The Dunwich Horror on Syfy...

Just in case you missed it the first time, the Syfy channel is set to air Leigh Scott's The Dunwich Horror at 1:00 pm on January 16th. The film stars Dean Stockwell (Wilbur Whateley in the 1970 version, Dr. Henry Armitage here) and Jeffrey Combs as Wilbur Whateley...

(Thanks to www.killerfilm.com)

Fatally Yours, Lovecraft...

Frank H. Woodward's Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown, which I must admit, I've not seen, has been getting some very good reviews since it's release, and the lastest review over on fatally-yours.com is no exception...

All in all, this documentary is hugely successful…just so long as you're a Lovecraft fan (as noted). While the issues with accessibility have been mentioned, it would be criminal to let this deter an ardent horror fan from experiencing a truly good exercise in biography on a modern master...

- Michael Varrati

Check it out here...

(Thanks to www.fatally-yours.com)

Updated: Lovecraftian comic news...

Dread Central takes a closer look at Wildstorm's North 40 here. Issues 1-3 (of a six issue series), written by Aaron Williams with art by Fiona Staples, are currently available...

About the comic: Somewhere in Midwestern America was a place called Conover County. When the old book was opened and the runes therein used in haste and ignorance, a place of farms, simple folk, and small-town dreams became a den of monsters and nightmare. NORTH 40 is the story of those who survived and came to confront an even greater evil on the horizon - one that wouldn't just consume their flesh, but their souls as well. Heroes arise with power to bring against the dark: Wyatt, an unwilling protector of his former tormentors; Amanda, an apprentice to forgotten arts; and Sheriff Morgan, whose bonds with Conover County go back farther than even he can remember...

On December 14th we revealed that Planet Lovecraft magazine, would cease and a new magazine, Strange Aeons, would take it's place. Below you will find proof of PL's rebirth through Ben Hansen and Levi Skeen's Strange Aeons issue #1 cover art...

The final issue of Wildstorm's Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors (#6 of 6) was released on on December 23rd. Details can be found here...

Update: Both Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors and North 40 appear on fangoria.com's Comic Screams Top 10 of 2009...

(Thanks to Dread Central, K.L. Young and bloody-disgusting.com)

Updated: Alien's Lovecraftian heritage...

There's an excellent article covering the cosmic horror heritage of Ridley Scott's masterwork Alien (written by Dan O'Bannon) on the Grognardia blog...

Update: The Black Glove: Horror Culture and Entainment blog lists Alien as one of the Five Most Lovecraftian Movies. Check out the list here...


(Thanks to Grim Reviews and The Official Dan O'Bannon Fan Page)

Poe's descendant writes of cannibalism...

Poe's bicentennial saw Michael Cuesta's Poe adaptation Tell-Tale in limited release, news of James McTeigue's The Raven, Sylvester Stallone's Poe biopic and The Ushers by Green Knight Ventures all announced...

Next up, Francis Xavier's Poe, which starts shooting in Los Angeles this January. The film stars Stelio Savante (as Johnathon Poe), David Fine, horror great Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland and Kristen DeLuca...

Check out some early artwork, a detailed synopsis and the official site below...

About the film: The film follows formerly acquitted and rehabilitated criminal Dr. Andrew Casey (David Fine), who relocates to Los Angeles under the alias Jack Conway, aka 'The Chef'. Conway and his butler, Mr. Peeples (Tony Todd), establish a respected soup kitchen/charity, 'The Help Feeding Foundation', which lures the likes of actresses and models under false pretense.

The women are in fact obtained to satisfy Casey's culinary tastes. Conway handpicks respected writer Jonathan Poe (Stelio Savante), descendant of famed writer Edgar Allan Poe, to immortalize him in the form of an autobiography. Poe is intrigued by Conway and his lucrative offer and agrees to the assignment. Once at the house, Poe is forced to witness all manner of horrors without the ability to either escape or help the women who have been captured.

Resigned to his fate, Poe takes up the task at hand and begins recording the autobiography of Casey and his cannibalistic spree...

Check out the official site here...


(Thanks to Dread Central)

Happy Holidays...

Happy Holidays from everyone at Unfilmable.com...

The cottage hearth beams warm and bright,
The candles gaily glow;
The stars emit a kinder light
Above the drifted snow.

Down from the sky a magic steals
To glad the passing year,
And belfries sing with joyous peals,
For Christmastide is here!

- H.P. Lovecraft

1-minute teaser/trailer for "The Sleeping Deep"

And a variation of the poster:

Clip from "The Silver Key" (2009) on Youtube

(Please Note: The right edge of the video may be missing on some browsers. If so, click here for the full video...)

US Colour DVD updated...

Tuesday we showed you some early DVD artwork for Ivan Zuccon's Colour from the Dark (see: Dec. 15th), and today we have an updated version of the same! The film stars Debbie Rochon, Michael Segal and Marysia Kay, and received the Best Feature award at the 2009 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Look for it on DVD from Vanguard Cinema in 2010...


(Thanks to Ivan Zuccon)

Updated: The Great Race is on...

Swedish filmmaker/stop-motion animator Richard Svensson sends word that his untitled "Yithian Stop-Motion Project" (which we previously covered here) is underway, with filming taking place during downtime from his other projects...

Richard tells Unfilmable.com, "The animation process is really slow since I have quite a bit of move-able parts to animate, 16 of them, in fact. So it's a bit to keep track of and it takes a couple of hours just to finish a few seconds. But the results are very good so far and despite the complex nature of the animation I'm really enjoying the process."

He went on to say that while the Yithian's aren't exactly scary, the flying polyps, the villains of the piece, should be entirely more unpleasant...

Update: Richard passed along a couple of behind-the-scenes images of a Yithian in front of a blue screen! Oh, what horrors await us...



(Thanks to Richard Svensson)