Cool Air (titled Cooler Air) that I was unable to find much info on. Well it seems that the film has since been renamed Chill, and according to the official site, the film will be released soon (although not soon enough to screen at this years HPLFF). Very little information is available, but the site does contain a trailer, synopsis (see below) and cast list... Production company Rojak Films site, lists Serge Rodnunsky as the writer and director and contains more detailed cast and crew info here... About the film: In this horror retro chiller, Sam (Thomas Calabro, 'Melrose Place'), an aspiring writer, gets a job as a clerk in a Los Angeles inner city grocery mart owned by a mysterious Dr. Munoz (Shaun Kurtz), a former research scientist who claims to have a rare skin condition that confines him to live in sub-freezing refrigeration.

But, it's what Sam doesn't know that might prove more fatal. His newfound employment is just a cover for a darker, more disturbing secret. Dr. Munoz is secretly performing ghastly regenerative tissue experiments on living human flesh, savagely skinning his chained victims and forcing them to fight for their lives in frigid temperatures as they slowly freeze to death. Sam is horrified to learn that Munoz died some time ago, but has kept himself alive through occult measures and the flesh harvested from his captives. In the aftermath of Defazio's murder, Sam must decide whether he will die or join Munoz's unholy ranks. Can he escape a grim fate before the next fall of Munoz's unyielding and merciless blade? Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's macabre spine tingling chiller, 'Cool Air'.

(Thanks to Andrew Migliore)

September 21: The Shadow-Haunted Outside out now!

For Immediate Release: THE UNQUIET VOID: The Shadow Haunted-Outside (new CD!) Follow The Unquiet Void into the other worldly dimensions of the Old Ones! Jason Wallach continues his exploration of HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos with the follow up to last year's "Poisoned Dreams." "The Shadow Haunted-Outside" is a ritualistic, dark ambient album inspired by Lovecraft's stories The Dunwich Horror and The Whisper in Darkness among others.

(Thanks to Jason Wallach)

September 21: Tales of Mystery & Imagination on DVD



Dark Film Productions and Jadran Films released the short lived television series (that apparently never aired) called Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery & Imagination on DVD yesterday. The 4 disc set, hosted by Christopher Lee, contains all 13 episodes from the 1995 series. Adaptations include The Fall of the House of Usher, The Oval Portrait, Berenice, The Black Cat, Ligeia, The Cask of Amontillado, Mr. Valdemar, The Tell-Tale Heart, Morella, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Masque of the Red Death (parts 1 and 2). Retail is $49.95.

Click here for more...

(Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/)

September 21: Evil Dead, live on stage!


The creative team behind Evil Dead: The Musical are offering their MySpace friends 50% off on all seats (for all performances)...

Click here for details!

(Thanks to Evil Dead: The Musical)

September 21: LovecraCked! The Movie review

Dread Central has one of the first reviews for the recently released LovecraCked! The Movie DVD, and you can check it out here...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

September 19: Yellow Sign street date announced!

For Immediate Release:

Lurker Films — the leading manufacturer of literary horror, Cthulhu, and Lovecraft related film merchandise — is proud to announce the release of the first volume of the "Weird Tale Collection". The DVD features some excellent adaptations of horror author Robert W. Chambers' work including Aaron Vanek's award winning film inspired by the short story "The Yellow Sign". Street date is September 22nd.

(Thanks to Sarah L. Mason)

September 17: Dead Birds trilogy?

According to Alex Turner (announced via his MySpace blog), a pseudo sequel/follow-up to Dead Birds is in the works! The film will be part two in a planned war/horror film trilogy! You can see Dead Birds (and Alex) at next months HPLFF...

(Thanks to Alex Turner)

September 17: New Nightmare screening

Nightmare, the new short film by Scott Goldberg, will screen at next months Eerie Horror Film Festival. The screening, which takes place October 5th at 8:10, will be preceded by Scott's films All I want for Christmas and The Day They Came Back...

Click here for details.

(Thanks to Scott Goldberg)

September 16: First Look, Rachel Henderson's DRIP!

Adapted from Lovecraft's "The Picture in the House", DRIP! revolves around 3 geology students who stumble upon the household of a crazed hillbilly that has plans for his visitors. Directed by Rachel Henderson, the 5 minute film was shot in and around the Fort Worth, Texas area. Visit the official Vegetable Thing Productions site for further information...

Unfilmable.com will be hosting a DRIP! image gallery with more than a dozen new images, so watch this space for more!

