New Colour from the Dark one-sheet...

A new Colour from the Dark poster has appeared on the Wonderphil Productions website (the company handling sales for the film)...


(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

The Yellow Sign re-released...

Aaron Vanek's The Yellow Sign has been re-mastered and re-released by Lurker Films and can be purchased through MicroCinema (and Amazon.com). The film is based on the classic Robert W. Chambers story...

The DVD also contains the short films; Tupilak by David Leroy, The King in Yellow by Emiliano Guarneri & David Fragale and a short documentary called Chambers in Paris...

You can view the trailer on YouTube...

(Thanks to Conor Timmis)

Wishbaby on UK DVD...

Wishbaby, which screened at the 2007 HPLFF, will get a UK DVD release on April 13th from 4Digital Media...

According to producer Jonathan Sothcott, the film will also recieve a limited theatrical run in London a week before the DVD release...

DVD features include:

Audio commentary by Parsons
Rough Magick, a 40-minute H.P. Lovecraft film produced and written by Parsons
Karma Magnet, a 17-minute short produced by Sothcott

You can pre-order the film through Amazon.co.uk here...


Writer/director Steve Parsons is hard at work on the follow-up, Creepy Sarah...

(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

Randolph Carter attends Summer School...

Summer School, a Random Creatureface film, has been picked up for distribution by Osiris Entertainment (It was originally sold through the RCF site) and it looks like the DVD contains all the same features as the original release, so it should contain Lance Hendrickson's adaptation of The Statement of Randolph Carter (watch Randolph Carter here)...

The DVD retails for $19.98 and is scheduled for an April 14th release...


(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

Looking for Lovecraftian soundscapes for your film...

From the Unfilmable.com archives...


Then look no further than Lovecraftian composer and founder of DEAD HOUSE MUSIC Mars, a classically trained musician who specializes in dark, atmospheric music that transcends traditional horror scores. Mars has been both a musician and fan of H.P. Lovecraft for over 20 years, and has been combining his passion for both since the late 1990's...

Having composed music for the highly acclaimed Lurker Films, Mars then scored the Dreamlands-inspired animated film Shadow Of Time, and the frantic Nyarlathotep for Darkside Films. He was a featured speaker (alongside veteran composers Richard Band "Re-Animator and From Beyond") and Stephen Parsons (Rough Magik) at the 2007 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and has been announced as the composer for THE definitive HPL documentary "Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown" (by Wyrd Productions). The documentary features in-depth interviews with John Carpenter, Guillermo Del Toro, Neil Gaiman and many more of the horror genre's most established figures...

You can contact Mars through his Dead House Music site or email him here...

(Thanks to Mars)

The Chronicles of Dr. Herbert West review...

Fangoria.com reviews Zenescope Entertainment's The Chronicles of Dr. Herbert West – Issue #3 here...


(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

Hunter's Moon casting under way...

Doug Post of Bloody Rose Productions sends word that casting is underway on Curse of the Hunter's Moon! The film started out as a remake of John H. Johnson's Curse of the Blue Lights, and originally, the storyline revolved around a group of high-school students who, despite a wave of recent disappearances, decide to throw an early Halloween party on the night of the Hunter's Moon. They are unaware, however, that Krul, one of the last ghouls, is planning to bring the Queen of the Ghouls back to life-but he needs bloody sacrifices to do so, and has a dead army to help him get them...

The new script focuses more on the Lovecraft Mythos, and will focus more on scares than the original. Shooting is scheduled for late 2009, early 2010...

People interested in learning more can contact Doug through the Bloody Rose Productions MySpace page...


(Thanks to Doug Post)

Die Farbe trailer, update...

Huan Vu's Die Farbe, a German adaptation of The Colour out of Space, has grown during post-production from a 60 minute extended short film to a 90 (est.) minute feature length adaptation! Post is expected to be completed in the next 6 months...

Written and directed by Huan Vu, the cast includes Marco Leibnitz, Erik Rastetter, Michael Kausch, Ingo Heise, Ralf Lichtenberg, Marah Schneider, Friedrich Schilha, Jonas Von Lingen and more...

