HPL Film Festival Kickstarter is growing. Your tributes can push the limits of reality and bring The King in Yellow to the Port of Los Angeles.
Joe S Pulver the annointed Yellow bEast has this to say :
O Masters of the Black Fires Concealed
Rise o’er the flights of dim mortals sleeping.
Nug and Yeb, Great Dragons black and red, make them
come to the fest to see the Yellow Sign
and for all new, original programming in addition to some of the finest Lovecraftian films.
O First Issue of She Who Is to Come Bearing a Thousand Young
Now lost to thy stillness of discomfort, spark thy Doom-Engines Black and Red
Instill imaginings of three days of movies, music, games, art, authors, vendors, and so much more--
O Dreadful Gods, in thy cold sepulchers deep amongst the black maze of stars,
Heed this appeal, made with arms spread wide in thy acolytes’ wanting, and arise
and tell all the maddened-children it’s like Woodstock for every Unmasked lurker
tainted by the shadowy dreams of Lovecraft
The time is at hand! The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® and CthulhuCon™ San Pedro 2016 KICKSTARTER is LIVE! Give us your sanity points and money! Get tickets, collectibles, ephemera, shirts, art, VIP treatment. Get tickets and be there in the flesh or a LiveStream pass and haunt the Warner Grand from your own blasted heath along a tributary of the Miskatonic computer in your own house.
Save the Date, but not your sanity: The 7th Annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in San Pedro, CA this April 29th - May 1st at the Warner Grand Theatre. The Theme is The Dunwich Horror . Kickstarter live now gets you in for a Shoggoth-load of Lovecraftian film, plus panels, wine, readings, and live events. Check out Facebook.
Are you a vendor? We have vendor space availble starting at $75! Email us now to reserve your space! Click here to be a vendor http://goo.gl/forms/RYth3sc48H
Would you like to be a volunteer Minion? Have fun and get into the festival FREE. Fill out the Volunteer Form to get in on the action!
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!