Rare Re-Animator screening...

Stuart Gordon's 80's Lovecraft classic Re-Animator will screen (in 35mm) at the Austin, Texas Alamo Drafthouse on July 21st! The screening is at 10:00 pm and only costs a buck...

Head to the Alamo for ticket information...

(Thanks to Decider Austin)

Colour DVD news...

Germany's Epix Media will release Ivan Zuccon's Colour from the Dark on DVD this August! The film, based on The Colour out of Space, stars Debbie Rochon, Michael Segal, Marysia Kay, Gerry Shanahan and Matteo Tosi. DVD details can be found here (in German)...

Read buried.com's review of the film here...


(Thanks to Ivan Zuccon)

The review of Cthulhu...

There's a new review of Dan Gildark's Cthulhu here, courtesy of The Small Town Critic. The film is available on DVD through here! films...

"What worked: Atmosphere. This movie did it right. The darkness and dread lingers throughout... the scare scenes are so well constructed, they alone are worth the price of admission."

- The Small Town Critic



(Thanks to smalltowncritic.com)

The rise of the Yithians...

Unfilmable.com has learned that Swedish filmmaker/stop-motion animator Richard Svensson is hard at work on an untitled "Yithian Stop-Motion Project" inspired by one of Lovecraft's greatest stories, The Shadow out of Time. According to the filmmaker, the film will focus on the history of the Yithians and their war and subsequent destruction by the flying polyps...

No stranger to Lovecraft, Richard has already completed two films inspired by the works of HPL, Eye of Evil and Concerning Brown Jenkin (an adaptation of a portion of the text from The Dreams in the Witch House), and has several examples of his Lovecraftian artwork exhibited on his Elfwood gallery. You can find more of his stop-motion and live action films, including Jabberwocky and Goblin Wood, on his Lone Animator YouTube page...

Richard has already designed and created one of the Yithian's (see image below) and is currently working on the flying polyps. "It's taking quite a while to animate the Yithians (tendrils and all) but they look very weird moving about and I hope people will find the sight interesting," Richard tells Unfilmable.com, "Lovecraft's "Gods" are certainly a challenge for any puppet maker, but one that I relish. They do make for something extraordinary to watch, if you manage to pull them off."

For more examples of Richard's amazing work (including a "Dagon monster mask"), visit loneanimator.com and loneanimator.blogspot.com...


(Thanks to Richard Svensson)

The Sleeping Deep gathers steam...

Jeff Palmer's The Sleeping Deep continues to gather steam as it has just won 1st place in the Fantasy Screenplay category at the Indie Gathering Film Festival in Westlake, Ohio. The screenplay is also a semi-finalist at the Landlocked Film Festival and a finalist for Sci-Fi screenplay at the Woods Hole Film Festival...

Check out the production journal/blog for further updates...

(Thanks to Jeff Palmer)

Dread Central reviews Tell-Tale...

Head over to Dread Central for a review of Michael Cuesta's loose adaptation of Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. Produced by Ridley and Tony Scott, Tell-Tale stars Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Beatrice Miller and Dallas Roberts. In the film, Josh Lucas plays a man whose recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

Assorted comic news...

Here's a rundown of some of the recent Lovecraftian comic releases and announcements...

Released on July 1st, the second volume of the Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft series, Dagon and Other Tales, is out now in trade paperback from Transfuzion...

The TP contains adaptations of Dagon, The Statement of Randolph Carter, Arthur Jermyn, The Music of Erich Zann and The Picture in the House. Writer Steve Jones also provides background info on HPL...

Dagon and Other Tales is 160 pages and is illustrated by Aldin Baroza, Sergio Cariello, Rob Davis, Chris Jones and Wayne Reid. Retail is $18.99...

Locke and Key: Head Games #6 was released July 1st through IDW. Written by Joe Hill, with art/cover by Gabriel Rodriguez, the comic retails for $3.99...

About the comic: Ellie Whedon is many things: loyal mother, tough coach, embittered daughter, lost soul, Dodge's prisoner and unwilling accomplice. But above all she's a threat to Dodge's safety, the one person who knows the truth about him, and it's time for him to do something about it. Step into Ellie Whedon's tormented memories, and find out how Dodge wound up in that well, in the shattering final issue of the Head Games arc!


Coming in August from Dynamite Entertainment, Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama, follows Ashley J. William to a comic book convention, a convention featuring a special appearance by Barak Obama, the president of the United States! Also making an appearance at the convention is the dread necronomicon, and it's turning ordinary humans into the demon possessed undead, and it's up to Ash to set things right...


Last but definitely not least, Jason Thompson has announced via a recent Lovecraft Lives article/interview that he will self-publish a graphic novel collecting all 5 issues of his out-of-print classic, H.P. Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath! Scheduled for the end of 2009, the 160 page graphic novel will also contain adaptations of The White Ship, Celephais and The Strange High House in the Mist (which is currently being serialized at mockman.com). Retail is TBD, but pre-orders will be available soon...

Watch mockman.com for details...

(Thanks to savagecritic.com, www.bloody-disgusting.com and lovecraftismissing.com)

New animated short in the works...

Pete Sleeper, whose animated short Where Nightmares Feed screened at the 2008 HPLFF, is hard at work on a follow-up for this years fest. Planned as a 2 minute animation, the short will be based on one of Pete's original ideas meant for last years festival...

According to Pete's blog, the project has been written and storyboarded with more info to follow. The trailer for Pete's previous effort, Where Nightmares Feed, can be seen below...

(Thanks to filmfestbuzz.blogspot.com)

Gordon and Combs talk Poe...

There's an exclusive interview with Stuart Gordon and Jeffrey Combs, one of the truly great director/actor combos in horror history, over at iFMagazine.com...

The duo, who are responsible for classics like Re-Animator, From Beyond and The Black Cat, talk Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allen Poe, their one-man stage play that premieres this Friday...

"...if there were no Edgar Allen Poe, then there'd be no H.P. Lovecraft. Poe was Lovecraft's idol, and he tried to imitate his style in his writing."

- Stuart Gordon

Ticket information can be found here...


(Thanks to www.ifmagazine.com)

Dark Discoveries to feature H.P. Lovecraft...

For Immediate Release:

The fall issue of Dark Discoveries magazine will be a special Lovecraft edition featuring H.P. Lovecraft, Brian Lumley, Dan O'Bannon, H.R. Giger, S.T. Joshi and more...

Details can be found here...

(Thanks to famousmonstersoffilmland.com)