HPLFF Portland and LA updates...

40 Years (by Russell Appleford) and Frank DanCoolo: Paranormal Drug Dealer, a film we just can't get enough of, have been added to the Portland, Oregon H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival...

Tickets are still available for the Angeles H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, which takes place September 11th, and can be purchased here...


(Thanks to hplfilmfestival.com)

Last Lovecraft sequel news...

According to a post on the Unfilmable.com forum, there are two sequels planned for director Henry Saine's The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu! The second movie in the trilogy will take place at the Mountains of Madness, the third at an as yet undisclosed location...

Look for the Last Lovecraft on DVD in November...



(Thanks to Max_Writer)

Unfilmable.com bitten by the Zombie Rabbit Award...

William and Thomas, cinema loving madmen who are currently covering Indiana Jones knockoffs on their amazing Video Junkie blog, have bestowed upon Unfilmable.com, the Zombie Rabbit Award! It's been many years since anyone has awarded us for our eldritch efforts, so I would like to thank them for their support, and I must mention that they have agreed to join forces with Unfilmable.com! If you've read their Lovecraft coverage over on Video Junkie, you know we are all in for a madness inducing treat!


Now it is my turn, because that is the way this "pay it forward" award works, to recommend some of my favorite blogs, and while I don't read many (I just don't have the time), here are five that will make your brain happy (listed in alphabetical order)...

~ Grim Reviews - The Grim Blogger covers all the weird, all the time. Of particular note are his wonderfully written reviews...

~ H. P. Lovecraft And His Legacy - One of the largest collections of Lovecraftiana on the web, hosted by Chris Perridas...

~ Propnomicon - Running a Lovecraftian LARP or looking for props for your Lovecraft film? Propnomicon has it covered...

~ Terra Umbra - Empire of Shadows - Writer/director Richard Stanley takes you on a trip to the zone, and invites you to share in its wonders...

~ This Yellow Madness - Joe Pulver, one of my favorite authors and one hell of a nice guy...

(Thanks to William and Thomas)

Yellow Kings and Darker Things...

For Immediate Release:

"The King in Yellow cordially invites you to an evening of blackmail, madness, and murder..."

Celebrate the Halloween season in a double-bill of spine-tingling tales from two of the Twin Cities' masters of the macabre! Death and the deathless. Dragon shadows. Wolf dreams and time machines. Your biological clock is ticking, and founding Rockstar Storyteller phillip low has plenty to say about it in this cabaret of macabre sketches and stories. Quantum Suicide and Other Songs of Death: fondly dedicated to everyone who is drying. Especially you. (WARNING: This show contains profanity.)

It is said that the play The King in Yellow is a strange story of such decayed debauchery, that those who read its virulent pages will fall to insanity. Welcome to a futuristic 1920 that never came to pass, a desolate world imagined by Robert W. Chambers in 1895. Unhappy with this world? Never fear, a Lethal Chamber has just been opened at Washington Square for your suicidal convenience. Tim Uren brings you an alternate future that's already past in a new adaptation of The Repairer of Reputations.

"Yellow Kings and Darker Things" will be taking place at the People's Center Theater, 425 20th Avenue South, Minneapolis.

Maximum Verbosity has won acclaim with performances at such varied venues as the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Spirit in the House, FoolFest, and the DC, Indianapolis, Iowa, and Kansas City Fringe Festivals -- even as far as Melbourne, Australia. At the 2007 Minnesota Fringe, Descendant of Dragons was the best-selling show in its venue, while in 2009 The Rise of General Arthur was nominated for Best Spoken Word Performance by FringeFamous.

"[Quantum Suicide] exhibited just about every one of my favorite dynamics of good spoken word performance...a beautiful piece about quantum mechanics and love, time and mistakes, without losing the audience once...the writing was tight, the pace was perfect, and the writer engaged the audience in a smooth and engrossing style."

- Cole Sara, Minnesota Microphone

"Horror is difficult to pull off on stage, but Tim Uren...makes easy work of the complex, overheated prose, creating a vivid and compelling sense of dread."

- Alan Berks, Minnesota Playlist

Performance Times Thursday, October 28th at 7:30pm (pay-what-you-can night) Friday, October 29th at 7:30pm Saturday, October 30th at 7:30pm (costume party*)

*come in costume -- dressed as what you most fear -- and get two dollars off of the full ticket price (three, if used in conjunction with a Fringe button). Best costume will be decided by audience applause, with a prize basket for the winner! Afterwards, join the cast for a drink down the street at the Town Hall Brewery!

Ticket prices are $18.00, $16.00 with a Fringe button discount. For reservations, leave a message (stating your name, callback number, and number of tickets) at the Maximum Verbosity box office line at (952)926-6728, up to 48 hours in advance of the show; you will be called back within 24 hours to confirm.


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(Thanks to Tim Uren)

Mountains of Madness, another opinion...

