H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival®

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HPLFF-2010

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Silas & the Tomb, based on H.P. Lovecraft's 'In the Vault', is the story of what happens to an undertaker when he tries to cut corners.

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Look into Edgar's eyes and witness his dark deeds, as the psychosis consumes him. While rationalizing his sanity, see how he observed, stalked, and preyed upon the evil eye. Following the murder and disposal of the old man and his pale blue vulture eye, Edgar is meet by three police officers who had come to investigate a shriek heard in the night. Why not let them in? Read more

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When a writer sets out to create a simple horror story, he stumbles upon a black hole instead. Words can be deadly. A 2 1/2 minute animation by Pete Sleeper. It stars Bobby as the writer and PJ as his talking bird.

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Three stoner students of Miskatonic University hatch a plan to provide for themselves unlimited weed - they will use the ancient book of evil known as the Necronomicon to conjure it from thin air. A Disciple of the Great Old Ones offers to grant their wish in exchange for a sacrifice. Soon the students find themselves 'laughing and killing in joy' as absurdity and insanity ensue.

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A mummified cat is tormented by the skeletons of past meals. Directed and animated by MTV and Sy Fy Channel veteran Aurelio Voltaire and narrated by Danny Elfman.

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Having regained the key to the gate of dreams, a lonely Randolph Carter(Conor Timmis) leaves behind the emptiness of his waking world forever and crosses into the realm of dreams. Based on the classic H.P. Lovecraft story 'The Silver Key'. Directed and produced by Conor Timmis and Gary Fierro.

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Short animated film adapting Lovecraft's short story "The Rats in the Walls" which was written in August-September of 1923, and first published in Weird Tales, March 1924.

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Short animated film based on Lovecraft's famous short story of the same name.

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A young man takes shelter from a storm in an old house inhabited by a strange older man. While examining an old book, the young man begins to wonder if this house and it's host are hiding a dark secret. As the storm builds, the possibility of darker and more horrifying possibilities lingering in the house increase as well. Based on the short story by H. P. Lovecraft.

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What is calling to Earl, the town vagrant of a rural fishing community? Curiosity? Greed? Lust? Or is it something more ethereal that draws him back to the lake over the hill? Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, 'Roe' is a surreal, visceral tale of terror and paranoia in a small American town where the water is dark and the truth is darker.