Lovecraft untamed...

James Raynor has released a DVD collection containing all the films he's produced under his Untamed Aggression banner! The compilation DVD includes:

Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle (inspired by Herbert West: Reanimator)
Leftovers: A Tale of the Killer Sandwich
Killer Sandwich 2: Leftovers Reloaded
I Am Legend: Done in 60 Seconds (plus Extended Cut)
The Throne

Extra features include outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage and commentaries. As a bonus, James has also included Psychosis and H.P. Lovecraft's The Book, with additional features...

To buy the set (£10 plus 1.75 P+P), click the PayPal button on the Untamed Aggression MySpace page...


(Thanks to James Raynor)

Behold Mazimus...

Below you will find the amazing new one-sheet for Jeff Palmer's The Sleeping Deep (poster art by Mike Nash)...

Be sure to visit the Sleeping Deep blog for a very informative entry by Jeff Palmer where he discusses eel demon CG (with a great image by John Emurai), Ron Howard directing Lovecraft, a Sleeping Deep sequel and Mazimus (the frightening individual on the poster, who just happens to have his own home on the web)...

Watch this space for more...

(Thanks to Jeff Palmer)

Another look at Tell-Tale...

ShockTillYouDrop.com revealed the first hi-res still from Michael Cuesta's Tell-Tale, a modern day re-imagining of Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart...

The film, which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival (running April 22-May 3 in NY), stars Josh Lucas as a single father whose recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him. Brian Cox and Lena Headey also star...

Check it out here...

(Thanks to www.shocktillyoudrop.com)

Cthulhu rises tomorrow...

A reminder...

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

Read fangoria.com's DVD review here...

(Thanks to Dan Gildark)

Pickman's Models: The Crimson Robe...

Time for another edition of Pickman's Models, and this week we focus on Russell Welch's amazing short film, The Crimson Robe...

Below you will find just one of the incredible images invoked by Russell in the film which revolves around a young man who struggles to maintain his sanity after a terrifying encounter with a cult of amphibious creatures...


(Thanks to Russell Welch)

Quoth Cthulhu: The Unnamable II...

This weeks Quoth Cthulhu comes from Jean-Paul Ouellette's 1993 film, The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter...

Do you really think it would be any safer in the daytime?

- Randolph Carter (played by Mark Kinsey Stephenson)

Somehow? Yes!

- Eliot Damon Howard (played by Charles Klausmeyer)

(Thanks to Bob Brinkman)

The Unnamable nears...

Good news out of Germany as Sascha Renninger sends word that The Unnamable is nearing the end of post production. The film is a faithful adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name, and should run around 15 minutes when completed...

About the film: New England in the 1930's...

Two friends, Randolph Carter and Joel Manton, spend a sunny autumn afternoon in an old 17th century cemetery. An argument arises concerning horror stories written by Carter, especially one story that draws Manton's sarcasm: The Unnamable...

Encouraged by the atmosphere of the old burial ground Carter tells his friend about the origin of the novel. He claims it to be based on a local legend more than 200 years old. Manton listens with increasing fascination, while darkness descends on the cemetery, and suddenly both of them become part of the legend as well...

Watch this space for further updates...

(Thanks to Sascha Renninger)

Is Ron Howard adapting Lovecraft...

This one could really open the Lovecraftian floodgates...

Variety reports that Universal and Imagine Entertainment are teaming up for an adaptation of The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft. The Image Comics graphic novel, created by Mac Carter and Jeff Blitz, "borrows elements from Lovecraft's life, such as his family's struggle with mental illness and his own bouts with writer's block, and transforms the young writer's darkest nightmares into reality when he comes across a book that puts a curse on him and lets the evils he conjures up loose on the world". Look for it to hit shelves on April 8th...

Mac Carter will adapt the graphic novel for the screen and serve as executive producer along will Blitz. Imagine's Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are producers...

According to Variety sources, the film is a potential directing vehicle for Ron Howard...


(Thanks to Mike Boas and Dread Central)

Updated: New writer on Thing prequel...

Eric Heisserer has been hired by Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment to rewrite the script for the Thing prequel. The script was originally written by Ronald D. Moore...

Update: Eric Heisserer tells bloody-disgusting.com that this is a "from scratch" rewrite...

(Thanks to Dread Central and www.bloody-disgusting.com)

Updated: Altitude casting begins...

Casting is underway on the Lovecraftian horror film Altitude, with The Haunting of Molly Hartley star Jessica Lowndes the first to sign on. Production begins next month in Vancouver with Kaare Andrews (Marvel Comics artist) directing a Paul Birkett script...

Update: Check out shocktillyoudrop.com for more details...

