The 20th Anniversary H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival was a truly extraordinary experience. During the weekend, old friends reunited, new friends were made, and many, many films and programs were enjoyed! Much of it was captured by our favorite long-time photographer Todd Gardiner! To see the Galleries, visit Todd's website Heiroglyph Photography.
Our amazing sponsor, Rue Morgue has been the number one horror magazine for years, covering both popular horror and the independent and underground. That's what makes Rue Morgue and the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival so compatible! Their new November issue is a celebration of H. P. Lovecraft with tons of articles, art, movie reviews, and more relating to the Old Gent from Providence. It's a great issue that highlights many members of our community, including the art of Skinner, Nick "The Hat" Gucker, and Liv Rainey-Smith, with words by S. T. Joshi, Stephen Jones, Thomas Ligotti, shout outs to our own Cody Goodfellow, an article about adapting Lovecraft to film with Portland festival organizer Brian Callahan and noted film director Richard Stanley (Hardware, Mother of Toads, and the upcoming The Colour Out of Space). Get it at your newstand, bookstore, or at the Rue Morgue Web site.
THE 20TH ANNUAL H.P. LOVECRAFT FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS!
The Howie - for outstanding lifetime achievement in promoting the works of H.P. Lovecraft: Charles Stross
Best Feature Film: "Black Mountain Side" - Nick Szostaskiwskyj
Best Short Film: "Mercy" - Sean Blau
Best Adaptation: "Escape from Midwich Valley" - Pierre-Henri Debies
Best Screenplay: "Let It Bleed" - Scott Selden
Audience Choice: "The Mill at Calder's End" - Kevin McTurk
Pickman's Apprentice: "Deep Ones at a Science Fair" - Mike Dubisch
Lovecraft Under the Gun: "Lure" - team Amelus
Special Award - Patron of the Arts: for behind the scenes support of our guests - Mike & Lena Griffin, Greg Lowney
Founder's Special Recognition Award - Scott Connors and Ron Hilger "for restoring Clark Ashton Smith's works upon the Cosmos"
Tickets for the 20th Anniversary H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival are now on sale through the Hollywood Theatre website and in person at their box office - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd.
Get early bird prices until September 7th!
Full Weekend Pass: $58 early bird / $65 after Sept 7th
Friday Pass: $18 early bird / $20 after Sept 7th
Saturday Pass: $32 early bird / $35 after Sept 7th
Sunday Pass: $20 early bird / $25 after Sept 7th
Programming Highlights:
- 10th Anniversary screening of The Call of Cthulhu - Experience a night at the cinema, 1930s style! (Friday night)
- Guest of Honor Charles Stross will receive the Howie Award
- Special Guest Jeffrey Combs joins us for readings and Q&A throughout the weekend
- Panel Discussions, readings, gaming, and vendors in the EOD Center!
- Carbload for Cthulhu Author Signing Event on Saturday morning
- Pickman's Apprentice Live Drawing Event
- Cthulhu Prayer Breakfast on Sunday Morning
- Lovecraft Under the Gun 72 Hour Film Contest screening on Sunday
Actor Jeffrey Combs will be joining us as a Special Guest for the 20th Anniversary H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon in Portland, OR, this October 2-4th! Combs has made numerous film and television appearances, but among Lovecraft fans, he is best known for his dry delivery and perfect comedic timing, bringing to life the beloved Herbert West in Stuart Gordon's horror classic film "Re-Animator." He was a guest at the very first H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and continues to be one of our most frequently requested guests, so we're extremely excited to announce that he'll be participating in this year's festival! Programming will include panels, dramatic readings, and Q&As, as well as an appearance at the Speakeasy VIP Party* on Thursday, October 1st, and a breakout session with 10 attendees chosen at random from Kickstarter backers at the Attend 3-Day, VIP Experience, or All Access levels*. Make sure you don't miss your chance to be part of the breakout session, and be sure to back the Kickstarter at one of the ticket package levels before it ends on August 6th!
*Only available through the Kickstarter which ends August 6th.
On Monday, July 6 2015, we launched the "Trip to R'lyeh" Kickstarter campaign for the 20th Anniversary H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, OR. Then, 37 hours later, it was funded. We are thrilled at the outpouring of support! This definitely helps us pay some of our most basic expenses, like theatre rental, but there's still a ways to go to make this the Best Festival Ever! Please share!
