Event Info

Oct 6 2023 - 6:00pm to Oct 8 2023 - 11:00pm
Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland 97212
Portland, OR
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The 28th Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival returns on all 3 screens of the Hollywood Theatre, October 6-8, 2023!

What to expect: 3 days of independent cosmic horror and Lovecraftian films, literary events, live events, art, and an amazing community of fans and creators!

Featured Guests

Rebekah McKendry PhD
Clay McLeod Chapman
Dennis Paoli
Plus guests that include:
A.W. McCullough Adam Bolivar Adam Scott Glancy Andreas Petersen Andrew Leman Andrew S. Fuller Anthony Cousins Cameron Beyl Carson Winter Chris Bozzone Cody Goodfellow Cthulhu Girl (aka Michelle LaRock) Danger Slater David Heath DB Spitzer Denise Dumars Eric Shanower Erik Grove Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito Gretchen Martin Heather Humpleman Jeff Gorcyca John Shirley John Skipp Joseph Scrimshaw K.L. Young Kasie Heister Katherine Kerestman Kenneth Hite Kyle F. Andrews Marco Falcucci Martin Berthiaume Monstark Nathan Carson Nathan Carter Nick Harrington Noah Hale Pauline Chow Quinn Bailey Remy Nakamura Robert Lloyd Parry Roni Stinger S. T. Joshi Sarah Walker Sean Branney Simone Cooper Tony LaMalfa Wendy N. Wagner

