Short Films Block 6
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Enjoy Weird, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftian short films from around the world! Q&A with visiting filmmakers follows.

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Short Films Block 5
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Short films from around the world, ranging from literary adaptations to original works of Lovecraftian terrors and cosmic horror!

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Lovecraft Under the Gun 72 Hour Film Competition showcase
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In the annual Lovecraft Under the Gun 72 Hour Film Competition, teams of filmmakers are challenged to use a line of dialogue and a prop in their Lovecraftian or Cosmic Horror short film! We're screening the 7 films by teams that completed their films within the 72 hour contest window, and the audience will vote on whose film reigns supreme!

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Re-Animator, the extended (integral) cut w/Jeffrey Combs
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The Extended, or Integral Cut of Re-Animator melds the Unrated version with the extra scenes that were shot to fill out the R-Rated cut. Extended Q&A with Jeffrey Combs follows.

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Awards & Closing Remarks
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Join us for the Awards Presentation and Closing remarks!

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Night of the Comet w/Kelli Maroney (35mm)
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Get ready for another awesome 80s cult classic screening on 35mm! Kelly Maroney joins us for Night of the Comet! Q&A afterward.

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Shorts of Madness & Secret Screening
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After serving you up heaping mounds of cosmic dread, we're going to send you off with something to lighten the mood! This is a block of the funniest, most bonkers short films of the festival, followed by our infamous Secret Screening! 

Remember, the first rule of the Secret Screening... don't talk about the Secret Screening!

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Lovecraft's Favorite Films
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Did HP Lovecraft go to the movies? Yes, and sometimes he even enjoyed it! Join us as we discuss some of the movies that left an impression on the writer.

Moderator Derek M. Koch, Panelists Chris McMillan, Ken Hite, Adam Scott Glancy, Andrew Migliore

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Dangerous Waters: Aquatic Origins of Weird and Cosmic Terror
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The fear of dark water, otherworldly creatures that lurk within, and the mutation or change that water affects are pre-Lovecraftian concepts used by Lovecraft in his stories. How do modern writers bend the ancient fear of water into new stories?

Moderator Sumiko Saulson, Panelists Francis Pai, Angel Yuriko Smith, Roni Stinger, Emily Flummox

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Cthulhu in Comics
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For years the Cthulhu Mythos has been appearing in comics, DC, Marvel and independent titles. If you think America mythos is weird wait till you see what in Japan. The secret origin of Arkam Asylum,  The Necronomicon in comics, that time Wolverine took on Abdul Alhazarad and much more. 

Moderator David Heath, Panelists Gretchen Martin, Derek M Koch, D B Spitzer

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