Driven by a sentience from down below, Inky the Octopus escaped his enclosure through a small opening. He slid across the floor during the night and squeezed his body through a narrow pipe leading to open water. A trail of slime and ichor was all that was left. Octopuses have broken out of sealed observation containers and closed aquariums; some escaped multiple times to eat the inhabitants of nearby aquariums. Whispers of the Great Lord' Cthulhu's awakening have circled the globe. Inky, not wanting to miss His invocation, chose to ride the El Nino currents. We fear for Inky's safety.
This sunday, HPLFF will commemorate the 90th anniversary of Call of Cthulhu at Monsterpalooza. Featuring a panel of Lovecraftian film artists Pete von Sholly, Sean Branney, Kevin McTurk, Mallory O'Meara, Paul Komoda
The San Pedro Festival 2016 is over. Our "most accursed rites of human blasphemy... called him for a moment" and then was gone. Rites that included the base lamentations of writers awed and horrified at our cosmic insignificance, artists creating new works while merchants sold strange artifacts. Friday was the twin hammers to the head of Black Mountain Side and The Mist. Walpurgisnacht Saturday had panels and a NEW play adaptation of The Colour Out of Space, and the psycho freakout of The Dunwich Horror Picture Show.
Predicted in ages gone by, the Lovecraft Arts and Science Council (organizers of the biennial NecronomiCon Providence) serve as host for the stricken minds of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® – Portland organizers. The blasphemous result is 3 days of Lovecraftian film and activities, including author readings, panels, and vendors. The stars align around HPL's birthday August 19-21st in his hometown of Providence RI. Join the Facebook event for ongoing news.
Come to the Best of the 2015 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® DVD Release Party!
(IMPORTANT! This event has been rescheduled for July 10th due to some unforeseen repair work at the Lovecraft Bar.)
Our latest DVD is now available! Join us for Dread Hour at the Lovecraft Bar (421 SE Grand) to celebrate the release.
We will have copies for sale, but if you pledged for a copy (either separately, or as part of the 3-DVD box set) in our 2015 Kickstarter, we invite you to join us and pick up your copy.
We're pleased to announce that Howard Lovecraft and The Frozen Kingdom, the new animated feature film based on the Arcana comic, and featuring the voices of Ron Perlman, Doug Bradley, Christopher Plummer, and Jane Curtin, will make its premiere at the 1st H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Providence, RI. Don't miss this look at the first in the series!
The Kickstarter for the 2016 H.P. lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, OR is live! Join us for a journey underground to the infamous Shanghai Tunnels! Get deluxe ticket packages, VIP Packages, exclusive shirts, lapel pins, and other artifacts by pledging now. Regular tickets will go on sale after the campaign ends, but most of these goodies are only available during the campaign!
As usual, the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® features the best in independent Cosmic Horror, Weird Tales, and the Uncanny. Most of the films featured at the festival can't yet be seen outside of a film festival, and many this year are World, US, or Regional Premieres!
2016 Award Winners
Best Feature Film: Dead Tongues - Roberto Drilea and Brianna Dorn
Best Short Film: "When Susurrus Stirs" - Anthony Cousins
Best Adaptation: "Hypnos" - Juho Aittanen
Best Screenplay: "Among Us" - Arturo Portillo
Audience Choice: "The Call of Charlie" - Nick Spooner
Pickman's Apprentice: "Nightgaunts over Antarctica" - Nick Gucker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
H. P. LOVECRAFT FILM FESTIVAL® ANNOUNCES
SAN PEDRO EVENT CLOSURE
PORTLAND, OR October 7, 2016
After seven festivals since 2010, the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® (HPLFF®) will not be returning to the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, California. The epic final San Pedro event transpired from April 29 to May 1, 2016 over the auspicious Walpurgisnacht weekend, and featured author Joe Pulver, Sr. and a live cast accompaniment to the classic 1970 B-movie The Dunwich Horror.