(Thanks to Rachel Henderson)

September 16: Ron Perlman, Jeffrey Combs and more at Fango Con

Ron Perlman (Hellboy) will make a special guest appearance at the next Fangoria Weekend of Horrors (September 29th thru October 1st). Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, From Beyond), Ted Bohus (Hell on Earth) and Mariano Baino (Dark Waters) are also scheduled to appear...

(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)

September 15: HPLFF 2006, new guests, films announced!

The latest press release from the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival has an updated listing of guests, films, screenings and discussions!

Newly announced guests, screenings and discussions include the annual Howie Awards (presented to Ramsey Campbell and Robert Price), a showing of the Comic-Con trailer for Guillermo del Toro's new film, Pan's Labyrinth. Also on hand will be the producer of the forthcoming Hellboy: Animated who will present new never before seen footage! Discussions panels will include: Writers versus Filmmakers: Filming the Unfilmable, The Appeal of H.P. Lovecraft, Dark Horse Comics: Lovecraft's Lasting Influence, and Animating Hellboy...

Several more short films have also been added including Raymond Zablocki's (Strange Aeons: The Awakening) Binding Silence, Anna Gawrilow's Die Musik des Erich Zann, Aaron Duran's Cthulhu Pet, the trailer for Dark Lord Rob's Miskatonic Acid Test, Thomas Keiser's CollectAll and Hyde, Marco Magni's Dark Awakening - Il Risveglio, Dylan Quarles's Resurrected, Susan Bell's The Boarder, Jason Voss's (The Vessel) Room for Error, a trailer for Jayson Argento's The Cthulhu Chronicles: The Ropes and DGaetan St-Pierre's Sorry about that Folks...

A complete schedule should be released soon, so keep your eyes on the official H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival site for more!

(Thanks to Sarah L. Mason)

September 14: H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival update!

For Immediate Release:

WHEN: October 6-8, 2006
Doors open at 6pm on Friday, 1pm on Saturday & Sunday.
WHERE: The historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon
WHAT: 8 feature films, 6 guests of honor, discussion panels, world and regional premieres, 12 vendors, multiple door prizes, and more than 25 short films.
COST: Tickets are $12 per day per person on Friday, $15 per day per person on Saturday & Sunday. Advance tickets can be online purchased at http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/

Feature Films will include:

Dead Birds http://imdb.com/title/tt0377749/ *** Director Alex Turner will be a special guest!
Subject Two http://imdb.com/title/tt0492912/
Dark Waters http://imdb.com/title/tt0109550/ *** Director Mariano Baino will be a special guest!
Beyond Dream's Door http://imdb.com/title/tt0096919/ *** Director Jay Woelfel will be a special guest!
The Relic http://imdb.com/title/tt0120004/
X http://imdb.com/title/tt0057693/
Cthulhu http://imdb.com/title/tt0826776/ *** The Australian director Damian Heffernan will be at the film festival, he will be filming a documentary.
Nightmares and Dreamscapes http://imdb.com/title/tt0481452/ *** We will have two strange episodes from the Stephen King mini-series: "Battleground" and "Crouch End".
Hellboy: Animated http://imdb.com/title/tt0810895/ *** We will be playing a special sneak peak of this incredible animated series.

Other special guests:

Actress Barbara Crampton: http://imdb.com/name/nm0186225/
Author Ramsey Campbell: http://www.ramseycampbell.com/
Author/Editor Robert M. Price: http://robertmprice.mindvendor.com/
Author Stanley C. Sargent: http://www.stanleycsargent.com/

There will be more than 25 short films, most notably 3 very different tellings of The Music of Eric Zann.

A full film schedule will be on the film festival site. Please check there for updates: http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/

(Thanks to Sarah)

September 14: Nightmare awarded!

Scott Goldberg's short Nightmare won Best Cinematography at the 2006 Fright Night Film Festival. Nightmare revolves around a young girl whom falls asleep and has the most terrible dream of her life which may very well lead to her death...

The film will screen at next months H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.

(Thanks to Scott Goldberg)

September 13: HPLFF tickets available now!

On-line ticket sales for the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival went up on September 11th. The festival sold out last year, so get your tickets early by going to the home page and clicking on the ticket image!

In other HPLFF news, Dark Waters director Mariano Baino will be on hand to introduce the film and do a Q & A...

(Thanks to Andrew Migliore)

September 13: Dunwich premier announced!

Page Street Studios and Crawling Chaos Pictures have announced the completion of their short film, Dunwich! Clocking in at 26 minutes, the film will premier at next months H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. The filmmakers (Sarah Tarling/Christian Matzke) will be in attendance...

