The Haunted Palace

With a script by Charles Beaumont and additional dialogue by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Vincent Price, “The Haunted Palace is a seminal film for Lovecraft lovers: it is the first major motion picture to introduce HPL’s creation—the Necronomicon, and those cosmic abominations Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth—to a general audience. HPL’s obsession with the past is clearly presented, and in a heartfelt passage at the end of the film, so is his belief that mankind is a minor species adrift in a malevolent universe.” —From The Lurker in the Lobby: A Guide to the Cinema of H.P. Lovecraft by Andrew Migliore & John Strysik.

For being the first and to set the bar high for Lovecraft adaptations, the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® is very proud to give film legend Roger Corman the “Howie” award for his lifetime contributions to Lovecraftian cinema.