Panel: Lovecraftian Cinema

Type: 
Panel Discussion
Date and time: 
Friday, October 2, 2020 - 10:00am

We gathered some of the filmmakers making prominent movie adaptations of Lovecraft’s works to share insights about their upcoming projects!

Barbara Crampton

Barbara Crampton, legendary horror icon and star of our favorite cult classics like Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, and From Beyond will be our Guest of Honor for our 25th Anniversary streaming Festival!

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Jeffrey Combs

Jeffrey Combs's best known horror role was as Herbert West, the main character in the movie Re-Animator, which he has reprised in the film's two sequels. He also portrayed the part of author H. P. Lovecraft (creator of the Herbert West character) in 1993's film Necronomicon: Book of the Dead. Combs has starred in eight H.P. Lovecraft adaptations. Other film credits include FeardotCom, House on Haunted Hill, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and The Frighteners.

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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. He also has created a number of independent, award-winning documentaries, an adaptation of Clarke Ashton-Smith's "Mother of Toads," and wrote and directed H. P.

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Huan Vu

Huan Vu is a director, producer, screenwriter, compositing editor and matte artist. His films include Damnatus, Joey ist dabei, and Mu. His most recent effort is Die Farbe, an adaptation of Lovecraft's The Color Our of Space, and he is currently working on a Dreamlands feature film.

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Jan Roth

Jan Roth is the executive producer on Die Farbe (2011) and upcoming feature The Dreamlands. Roth is also a visual effects artist, and has worked on films such as Captain Marvel, Doctor Sleep, and Lovecraft Country.

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Part of this event: 
25th Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival