Lost Carcosa

Holy cow! Its been 12 days since my last post!  I’ve been a bit too busy it seems!  How about some small news about a film called “Beyond Dunwich” at Fangoria?

Unfortunately, according to what Unfilmable says, Fangoria says that Stuart Gordon says that the House of Re-animator is no longer going to be.  I’m bummed.  I’d like to have seen another Re-animator film made, and this one sounded like it was going to be fun.  Maybe a bit campy… but then weren’t the others as well?

Fangoria has posted up some photos and trailer links for writer/director Richard Griffin’s film adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror.

“THE DUNWICH HORROR is really for horror fans who have grown tired of the endless cycle of ‘torture porn’ movies and want to return to the atmosphere and suspense of the classic horror films of the ’60s and ’70s,” he continues. “The quality of the acting and the production values will surprise a lot of people. When it seems like all indie films are basically ‘10 teenagers trapped in a house by a killer/zombies,’ this movie has over 30 locations, dozens of speaking parts and a complex plot. A lot of hard work went into the making of THE DUNWICH HORROR, and the fans will see that.”

Travel to Fangoria for a good read, some photos, and links to the trailers!

From October 12th through November 10th, Rendevous JewelBox Theatre (2322 2nd Avenue, Belltown, WA) will be running “Dreams in the Witch House”, a collection of four live action presentations of Lovecraftian horror.

• THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE
• NYARLATHOTEP
• THE CATS OF ULTHAR
• DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE

Step across the veils of the Internet to Fangoria to get details on the performances and tickets.

Fangoria has just posted up a review of the Unrated Director’s Cut From Beyond DVD. Its a good review with a good bit of info and thoughts.

If FROM BEYOND isn’t held at quite the same esteem as the filmmakers’ previous RE-ANIMATOR—and it should be—perhaps that’s because it explores seriously the combination of horror and eroticism pitched with go-for-broke, jet-black humor in the earlier film. Comic outrageousness is often more attention-getting than a straight face, but the latter approach pays off in FROM BEYOND, which plumbs deeper than RE-ANIMATOR did and pays off in both dramatic intensity and frights aplenty (and, to be sure, a scattering of sick laughs). Its rep has also been tarnished somewhat by cuts imposed by the MPAA on its more grotesque sequences, but all has been rectified on MGM/Fox’s DVD (coming September 11), which restores the film to its uncut glory and backs it up with a fitting supplemental celebration.

Check out the entire read over at Fangoria