A trailer is now available on YouTube and the film's official site, which also includes cast and crew info, images, a teaser and more...

(Thanks to Huan Vu)

The Seventh Shadow...

Brian Clement's (The Dead Inside, Dark Paradox) latest, The Seventh Shadow, is a 2 min. short film that was shot in hopes of getting funding for something larger. The film, which stars Robert Nolan, David Kinsman, Adam Winlove-Smith, Alexy Mesherakov, Joel Lacoursiere, and musician Mary Kate Haché, revolves around a small group of people who stand in the way of evil forces from beyond our universe who are threatening Earth...

The short will debut March 19th during the Victoria Short Film Showcase at the St. Ann's Academy Auditorium. Details can be found here...

(Thanks to Brian Clement)

Watch The Book online...

As mentioned in Tom Sullivan's review of H.P. Lovecraft's The Book, you can now view the film (in it's entirety) exclusively through IMDb video...

(Thanks to James Raynor)

Alien Raiders on DVD...

Ben Rock's Alien Raiders (think Delta Green) was released this past Tuesday on DVD. The film, which retails for $24.98, was a hit at last years H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival...

About the film: Fresh veggies on aisle 1. Fresh kills throughout the store. Something terrible is happening at Hastings Market. Something bloody. Something deadly. Something inhuman. And caught up in the grisly horror inside the market are shoppers turned hostages, unearthly alien terrors…and a dedicated commando band of raiders on a search-and-destroy mission to stop the intruders dead cold no matter where they hide. From Raw Feed, creators of the Rest Stop and Otis shockers, comes the sci-fi/horror tale Alien Raiders, a nerve-shredding battle for human survival against aliens that invade our world by invading our bodies. Be alert. Beware. Be afraid. The creatures next host could be your neighbor. Your kid brother. No its you!


(Thanks to www.amazon.com)

Pit and the Pendulum comic preview...

Head over to fangoria.com for a preview of the Pit and the Pendulum comic based on Marc Lougee's stop-motion adaptation of Poe's classic. The comic hits stores Wednesday, February 25th, courtesy of Blue Water Productions...

(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

Tom Sullivan reviews The Book...

The film is: H. P. Lovecraft's The Book
Short film: 12 min
Director: James Raynor
Writers: Richard Ellis and James Raynor
Producer: Nicola Ford
Editor: Sam Gale
Starring: Matthew Jay France and Eryl Lloyd Parry
Director of Photography: Nick Everett
Production Designers: Amy Wortley and Sam Grant
"The Book" Illustrations: Lee Stocks
Web: http://www.myspace.com/hplovecraftbook2007

It was written by the Darkone's that some will get Lovecraft right as rain. Some will not.

My friends, before the creeping madness that devours the innards of my sanity I must confess I have discovered the former.


I cannot and will never supply the link (http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi3962176281/) that came before me as I must protect humanity from a horror so clear and profound it can only lead to the destruction of the overmind of mankind. And unbelievably it can be seen for free.

The horror must not spread. I have seen The Book and I weep for I have seen Lovecraft channeled to almost perfection.

So convincing is the sincerity of this fine motion picture and its closeness to the Master's writings that I can only surmise the dark rituals and obscene sacrifices required to resurrect the spirit of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. A man who I know to be dead these many decades.


It is based on Lovecraft's The Book and The Descendant, stories, dear reader you will know by heart certainly. And it moves like a chilled breeze. It pulls you in like inescapable quicksand, sucking you in, entranced and weak.

I will recap the story so if you overhear it repeated in a muffled conversation you will know to run without other thought and never return to that town.

A student, one Isaac Williams visits Professor Northam with his volume of the forbidden book of the Mad Arab. I cannot utter its name or I will fall into the same panic and trauma that the elderly Professor succumbs to upon hearing its title. During the Professor's needed rest the young foolish scholar wanders the ailing man's office searching for answers to his mentor's condition. Such care while commendable is not relevant to the terror lying beneath the content of the small book filled room.


