The 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® in San Pedro will be the first to screen a newly restored 35mm print of "Berkeley Square" from 1933. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Lovecraft liked the movie, and it inspired him to write "The Shadow Out of Time". The grandchildren of director Frank Lloyd will introduce and share their memorabilia of the picture, which was Lloyd's favorite. He also directed "Mutiny on the Bounty" with Clark Gable (Best Picture).
This movie was considered by many to be lost, except for a poor-quality bootleg that has been making the rounds of the internet. This will be the first time this print has been screened, and probably the first time the movie has shown anywhere in decades.
The HPLFF is proud to show a 1933 movie in a 1931 theater that was so inspiring to Lovecraft. Perhaps it will be inspiring to you?
Info and a scene (low quality) from the Frank Lloyd Films website: http://www.franklloydfilms.com/Berkeley%20Square.html
Tickets for the 2011 HPLFF available here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/169287
We didn't want you to have to wait for more than a year for the festival to return in May of 2012, so we're having a special two night H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival September 30 - October 1, 2011.
Each evening will showcase an independent feature film and a block of the unique short films that you've come to love on the main screen of the spruced up Hollywood Theatre (we won't be using the two upstairs theaters). Seating is very limited, and both nights will feature different programming, so be sure to get a two-night ticket while they're available at a discount!
We're working hard to finalize the programming, and will announce the films (and guests!) as soon as we have the schedule worked out. As usual, there will also be a number of vendors and artisans with the finest in Cthulhiana for your shopping needs.
For those who are traveling and would like to stay in a hotel within walking distance of the theater, we've arranged for a special group rate at the Banfield Value Inn. Call 503.280.1400 and tell them you're coming for the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival to get the rate. If you're staying for two nights, the rate is only $57 + tax for a one bed room and $62 + tax for a two bed room. For a single night, a one bed room is $62 + tax, while a two bed room is $66.66 + tax.
The short films playing at the San Pedro 2011 festival, which will be seen and judged by Guillermo del Toro, are:
"Black Goat" by Joseph Nanni
"Call of Nature" by Rick Tillman
"Curse of Yig" by Paul von Stoetzel
"Idle Worship" by Theo Stefanski
"Pickman’s Model" by Michael Shlain
"The Raven" by Christopher Saphire
"The Ritual" by Will Wright
"Shadow of the Unnamable" by Sascha Renninger
"Static Aeons" by Gib Patterson
Thanks to all our entrants, it was very tough to program this block.
Stay tuned for the programming schedule for the 2011 Portland festival.
Website updates in the works with schedule, event and film information. Ia! Ia!
VIP reception tickets have been added to the 2011 San Pedro festival.
The reception will be Friday, September 16, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., just before the festival opens. Located in the annex of our partners the Grand Vision Foundation, just 50 feet from the theater, join the filmmakers, authors, artists and vendors for an intimate gathering with food and specialty cocktails (non-alcoholic beverages will be available, as beer and wine).
Enjoy a leisurely examination of the exhibit of props and miniatures from the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society without the crowds, plus a chance to talk to all the festival creators.
The VIP reception ticket also includes a full weekend pass.
We have a limited quantity available, so get yours now!
Order tickets via phone: 24/7 Ticket Hotline: 1-800-838-3006 or this website.
HPLFF®-Los Angeles organizer Aaron Vanek will moderate a panel at this year's San Diego Comic Con about "H.P. Lovecraft in Comics and Film" with Andrew Leman (HPLHS co-founder, director of "The Call of Cthulhu" and producer of "The Whisperer in Darkness"), Frank Woodward (director of "Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown") artist Adam Byrne ("The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft") and writer Michael Alan Nelson ("Fall of Cthulhu").
Thursday, 7/21, 8-9pm
Legendary movie icon Roger Corman will be in attendance at the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® to accept the "Howie" award for contributions to Lovecraft cinema.
Corman was the first director to tackle Lovecraft with his 1963 adaptation of "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" as The Haunted Palace, starring Vincent Price.
We will be screening The Haunted Palace at this year's festival.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival here.
You can now submit your motion picture for the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival®, held September 16 & 17 in San Pedro, Southern California.
The top short subject movies will be screened and judged by none other than director Guillermo del Toro himself!
Click on the submissions tab at the top of the main page for more info.
Moviemaker and Lovecraft fan Guillermo del Toro confirmed earlier today that he would be the final judge for the winner of the short film contest for the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival®, held at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro, California, September 16 & 17.
A lengthy interview with Guillermo is in the February 7 issue of the New Yorker magazine.
Yesterday, Southern California Festival Director Aaron Vanek dined with the fine folks of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society at Mel's Drive-In in Hollywood to discuss plans for this year's HPLFF.
Yes, their new film, the talkie feature Whisperer in Darkness will play at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro in September.
This screening will be very special; since San Pedro is in their backyard, they can bring the shop with them: expect a large exhibit of props and goodies from the movie to be on display both inside and outside the theater.
1931 marks the year that both the Warner Grand Theater opened and Lovecraft's story was published in Weird Tales magazine, so we plan on celebrating both landmarks' birthdays in style.
Please join us this September 16 & 17 in San Pedro, California, for what is shaping up to be a spectacular Lovecraft Film Festival.
The Crowne Plaza Hotel, a mere three blocks from the Warner, is offering a special discount on their rooms for the weekend. Enter group code HPL when booking for the special rates.
Stay tuned for more updates!