HPLFF-2012-PDX shorts

The Black Pharaoh runs amok, accompanied by a bristling score of Swedish Death Metal. Footage cut from the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's The Whisperer in Darkness is reborn in the hands of the HPLHS' Mike Dalager.

The story of Ken, who responds to an ad for a mail-order bride. He didn't expect that some assembly was required.

A punk girl, Alyce, travels through a David Lynch/Maya Deren adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft short story. She travels through a strange land with stranger inhabitants to find a mysterious violin player who holds too many secrets for this new world.

An out-of-work father undergoes an experimental treatment to take care of his baby…with strange results.

It was only a matter of time before mutant bugs from space invaded Portland, Oregon killing everything in their wake. A young woman rushes home to warn her husband. Will she get there in time?

A barbershop quartet fears their moment out of the spotlight.(Shown in 3D!)

An adaptation of H P Lovecraft's famous sci-fi story. The hero, an academic from Miskatonic University, Arkham, gradually goes mad as he starts to realize that his mind and body was kidnapped during a span of several years, and used by a strange alien race known as the Yith…

While studying the ecosystem of a lake, an ambitious science student discovers a strange and sinister artifact. Fascinated by it, he shows it to his professor, who immediately recognizes it as something dangerous. When the professor attempts to destroy the artifact, the student takes it and flees, studying it on his own. When it is stolen from him by a mysterious figure, the student must confront the horrifying nature of the artifact.

Artist Mike Dubisch engages in quick sketching magic for the split screen camera. Shot in one take, with music courtesy of Mars.

What happens when you insist on using your phone in the theater? Noisy clowns will find you!