Secret Screening

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The Secret Screening is a grab bag of fun offerings that you can't see anywhere else. What's in it? If we told you, we'd have to sacrifice you.

Audience participation encouraged for this parting shot as we close the book on another great year of fantastic film!

Lovecraft Under the Gun film competition screening

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Four Teams competed in the 5th Annual Lovecraft Under the Gun 72 Hour Competition! Each team started and completed a Lovecraftian short film in just 3 days, using a required line of dialogue and prop. Their films will screen and then the audience will decide the winner! (announced at the Awards Ceremony).

  • Cthonic Nightmares - "Pickman's Model"
  • Trash People From the Dump - "I Dream of Lovecraft"
  • Black Stars - "The Stars are Blackest at Night"
  • The Amelus - "Ferrum"

Cthulhu Prayer Breakfast

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Cody Goodfellow will preside over a morning ritual involving the scalding juice of blackened berries, roasted beasts, and the unborn offspring of flying creatures (as well as a few vegetarian selections). This year, we will be hosting this abominable feast on Sunday morning October 8th from 10 am-12 pm at Sam's Hollywood Billiards. They have reserved their upstairs room for us, and will be hosting and catering the event. Adult beverages available for additional purchase (onsite).

"The Thing on the Doorstep" Dark Adventure Radio Theatre LIVE! presented by the HPLHS

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The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society presents a special live performance of "The Thing on the Doorstep"! This will be the first time they have performed this live for an audience!

Daniel Upton stands charged with the brutal murder of his best friend, Edward Derby. Was the crime an act of greed, jealousy, or madness? Or did Edward's wife, the mysterious Asenath Waite, put to use her rumored occult powers? Was it a crime carried out by a ruthless fiend, or was the killer the next victim of a supreme evil that lurks unseen among us? Find out on Saturday, October 8th at 3 pm!

Welcome Remarks & Keynote with F. Paul Wilson

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Guest of Honor F. Paul Wilson will open the festival with a talk about "HP & Me." 

Awards Presentation and Closing Remarks

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Join us for the Awards Presentation! Winners of each award category will be announced and presented with our exclusive Cthulhu Award Statue, custom made by the incomparable Joe Broers.

Awards are given for:

  • Best Feature Film
  • Best Short Film
  • Best Adaptation
  • Best Screenplay
  • Audience Choice
  • Pickman's Apprentice
  • Lovecraft Under the Gun winner

Cthulhu Wars! with Petersen Games

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Petersen Games is sending some emissaries of madness to run Cthulhu Wars games and demos!

EOD Center will be set up for Games during these hours:

  • Friday 7:00-10:00 pm
  • Saturday 12:00-7:00 pm
  • Sunday 3:00-7:00 pm

Mythos Comedy Half Hour

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Tim Uren (Chuck from Chuck and Dexter) presents a half-hour sketch comedy, celebrating weird fiction and the genre's even weirder fans. Never before has a performer so antediluvian presented a comedy so cyclopean!

Black Sunday (feature)

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Shorts Block 6

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Short Films Block w/visiting Filmmaker Q&A afterwards.

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