If you're coming to the festival, now is your chance to get Exclusive Ticket Packages that contain Miskatonic University Explorers Club T-shirts, lapel pins, and more (or, if you wanna go a little more EEEVIL, your package will include exclusive Cultist T-shirts and lapel pins). We're also offering special Speakeasy VIP Party tickets, where you can enjoy hors d'oeuvres, beverages, and mingle with some of our featured guests in a wonderful 1930s-style speakeasy.
Even if you aren't coming, there are tons of rewards that will take you to R'lyeh, including the Expedition Kit, featuring a 12x18 map of R'lyeh, compiled form aerial surveys of the island, a log book containing sketches from the island by some of our most artistic explorers, like Mike Dubisch, Paul Komoda, Heather Hudson, John Donald Carlucci, Nick gucker, and more, as well as diary entries from the team leader, equipment manifests, and more.
Whether you back the Kickstarter or not, please do one thing for us: share it with your friends through Facebook and Twitter (and anything else you've got going).
Are you going to Comic-Con? On Friday the 10th from 2-3 pm Let our panel of soon to be shunned scientists and loathsome literary scholars drop some serious knowledge on The Science Behind "At the Mountains of Madness". An ever expanding throng have thrown their lot in already, so sign up now and show up early to RM23ABC!
CthulhuCon PDX 2015 was amazing! The weekend was spent playing games, enjoying Lovecraftian art, film, and music, and, of course, learning stuff through our course of amazing panel discussions on topics ranging from "Lovecraft Gets Hammered" to "The Lost Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft" to "Dracula VS Cthulhu!" We've posted the first of these, "Neo-paganism and Lovecraft" in our YouTube channel today, with more to be posted in the coming days and weeks. Check out the panel playlist below - it's the perfect way to upgrade your Lovecraftian scholarship with our amazing panelists, including Kenneth Hite, Leslie Klinger, S. T. Joshi, Wilum Pugmire, Kevin McTurk, Leeman Kessler, Robin Laws, Adam Scott Glancy, and many more.
Did you miss seeing some of the short films at the 2014 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival? Just want to relive the best moments? Now you can! We collected the best shorts from the 19th Annual festival on this deluxe, limited edition DVD! Available now on Amazon and ArkhamBazaar.com
From music videos to claymation, superheroes to sound waves, and dreams to nightmares, this collection is a witch's brew for a very spooky night. Both adaptations of Lovecraft and original tales inspired by his world, these films even feature his Old Ones, like Azathoth and Nyarlathotep.
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"Black Sugar" dir. Hank Friedmann A group of teenagers experiment with a drug that has side effects like no other.
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"The Celebrant" dir. Brian Lillie An actor and a sound engineer wake up something hidden in the waves.
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"Dread Sign" dir. Thomas Nicol This 2014 festival bumper explains a lot about our cult-like audience.
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"Eyes in The Dark" dir. Alex White An explorer searching for truth discovers a secret beyond human comprehension.
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"I Am Not Samuel Krohm" dir. Sébastien Chantal A man struggles with a case of mistaken identity, while dark forces are in pursuit.
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"Ikelos Below" dir. Thomas Nicol A man is beset by troubling nightmares, but is the danger only in his dreams?
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"No Turning Back" dir. HPLHS Motion Pictures A Rock Opera music video adaptation of Lovecraft's "Dreams in The Witch House."
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"The Somnaphage" dir. Monsieur Soeur Dreaming is more than you think. Made in 72 hours for the Lovecraft Under The Gun competition.
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"There's An Octopus in Your Head" dir. Ari Grabb The pancake master looks for meaning in an uncaring universe.
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"The Void" dir. Eric Schwartz Two young girls look for adventure, but bite off more than they can chew.
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"Vomica" dir. Andy Green During WWII, British commandos unearth ancient evil in a crypt in Occupied France.
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Trailers for Feed The Light (2014 Best Feature), Exile (2014 Audience Choice), and The Dreamlands.
Runtime approximately 120 minutes.
NTSC Region 0, progressive.
Festival Winners were chosen this weeknd from more than 20 films and many screenplays
Best Screenplay: Let It Bleed by Scott Selden
Judge's Choice - The Night Ocean directed by Maria Lorenzo Hernandez
Audience Choice - The Mill at Calder's End directed by Kevin McTurk