A trailer is in the works and will appear on the films Official Site soon...

(Thanks to Page Street Studios)

September 13 Ex Oblivione images and DVD news!

Ex Oblivione is officialy finished and Shoggoth Frames Pictures official site is online! The site contains info on upcomming projects, screenings and an online shop where you can purchase the film on DVD! Features on the Region 0 PAL DVD include: outtakes (7 minutes), deleted scenes (3 min.), a behind the scenes slideshow and trailer...

(Thanks to Strut Glid)

September 13: Knightgaunt in print!

An extremely limited number of copies of Knightgaunt issue #1 will be available at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival next month! Writer K.L. Young and artist John Fulton will be on hand for autographs!

(Thanks to K.L. Young)

September 13: Closet Space around the web!

The Mel House directed feature, Closet Space, has been receiving a lot of press coverage around the web lately including items on fangoria.com, Arrow In the Head and Dread Central...

(Thanks to Me House)

September 13: Some Company update

According to the latest info provided by Some Company, The Yellow Sign DVD (released by Lurker Films) should be available around September 15! DVD features include: The bonus features on the disk are: short films Tupilak and The King in Yellow, a documentary featurette about author RW Chambers, deleted scenes, outtakes, a slide show of production stills, lead actor Dale Snowberger's audition, two audio commentaries by Aaron Vanek and actress Shawna Waldron and subtitles in: English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Finnish...

Several Yellow Sign screenings are in the works (in the LA area) including one in conjunction with the Horror Writer's Association. Details are forthcoming...

Aaron's latest Lovecraft inspired film, The Call of Tu-tu, is still in post-production, but may be finished in time for this years HPLFF...

(Thanks to Aaron Vanek)

September 13: The Damned Thing on the small screen!

Tobe Hooper's Masters of Horror episode The Damned Thing (based on the story by Ambrose Bierce) airs October 27. Written by Richard Christian Matheson, the film stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Marisa Coughlan and Ted Raimi...

(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)

September 13: LovecraCked! The Movie on DVD!

For Immediate Release:

BiFF JUGGERNAUT Productions proudly announces the limited DVD release of the horror/comedy anthology "LovecraCked! The Movie". Inspired by author H.P. Lovecraft, the film features a massive cast including Troma Entertainment's Lloyd Kaufman and horror-porn queen Joanna Angel. Featuring music from Things Outside the Skin, Rash of Beatings, Urine Trouble, Beret!, Cleric, The Secretions, Hick Nick and Jew of The Dead, Blight Productions and others!

The special Ltd ed. DVD contains the original theatrical release of the film and appr 1.5 hrs of extras, including an easter egg resurrected specially from the BiFF JUGGERNAUT vault for this release.

Available now at www.biffjuggernaut.com, www.filmbaby.com and elsewhere soon.

(Thanks to Elias)

September 13: Live Thickets!

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets will perform at The Vault (45975 Wellington Avenue - 604-703-0866) in Chilliwack on Saturday September 30. Be there at 9pm...

Another performance is in the works for October 21st...

(Thanks to Toren Atkinson)

September 13: Asleep in the Deep release info

Paul von Stoetzel's Asleep in the Deep (adapted from The Music of Erich Zann) may be released on a compilation DVD later this month. More details as they become available...

(Thanks to Paul von Stoetzel)

September 8: Combs talks politics!

Jeffrey Combs gave the following House of Re-Animator update at the Toronto Festival of Fear...

"It got all frothy about eight months ago," Combs told the Toronto crowd. "Brian Yuzna tried to get distributors interested in House of Re-Animator, which takes place at the White House. The Vice President is dead, but he can’t be because the President is a clueless f*ck, so they bring in Herbert West. Brian put together an audio-visual piece with William H. Macy playing the President and took that to Cannes. Everyone thought it was great, and so at that point Brian needed to get a script, which means that he has to pay Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli to write one, and so that’s the last I heard of that. This was four or five months ago. I wouldn’t say it’s dead though."

(Thanks to Dread Central)

September 6: More HPLFF shorts announced!

Woodruff Laputka's The Yawning Abyssm of a Horrible Cosmic Possibility (see the trailer here) and Paul von Stoetzel's Asleep in the Deep (based on The Music of Erich Zann) are the latest short films to be announced for next months H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival...

Look for a complete HPLFF screening schedule soon!

(Thanks to The Eldritch Gazette and Killing Joke Productions)

September 6: Thing prequel in the works?

