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!

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

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

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

Are Video Games Getting Weirder?

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The influence of weird fiction is seen in many 90s-era horror/survival games such as Alone in the Dark (1992), Doom (1993), Resident Evil (1996), Diablo (1997) and Silent Hill (1999). Devil May Cry (2001) also centered around an Eldritch Knight. The Resident Evil and Silent Hill franchises spawned films, and dominated the landscape for the next decade, with newer titles like Geist (2005) having a hard time competing. After the release of the visually stunning but critically panned Silent Hill movie sequel, Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)  something interesting happened.

Carbload for Cthulhu - Author Readings at the Hollywood Public Library

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Get sugared up and listen to some of the best new authors in the Weird Fiction and Cosmic Horror genre read their work! This group reading event is taking place in the Meeting Room at the Hollywood Public Library, 4040 NE Tillamook St, Portland, OR 97212 ((just two blocks north of the Hollywood Theatre on the corner of NE 41st and Tillamook)

10:30 am: Adam Bolivar, Wade German, Sarah Walker, Scott Nicolay

11:30 am: Craig Laurance Gidney, Cody Goodfellow, Sumiko Saulson

12:15 pm:  Andrew Fuller, Anya Martin, Nathan Carson, Wendy Wagner

Doors open

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Shop with our Weird and wonderful vendors!

  • Mike Knives
  • Josh Yelle
  • Matthew M. Bartlett (Fri/Sat only)
  • HPLFF Official Merch/Arkham Bazaar

Short Films 1

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Feature Film Presentation: GODS OF THE DEEP + The Temple (short)

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Literary Programming

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Join us in the Providence Arcade, home of the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council, for Author Readings and Panels on Saturday and Sunday morning before films!

Saturday, Aug 19th: Author Readings by Matthew M. Bartlett, Rick Claypool

Sunday Aug 20th: HPL & Astronomy presentation by Edward Guimont

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