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- DirectorMark Philip LichtensteinStarsPippa Bennett-WarnerRichard David-CaineJoseph ElliottWhen a rich patron visits the studio of the depraved artist Pickman, he is horrified to discover the sinister source of her inspiration. Adapted from the H. P. Lovecraft story of the same title.
- DirectorJared SkolnickStarsBob DiamondChristopher SheltonRonald E. GilesA student is intrigued by the hauntingly beautiful music coming from the room above his. He finds that an eccentric German violinist, Erich Zann, is responsible but that there is a terrible secret behind his music.
- DirectorGary FierroConor TimmisStarsConor TimmisKris KeyesIan MacDonaldHaving regained the key to the gate of dreams, a lonely Randolph Carter leaves behind the prosiness of the waking world forever and crosses into the realm of dreams.
- DirectorGary FierroStarsDerek MeineckeConor TimmisThe mysterious Mr. Noyes greets Wilmarth at Brattleboro Station in this scene taken from the classic H.P. Lovecraft short story, 'The Whisperer in Darkness'.
- DirectorKristof MateusenStarsKenneth CoreFrederick Van PeerTwo grave robbers have to face a curse brought on them by a mysterious amulet.
- DirectorRobert P. OlssonStarsJonas NilssonKjell KvarnevikStig TorstenssonPhilip gets a temporary job as a gofer for Mr Staaff. The job is simple. He's supposed to deliver goods to a light keeper. But Mr Staaff didn't tell him why the light keeper never leaves the lighthouse after sunset.
- DirectorMiles FinlaysonStarsMark SlackeRon TarrantA young man takes shelter from a storm in an old house inhabited by a strange older man. While examining an old book, the young man begins to wonder if this house and it's host are hiding a dark secret. Based on the short story by H. P. Lovecraft.
- DirectorAksel DaliliStarsRasmus HarrelindChristian JörgensenTwo young men head out to uncover a truth older than man itself but the mission soon turns into a nightmare.
- DirectorSylvain BrunerieStarsLuc SabotIsabelle FürstStefan DelonA man goes into a town unknown to him, attracted by the sordid description that people do of it. Freely based on the H. P. Lovecraft short novel 'The Shadow over Innsmouth,' Innsbay is the tale of the slow and painful destruction of a human life.
- DirectorAnsel FarajStarsLinden ChilesMayra GonzalezLuke HollmanA series of events building up to an invasion of the Earth by beings from another astral plane, and Earth's reaction to it.
- DirectorPhilip TolinStarsDann KrissNathan HoffmeyerEric RileyThis film is an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's short story 'The Silver Key'. Randolph Carter is on a journey to unlock the dreams of his youth. After a visit from the ghost of his uncle, Carter discovers an ancient box hidden in his attic which holds a silver key. Carter travels to his family's country estate, but his journey into the past will go far beyond merely retracing the steps of his childhood as time, memory and dreams become one. Another world is calling to Randolph Carter and only the silver key can open the way.
- DirectorJohn TzouvelekisStarsCassandra ChronopoulouAngelos GklinavosAris KaplanidisBased on H.P. Lovecraft's work, Shadow Beyond Time tells the story of Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, an Arkham-born prodigy. At age 22, he becomes the youngest associate professor in the history of Miskatonic University. His bright future is disrupted when he falls into a coma, from which he won't seem to recover. That doesn't mean that his body doesn't wake up in the hospital, however, although that being is clearly not Nathaniel. 5 years later, Nathaniel returns to his body and from that moment on he begins an intense search to discover what happened to him. That's when disturbing visions begin to haunt him- visions that uncover things not only from his immediate past, but also from his own bloodline...
- DirectorPaul von StoetzelStarsAmy SchweickhardtTim UrenDawn KrosnowskiIn 1925, a young academic visits the Guthrie Asylum in Oklahoma to explore the native tribal belief in the snake god, Yig. There she is confronted by a bizarre creature, the sole living survivor of the nightmarish Halloween of 1889. As she learns the tragic tale of Walker and Audrey Davis- early residents of the Oklahoma Territory- she too begins to fall under the spell of an unrelenting fear that time cannot diminish.
- DirectorStuart LinverStarsLucas BarberGary BetsworthPaul Jude LeterskyThree criminals' mischievous endeavors lead them to a place darker than they had expected. Adapted from a story by H.P. Lovecraft.
- DirectorChristian MatzkeSarah TarlingStarsKeith AnctilLeo LunserKathryn MorrisonThe small New England village of Dunwich harbors many secrets, but none so dark as the origin of Wilbur Whateley. Born to an albino mother and raised in seclusion by his occultist grandfather, Wilbur shuns the outside world in favor of his family's dark mythology. Set in the early 1920s, "Dunwich" is an intimate tale of the Whateley clan and of a mysterious man who threatens to take Wilbur from his family.