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...

(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)

Outsider Theatre presents: Langliena...

One of the films screening at the Lovecraft friendly A Night of Horror Film Festival this weekend is Langliena: Una Storia Macabra (also known as Slaughterhouse), a short film directed by up-and-coming Italian filmmaker Emiliano Ranzani...

About the film: A young man nervously tapes his statement about how he sneaked into a small cabin in the woods and made a grisly and horrifying discovery. Just as he's about to finish his story, he's interrupted by an unexpected and unwelcome visitor...

Below you will find the official one-sheet and several screen grabs from the film...

(Thanks to Emiliano Ranzani)

ED4, will Bruce Campbell return...

Yes, if Sam Raimi has anything to say about it...

"He can dream all he wants. He's trying to get out of getting back in shape," says Raimi, "I'm going to kick his butt in shape. I'm gonna say 'get back in the chainsaw!'"

So will Sam Raimi ever commit to making Evil Dead 4?

"I hope to, yes," Raimi admitted, "Every time I say I would like to [revisit the films], people say, 'where the hell is it!?!' But I'm just glad people are still interested. But yes, I would really like to do [another 'Evil Dead' film]. I've just got a commitment to make 'Spider-Man 4' right now though."

Source: MTV Movies Blog

(Thanks to Dread Central)

Pickman's Models: Shadow Over Innsmouth...

This weeks Pickman's Models image is from an old Full Moon VideoZone promoting Stuart Gordon's unrealized Shadow Over Innsmouth adaptation (the one with concept art by Bernie Wrightson). Oh, what might have been...

(Thanks to Full Moon Entertainment)

Quoth Cthulhu: Rudimentary Peni's Shard…

The latest Quoth Cthulhu is from the English Punk band Rudimentary Peni's 1989 tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, Cacophony (Outer Himalayan). Look within for a word that may just drive you mad…

Call of Cthulhu as I'm recording here in this studio this shard will surely reach someone, someone who'll know but all these messages have been in vain from the little glass bottle to the unfilmable such things just should not be writ so please destroy this if you wish to live 'tis better in ignorance to dwell than to go screaming into the abyss worse than hell but all these messages have been in vain from the little glass bottle to the Call of Cthulhu.

- Rudimentary Peni (lyrics by Nick Blinko)

(Thanks to Rudimentary Peni)

The Bokrug sleeps no more...

I just love when something amazing arrives in my inbox...

For Immediate Release:

Filmmaker Michael Granberry has announced production on a new, stop motion animated project titled "Bokrug" based on the short story, "The Doom That Came to Sarnath" by H.P. Lovecraft. Granberry, whose award-winning stop motion adaptation of "From Beyond" is featured on Lurker Films' "H.P. Lovecraft Collection, Vol. 5," hopes to have the film completed by spring of 2010...

(Thanks to Red Hatchet Films)

A Night of Horror with H.P. Lovecraft...

The Australian film festival, A Night of Horror, has announced it's schedule for the 2009 fest! Below you will find the "H.P Lovecraft & Other Adapted Shorts" section of the program, which screens Sunday, March 29th at 4 pm...

H.P. Lovecraft - 5 Min Russell Fox (Music Video - USA)
Come to Us - 3 Min Edward Martin III (USA)
A Mere Et Marees - 19 Min Alain Fournier (Canada)
Allure - 11 Min Ian Hunter (USA)
Casting Call of Cthulhu - 9 Min Joseph Nanni (Canada)
The Book Dealers - 8 Min Andrew Jones (USA)
H.P. Lovecraft's The Book - 11 Min James Raynor (UK)
Langliena - 7 Min Emiliano Ranzani (Italy)
Morella - 10 Min Jeff Ferrell (USA)
AM 1200 - 40 Min David Prior (USA)

Click here for the full program...

(Thanks to www.anightofhorror.com)

Necronomicon out now...

The trade paperback edition of Boom! Comics Necronomicon is out now and retails for $15.99. Written by William Messner-Loebs and inked by Andrew Ritchie, the story revolves around a lowly college student who must fight to keep the Necronomicon's magic from unleashing the vengeance of the Old Ones—and turning the entire Middle East into a raging cauldron of mystical power that will rule the Earth...


(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)

Moonflesh paintings on display...

There will be a special art gallery exhibit of Keyaira Lynn's Moonflesh paintings, an example of which can be seen below, at the Root Art Center in Mount Vernon, Ohio running from April 3rd (6-8 p.m.) through April 27th...

Besides being a good friend of Unfilmable.com/Unfilmable Films, Keyaira Lynn is an accomplished artist and half of the creative force behind Doom Sire Studios. Individuals interested in inquiring about one of Keyaira's paintings can contact her through the Doom Sire MySpace page...