All too suddenly the young man's tooth loosens and is pulled out. What happens next is impossible. How can a tooth bleed so much blood? Has he entered another ghastly realm or had that realm now enveloped this house. Then the creatures appear. Do not, I emphatically repeat do not dabble even in jest or simple curiosity the dark writings that are forbidden to man for a reason. These two men of great intelligence and strong character remain only men. Such dark secrets are kept from the World of man in order to protect their weak and fragile nervous systems. Learn from their fatal error. And if at some party or Lovecraftian appreciation event and some fool plays this film, under no circumstances watch. And warn your associates to never watch a frame past the credits. While the talented cast and crew certainly deserve high praise for their efforts, the fate of our hero revealed at the very end will lead you to the same mental disintegrating fate as the characters and I now face.

I must go insane now. Goodbye.

- Tom Sullivan
http://www.darkageproductions.com/
http://www.myspace.com/evildeadtomsullivan

Copyright © 2009 Tom Sullivan

Tom Sullivan reviews The Vessel...

Welcome to the Infinite Abyss...

Here is the latest installment of Tom Sullivan's Reviews of the Infinite Abyss (a feature from the old site), written exclusively for Unfilmable.com. Among his many accomplishments, Tom Sullivan is the fx legend behind Sam Raimi's Evil Dead films and was a contributing artist for Chaosium's classic role playing game The Call of Cthulhu! Tom is currently acting in a variety of films and writing a comic book mini-series called Tom Sullivan's Books of the Dead: Devilhead...

The film is: The Vessel
Short film: 25 min
Directors: Jason Voss and Robert Rundle
Writer: Jason Voss
Producers: Jason Voss and Robert Rundle
Web: http://www.aglastudio.com/vessel/


The Vessel may not actually be a Lovecraft film. It has more satanic elements than part of the Mythos ol' H.P. dreamed up out of his complex imagination. That being said, filmmakers Voss and Rundle have done what I haven't yet, and that's make a movie.

However it seems to be an early effort and I am sure these enterprising artists see the flaws in their film as I do.

The story seems awfully familiar and sadly lacking in originality. As a learning experience that’s forgivable and I am sure they are improving with greater dept and skill.

It's about a young woman, Katrina played by Stacy Smith, who shoplifts a book from a used book store. Although the book looked kind of familiar to my Book of the Dead from Evil Dead, thankfully its original art and look are among the highlights of the film.


Katrina meets a friend, Jeff, in an abandoned building and she creates a ritual circle to summon a demon. Stacy's performance here was wonderfully energized. Although Katrina recites a number of names none of them sounded like Lovecraft Gods and the circle seems to use Latin.

Unless you are in the circle you are not protected. Her friend, Jeff, performed by Christian Hammel gets brutally murdered offstage by the demon.

I'm afraid the demon costume let's the film down. In its brief appearance it resembles the thing on the wing in that classic Twilight Zone with a paranoid William Shatner in the window seat. It sadly lacks the menace it requires and the off stage murder is done with Jeff's hands in writhing in agony from behind a doorway.

As for Katrina she learns you don't always want what you ask for.

The pacing is what really slows the enjoyment down. Long scenes of Katrina walking stop the flow of the film. Transitions are an acquired skill and I'm sure Voss and Rundle will pick it up in a future in film making I hope both follow.


While I can't recommend the film if you are looking for Lovecraft in all the right places, I want to encourage Jason and Robert to continue honing their craft. I see something there but it's not gelled yet.

Let's see more.

- Tom Sullivan
http://www.darkageproductions.com/
http://www.myspace.com/evildeadtomsullivan

Copyright © 2009 Tom Sullivan

Cthulhu rises March 31st...

Here! Films will release Dan Gildark's Cthulhu on DVD March 31st! Retail is $24.95...

About the film: Adapted from H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth, a Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reacquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating series of events, he discovers aspects of his father's New Age cult which take on a dangerous and apocalyptic significance...


(Thanks to Dan Gildark)

Keeper of the Light...

Filmmaker (and Unfilmable.com friend) Robert P. Olsson dropped me a line to let everyone know that the trailer for Fyren (Keeper of the Light) is now online (view it here)!

Robert's third foray into Lovecraft territory revolves around a man who lives in the constant light of an abandoned lighthouse to protect himself from the evil in the surrounding darkness, then one day, he receives a visitor...

