Jeff Gorcyca

Guest

Jeff Gorcyca is an actor, voice over artist, and filmmaker based in New York City.  He is a proud member of the production team, GirlSOUP.  Jeff's recent GirlSOUP projects include acting in the folk horror film Outen the Light, directing and writing "Don't Bother The Neighbors!", and serving as producer for the livestream Karula's DreamShow Live.  When not acting, Jeff loves to write music and juggle.

Andreas Petersen

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Andreas Petersen is a screenwriter based out of Salt Lake City, UT. His previous credits include the animated horror comedy Attack of the Demons and the animated fantasy drama When You Get to the Forest. 

Quinn Bailey

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Quinn Bailey is the writer, director, editor, and composer behind “Play It All Night Long”. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Quinn studied film production at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he lives and works as a script analyst and freelance musician. As a lifelong cosmic horror fan, he’s honored to be a part of this year’s HPLFF.

Re-Animator and Suitable Flesh scribe Dennis Paoli joins H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oct 6-8

News story

Dennis Paoli, the screenwriter of landmark films based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft like Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Castle Freak, as well as horror classics like Ghoulies 2 and Body Snatchers, is joining us October 6-8 to present his newest film Suitable Flesh, based on H. P. Lovecraft's "The Thing on The Doorstep." In the wake of the Writer's Guild of America union strike, which saw new union contracts finally successfully negotiated after a heroic 148 days on the picket line, we're thrilled to host the writer of all of our favorite movies.

Dennis Paoli

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Screenwriter of 2023's Suitable Flesh, directed by Joe Lynch and based on H. P. Lovecraft's "The Thing on The Doorstep", Dennis Paoli achieved his greatest enduring cult popularity by penning the wickedly witty scripts for two superior 80s H.P. Lovecraft adaptations directed by noted horror genre icon Stuart Gordon: the terrific Re-Animator and its equally excellent follow-up From Beyond. Paoli and Gordon first crossed paths working for the experimental Organic Theater in Chicago.

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival Streaming Event 2023

Event

December 1-3, 2023 (remaining available to watch until Dec 5) on Eventive.org. Showcasing 6 feature films (including two streaming exclusives that you could not see in the theater) and over 50 short films, all from 16 countries around the globe, our fourth streaming H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival will be a standalone festival extravaganza also including dramatic performances, author readings, and panel discussions. Stay tuned for more details! Tickets available now.

DB Spitzer

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Adventurer/Occult Investigator/Illustrator/Writer/Game Designer/Media Critic/Podcaster from Portland,Oregon. I like soda water, good game design, clever cosmic horror.
Praise to Tsathoggua!! They/Them

Danger Slater

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Danger Slater is the Wonderland Award-winning author of I Will Rot Without You, He Digs a Hole, Moonfellows, House of Rot and others. He writes gross horror stories that are both funny and sad. He has a cat named Bubbles.

Noah Hale

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Noah lives is a recent graduate of Portland Community College’s multimedia program where he developed skills in video editing, design, and motion graphics. He’s currently working on his editing and motion graphics reels as well as writing his second feature-length screenplay (a Lovecraft inspired horror/comedy set in Astoria). When not thinking about what story to make in which medium, he indulges in chasing/repousse metalwork, armored combat, Scythian archaeology, and archery.

Tony LaMalfa

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Tony LaMalfa is a big kid from a small town with a passion for storytelling. He is a former educator, produced playwright, and proud member of the Horror Writers Association. His literary debut, Forbidden Knowledge: Two Tales of Lovecraftian Terror, was recently released by Hippocampus Press. LaMalfa’s short fiction can be found in various publications by Weird House Press and the HWA, as well as The Weird Cat—a forthcoming anthology by WordCrafts Press.

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