The following information was taken from the comment section for Keith Lindsay's news item from September 4th. Keep in mind that I have no idea who wrote this, or whether or not they have read the most current [completed] draft of the script. I am only posting this for those of you who may have missed it...

Beware, there be spoilers ahead...

I've read the script, the latest one*.There was no cheese and no campiness. Everything on display is deadly serious and highly Lovecraft. Del Toro has captured all the elements but done so through his own unique vision. The script is breath taking in its horror and action packed at times but everything takes place in under an incredible and very present atmosphere of dread. And yes the atmosphere is palapable on every page. It is not a Hollywood film, it is a chilling vision of AtMoM done on a fairly epic scale, that DOES hold true to the story, incredibly so, while also allowing the work to be more accesible to the public at large. That last bit sounds bad, but after reading the script I went back and studied the original text at length. The only real difference is that Del Toro chooses to show us the sights of Antartica instead of having us witness them through radio broadcasts etc. And if you think about it, that is truly the only way to actually adapt Lovecraft to film. You have to give the unknowable a shape. You have to at least provide the audience a glimpse from which they can build their terror and he does that here, and will do that in the film I am sure. Finally, he actually gives us characters that we can relate to. In the original text that is possibly the only thing lacking. Lovecraft almost never gave us characters that we cared for other than the narrator.They simply served a function to the plot and helped it move along, the narrator is what matters. In the script you are given just enough development of all the characters to care about them to the point where you are involved in their lives. You feel for the narrator but you also care for his friends and revile his enemies. It makes the lurking horror and oppresive dread on display that much more intense. You know what is going to happen here, but you can't help but feel each and every terrible thing that happens and progressively become more and more fearful as the story goes on. I feel no need to delve into details about the script and I hope that this comment helps to alleviate some of the trepidation that the poorly written review by Temple of Ghoul has obviously left you with. Trust in Del Toro, he knows what he's doing and more importantly he knows Lovecraft**.

*I have an incredible source near to the material. I was allowed time with but not granted a script.
** See the documentary that you promoted here yourself not too long ago. Lovcraft: Fear of the Unknown (I may have mis-typed the title, but I dod own and have seen the doc itself.)If anyone can pull this off it is Guillermo Del Toro.

(Thanks to Anonymous)

Updated: The Black Velvet Necronomicon...

Check out this promo video for artist Mike Dubisch's limited edition artbook, The Black Velvet Necronomicon! The hardcover contains 48 full color plates and an introduction by Cody Goodfellow. Each book is signed and numbered by the artist...

Update: This book is still in the planning stages and has not been published. Check out kickstarter.com for more information...



(Thanks to Mike Dubisch)

The Island premiere announced...

For Immediate Release:

Murfreesboro Filmmaker Nathan Fisher to Premiere His New Film The Island

Tuesday October 26th 10:00 PM
The Historic Belcourt Theatre
2102 Belcourt Ave Nashville Tennessee


Fresh from the success of his 2009 H. P. Lovecraft adaptation Murfreesboro filmmaker Nathan Fisher presents his newest film Beyond the Wall of SleepThe Island. Set in a post apocalyptic world of unknown time and place it tells the story of one man as his desire for human contact comes into direct conflict with his will to survive. By the standards of the world he inhabits, Tom resides in the lap of luxury, but when a young woman enters his world, he has to answer the question "What makes a life worth living".

Shot on location in Murfreesboro, TN it features an original soundtrack by local artists including Don Coyote, The Reverend Jim Elrod, Sweatervest , Jon Gower, and Josh Tannehill.

Nathan Fisher has been a fixture in the Murfreesboro arts and music scene for over 20 years, perhaps best known as the frontman for seminal Murfreesboro punk rock band Doctor Gonzo, he is also the voice of the Nashville Rollergirls.

The October screening will feature other selected shorts.


(Thanks to Nathan Fisher)

HPLFF LA Promo...

Yesterday we showed you a still from Mike Boas HPLFF LA promotional video and today we are insanely happy to show you the entire thing! Mike Boas is the mastermind behind The Other Gods and a really cool promo video that he created for the Portland, Oregon HPLFF a few years back (watch it here)...

Check out the LA promo below, and click here for the story behind Lil' Lovecraft...



(Thanks to Mike Boas)

Lil' Lovecraft goes for a walk...

Check out this still from a promotional video made by Mike Boas (The Other Gods) and Subterranea Entertainment for the Los Angeles H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival...


(Thanks to Mike Boas)

Eldritch Animation enter The Temple...

Doug Simon and Eldritch Animation, the group behind the great animated short The Statement of Randolph Carter, have announced that their next project will be an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Temple! According to their official site, the script has been finished and they are currently working on pre-production art (some of which can be seen below)...

Storyboarding begins this week, so watch this space for more...

Deep Ones - Kate McElroy

Background concept 1 - Doug Simon

(Thanks to eldritchanimation.com)