The film is currently in post-production, and Robert hopes to have it completed in time for this years H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival...

(Thanks to Robert P. Olsson)

The trailer of Erich Zann...

Post-production has ended on Gabriel Bradley's The Music of Erich Zann and the film is now being circulated to film festivals. Visit the film's official site for a behind-the-scenes featurette and trailer...

The Music of Erich Zann is scheduled for a Halloween release...

(Thanks to www.erichzannmovie.com)

HPLFF Seattle line-up announced...

The line-up has been announced for the HPLFF Best of Fest in Seattle, Washington. The festival, scheduled for the week of March 20th, will have 2 short blocks playing daily at 7pm & 9pm with additional shows on Saturday at 7 pm and Sunday at 3 pm & 5 pm. The screenings will take place at the Grand Illusion...

Short Block 1 contains the Casting Call of Cthulhu, Late Bloomer, The Book Dealers, Eel Girl, Legend of the Seven Bloody Torturers, The Canal, Maxwell's Mind, Experiment 18, Between the Stars, Call of Cthulhu and Short Block 2 will feature The Outsider, Cool Air (16mm), AM1200 (35mm)...

AM1200 director David Prior and Director Andrew Migliore (HPLFF founder) will be on hand Saturday night for intros and Q&As...


(Thanks to www.hplfilmfestival.com)

Creature bust from Sideshow...

Sideshow Collectibles unveiled their life-size Creature from the Black Lagoon bust at this years U.S. Toy Fair, with plans to release it later this year. Retail is $479.99...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

The Return of Erich Zann...

Seattle, Washington production company Globe Picture Studio is the latest to adapt Lovecraft's The Music of Erich Zann with a 13 minute short starring Dale Bradley as Zann...

About the film: A woman is drawn into danger when she becomes obsessed with the weird melodies played by the eccentric musician upstairs. At the threshold of our world, a tortured soul struggles with powers older than the earth. Though madness may take you, you will never forget the Music of Erich Zann...

(Thanks to www.imdb.com)

Review: Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft Chapter 1...

Bloody-disgusting.com has it here...


(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)

Splatterhouse VG trailer...

The original Splatterhouse video game, which contained several Lovecraftian elements including Dr. Herbert West and the Necronomicon, has been re-made and Dread Central has a preview here...

Look for it for the PS3 and Xbox360 June 30th...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

The Gate finds it's director...

Alex Winter (of Bill & Ted fame) has signed on to direct the 3D remake of the Lovecraftian 80's classic, The Gate. Stop-motion animator Randall William Cook (who worked on the original) had been previously announced as director...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia...

Written by cult sci-fi author John Shirley and directed by Michael Staininger, Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia stars Wes Bentley, Kaitlin Doubleday, Mackenzie Rosman, Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Christa Campbell, Lydia Hull and Jeff Most...

About the film: Successful writer and scholar Jonathan Merrick falls under the spell of the irresistible, bewitchingly beautiful Ligeia. She's fighting a fatal illness and she will stop at nothing to defeat death, her one true enemy. She steals other people's souls and on her quest to immortality she tricks Jonathan into supporting her work, breaking him apart from his fiancé Rowena and pulling him into her dark, mysterious world. They settle down in an old manor by the Black Sea where Ligeia's everlasting presence slowly drives Jonathan to madness...

Learn more about the film, and view the trailer, by clicking here...


(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)

Army of Darkness on Blu-ray and Bruce Campbell on ED4...

Universal will release Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness on DVD (available for $19.98) and Blu-ray ($29.98) May 19th. The Screwhead Edition will include a commentary with Sam Raimi, star Bruce Campbell, and co-writer Ivan Raimi, deleted scenes, an alternate ending, additional footage, a Men Behind the Army featurette, and the theatrical trailer. The Blu-ray will include additional production photos...

In other Evil Dead news, here is what Bruce Campbell had to say about his involvement in Evil Dead 4 (via the Onion AV Club):

AVC: In your opinion, is Ash worthy of more movies?

