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THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS is the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society’s latest proof that film versions of Lovecraft’s work don’t have to be awkward or inaccurate (the first being their excellent CALL OF CTHULHU silent picture, released in 2005). True to when the story was first written, this film is shot in unassuming black and white… [Continue Reading]
RE-ANIMATOR: THE MUSICAL took Los Angeles by storm last year with an interactive show that stuck close to the film in reference, upping the ante comedically and delivering on-stage grue that got left audiences red and loving it. Now, months after the show’s “final” performance last fall, RE-ANIMATOR: THE MUSICAL has been re-born, making a… [Continue Reading]
In comics, crossover events are usually associated with Marvel and DC as an excuse to have their respective superhero pantheons battle it out in new-and-exciting combinations. Last year, IDW said to themselves, why should Marvel and DC have all the fun? They proceeded to throw hordes of zombies at their own roster of comic book… [Continue Reading]
In a smorgasbord of supernatural awesomeness, premiere comics publisher IDW is offering three #1 ways to jump into the horror comic book world this week, each bearing its own distinctive style and brand of spooks… MONOCYTE #1 Panels? What panels? menton3 and Kasra Ghanbari’s MONOCYTE #1 revokes comic tradition and pans its way across the… [Continue Reading]
This past weekend saw the first Famous Monsters/Imagi-Movies film festival. It was a fabulous 3 days of films and film makers, genre legends past and present, and devoted fans. The festival started Friday with showing of the short and feature length films from amateur and student film makers entries. Also showing was a collection of… [Continue Reading]
At a screening for scenes from the upcoming Australian survival thriller Sanctum, producer James Cameron spoke a little about the At the Mountains of Madness project, the long-awaited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic horror novella. Cameron will produce, while Guillermo Del Toro, for whom the film is a dream long in the making, handles the… [Continue Reading]
Guillermo Del Toro’s first feature film Cronos is being released this this week on DVD and Blu-Ray. Amongst the fanfare come news of his next project, a 3D adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At The Mountains Of Madness. It will be filmed for Universal with James Cameron producing. There have been rumors flying around for a… [Continue Reading]
New from Centipede Press, Conversations with the Weird Tales Circle is a massive, oversize, celebration of the lives of H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard…
The silent-era style Call of Cthulhu film we hosted as part of the FM Stop Motion Festival is one of the most honest, loyal and successful attempts ever to adapt the work of H.P. Lovecraft to film. But for all the parents out there: how best to introduce your young child to nightmarish Lovecraftian horrors?… [Continue Reading]
Happy Halloween! Welcome to the First Annual Famous Monsters Halloween Film Festival. “In the mid to late sixties Forry’s Ackermansion was the hub for (all five) stop motion animators, especially when Ray Harryhausen came to town. We’d meet for 8mm (not super 8 ) film-fests and gawk at the terrific collection of artifacts from Kong,… [Continue Reading]
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