Films

Blue Hour: The Disappearance of Nick Brandreth
Directed by
Daniel Bowhers
100 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Suitable Flesh
Directed by
Joe Lynch
90 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Gods of the Deep
Directed by
Charlie Steeds
88 mins
 | 2023
 | GB
The Nightmare Adorable
Directed by
Joseph Scrimshaw
22 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Dissociation
Directed by
Clayton Orgles
21 mins
 | 2023
 | AU
Grogan's Lodge
Directed by
Isaya Evans
21 mins
 | 2023
 | KE
Beyond Video
Directed by
Kevin Favillier
20 mins
 | 2022
 | FR
Play It All Night Long
Directed by
Quinn Bailey
18 mins
 | 2023
 | US
The Temple
Directed by
Alain Fournier
17 mins
 | 2022
 | CA
Unknown
Directed by
Nicolás Medina
17 mins
 | 2022
 | UY
The Wyrm of Bwlch Pen Barras
Directed by
Craig Williams
17 mins
 | 2023
 | GB
Whisper in the Static
Directed by
Heather Humpleman
14 mins
 | 2022
 | US
The Dogs
Directed by
Jose Luis Rodriguez Casarin
12 mins
 | 2022
 | MX
Terror
Directed by
Giles Buchanan
11 mins
 | 2023
 | GB
A King in Yellow
Directed by
Drew Roderick
10 mins
 | 2022
 | US
Our Tell-Tale Heart
Directed by
Miguel Ferreira
10 mins
 | 2023
 | PT
Hideous Heart
Directed by
Nicholas Camp, Don Thiel III
9 mins
 | 2023
 | US
The Pit
Directed by
Adam Navas
9 mins
 | 2022
 | US
Fax Repair and You
Directed by
Andreas Petersen
5 mins
 | 2023
 | US
H.P. Loves Cats
Directed by
Gary Lobstein
5 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Still Up There
Directed by
Joe Loftus
5 mins
 | 2022
 | IE
Howie's Flowers
Directed by
Noah Nathan Hale
1 mins
 | 2023
 | US
From Beyond
Directed by
Luca Ferrara
17 mins
 | 2022
 | IT
Ancient Lore
Directed by
Patrick Müller
6 mins
 | 2023
 | DE
Night-Gaunts
Directed by
Monstark
3 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Oddities
Directed by
Tyler Savage
15 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Tubers
Directed by
Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli
24 mins
 | 2023
 | CA
Nosepicker
Directed by
Ian Mantgani
16 mins
 | 2023
 | GB
Ihruqax
Directed by
Rasmus Safarnia
12 mins
 | 2022
 | DK
Dead Enders
Directed by
Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker
12 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Frogman
Directed by
Anthony Cousins
80 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Don't Bother The Neighbors
Directed by
Jeff Gorcyca
7 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Death Parts Us
Directed by
Anatasha Blakely, Jacob Sorling
8 mins
 | 2022
 | US
The Weaver
Directed by
Øyvind Willumsen
13 mins
 | 2023
 | NO
The Stool With Pants and Shoes On
Directed by
Marco Falcucci
5 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Wizinski's AC Service
Directed by
Michael Andrew Swastek
9 mins
 | 2023
 | US
The Heritage
Directed by
Andrew Rutter
12 mins
 | 2022
 | GB
MInore
Directed by
Konstantinos Koutsoliotas
111 mins
 | 2023
 | GR
Saint Drogo
Directed by
Michael J. Ahern, Ryan Miller, Brandon Perras-Sanchez
78 mins
 | 2023
 | US
The Shadow
Directed by
Martin Berthiaume
10 mins
 | 2023
 | CA
You Have Reached Your Destination
Directed by
Ryan Couldrey
4 mins
 | 2023
 | CA
The Duppy Man's Walk
Directed by
Gregory Foxx Jr.
18 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Last Sacrifice
Directed by
Tim Troemner
6 mins
 | 2023
 | US
To Sea
Directed by
Aidan Collett
15 mins
 | 2022
 | US
Viral
Directed by
Stefan Schaefer
18 mins
 | 2023
 | US
In corpus
Directed by
Ignacio Rodo
3 mins
 | 2023
 | ES
The Possessed
Directed by
Joshua M Kellerman
20 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Forget Me Not
Directed by
Bodine Boling
6 mins
 | 2022
 | US
Blackwater
Directed by
Byron Marin
16 mins
 | 2023
 | US
The Summoning at Danforth Manor
Directed by
Eric Evans
8 mins
 | 2023
 | US
In The Basement
Directed by
Andrew Scot Frink
12 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Glorious
Directed by
Rebekah McKendry
79 mins
 | 2022
 | US
The Veil
Directed by
Cameron Beyl
70 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Canary
Directed by
Taka Tsubota
18 mins
 | 2023
 | US
To Fire You Come At Last
Directed by
Sean Hogan
43 mins
 | 2023
 | GB
The Third
Directed by
Tim O'Leary
7 mins
 | 2022
 | US
The Emissaries
Directed by
Jesse Nesser
18 mins
 | 2022
 | US
Forever Flowers
Directed by
Joe Solomon
13 mins
 | 2023
 | GB
From Beyond (Director's Cut)
Directed by
Stuart Gordon
86 mins
 | 1986
 | US
Abomination! (LUTG Entry)
Directed by
Team Trash People From the Dump
7 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Peg (LUTG Entry)
Directed by
Team PDX Filmmongers
9 mins
 | 2023
 | US
The Last Maest Year (LUTG Entry)
Directed by
Team Amelus
8 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Beyond Pickman's Dream of the Witchhouse For Sale (LUTG Entry)
Directed by
Team Wild Hare
4 mins
 | 2023
 | US
Plus, these special events:
Author Readings 1: Tony LaMalfa, Carson Winter, Danger Slater
Author Readings 2: The Cozy Cosmic Anthology w/Simone Cooper, Erik Grove, Remy Nakamura
Author Readings 3: Pauline Chow, Nathan Carson, Roni Stinger
Author Readings 4: Eric Shanower, Cody Goodfellow, John Skipp
Author Readings 5: Adam Bolivar, Denise Dumars, John Shirley
Author Readings 6: Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, Andrew S. Fuller, Wendy N. Wagner
Author Readings 7: Sarah Walker, Andrew McCollough, Cody T. Luff
Awards ceremony
Clay McLeod Chapman Author Reading & Signing
KEYNOTE: Guest of Honor Rebekah McKendry (GLORIOUS)
LIVE PERFORMANCE "Beyond The Wall of Sleep" & "The Cats of Ulthar"
LIVE PERFORMANCE: "The Nameless City"
LIVE PERFORMANCE: Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows"
Opening Remarks & Clay McLeod Chapman performs "Late Bloomer"
Panel discussion: H. P. Lovecraft and Cats
Panel: Lovecraft in Japan
Panel: Lovecraft's Heirs
Panel: Lovecraftian Poetry Then and Now
Panel: Manifesting Mythos: Cosmic Terror Roots in the Ancient
Panel: Modern Cosmic: The More We Change, The More We Stay the Same?
Panel: Monsters: Indistinct or Immeasurable
Panel: Putting Cosmic Horror on the Screen
Presentation: The Dawn of Darkness: Cosmic horror from prehumanity to antiquity