Shorts block 2 (New Lovecraftian short films)

Type: 
Film
Date and time: 
Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 3:15pm
Friday, August 21, 2015 - 9:30pm
Saturday, August 22, 2015 - 11:30am
Scheduled Location: 
AS220 Black Box Theater
 

Flesh and Bone

Directed by
Brett Stillo
starring
Daniel Knop, Casey Castille, James Saunders, Audra Wolfmann, Indra Lowenstein
6 mins
 | 2013
 | United States
 | English
 

A music video by Roadside Memorial, "Flesh and Bone" is a fusion of 1930's, Lovecraftian Horror, and classic Film Noir.

 

Fat Rabbit

Directed by
Adam Petke
starring
Galen Howard, Katie Reed
10 mins
 | 2014
 | United States
 | English
 

A man and woman struggles with ascension to the heavens when the creature they summon is less than they expected.

"Fat Rabbit" is the latest film from half of the directorial team that brought us The Sunderland Experiment (aka Exile).

 

Dark Watch

Directed by
Thomas Nicol
6 mins
 | 2014
 | United States
 | English
 

Five starships carry the last hope of humanity to a new world, when one of them goes silent. Then, another.

 

August Heat

Directed by
Matthew James Thompson
starring
Mark Sullivan, Jarlath Conroy
10 mins
 | 2014
 | United States
 | English
 

 

During a brutal NYC heat wave, an artist seeks out the sinister source of his latest inspiration. Based on the short story by WF Harvey.

 

The Mill at Calder's End

Directed by
Kevin McTurk
starring
Barbara Steele
14 mins
 | 2015
 | United States
 | English
 

In the remote village of Calder's End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his childhood home, intent on breaking a generations-old family curse. Grimshaw's journey takes him deep below the decaying mill, into mysterious, forgotten catacombs, whereupon he confronts the very source of the evil that has corrupted his family.

 

Escape from Midwich Valley

Directed by
Pierre-Henri Debies
9 mins
 | 2014
 | United States
 | English
 

Back in the place of her childhood, in an oddly sinister port city, a young woman plagued with traumatic memories will discover that her destiny is even more cruel than the creatures running after her. LINK

 

The Night Ocean

Directed by
Maria Lorenzo Hernandez
12 mins
 | 2015
 | Spain
 | English
 

Using the backdrop of Torrevieja scenery to tell the tale, with its coves and beaches providing a similar scene to Lovecraft's original short story, Spanish artist María Lorenzo Hernández brought the traditional imagery to life in a fusion with the modern world that also seems to reflect the past.

 

666 sq ft

Directed by
Ray Zablocki
4 mins
 | 2014
 | United States
 | English
 

A tenant spends a sleepless night in his new apartment only to discover a problem that's too much for the landlord to handle.LINK

 

Vomica

Directed by
Andy Green, Darren Ormandy
starring
Michael Joseph Chance, Oliver Senton, Cornelius Booth, Andy Green, Ben Revell
15 mins
 | 2014
 | United Kingdom
 | English
 

A short horror film about a British Commando raid that finds an ancient evil in the crypts and tunnels of Occupied France. Mixing action with a sense of creeping horror, 'Vomica' is a homage to the great American writer H P Lovecraft.

*Winner Best Short 2014

 

Pickman's Model

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Pablo Angeles
11 mins
 | 2014
 | Mexico
 | English
 

In his quest to obtain a picture by his favorite macabre art painter, Richard Pickman, collector Thurber Phillips discovers the secret behind the artists work.

Owner: 
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, OR