Schedule

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Fri, Oct 2 2026
11:30am Call of cthulhu RPG session with Keeper Peter Johnston (Game)
11:30am Open Table Top Gaming at Black Water (Game)
7:00pm
Main Theater
 Opening Ceremonies, Soriah performs (Live Event)
  • S o R I A H
7:15pm
Upper Right theater
 Feature Film: THINGS GREATER THAN US (Film)
  • Things Greater Than Us
7:20pm
Upper Left theater
 Feature Film: WARHEAD - The World is No Longer Ours (Film)
  • Warhead: The World Is No Longer Ours
7:30pm
Main Theater
 Short Films block 1 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Amygdala
  • In Case of Fear
  • Out of the Peat
  • Flush
  • Midnight City
  • Feed The Dark
9:00pm
Upper Right theater
 Short Films block 2 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • The Cult of the Colony (El Culto de la Conolia)
  • Grýlu Sker : An Icelandic Ghost Story
  • Missing Parts
  • The Tell-Tale Heart (2026)
  • The Final Kiss
  • Superconscious
9:05pm
Upper Left theater
 Short Films block 6 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Habituation
  • Pigmentosa
  • Creature of the Deep
  • Hunger
  • -Esque
  • Gimme
  • Charlie
  • A Queen in Carcosa
9:10pm
Main Theater
 US PREMIERE Feature: ODDITIES w/ Tyler Savage (Film)
  • Oddities
Sat, Oct 3 2026
10:30am Author Reading 1 (Author Reading)
  • D. L. Myers
  • Sarah Walker
11:00am Open Table Top Gaming at Black Water (Game)
11:00am Panel: Cosmic Horror Before Lovecraft (Panel Discussion)
  • DB Spitzer
  • David Heath
  • Aunt Gore
  • Theoddra Monstar
12:00pm Panel: Is "Cozy Horror" a Contradiction? (Panel Discussion)
  • Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito
  • Philip Fracassi
  • Gretchen Brooks
  • Andrew S. Fuller
1:00pm
Upper Right theater
 Dark Shadows: The Leviathans (Film)
  • Dominique Lamssies
1:00pm Author Reading 2: Philip Fracassi, Laura Cranehill (Author Reading)
  • Philip Fracassi
1:05pm
Upper Left theater
 Creature Double Feature pt 1: FROGMAN (2023) w/ Anthony Cousins (Film)
  • Frogman
  • Anthony Cousins
1:10pm
Main Theater
 Short Films block 2 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • The Cult of the Colony (El Culto de la Conolia)
  • Grýlu Sker : An Icelandic Ghost Story
  • Missing Parts
  • The Tell-Tale Heart (2026)
  • The Final Kiss
  • Superconscious
2:00pm Panel: Heroes Need Not Apply: The Protagonist in Lovecraft’s Uncaring Universe (Panel Discussion)
  • David Heath
  • Sarah Walker
  • DB Spitzer
  • Adam Scott Glancy
3:00pm
Upper Left theater
 Creature Double Feature pt 2: FROGMAN RETURNS w/ Anthony Cousins (Film)
  • Frogman Returns
  • Anthony Cousins
3:00pm Panel: Weird (Real) Science (Panel Discussion)
  • Curtis C. Chen
  • Cody Goodfellow
  • Maquel A. Jacob
  • Evan J. Peterson
3:10pm
Main Theater
 Short Films block 3 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Amira
  • Nurture
  • Furka
  • Pickled Rabbit
  • Heathen
  • He's Sick
  • Favela Amarela (Yellow Slum)
3:15pm
Upper Right theater
 What was the First Lovecraft Movie? come find out! (Film)
  • Andrew Migliore
4:00pm Panel: The King in Yellow: Cursed Media (Panel Discussion)
  • Gretchen Brooks
  • Nathan Carson
  • Evan J. Peterson
  • Dominique Lamssies
5:00pm Author Reading: Garret Cook, Adam Bolivar (Author Reading)
  • Garrett Cook
  • Adam Bolivar
5:00pm Innsmouth Sea Shanties! with the HPLHS! (Live Event)
  • Sean Branney
  • Mike Dalager
7:00pm
Main Theater
 Key Note: GUEST OF HONOR PHILIP FRACASSI (Live Event)
  • Philip Fracassi
7:05pm
Upper Right theater
 Short Films block 4 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Sleepwalker
  • Donation Box
  • The Black Sky
  • Night Shift
  • Halloween Bird
  • The Color
7:10pm
