CthulhuCon PDX! Limited Edition Ticket Packages now available.

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Support the CthulhuCon PDX (April 25-26) fundraiser by purchasing one of our Limited Edition ticket or shirt packages! In lieu of running a Kickstarter, we are selling a limited number of Early Bird ticket packages and shirts ONLY UNTIL FEB 16. Regular Ticket Packages are limited to only 70 (comes with an exlusive T-shirt, work shirt, or hoodie, plus special ticket/badge) and VIP Ticket packages (additionally includes catered VIP guest reception and numbered art print) are limited to only 30.

Even if you can't come, you can still support our fundraiser with your torso, by getting one of our exclusive T-shirts (or a babydoll tee, work shirt, or hoodie). Click here to get your tickets.

March 6, 2015, 7:30 pm at the Hollywood Theatre: Richard Stanley!

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The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and The Hollywood Theatre are bringing Richard Stanley to Portland on March 6 (tix at http://bit.ly/OtherworldPDX) to introduce and Q&A a documentary double feature, featuring the US Premiere of The Otherworld, Mr. Stanley's film about the history of magical belief in his home of Montsegur, France, as well as a screening of the acclaimed documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau.

Robert E. Howard Panel: Solomon Kane, Conan, Oh My

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medium_solomon-kane.jpg Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane is being made into a comic book series from Dark Horse (and is also being turned into a movie).

Dark Horse's original Conan editor, Scott Allie, writes the series, with art by Mario Guevara and Dave Stewart, who reinvents his revolutionary color technique from Conan.

Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

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DarkestOfTheHillsideThickets_ws_sm.jpgThe Darkest of the Hillside Thickets is a rock band from British Columbia who's main body of music consists largely of often tongue-in-cheek homages to the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Even the band's name is drawn from a phrase in Lovecraft's story The Tomb.

Dagon's Wedding Bells

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wedding_ws_sm.jpgThis year's H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival features a real live wedding (our fifth)! The Festival has become a true community of friends who eagerly wait out the year to see one another again, and sometimes among such kindred spirits deeper bonds form. Last year saw our friend Mars, maestro of the macabre, make the acquaintance of Victoria Price, daughter of Lovecraft scholar Robert M. Price. This year the two are getting married—right here at center stage! Dr.

Brian Lumley Reading House of Cthulhu

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Come join us for an eldritch experience as Brian Lumley reads House of Cthulhu and then fields some Q&A.

Meet Mike Mignola - Hellboy Panel

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Meet the creator behind the successful Hellboy character. Here is your chance to ask Mike those questions you always feared to know the answers to. Mike will also be joined by Dark Horse editor Scott Allie and Rue Morgue editor Jovanka Vuckovic.

Open Mic at Tony Starlight's

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Friday night from 12:30am to 2:00am come join us for drinks at Tony Starlight's and an open mic were you can hear Lovecratian stories, tall tales, poems, and eerie personal accounts.

Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Live at Tony Starlight's

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The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets descend upon Portland once again with their own brand of Cthulhuoid punk rock. Admission is free with day or weekend festival pass. Show starts around 12:30am.

Oh, Whistle...: Two Ghost Stories by M.R. James

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large_a-pleasing-terror.jpgOver a century after they were first published, the ghost stories of M R James retain their power to terrify and amuse. Following his critically acclaimed one-man show A Pleasing Terror Robert Lloyd Parry brings two more of James' classic spine-chillers back to life.

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