Short Films Block 3

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Providence Public Libary
Date and time: 
Saturday, August 20, 2022 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Providence Public Libary
Date and time: 
Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 2:30pm to 4:30pm

We have more mind-bending short films from all over the world! These short films range from direct adaptations of stories by Lovecraft and his contemporaries to original stories that couldn’t exist without the influence of cosmic horror. 

 

The Black reCat

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Paolo Gaudio
6 mins
 | 2022
 | Italy
 | English
 

A stop motion adaptation of the novel by E. A. Poe 'The Black Cat'.

 

The Tone of Emma Zann's Viola

World Premiere
Directed by
Alaric Stremmel Rocha
starring
Christopher Callen, Joseph Kidawski
16 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

After moving into a new apartment a student becomes obsessed with a strange tune his neighbor plays on her viola. Despite her warnings the student learns the melody and his world is changed forever.

Adapted from HP Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann"

 

Tape 3

World Premiere
Directed by
Gav Chuckie Steel
starring
Mark Lockhart, Corinna Jane, Gav Chuckie Steel
10 mins
 | 2022
 | United Kingdom
 | English
 

In 1990 a paranormal investigator, Martin Rowe delves into a series of terrifying seance recordings in search of the truth behind a mysterious disappearance of a respected professor.

 

Unboxing the Cosmos

World Premiere
Directed by
Joseph Scrimshaw
starring
Joseph Scrimshaw
12 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

An amateur content creator unboxes more than he can handle. A darkly comic cosmic horror story about the fear of amounting to nothing.

 

The Maddening Walls

World Premiere
Directed by
Adam Juric
starring
Michael Shanahan, Jim Lavranos, Bob Garbett
15 mins
 | 2021
 | Australia
 | English
 

Inspired by the works of H.P Lovecraft, a suicidal man recounts the day that broke him through a letter, detailing his life as a missing persons investigator and the case he was following to Wales. Expecting to find a missing girl, he soon realizes how far he fell into the rabbit hole; with murders, cults, and a cosmic entity.

 

Blackcliffe

World Premiere
Directed by
Brett Baldridge
starring
Cailyn Rice, Lindsay Sawyer, Micah Cohen, Christopher Radcliffe
9 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

A woman and her strait-laced fiancee get more than they bargained for when they visit her eccentric younger sister and her unusual boyfriend in the mountains.

 

The Girl of the Rift

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Luis Bond
starring
Anabella Giménez, Daniel Martínez, Shayla Richardson, Victor Giménez
20 mins
 | 2021
 | Venezuela
 | Spanish
 w/English subtitles

Anabella decides to spend a weekend with her best friend, Lorena, and her boyfriend, Iván Lobo (Daniel Martinez), in a house on the outskirts of the city. This place belongs to Salvatore, Iván's uncle, who suffers from senile dementia and who is constantly repeating a strange legend about a woman who appears on holy days. Iván and Lorena disdain Salvatore's story, but Anabella is interested in it because since she arrived at the house she has noticed that there is something “strange” that seems to be observing them from afar and that it is getting closer and closer.

Owner: 
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival – Providence, RI