The 28th Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival will take place Oct 6-8, 2023 on all 3 screens at the Hollywood Theatre!
Join us October 6-8 for the 28th Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, featuring Guests of Honor Clay McLeod Chapman (SOME KIND OF MOTHER, WENDELL & WILD) and Rebekah McKendry (Director of GLORIOUS), plus new addition Dennis Paoli (screenwriter of RE-ANIMATOR, FROM BEYOND, and the new SUITABLE FLESH) for the Pacific Northwest premiere of SUITABLE FLESH! Directed by Joe Lynch, written by Dennis Paoli based on Lovecraft's "The Thing on The Doorstep" and starring Heather Graham and Barbara Crampton, you don't want to miss this on the big screen, plus more than 50 other short and feature films from around the world! Join our low volume announcements list to get notified with news.
Feature Films
Short Films
Tentative schedule
This preliminary schedule is tentative and under construction. We're adding items daily. You can use it for general planning, but keep in mind that some things might move a little until it is fully finalized.
7:00pm Main Theater |
Opening Remarks & Clay McLeod Chapman performs "Late Bloomer" (Live Event)
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7:10pm Upper Left theater |
Feature: Gods of The Deep (Film)
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7:20pm Upper Right theater |
Shorts films block 5 (Film)
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7:30pm Main Theater |
Short films block 1 (Film)
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9:00pm Main Theater |
Feature Presentation: SUITABLE FLESH (Film)
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9:00pm Upper Right theater |
Short films block 3 (Film)
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9:00pm Upper Left theater |
Short films block 2 (Film)
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1:00pm Main Theater |
WORLD PREMIERE Feature: The Veil w/Q&A (Film)
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1:00pm Upper Right theater |
LIVE PERFORMANCE "Beyond The Wall of Sleep" & "The Cats of Ulthar" (Live Event)
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1:00pm Sam's Hollywood Billiards |
Author Readings 1: Tony LaMalfa, Carson Winter, Danger Slater (Author Reading) |
1:00pm Upper Left theater |
Feature Presentation: FROGMAN (Film)
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2:00pm Upper Right theater |
Panel discussion: H. P. Lovecraft and Cats (Panel Discussion) |
2:00pm Sam's Hollywood Billiards |
Author Readings 2: The Cozy Cosmic Anthology w/Simone Cooper, Erik Grove, Remy Nakamura (Author Reading) |
3:00pm Main Theater |
Short films block 4 (Film)
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3:00pm Upper Right theater |
Panel: Putting Cosmic Horror on the Screen (Panel Discussion) |
3:00pm Sam's Hollywood Billiards |
Author Readings 3: Pauline Chow, Nathan Carson, Roni Stinger (Author Reading) |
3:00pm Upper Left theater |
Panel: Lovecraftian Poetry Then and Now (Panel Discussion) |
4:00pm Upper Right theater |
LIVE PERFORMANCE: Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows" (Live Event)
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4:00pm Sam's Hollywood Billiards |
Author Readings 4: Eric Shanower, Cody Goodfellow, John Skipp (Author Reading) |
4:00pm Upper Left theater |
Clay McLeod Chapman Author Reading & Signing (Author Reading)
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7:00pm Main Theater |
KEYNOTE: Guest of Honor Rebekah McKendry (GLORIOUS) (Live Event)
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7:00pm Upper Right theater |
Short films block 1 (Film)
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7:00pm Upper Left theater |
FEATURE: The Possessed (short) & Saint Drogo (feature) (Film)
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7:30pm Main Theater |
Short films block 6 (Film)
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9:00pm Upper Right theater |
Shorts films block 5 (Film)
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9:00pm Upper Left theater |
FEATURE PRESENTATION: Blue Hour (Film)
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9:30pm Main Theater |
Saturday Night Shorts! (Film)
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10:15am Misc |
Presentation: The Dawn of Darkness: Cosmic horror from prehumanity to antiquity (Live Event) |
11:00am Misc |
Author Readings 5: Adam Bolivar, Denise Dumars, John Shirley (Author Reading) |
12:00pm Misc |
Panel: Manifesting Mythos: Cosmic Terror Roots in the Ancient (Panel Discussion) |
1:00pm Misc |
Author Readings 6: Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, Andrew S. Fuller, Wendy N. Wagner (Author Reading) |
1:00pm Main Theater |
Feature Presentation: GLORIOUS with Rebekah McKendry (Film)
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1:00pm Upper Right theater |
Lovecraft Under The Gun 72-hour Film Competition (Film) |
1:00pm Upper Left theater |
US Premiere Feature Presentation: Minore (Greece) with Q&A (Film)
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2:00pm Misc |
Panel: Monsters: Indistinct or Immeasurable (Panel Discussion) |
2:00pm Upper Right theater |
LIVE PERFORMANCE: "The Nameless City" (Live Event)
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3:00pm Misc |
Author Readings 7: Sarah Walker, Andrew McCollough, Cody T. Luff (Author Reading) |
3:00pm Main Theater |
Short films block 3 (Film)
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3:00pm Upper Right theater |
Feature: From Beyond (Director's Cut) w/Dennis Paoli (Film)
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3:00pm Upper Right theater |
Panel: Lovecraft in Japan (Panel Discussion) |
4:00pm Misc |
Panel: Modern Cosmic: The More We Change, The More We Stay the Same? (Panel Discussion) |
4:00pm Upper Right theater |
Panel: Lovecraft's Heirs (Panel Discussion) |
7:00pm Main Theater |
Short films block 2 (Film)
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7:00pm Upper Right theater |
Feature: Gods of The Deep (Film)
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7:00pm Upper Left theater |
Short films block 6 (Film)
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9:00pm Main Theater |
Awards ceremony (Live Event) |
9:00pm Upper Right theater |
Short films block 4 (Film)
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9:00pm Upper Left theater |
Feature Presentation: FROGMAN (Film)
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9:30pm Main Theater |
Feature Presentation: SUITABLE FLESH (Film)
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