Great Olde Ones Gone...for now

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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.

Weird events for H. P. Lovecraft's Birthday

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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.

BEST OF 2015 HPLFF DVD RELEASE PARTY! July 10th

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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.

First wave of confirmed guests and a film premiere!

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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!

Join the Kickstarter for the 2016 H.P. lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, OR!

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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! 

 

 

Premieres (and more premieres)

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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!

Award Winners for the 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, Portland, OR

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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

H. P. LOVECRAFT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SAN PEDRO EVENT CLOSURE

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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.

DoubleTree by Hilton Group Rate for 2017

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For 2017, The Double Tree Portland has given us a courtesy rate of $175/night + tax for a Single Room (1 King) or a Double Room (2 Queen beds). Located at 1000 NE Multnomah, near Lloyd Center, the Double Tree is right on the MAX light rail and is one stop from the Hollywood district. There are a limited number of rooms available, and this hotel usually sells out. The discounted rate ends on September 15, 2017.

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival 4-DVD box set available now!

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Have your own H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® in the comfort of your living room! This box set contains 4 full-length DVDs of Lovecraftian cinema, and includes films from the early days of the fest, all the way up to 2015. Bonus: each filmmakers get a cut for each DVD sold, so you're also directly supporting Independent Lovecraftian film. The slipcase is designed to look like an ancient tome, and holds all four of the most recent DVD Collections: 

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