Strike Entertainment (makers of the Dawn of the Dead remake and SLiTHER) are currently looking for a writer to tackle a prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 Thing remake. Several other Thing projects have been announced over the last few years, including an adaptation of the original story (Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell) by George Clooney and a Sci-Fi original movie with Frank Darabont attached, but those seem to have fallen by the wayside...

Keep your eyes on Unfilmable.com while this latest attempt develops!

(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)

September 6: New Closet Space trailer online

Several versions of the updated Closet Space trailer have appeared online! You can find one on YouTube by clicking here, and the others (Windows Media and Quicktime) can be found on the official website... As previously mentioned, several members of the Closet Space production crew will be at the NYC Fangoria Weekend Of Horrors...

(Thanks to Mel House)

September 6: From Beyond wins award!

Michael Granberry's stop-motion animated From Beyond won Best Animated Horror Film at this years Dragon*Con!

View the trailer here!

(Thanks to Michael Granberry)

September 6: Hunter's Moon rises next month!

The promotional trailer for Curse of the Hunter's Moon will shoot October 28th and 29th (previously announced for September).

(Thanks to Doug, Bloody Rose Productions)

September 6: Relic sequel?

Actress Penelope Ann Miller told iF Magazine (in a recent interview) that those interested is seeing a sequel to The Relic (titled: Reliquary aka The Relic 2) should, "Write to Gale Ann Hurd, who was the producer, and tell her you want a sequel. You are the second person this week to ask me about that! You know, The Relic was far more successful than people realized, it did exceptionally well in Japan and overseas. I would love to, especially since you said that Margo is in more than one book sequel. That would be great".

You can see the original film at next months H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival...

(Thanks to http://www.gorezone.net/)

September 1: Heading Home on the big screen!

Jane Rose sends word that her adaptation of Ramsey Campbell's Heading Home will screen at this years H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival! Author Ramsey Campbell will also be in attendance…

(Thanks to Jane Rose)

September 1: Upcoming LovecraCked! screenings

BiFF JUGGERNAUT Productions have announced three more upcoming screenings of LovecraCked! The Movie! The first screening is scheduled for Sat, September 2nd at the King Opera House in Van Buren, Arizona. Tickets are $3. Details can be found here…

On Friday, September 8th, LovecraCked! will screen at the WillyBushWood Festival in Brooklyn, New York. Admission is free! Click here for details…

The Two Boots Pioneer Theater will screen LovecraCked! Saturday, October 14 at 11:00 pm. Located in New York City, the Pioneer Theater screening is $10 for adults and $6.50 for students. Get tickets here…

(Thanks to Elias)

September 1: Ex Oblivione, behind-the-scenes!

Production on Ex Oblivione wrapped Monday, August 28th, and the film is now in post-production! The following is an exclusive look at the green screen shots from the final day of shooting!

(Thanks to Strut Glid)

September 1: Strange Aeons screens this weekend!

Strange Aeons (Maelstrom Productions feature length adaptation of The Thing on the Doorstep) screens this weekend at the Atlanta, Georgia Dragon*Con. The film will screen as part of the Late Night H.P. Lovecraft Fest in the Hyatt "Learning Center". The screening will take place Sunday night/Monday morning at 1:30 am. Director Eric Morgret & writer K.L. Young will be in attendance!

Michael Granberry's stop-motion From Beyond, The Masque of Ollock, Craig Macneill's Late Bloomer, the HPLHS's The Call of Cthulhu and The Lovecraft will also screen!

Click here for details...

(Thanks to Eric Morgret)

September 1: Lovecraft production needs artist!

Posting this for a friend...

I am looking for an artist to pencil a script for a movie.

The idea is to release the graphic novel and at the same time use it as a complete script for shopping the film around.

What I am looking for is less of a perfectionist and more of someone who will

A) Be willing to work on a timely basis on a graphic novel that will range between 60 to 100 illustrated pages.

2) Work for a percentage of profit from the sales of the graphic novel AND...

III) also a percentage of the profits from all things involving the movie.

I very much believe that your creative work should pay off not once but over the long run.

The movie is a mixture between Lovecraft and Lynch with a hint of the film the Begotten.

If interested, please feel free to get in contact with me. I am looking for someone soon. There are several interested parties currently in talks with and would like to have something finished to show them in the next few months.

Contact information can be found here...

(Thanks to Ember Days)

September 1: The Screening of Erich Zann!

Christopher Martson's The Music of Erich Zann (see images here) has been added to the HPLFF roster...

(Thanks to Gina)