Doug Bradley is probably most famous for his role as Hellraiser's Pinhead - Dark Prince of Pain, Angel of Suffering, Leviathan's Lord of the Damned.
Over the course of a storied 30 year career as a Heavy Metal guitarist, Douglas Blair Lucek of W.A.S.P. hasn't just shredded epic lead guitar solos on numerous World Tours, he's also known for his innovative and inventive skill at stretching the physical and sonic boundaries of the electric guitar. Hailing from the New England region, not far from Lovecraft's beloved Providence, Doug toured throughout the Mythos region in the 1980s with RUN 21.
E. Catherine Tobler was born on the other side of the International Dateline, which either gives her an extra day in her life or an extraordinary affinity when it comes to interdimensional gateways. Her fiction appears in Realms of Fantasy, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet among others. Her Lovecraft-themed tales have appeared in both Historical Lovecraft and Future Lovecraft from Innsmouth Press.
Eben Brooks is “The Working Class Superhero of San Diego”: geeky musician par excellence, gamer, comic book reader, science fiction lover, and the man responsible for the squamous, rugose filk song “Hey There Cthulhu”. He performs original and filk songs on a variety of geeky topics, such as superheroes, cyberpunk, magic, minstrelry, literature, gaming, comic books, eldritch horror, science fiction television shows, and the dangers of teleportation.
The principal creative force behind Hellbender Media, Edward is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. His latest movies include adaptations of H. P. Lovecraft’s stories “The Statement of Randolph Carter,” and “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,” the only complete adaptation of Tolkein’s “The Lord of the Rings,” and “Flesh of my Flesh,” a live-action horror/thriller. He also wrote and directed “The Cosmic Horror Fun-Pak,” a sci-fi/horror movie anthology.
Ellen Datlow has been editing short stories in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror fields for thirty years. She was fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor of SCIFICTION, as well as editing anthologies throughout those years and continuing to do so today.
Eric is co-owner of Maelstrom Productions. He has produced/directed/edited several shorts and features including the award-winning films H.P. Lovecraft's Strange Aeons: The Thing on the Doorstep and the short “The Shunned House”. He has worked with Crypticon Seattle, The Seattle International Film Festival, TheFilmSchool, and Strange Aeons Magazine.
Erika Hallberg co-produced, worked as assistant director, did the make-up and composed the music for the short Fyren (Keeper of the Light). While young, she has a solid background in music, theater and film. She also worked as script supervisor on Kammaren (A Legend Told). She's currently getting her degree as a cantor and it shows in the end credits of Fyren.Erika and Robert P. Olsson lives in the city of Karlstad, in the county of Värmland, a county known for its many famous authors and poets.
Frank H. Woodward wrote and directed Wyrd Studios’ premiere documentary LOVECRAFT: FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN in 2008. This biography of author H.P. Lovecraft featured interviews with Neil Gaiman and Guillermo Del Toro. LOVECRAFT premiered at the 2008 Comic Con in San Diego where it won Best Documentary.
Frank also wrote the SyFy Original Movie BLACK FOREST. This mash-up of Grimm’s fairy tales aired in early 2012.
Gregory is a Portland area filmmaker having moved here from Nevada City, CA. In 2009 he helped local production company, Red Jackalope, shoot its first feature film up through his graduation from Pacific University Oregon. Current projects include a documentary entitled Black Girl in Suburbia and a western that shall remain untitled.