BC: No. I think there should be an end to everything. I mean, did anyone really want Indiana Jones 4? The answer is no. I've taken a poll in about seven theaters now. Of 300 people, three hands go up. You are bound to disappoint. I would rather disappoint with a brand new original movie. People worship Army Of Darkness, and God bless them for it. It's a beautiful thing. The movie bombed when it came out, and not many people are aware of that. Twenty years later, the thing has picked up speed, and it's on American Movie Classics now. That was a long time ago, and whatever we do next will always be compared to Army Of Darkness, and I don't see how we can win. You make that movie, and I can tell you the quote right now, "Oh, it's not quite as good as Army Of Darkness." Then we would have gone through immense physical pain and anguish to bring something out that ultimately disappointed. That's really not what I'm into these days.

(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)

In Search of Lovecraft DVD artwork...

Below you will find the cover art for the forthcoming DVD release of In Search of Lovecraft. The DVD streets on March 3rd...


(Thanks to Franklin Hummel)

Lovecraft and the Masters of Italian Horror...

Production begins this summer on Lamberto Bava's 4-picture Masters of Italian Horror, which includes a film "based on an H.P. Lovecraft story." The film will be directed by the Manetti Brothers. Other films in the series will be directed by Lamberto (Room 213), Ruggero Deodato (Natas) and Sergio Stivaletti (The Building)...

(Thanks to www.iconsoffright.com)

Del Toro's Madness...

Producer Don Murphy spoke with Fanoria during the New York City Comic-Con about his involvement on Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness. He had this to say:

"I've stayed at his [del Toro's] place in Mexico, and we're developing a lot of stuff together; we're trying to do a TV show. And after he finishes The Hobbit, he's going to do At the Mountains of Madness with us. It's going to be the definitive H.P. Lovecraft movie; Guillermo has finally convinced somebody to spend a lot of money on it. It's based on one of Lovecraft’s full-length novels, and follows it completely. Giant vampire penguins—it's great!"

(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

The Cthulhu Chronicles...

The Cthulhu Chronicles is a full-length feature film directed by Jayson Argento (Cthulhu Chronicles: The Ropes) and starring Larry Holden, Rusty Dewees and Logan Howe...

Currently in production, in and around in Springfield and Burlington Vermont, with a tentative Summer 2009 release date, The Cthulhu Chronicles is inspired by the Cthulhu mythos of H.P. Lovecraft and has all the ambitions of a series pilot, according to Champlain Motion Pictures...

Updates as they become available...


(Thanks to Jayson Argento)

Poe and Blackwood on the NY stage...

The works of horror legends Edgar Allan Poe and Algernon Blackwood will be brought to life onstage in New York City, courtesy of Radiotheatre and the Vagabond Theatre Ensemble...

Radiotheatre's ongoing series, Sundays with Poe, runs through June 28th (at 2 p.m.) on the last Sunday of each month at Manhattan's Under St. Mark's (94 St. Mark's Place). Tickets are $18 and can be purchased here...

The schedule is as follows:

Feb.22 - The Tell Tale Heart, The Raven, Morella, Hop Frog
Mar.29 - The House Of Usher, The Masque Of The Red Death, The Cask Of Amontillado, The Case Of M.Valdemar
Apr.26 - The Premature Burial, Berenice, The Tell Tale Heart, Annabel Lee
May 31 - Ligeia, The Raven, The System Of Dr.Tarr and Prof. Fether, The Case of M.Valdemar
June 28 - The Tell Tale Heart, The Cask Of Amontillado, The Murders In The Rue Morgue


Radiotheatre opens The Works of H.P. Lovecraft in April!


Algernon Blackwood's The Wendigo, presented by the Vagabond Theatre Ensemble runs through Feb. 28th (Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees Feb. 8 and 22 at 3 p.m.) at the Medicine Show Theater in the Ensemble Studio Theater Building (549 West 42nd Street, 3rd floor). The Wendigo tells the story of four hunters lost in the Canadian woods who begin descending into madness while under attack by an unseen creature...

Tickets are $10 and available here...


(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft trailer...

Here is the promotional trailer for the previously mentioned comic, The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft...


(Thanks to www.lovecraftcomic.com)

Cthulhu Films presents: A Lovecraft Dream...