The Root Art Center is located at 212 S. Main St. in Mount Veron, Ohio. Click here to learn more...

Fragment of the Deep © 2008

(Thanks to Doom Sire Studios)

Remembering H.P. Lovecraft...

I can't believe I forgot this...

March 15, remembering Howard Phillips Lovecraft...


On this day in 1937, H.P. Lovecraft passed into the world of dreams...

In Search of Lovecraft DVD review...

There's a review of the new In Search of Lovecraft DVD over at fangoria.com...


(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

Behind-the-scenes: House of Black Wings...

Here's an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at a film that we at Unfilmable.com can't wait to see, Sword & Cloak Productions' House of Black Wings...

Written and directed by David Schmidt (The Lovecraft Syndrome) and backed by a talented group of individuals including cast members Leah Myette, Katherine Herrera and Michael Klug (click here for additional cast and here for crew), Black Wings has completed post-production and is already en route to several major film festivals...

The official site can be found here, the trailer here...

About the film: After a tragic act of violence cuts short her music career, Kate Stone is returning to a city full of ex-fans and ex-friends. Taking shelter with her last friend, a struggling artist named Robyn Huck, the two women work to restore the aging courtyard apartment building Robyn has inherited. But a terrible secret infests the venerable structure, and soon Kate will be haunted by horrific dreams, sinister apparitions, and the sounds of something moving in the walls. She will be dragged into a confrontation not only with her own dark past, but the unspeakable nightmare that lurks beyond the walls...

David Schmidt directing Leah Myette ("Kate") & Katherine Hererra ("Robyn") in a dramatic moment in the dark.

Cinematographer Clare Martin preparing to shoot a shot "up through the drain".

David Schmidt & cinematographer Clare Martin lining up a shot of Katherine Rosen ("Robyn") while A.D. Chris Hyatt assists.

Leah Myette ("Kate") thoughtfully waits for the next shot.

A boney extra awaits his close-up. (Skeleton by Michelle "Machete" Maynard)

(Thanks to David Schmidt)

Paul Naschy stars in The Valdemar Inheritance...

Inspired by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, José Luis Alemán's La Herencia de Valdemar (The Valdemar Inheritance) stars Spanish horror legend Paul Naschy and starts when Luisa Llorente, an expert in building appraisal, disappears shortly after moving to the mysterious Victorian mansion owned by the Valdemar family. The owner of Luisa's company hires someone to find the appraiser, but soon they find out that he was not the only disappearance. The film is set in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and in modern times...


Written and directed by José Luis Alemán, the film also stars Laia Marull, Daniele Liotti, Óscar Jaenada, Eusebio Poncela and Silvia Abascal...

When asked about adapting Lovecraft to the screen Naschy said, "All who have tried so far have failed," and in November of 2008 director José Luis Alemán spoke about the Lovecraft influence on Valdemar, "Lovecraft is one of the authors of fantasy genre more difficult to adapt because their work is descriptive and almost no dialogue. Therefore, instead of a specific work we have to endorse his universe to create a free script, but with mythology and iconography..."

If all goes as planned, The Valdemar Inheritance will be released in two installments, the first coming in 2009...

(Thanks to Dread Central, portalmundos.com and diarioinformacion.com)

The Thing goes there...

Details have emerged concerning the prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing currently awaiting Universal's approval. The script, written by Rondald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica), takes place in the time leading up to the events portrayed in Carpenter's classic. Matthijs Van Heijningen is already attached to direct...

Moore tells Sci Fi Wire, "...the idea was to make a companion piece to Carpenter's. I started on the project with the feeling that Carpenter's version is just an amazing piece of work. It's a great film, and we really wanted to honor that version."

Click here for the full story...


(Thanks to scifiwire.com)

Re-Animator remake not dead...

Producer Ray Haboush of Halcyon International Pictures has now spoken out about the proposed Re-Animator remake (in 3D) and it looks like it has indeed been discussed (without Stuart Gordon's involvement)...

"This current rumor about Elisha Cuthbert appearing in the remake of Re-Animator is just that - a rumor," Ray Haboush tells ShockTillYouDrop.com, "Actually the whole idea that we are remaking the movie this summer, in Spain nonetheless, is completely off base...especially as no talent - writer, director, nor actor - has been attached to this project in any capacity whatsoever. We have been discussing amongst ourselves the idea of remaking Re-Animator, in 3D, however, at the moment, it is still only a concept. For now, all of Brian [Yuzna]'s attention is focused on prepping Amphibious, a creature feature to be shot in 3D, that he's directing next month in Southeast Asia."

