May 3-5, 2013 • Hollywood Theatre, Portland Oregon
The 2013 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon was amazing! Thanks to everyone who came! We are planning more Lovecraft film events in Portland THIS year, so if you want to hear all about it click here to join our announcements list.
Sep 27-29, 2013 • Warner Grand Theatre, San Pedro, CA
The 2013 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival will be held once again at the beautiful Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, CA.
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About the Festival
The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival promotes the works of H.P. Lovecraft, literary horror, and weird tales through the cinematic adaptations by professional and amateur filmmakers. The festival was founded in 1995 by Andrew Migliore in the hope that H.P. Lovecraft would be rightly recognized as a master of gothic horror and his work more faithfully adapted to film and television.
Solomon Kane is an epic action film based on the character created by Robert E. Howard, featuring James Purefoy (star of "The Following" TV series) as the cursed warrior. While the film received a limited theatrical release last year, it never made it to Portland... until now! This will be a special 35mm presentation of this sweeping tale of redemption.
A ruthless mercenary renounces violence after learning his soul is bound for hell. When a young girl is kidnapped and her family slain by a sorcerer's murderous cult, he is forced to fight and seek his redemption slaying evil.
This special 35mm presentation of one of the greatest Cosmic Horror films of all time will feature a video introduction by John Carpenter himself. A priest (Donald Pleasence) invites Professor Howard Birack (Victor Wong) and a group of academics and students to join him in the basement of an abandoned Los Angeles church, where he requests their assistance in investigating a mysterious cylinder containing a constantly swirling, green liquid. Prince of Darkness has everything from extra-terrestrial deities, metaphysics, and Tachyon particles to major Mythos name-dropping, including characters named Marsh and Danforth and references to the film's spiritual predecessor The Stone Tape by Nigel Kneale. Read more
Our Kickstarter was a great success! Over 200 people pledged to our cause and got themselves unique merchandise, like our backer-only glow-in-the-dark Lurker T-shirt, special lapel pins, and much more. The Lovecraft community is truly the greatest on the planet. Thanks for helping to make this a truly epic festival. Click here to check out the (finished) Kickstarter campaign.
The Kickstarter is now over, but you can still get tickets at the Hollywood Theatre box office and on-line by clicking here. Read more
To see showtimes, click here to visit our schedule.
In addition to celebrating cinematic adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries, the festival has a strong history of showcasing films by creators who have been heavily inspired by Lovecraft. We're proud to announce that we will be featuring the Pacific Northwest premiere of Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut, presented by restoration director Russell Cherrington, who will also be available for Q&A.
Tickets for the festival will go on sale in early March, but you can reserve your place now to experience this amazing premiere by clicking here to support our Kickstarter campaign.
Only seen in a few cities in the US, this edition restores nearly an hour of footage that was previously thought lost and with it restores Barker's original vision for the film. Read more
PORTLAND, OR - We spent the last month plotting and planning, and we have some exciting things in store for this year's festival! We just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help us with up front festival expenses. Take advantage of unique festival experiences and exclusive swag that you won't be able to get anywhere else. Please help us make our campaign successful (even if you can't contribute), and share the link with friends!
We are thrilled to announce our special Guest of Honor for the Portland H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon, game designer and creator of the Call of Cthulhu RPG, Sandy Petersen! Come meet the man who put Lovecraft center stage of the gaming world, May 3-5 at the Hollywood Theatre.
We have arranged a special discounted rate for attendees at the Banfield Motel, which is walking distance to the Hollywood Theatre, and at the Doubletree Lloyd Center, which is one stop away on the MAX line.
Banfield Motel
1525 NE 37th Avenue • Portland, OR USA 97232
Phone: (503) 280-1400
The easiest way to get the rate is to call the hotel. When you make your room reservation, let them know you are coming for the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.
The discounted rates (not including tax) are:
1 night $62/single, $67/double Read more
Mr Olivares has already recovered, but now he needs a vacation. To go to some heavenly place where he can relax and blithely enjoy himself. A group of Deep Ones will destroy his expectations.
Two nights of fright flicks to get your Halloween season off to a great start! It kicks off with a pre-party at The Lovecraft Bar with horror-themed music and a reel of short film faves. On Saturday, Oct. 13, join us at the Clinton Street Theater for an evening of Undead shorts and classic features. Sunday, Oct. 14, is all about the master of Cosmic Horror and a special preview of the full H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in the Spring.
Buy your tickets now! (only 200 total seats available) Read more
A Swedish Brothers Grimm horror fantasy. A girl in a hospital gown and a paper crown travels by bus to the one she loves the most. But in the shadows between the chairs and poles demons lurk to alter and destroy her mind.