Michele Botticelli of Cthulhu Films sends word that his latest animated production, A Lovecraft Dream, is finished and available online! The short film, one of several produced by Cthulhu Films including Le Montagne Della Follia (based on At the Mountains of Madness), Dagon and Nyarlathotep, is based on an ipotetic Lovecraft nightmare...

Visit Cthulhu Films here...


(Thanks to Michele Botticelli)

H.P. Lovecraft's The Book...

James Raynor's (Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle) The Book, based on H.P. Lovecraft's The Book and The Descendant, can now be found on the IMDb...


(Thanks to James Raynor)

The Last Battleground...

Prolific independent filmmaker Sonny Fernandez (Bleed, The Aborted) is hard at work on his latest micro-budget epic The Last Battleground...

The film follows a bunch of seemingly unconnected characters: a pair of inept hitmen, an abused girl who relies on an invisible friend to get her through rough times, a young homeless woman, and an artist who’s been noticing a change in the world around him. Their paths and others will intersect and criss-cross when one fateful night, the world comes to an end. Heaven and hell have had their ultimate showdown for control of the earth and hell has won. Where do you run when salvation no longer exists? When the dead are coming back as Lovecraftian demons manipulated by their earthly sins, when the ground has opened up to unleash unholy creatures upon the world, where do you hide? Prepare yourself for apocalyptic horror on an epic scale. The end of the world is here, there are no heroes, there is no place to survive and the last battleground is the fight for all of our souls...

"I really want to let my imagination run wild with this one. I want it to be very Lovecraftian in nature - showing things that really can't be explained. Just a lot of, "What the hell is THAT?" moments. You're seeing it, but for the life of you, you can't really explain what it exactly is. It's just a mass of bloody chaos."

- Sonny Fernandez

Visit Sonny on MySpace to learn more about The Last Battleground!

(Thanks to www.horroryearbook.com and Sonny Fernandez)

Animated Raven in the works...

Fangoria.com got the scoop on a new animated adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven...

Co-written and co-directed by Nicanor Loreti and Mariano Cattaneo, the black-and-white animated adaptation is being narrated by Billy Drago and scored by Claudio Simonetti (who has scored countless Italian classics as part of Goblin)...

According to Loreti, the film is influenced by everything from German expressionism to more recent horror fare, and the filmmakers hope to have it ready for a March release...


(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

New Colour one-sheet...

Below you will find the latest poster artwork for Ivan Zuccon's Colour from the Dark, as well as a photo from the London premiere on Jan 24th, 2009...

From left to right: Michael Segal, Ivan Zuccon, Marysia Kay, Eleanor James and Gerry Shanahan (outside the Prince Charles Theatre)...

(Thanks to Ivan Zuccon)

The Thing prequel plot revealed...

Bloody-disgusting revealed plot details for Universal Pictures/Strike Entertainment's The Thing prequel as follows...

"In the screenplay by Ronald D. Moore, the prequel takes place from the Norwegian camps point of view. An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog.

The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase.

During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realize that an alien life-form with the ability to take over bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over."

It is also rumored that director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. is pushing for R.J. Macready's (Kurt Russel's character from John Carpenter's film) brother to be the main character...

(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)

Locke & Key: Head Games...

Not sure how much Lovecraft there is but Locke & Key: Head Games #1, the follow-up to Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, was released last month. The story takes place in the fictional town of Lovecraft, Massachusetts...

About the comic: Following a shocking death that dredges up memories of their father's murder, Kinsey and Tyler Locke are thrown into choppy emotional waters and turn to their new friend, Zack Wells, for support. However, the Locke family has no idea that Zack Wells hides a dire secret that tracks back to their father and Keyhouse, a secret Zack is willing to protect at any cost....

Written by Joe Hill with artwork by Gabriel Rodriguez, the 32 page comic retails for $3.99...


(Thanks to Dread Central)

The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft...

