We are beyond excited to welcome NECRONOMIDOL, the all-female Japanese heavy metal idol band as our special musical guest! They will perform a full set on Saturday evening, do not miss this once in a lifetime spectacular of sound and sight! Drawing inspiration from Lovecraft’s mythos, their unique sound and otherworldly sensibilities have earned them a global fan following.
It's the 7th Annual Lovecraft Under the Gun 72 Hour Film Contest screening! 3 Teams competed this year, to take a prop and line of dialogue and turn it into a Lovecraftian short film. Audience votes and our guest judge determine the winner! This has become a festival favorite, and seating is limited. We suggest you arrive early to secure your seat! Q&A with the competing teams follows the screening of their entries.
Take a break and play some games! Guardian Games is hosting open boardgaming and demos all weekend!
They won't be selling games this year, but you can visit their retail store at 345 SE Taylor St (you should go, it's gamer heaven!)
Adam Christy is a filmmaker and active member of the artist collective “Clarinet Marmalade”. After winning "Best Actor" and "Best Picture" for two of his films at AT&T's Nationwide Campus Moviefest in 2008, Adam relocated to Los Angeles to bring his projects to life. Since then Adam has written and directed several short films and specs for the large and small screen including two feature screenplays and one scripted series. Catch Adam's latest mind-bending thriller "Young Liars" at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival and CthuluCon.
Gilbere Forté, is an artist turned film producer based in Los Angeles. A musician inspired by cinema, he has crossed the threshold beyond the performance stage to the film screen. The ominous psychological thriller, “Young Liars” is his latest work with creative partner Adam Christy, writer and director of “Young Liars”.
A brilliant but disturbed scientist freezes his children alive, while he races to cure their deadly genetic disease by decoding the DNA of the immortal Turritopsis jellyfish.
Alissa Filoramo is a graphic artist and actress in Los Angeles, CA. She has been performing since she got her hands on her family’s first camcorder and creating art since she turned her dolls in for art kits. Today, she creates everything from fashion apparel for celebrities and their fans, to candles and scents for the lovers of the unique and mysterious. Her latest work as lead actress in the cosmic thriller "Young Liars" is premiering at HP Lovecraft Film Festival & CthuluCon.
What does it all mean, Elwood? If we told you, we'd have to utilize complex Riemannian equations to open a portal in space-time and send a horrible human-faced rat through the 4th dimension into your abdomen to eat you from the inside! Also, it wouldn't be much of a secret. This infamous screening includes classic and hilarious content too crazy to miss. Includes old standbyes (wink), plus new content every year. It's an end of the festival tradition!
Just you, dozens of Voodoo donuts, bagels, and coffee, and some of this Cosmos's most renowned Weird fiction authors signing books and taking names. Provisions are limited, so get there early and enjoy your blasphemous treats while rediscovering the ancient art form of tree pulp inscribed with the ink of sea creatures!
21 and up. Pull up a stool at the Moon & Sixpence pub (2014 NE 42nd Ave, about 2 blocks from the theater) for a rousing round of strong ale* and hearty singing of classic Innsmouth tunes with the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society crew!
* Or whiskey, or wine, or whatever beverage you purchase for yourself at the bar.