After fourteen years of sell-out crowds in Portland, Oregon, The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival is moving to the historic Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro on September 11, 2010.
Founded in 1995 by Andrew Migliore to promote and encourage adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's work, this year's festival will include the following films: Cool Air, AM 1200, The Music of Erich Zann, The Call of Cthulhu, Re-Animator, and the 2008 documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown.
Regarded as a master storyteller for his enduring contributions to gothic horror and weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft has been cited as an influence on such literary luminaries as Stephen King, Alan Moore, Junji Ito, Clive Barker, and Neil Gaiman.
Probably best known for his "Cthulhu Mythos," and the creation of the "Necronomicon," a fictional grimoire that made frequent appearances in his stories and was so intricately detailed that some have falsely believed it to be an actual book, Lovecraft's affect on popular culture is still being felt in music, games, literature and cinema today.
Confirmed guests for the festival include directors; Frank Woodward, Bryan Moore, David Prior, Andrew Leman, Sean Branney and actor, Eric Lange.
Vendors will be selling H.P. Lovecraft themed merchandise between screenings and during intermission. A performance by the Astra Dance troupe will also take place during intermission, and will be inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, one of H.P. Lovecraft's favorite authors.
The festival is scheduled from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM on September 11th. Tickets are $25.00 and can be purchased online at BrownPaperTickets.com, or in person at the Warner Grand Theater.
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Cool article!!
Great 120th Birthday Presents to/from H. P. Lovecraft!
Happy 120th. Birthday H.P.L.!
Freebies released in celebration of H. P. Lovecraft's 120th. birthday on 20-August-2010, and to stir up excitement for the possible making of the Universal Studios 3D version of "At the Mountains of Madness" by Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron; and as a celebration by Will Hart of the 20th. anniversary of his being at Lovecraft's grave-side on his 100th. birthday.
Released during the last few hours in MP3 Format on:
http://cthulhuwho1.com
(The audio companion to the CthulhuWho1 Flickr collections.)
"Fungi from Yuggoth"
H. P. Lovecraft's complete 36 sonnet set; in an all-new recording by William (Will) Hart; in single file, and multiple file versions. A dark poetry reading if there ever was one...
"What If H. P. Lovecraft Had Lived Into The 1960's?"
A 163 minute panel recording in six parts, of Professor Dirk W. Mosig, Professor Donald R. Burleson, J. Vernon Shea, Fritz Leiber, Jr., and S.T. Joshi at the 36th World Science Fiction Convention in Phoenix in 1978. A must-have for Lovecraftians!
Plus, behind the scenes recordings including a live reading by Don Burleson of his darkly funny, "The Last Supper."
And more audio goodies too!
And there are now over 1200 Lovecraft, Cthulhu, and Providence related images for the taking at the CthulhuWho1 Flickr page at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cthulhuwho1/collections/
(The image companion site to the http://cthulhuwho1.com audio site.)
All of the above items (and more to come) were created in honor of H. P. Lovecraft; but since he’s not here with us, it’s up to you, and everyone you can share them with to enjoy them!
Will Hart
aka CthulhuWho1
aka California Cthulhu
willhart-at-roadrunner-dot-com
Thanks for the write up, Keri! It looks I'll be doing the full, expanded version of the festival next year!
In a few weeks, the last Portland Lovecraft festival will take place, then, it's my mutant...
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