Toiling away as a timid and eccentric writer of pulp horror stories, H.P. Lovecraft, is powerless in the world... in love with a girl who doesn't love him back, mired in a profession that inspires no respect and frozen in the grip of a terrible writer's block. Until one day when everything changes. Lovecraft comes in contact with an ancient book that passes onto him an insidious curse: whenever he sleeps, his darkest nightmares come true and are loosed on the world. Suddenly, this shy and bumbling writer becomes both an unwitting god of destruction and the only man who can fight the wickedness he unleashes. It's a fantastical revision of the life and work of H.P. Lovecraft, a story in the mold of the classic Universal horror movies. A weird tale indeed...

Written by Mac Carter, art by Tony Salmons and covers by Adam Byrne, The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft is a four issue mini-series from Image Comics. The 40 page comic comes out April 8th and retails for $3.99...


(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)

The Thing prequel names writer/director...

Dread Central reports that Universal has hired Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ron Moore to script and Matthijs Van Heijningen, Jr. to direct their prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 classic, The Thing...

From the Variety article (via Dread Central):

"[The] new project borrows heavily from the John W. Campbell, Jr., short story 'Who Goes There', the basis of the Carpenter film and Howard Hawks' 1951 original The Thing From Another World.

It is set in a Norwegian camp and chronicles how the shape-shifting alien was first discovered and overcame the inhabitants of that camp. Strike Entertainment's Eric Newman and Marc Abraham are producing. David Foster will be exec producer.

Van Heijningen has shot blurbs for brands including Toyota, Pepsi, Heineken, Bud Light and Visa. He is also developing Army of the Dead at Warner Bros. with producer Zack Snyder, who also crossed from commercials to features by directing the Strike-produced Dawn of the Dead remake.


(Thanks to Dread Central)

HPLFF-Seattle update...

The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival website has updated the status of the forthcoming Seattle fest...

The mini-HPLFF, called HPLFF Best of Fest Seattle, will run for a few week starting on March 21st (not March 14th as previously stated)...

More soon!

(Thanks to www.hplfilmfestival.com)

Lovecraftian thriller from Darclight...

A new Lovecraftian thriller, entitled Altitude, is currently in the works from Darclight Films. Still in pre-production, the film will be directed by Kaare Andrews from a screenplay by Paul Birkett...

About the film: Lost in a mysterious cloudbank, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends must contend with a freak mechanical failure that first sends their small plane climbing to an impossible height, and then plummeting through endless mist.

After regaining control, the survivors are confronted with a horrifying realization - the very ground beneath them has vanished and a malevolent force lurking in the clouds wants them dead.

Click here for a look at the "pitch promo" trailer over at BDTV...


(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)

Herbert West Re-Animates television...

This is older news, but well worth repeating...

Bloody-disgusting.com learned late last year that Transition Entertainment is working on a TV pilot entitled Herbert West: Re-Animator The Series. The pilot episode they revealed, was written by Meredith Red and William Butler (with creative input by fx man John Vulich) and will shoot in April...

The storyline follows a group of young science students while on their journey at Miskatonic University and the sci-fi and supernatural events that occur there, according to writer William Butler...

Click here for a complete casting breakdown...

(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)

Ivan Zuccon talks Colour and more...

There's a new interview with Italian horror director Ivan Zuccon over on his official site. Ivan's latest film, Colour from the Dark (based on HPL's The Colour Out of Space), premiered last October in New York City, and has screened in Italy and London...

Visit ivanzuccon.com for all the latest!


(Thanks to Pickman)

Beyond the Dunwich Horror DVD out now...

Richard Griffin's Beyond the Dunwich Horror is now available on DVD! The fully-packed DVD includes the film (in widescreen), a commentary track with the cast and crew, a photo gallery (including the work of Stephen Romano) and a very special easter egg...

DVD's can be purchsed through www.scorpiofilmreleasing.net for $20.00...

"Beyond the Dunwich Horror is an absolute treat for horror fans!" - http://www.cinema-suicide.com/

"A Smart, Better-Than-Average Horror Indie." - Fangoria Magazine

"If you've recently said to yourself (or anyone else), "they don't make horror films like they used to," I'm happy to tell you that Richard Griffin (along with his cast and crew) just did." - http://www.lordshaper.com/kryptographik/?q=node/64


(Thanks to Richard Griffin)