The only thing from this century with which I could compare it, on the basis of personal experience, is the video game "Undying" by Clive Barker from 2001. Overall, I am very pleased and I would like to see more of such adaptations of my favorite authors in the future. But even that did not turn out to be so bad to completely spoil the experience, although I would personally prefer if they have abstained from this move. Unfortunately, towards the end, they decided to break the tension, gradually built with quality hints, by an explicit depiction of extraterrestrial beings. Despite the low budget and unknown actors, the film is very well shot and acted, and the lack of money for quality CGI is offset by excellent directorial tricks that are, at least for my taste, far more effective in intimidating than the technically costly, but essentially cheap CGI explicitness. This is an independent low-budget film, produced by "The H. Even the opening and the ending credits are archaic. Its style resembles Film Noir quite a lot, and only quality of the picture breaks down the illusion that you are watching a movie from the first half of the last century. Lovecraft is respected both with the story and atmosphere, which makes the film one of the rare true adaptations of this great horror-fantasy author. Since 2011, current directors Gwen and Brian Callahan have grown the festival to a three-day extravaganza of film, art, author readings, scholarly presentations, live performances, tabletop gaming demos, and are working hard to bring a taste of all these experiences to the streaming festival.This black and white SF mystery is in every aspect designed to conjure up the experience of reading Lovecraft. Lovecraft Film Festival was founded in 1995 by Andrew Migliore to promote the work of Lovecraft-inspired independent filmmakers from around the world. Single Day and Full Festival Streaming passes are available now through its Eventive portal ( ), and include access to filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, and author readings. Lovecraft’s Witch House by Bobby Easley, the Oregon premiere of Kevin Pontuti’s The Yellow Wallpaper, plus streaming exclusive feature films Masking Threshold, an experimental cosmic horror tale by Johannes Grenzfurthner, Exegesis Lovecraft, a revealing documentary by Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker Qais Pasha, and cosmic horror feature Blood Moon, by 20-yr old writer and director Caleb Spilios. Lovecraft Historical Society, the World Premiere of The Fall of Usher by Brian Cunningham, based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, the Pacific NW premiere of H. This year’s short films are an impressive lineup from all over the world including Belarus, Australia, Ukraine, Portugal, Italy, Mexico, Austria, United Kingdom, Canada, and the US.įeature films include the 10th Anniversary screening of The Whisperer in Darkness by the H. Lovecraft Film Festival ’s infamous shorts blocks are back in fine form and streaming audiences can enjoy the 9+ hours of short films that played theatrically last weekend at the historic Hollywood Theatre, as well as an additional mega-block of shorts streaming online only. Lovecraft Film Festival of Cosmic Horror will be piercing the veil between dimensions October 8-10th with over 60 short and feature films streaming worldwide during the second half of the festival’s hybrid event! Cosmic Horror fans across the globe can get their fill of new Cosmic Horror films and Weird tales adapted to the screen with additional streaming exclusive content on Eventive until October 12th. Still from “The Whisperer in the Darkness”The 26th Annual H.
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