Clark Ashton Smith short films with Richard Stanley

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Upper Left theater
Date and time: 
Sunday, October 7, 2018 -
2:30pm to 4:00pm

Director Richard Stanley presents the only two film adaptations of Clark Ashton Smith's works, Night Gallery's "Return of The Sorcerer" starring Vincent Price and Stanley's own "Mother of Toads." Bonus short "The Sea of Perdition" was loosely inspired by Smith's work.

Return of the Sorcerer
Directed by
Jeannot Szwarc
26 mins
 | 1972
 | US
Mother of Toads
Directed by
Richard Stanley
20 mins
 | 2012
 | FR
The Sea of Perdition
Directed by
Richard Stanley
6 mins
 | 2006
 | GB
Richard Stanley

Richard Stanley made his feature film directing debut with 1990's acclaimed Hardware, starring Dylan McDermott and Fields of the Nephilim's frontman, Carl McCoy. His second feature, Dust Devil, was an unconventional story of an otherworldly serial killer in South Africa, and has a rabid cult following due to its striking visuals and beautiful landscape photography, plus its decidedly Weird taint.

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Part of this event: 
2018 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, OR