Guy de Maupassant's Le Horla...

Said to have inspired the writing of H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu, Guy de Maupassant's Le Horla has now inspired filmmaker Agostino Toscana, who turned the story into a hauntingly shot 35 minute movie...

In regards to Le Horla, Lovecraft wrote the following in his Supernatural Horror in Literature, "Relating the advent in France of an invisible being who lives on water and milk, sways the minds of others, and seems to be the vanguard of a horde of extra-terrestrial organisms arrived on earth to subjugate and overwhelm mankind, this tense narrative is perhaps without peer in its particular department."

The film, written by Agostino and Gianfranco Manfredi, stars Michael Bender and Charles Fathy...

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(Thanks to Grim Reviews)

Lainy Voom's Dagon...

Created by Lainy Voom (Trace Sanderson), Dagon is an example of what is known as Machinima, or animation rendered in real time, that according to the creator, started as a film in a noir/comic style using a digital novel format. As the film progressed, however, it took on a life of its own and became more of a traditional film, not nearly as weird as Lainy had initially imagined...

Check it out below...

Dagon - HP Lovecraft from Lainy Voom on Vimeo.

(Thanks to z-studios.com)

Shooting the Whisperer...

Sean Branney sends word that he and Andrew Leman (and the rest of the cast and crew) shot Friday and Saturday night on The Whisperer in Darkness and are now very close to being done with principal photography. He also revealed that a new three minute trailer will be released later this week...

Visit the official production blog for more...


(Thanks to Sean Branney)

Rudimentary Peni, Lovecraftian punk gods...

Back in the late 80's I purchased a cassette that would plant the star-spawned seeds of Unfilmable.com firmly into my already Lovecraft riddled mind, and believe it or not, I still listen to that tape today...

The tape that I speak of is Cacophony by Rudimentary Peni...a death punk tribute to HPL that worms its way into your head like the tentacles of some Lovecraftian monstrosity...

A quick look at the bands website shows that they are still active and churning out new material, and a recent article on Dread Central proves that the band still has an audience after all these years...

...an audience that is well deserved.

Thanks for the inspiration Nick...


(Thanks to Dread Central)

First news: Unfilmable Fest...

The first annual Unfilmable.com Unfilmable Fest, presented by Art Sunday's Underground Horror Filmfest, will take place July 17th, 2010 in Tulsa, Oklahoma!

The Silver Key (by Timmis and Fierro), Brian Clement's At the Reefers of Madness, The Shunned House from Maelstrom Productions, The Other Gods (animation by Mike Boas), From Beyond (stop motion short by Michael Granberry) and a variety of clips and trailers (films to be announced) are scheduled to appear!

More news soon!

Madness at A Night of Horror...

Brian Clement's At The Reefers of Madness has been added to the schedule of A Night Of Horror film festival in Sydney, Australia! The film stars Luke Marty, Calwyn Shurgold, Jeff Orchard, Dan Pagett, Kyle Maguire and Danielle Barker...

At The Reefers Of Madness is a Lovecraft-influenced stoner comedy that imagines what would happen if modern college students attending Miskatonic University found themselves in the possession of the ancient book of evil, The Necronomicon. Instead of using it to obtain limitless power, they only want to conjure more weed for themselves. A Disciple of the Great Old Ones offer to grant their wish in exchange for a sacrifice, and soon the students find themselves 'laughing and killing in joy' as absurdity and insanity ensue...

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(Thanks to Brian Clement)

From the Set: Tablets of the Gods

Tablets of the Gods is now two whole weeks into production. Crew has been working hard to facilitate the detailed requirements of each scenes 1920's setting, and to portray the stories atmosphere effectively. Still a long way to go from completion, but the film is shaping up nicely to finish primary photography by the end of April.


(Thanks to Woodruff)

Doug Bradley's talks TWO Lovecraft projects...

Horror icon Doug Bradley (Pinhead from the ongoing Hellraiser series) spoke with fangoria.com recently about his dislike for remakes and some potential projects including two Lovecraft films, which you can read about below. One film, The Gathering, would team Bradley (as Bram Stoker) with Jeffrey Combs as Edgar Allan Poe and David Naughton, who would play H.P. Lovecraft...

"There's a wonderful horror/comedy script I was sent called DEADLY TANTRUM, which is really, really good. It's a Lovecraft comedy, but it takes Lovecraft very seriously. It's about a rather slow-witted serial killer who has a Cthulhu worm living in his brain that he feeds cheese sandwiches. And every time he kills someone, a portal opens and the soul is fed to Cthulhu, and when he has killed 50 people, Cthulhu can break through the portal and take control of the world. And he has this list of people he wants to kill, which is anyone who's ever worked in public relations—and the 50th victim is anyone who buys an Elton John album. It's very funny, and there's a very nice part in it for me," Bradley tells the site, "There's another one called THE GATHERING which has come my way that's like an Amicus movie; the idea is basically that Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe meet every Halloween to tell stories to the devil, and he chooses the winner. They want me to play Bram Stoker, and they tell me they've got David Naughton to play Lovecraft and they're talking to Jeffrey Combs about playing Poe. If the three of us are going to do it together, then I'm on board, because that would be tremendous. That's the landscape I live in. You wait for the green light."

Head over to fangoria.com for more...

(Thanks to fangoria.com)

A Night of Lovecraft...

Mr. Noyes, a 2 min short film shot by Gary Fierro and Conor Timmis will screen at the 2010 Night of Horror Film Festival in Sydney, Australia! The short was originally shot as a video audition for the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's adaptation of The Whisperer in Darkness. In it, Conor Timmis (Pickman's Model, The Silver Key) plays the part of "Mr. Noyes"...

You can watch it here...


(Thanks to Conor Timmis)

Latest Colour screening announced...

Ivan Zuccon's Colour from the Dark continues to make an impact with its recent DVD release and various festival screenings around the world! On March 21st, it screened at Italy's Fantasy Horror Award, where a variety of horror celebrities attended including Mick Garris, Brian Yuzna, Robert Englund and Jaume Balaguero...

Next up for the film is a screening on April 28th at the Cinergia with full HD projection! Ivan's film Bad Brains will also be part of this special presentation...

Last, but not least, the Indie Horror interview we told you about here, has now been posted in English here. For another interview with Ivan (this one in Italian), head over to alCinema.Org...


(Thanks to Ivan Zuccon)