I'm sure we will be hearing more about this one soon...


(Thanks to www.shocktillyoudrop.com)

Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash...

Head over to /film for an exclusive first look at Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors #1. Co-published by Dynamite Entertainment and WildStorm, issue #1 (of 6) goes on sale June 24th and retails for $3.99...

About the comic: Beneath the bloody waters of Crystal Lake, an immortal evil wakes and begins anew the cycle of grueling violence. Six months after the events of Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, a power-hungry government bureaucrat unleashes the denizens of the Necronomicon ­including the banished spirit of the Springwood Slasher, Freddy Krueger. But Ash Williams has checked his monster-hunting past at the door. A Chosen One no more, he thinks that a life of domestic bliss and retail tending is his true calling ­until the ghosts of the past show up to punch his clock again...

(Thanks to www.slashfilm.com)

Sam Raimi vs. The Evil Dead...

Here's the latest round of Evil Dead comments from writer/director Sam Raimi, who is currently promoting his new horror film, Drag Me to Hell...

On the Evil Dead remake:

"I have talked with my partners about having a young director come in and remake Evil Dead. That film was made in 16mm on a shoestring budget and blown up to 35mm. The visual effects are crumby, it was done in mono, not even stereo, let alone 5.1. What you could do with it now would be so much better. I think if you had a new director using the full power of 35mm and 5.1 sound, you could really make a pretty socko presentation. It was always meant for the big screen, but never really seen on the big screen"

On Evil Dead 4:

"Like any movie it's hard to say if you want to do it or if you don't want to do it until there is a script to talk about. So one day I hope to have the time to write a script, and if that happens I'm hoping that Bruce [will be back]"

(Thanks to Dread Central)

Book of the Dead: Necromancer...

Production on the Ohio lensed indie Book of the Dead: Necromancer has been halted till summer according to writer John Case...

Look for updates in the coming months...

(Thanks to John Case)

The Black Seas of Copyright...

From the Unfilmable.com archives...

Essential reading for H.P. Lovecraft inspired filmmakers, The Black Seas of Copyright: An investigation into the copyright status of the H.P. Lovecraft fiction...

(Thanks to Chris J. Karr)

Pickman's Models: The Shunned House...

Pickman's Models (the title is taken from the original Unfilmable.com image gallery) is the second new weekly feature where I will post a random image from a Lovecraft film (a screen grab, behind-the-scenes image, hard-to-find poster or DVD cover), book cover, comic art or original Lovecraftian artwork. First up is an image from Ivan Zuccon's 2003 feature, The Shunned House (from the Music of Erich Zann segment)...

(Click to enlarge)

Have one you'd like to share? If so, send it in and I'll post it...

(Thanks to Ivan Zuccon)

Quoth Cthulhu: Why Vote for the Lesser Evil?...

Quoth Cthulhu is a new weekly feature where I will post a quote from a random Lovecraftian source (a film, song or maybe even Lovecraft himself). This week we have Forbidden Donut Productions' Why Vote for the Lesser Evil?...

Your god has nothing better to do than write little poems about our god.

- Dexter (played by Joseph Scrimshaw)

Have a favorite? If so, send it in and I'll post it...

(Thanks to Forbidden Donut Productions)

The Eldritch Cycle: Lovecraft Theater...

Philip Reyth and Brandon Chessher, the creative masterminds behind Sierras Edge Pictures, strive to create films like they were created in the early years, focusing on strong stories, interesting characters and using old camera techniques. A look at Sierras Edge Pictures website shows that they have a total of four Lovecraft films in development, including two scheduled for release in 2009...

The Old Man: A mysterious old sailor who pays with gold coins is the object of three robbers profession. Their end is mysterious and shocking. Due out in the summer of 2009...

The Music of Erich Zann: A story of creeping atmosphere and surreal inspirations to a mute violinist, haunted by music from beyond, with an imaginative twist at the climactic ending. Due out in the fall of 2009...

The Colour from Out of Space and From Beyond are also in early stages of development...

Besides Lovecraft, Sierras Edge Pictures have projects based on the works of Algernon Blackwood (The Wendigo and The Willows), M. R. James (Rats), William Hope Hodgson (The Derelict and The House on the Borderlands), August Derleth (Pacific 421) and Ramsey Campbell (among others). The collective short films will go by the title: The Eldritch Cycle: Lovecraft Theater...

Watch this space for more...

(Thanks to Sierras Edge Pictures)

Behind-the-scenes: Casting Call of Cthulhu...

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at Joseph Nanni's terrifyingly funny Casting Call of Cthulhu. Look for the film at this months H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Best of Fest (details below)...