Upper Left theater
 Feature Film: VALLEY OF THE HORNTAK w/ Maxwell Morro (Film)
  • Valley of the Horntak
7:30pm
Main Theater
 Animated Adaptations: The Hound & Beast in the Cave (Film)
  • The Hound
  • H.P. Lovecraft's The Beast in the Cave
8:45pm
Main Theater
 PNW Premiere Feature: ITHAQUA w/ Casey Walker (Film)
  • Ithaqua
9:00pm
Upper Right theater
 Feature Film: THINGS GREATER THAN US (Film)
  • Things Greater Than Us
9:05pm
Upper Left theater
 Short Films block 5 w/ filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Dormant
  • Her Self Inflicted Decapitation
  • You're Not Safe
  • Redneck
  • Necrosectos
  • Chimera
  • The Damned Thing
Sun, Oct 4 2026
11:00am Open Table Top Gaming at Black Water (Game)
12:15pm Panel: Blood on Tumbbad’s Claw: Global Folk Horror (Panel Discussion)
  • Evan J. Peterson
  • Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito
  • Maquel A. Jacob
  • Garrett Cook
  • Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq
1:00pm
Upper Right theater
 Lovecraft Under the Gun 72 Hour Film competition screening 2026 (Film)
  • Peg 2: Resurrection
  • Mockingbird
  • The Flamingos of Jackson Hole
  • Roomies
  • The Protocol
  • The Mask of the Foil King
1:00pm Panel: The Art of Cosmic Horror (Panel Discussion)
  • Theoddra Monstar
  • Aunt Gore
  • Liv Rainey-Smith
  • Nick Gucker
1:05pm
Upper Left theater
 Feature Film: VALLEY OF THE HORNTAK w/ Maxwell Morro (Film)
  • Valley of the Horntak
1:10pm
Main Theater
 Short Films block 4 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Sleepwalker
  • Donation Box
  • The Black Sky
  • Night Shift
  • Halloween Bird
  • The Color
2:00pm Author Reading: Cody Goodfellow, Andrew S. Fuller, Evan J. Peterson (Author Reading)
  • Cody Goodfellow
  • Andrew S. Fuller
  • Evan J. Peterson
3:00pm
Upper Right theater
 Panel Discussion: Making Cosmic Horror Films for Fun and Profit (Panel Discussion)
  • Casey Walker
  • Anthony Cousins
  • Tyler Savage
  • Maxwell Morro
3:00pm Panel: Carcossa Lives: The King in Yellow Panel (Panel Discussion)
  • Garrett Cook
  • Josef B. Wilke
  • Gretchen Brooks
  • Kenneth Hite
3:05pm
Upper Left theater
 Short Films block 6 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Habituation
  • Pigmentosa
  • Creature of the Deep
  • Hunger
  • -Esque
  • Gimme
  • Charlie
  • A Queen in Carcosa
3:10pm
Main Theater
 Short Films block 5 w/ filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Dormant
  • Her Self Inflicted Decapitation
  • You're Not Safe
  • Redneck
  • Necrosectos
  • Chimera
  • The Damned Thing
4:00pm
Upper Right theater
 HPL For Beginning Readers (Live Event)
  • Sean Branney
  • Mike Dalager
4:00pm Panel: “Cult” Like It’s A Bad Thing (Panel Discussion)
  • Adam Scott Glancy
  • Cody Goodfellow
  • Liv Rainey-Smith
  • Josef B. Wilke
7:00pm
Upper Left theater
 Short Films block 3 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Amira
  • Nurture
  • Furka
  • Pickled Rabbit
  • Heathen
  • He's Sick
  • Favela Amarela (Yellow Slum)
7:05pm
Upper Right theater
 Feature Film: WARHEAD - The World is No Longer Ours (Film)
  • Warhead: The World Is No Longer Ours
7:10pm
Main Theater
 Shorts of Madness! (Film)
  • Trevor Lies
  • Tasty Encounters
  • The Candle
  • They rose from the grave and it was... the Apocalypse!
8:45pm
Main Theater
 2026 Awards Presentation & Closing Remarks (Film)
9:20pm
Main Theater
 Creature Double Feature pt 2: FROGMAN RETURNS w/ Anthony Cousins (Film)
  • Frogman Returns
  • Anthony Cousins
9:25pm
Upper Left theater
 Short Films block 1 w/filmmaker Q&A (Film)
  • Amygdala
  • In Case of Fear
  • Out of the Peat
  • Flush
  • Midnight City
  • Feed The Dark
9:30pm
Upper Right theater
 Secret Screening (Film)