See March 1st news for a look at Joseph's latest film, Elder Sign...


(Thanks to Joseph Nanni)

Upcoming screenings...

A reminder...

Brian Clement's The Seventh Shadow, a 2 min. short film where a small group of people stand in the way of evil forces from beyond our universe, will screen this Thursday (March 19th) during the Victoria Short Film Showcase at the St. Ann's Academy Auditorium...


Click here for details...

The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Best of Fest in Seattle, Washington begins this Friday (March 20th) and runs through the 26th (although the image below says the 27th) at the Grand Illusion. Films include; 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, The Outsider, Cool Air and AM 1200...


Details can be found here...

(Thanks to Brian Clement and www.hplfilmfestival.com)

Dark Paradox DVD offer...

If you order Brian Clement's Dark Paradox on DVD now, you can get a FREE copy of Exhumed with your order! Just add a message to your paypal payment saying the Dark Paradox myspace page told you about the free copy of Exhumed...

Head on over to the official site to check them out...



(Thanks to Brian Clement)

Download In Search of Lovecraft...

Beginning tomorrow, Friday the 13th, you will be able to download David Hohl's In Search of Lovecraft on the new DownloadHorror.com. Lovecraft and many other films will be available in high resolution DVD quality for $9.99...

Visit DownloadHorror.com for details...

(Thanks to downloadhorror.com)

The Festival update...

Here's a little more info on Richard Terrasi's The Festival from the website Arrow in the Head...

Arrow reports that Richard had to expand on Lovecraft's original story to fill out the feature-length running time, and that according to the director, "It's a story that I've been itching to make for a while. I had to write a screenplay that would have interesting characters and a good story, and at the same time be faithful to the short piece."

Richard added that The Festival is a "very dark film driven by visuals, mood and lots of tension."

About the film: A struggling author named Charles Keene travels from NYC to meet with his fiancée's grandparents for a traditional festival held once a year in a small New England town. Upon arrival, he learns that something much stranger and creepier is going on beyond your normal town festival...

(Thanks to Arrow in the Head and Richard Terrasi)

H.P. Lovecraft's The Festival is coming...

I could find very little information on this one...

Coming in 2009 from Dark Vision Films, H.P. Lovecraft's The Festival stars Kevin Pinassi (as Charles Keene) and Victoria Guthrie in Richard Terrasi's (Am I Evil) adaptation of the Mythos classic...

A teaser trailer and scene montage from The Festival are available on DVF's YouTube channel...

More news as soon as I dig it up...

(Thanks to Dark Vision Films)

X-ray Eyes remake in the works...

Dread Central reports that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) is developing a film based on Roger Corman's 1963 classic X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes for MGM and Mandeville Films...

About the film: Dr. James Xavier (Ray Milland) is a world renowned scientist experimenting with human eyesight. He devises a drug, that when applied to the eyes, enables the user to see beyond the normal realm of our sight (ultraviolet rays etc.) it also gives the user the power to see through objects. Xavier tests this drug on himself, when his funding is cut off. As he continues to test the drug on himself, Xavier begins to see, not only through walls and clothes, but through the very fabric of reality...

(Thanks to Dread Central)

Beyond the Dunwich Horror DVD review...

There's a very good review of Richard Griffin's Beyond the Dunwich Horror over at fearzone.com...


(Thanks to Michael Reed)

Nyarlathotep unleashed...

SOTA Toys, the company who released the Nightmares of Lovecraft on the world, are poised to unleash Lovecraft's "gigantic, tenebrous, ultimate god" Nyarlathotep in May! The 12-inch tall statue, the latest in the SOTA Nightmares line (the other being the Ultra Cthluhu Statue), retails for $249.00...

Click here for details...


(Thanks to www.sotatoysonline.com)

Sleeping Deep & Strange Maine...

Head over to the wonderfully weird Strange Maine blog for a review of the Sleeping Deep script...

The story is rife with the kinds of things that perk my antennae up -- Maine back roads and backwoods, odd homegrown museums packed with weird and obscure historical items, and characters in out-of-the-way places that choose the recipients of their wisdom seemingly at random...

- Strange Maine

(Thanks to Jeff Palmer)

Locke & Key: Head Games #2 review...

Fangoria.com reviews Locke & Key: Head Games #2 (the follow-up to Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft) here...


(Thanks to www.fangoria.com)

Exclusive Die Farbe images...

Below you will find several new images from Huan Vu's adaptation of The Colour Out of Space, Die Farbe...

Please note: As with most of the images throughout Unfilmable.com, you can click on each for a larger version...

(Thanks to Huan Vu)