- DirectorColin BurrowesHeidi BurrowesStarsColin BurrowesSamantha DarkJessica WiebeBrilliant scientist Caulfield Tillingwurst and his beautiful assistant Ulthar the nurse are pushing the boundaries of science as they conduct research into sex and sensuality. A parody of Lovecraft's story 'From Beyond'.
- DirectorKurt DudleyStarsAdam FozardCharles HuntEwan MainRandolph Carter is questioned by police over the strange disappearance of Harley Warren. However his statement will reveal a horrific truth.
- DirectorSean KearneyDoug SimonStarsSean KearneyA short, animated treatment of the Lovecraft story. Three robbers plan to break into the house of a mysterious old man to steal his gold. They soon find out that the old man is not as defenseless as they thought.
- DirectorJohn MoreheadStarsRichard BlairRoki EdwardsKhalid RobinsonThe Statement of Randolph Carter is a short film based upon the H.P. Lovecraft short story of the same name. In it, novice occultist and academic, Randolph Carter, is questioned by the police when his friend and mentor Harley Warren turns up missing.
- DirectorGary FierroStarsConor TimmisJesse MurphyDerek MeineckeWhen two old friends meet for drinks, Eliot finds Thurber not the man he once knew. Thurber explains that the change in his demeanor is down to an artist, Pickman, he is using as inspiration for an article about weird art.
- DirectorGary FierroJustin TacchiStarsDerek MeineckeConor TimmisJustin TacchiDr Herbert West and his assistant are working in a makeshift lab on the Eastern Front. As bombs drop and the fighting nears, West attempts to re-animate the corpse of a Waffen SS officer - with disastrous results.
- DirectorJames RaynorStarsMatthew Jay FranceEryl Lloyd ParryNick ThompsonIsaac Williams is a scholar of the Occult, having studied under the well respected Professor Robert Northam at Miskatonic University. On one of his many forays into archaic bookshops in search of antiquities and rare texts, Williams happens upon a copy of The Necrnomicon, an ancient tome from the Dark Ages containing a collection of sinister spells, prophecies and incantations. Excitedly, he purchases the book and brings it to his old professor, only to discover Northam a hollow shell of the great man he once was. He, too, had studied The Necronomicon and his findings had driven him to insanity, forcing him to spend his days with inane distractions to avoid those awful thoughts. Unperturbed by Northam's warnings, Williams takes up residence in his home and begins his research into The Necronomicon, desperate to to discover it's dark secrets.
- DirectorJack FeldsteinA surreal neon animation film by stream of consciousness neon filmmaker, Jack Feldstein of H.P. Lovecraft's prose poem Ex Oblivione about time and mortality.
- DirectorChristopher James JordanGary LobsteinStarsJohn DedekeMike JordanA live action adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's short story of the same name.
- DirectorBill KelleyStarsVictoria AllenJason BrassfieldPhil ColeAntiquarian Professor Norms hears of an abandoned house in remote Arkham County, filled with mysterious antiquest and the ghost of a former Witchcraft priest. He is warned by local resident not to stay after dark, but will he listen...?
- DirectorChristian MatzkeStarsBobby R. PoirierJason WaronAmanda HuotariIn the year 1920 two Miskatonic University graduates are practicing medicine by day and trying to revive the dead by night. Herbert West is prepared to go to great lengths to see his theories through to fruition, and when his fellow doctor is called away Herbert takes advantage of a golden opportunity. But with Dr. Helder's return we learn how imperfect Herbert's solution really is.
- DirectorRick TillmanStarsJohn Williams LynchRick TillmanDon LaporaLittle did Elliot know what lay in store when he called upon his distraught friend, Thurber, in this faithful adaptation of the Lovecraft classic. Thurber relates with horror the tale of the disappearance of Richard Upton Pickman, a prominent, though despised, local artist with a taste for the...unusual. Thurber's admiration drew him into the haunting world and work of Richard Pickman...until that fateful journey to his decrepit studio...and the unspeakable nightmare he found lurking in the cellar.
- DirectorJames RaynorStarsScarlett Victoria CarsonAlex EamonsonNick ThompsonHerbert West's half brother continues his bid to conquer brain death.
- DirectorRobert P. OlssonStarsRobert JohanssonRobert P. OlssonThe year is 1941. Two Investigators are doing research on an old well. One of the gentlemen climbs down the hole and then they communicate through a military phone. But something is strange, the place, the hole, and then the phone...
- DirectorEdward Martin IIIStarsSally AbelAngel Kelly CaldwellErik ChevalierA woman is torn between her love for her family and the fate slated for her by her ancestors.
- DirectorEdward Martin IIIStarsBraden BeattieKiernan BeattieJason CusterTwo men struggle with a great loss, but one finds that his struggles may be alleviated by combining quantum theory and ancient mysticism.
- DirectorEdward Martin IIIStarsMad MartianSean StraussHarley Warren and his protégé Randolph Carter have trekked through long-abandoned woods in search of a fabulous and ancient treasure, but only Warren has the fortitude to descend into the ancient crypt they eventually find. At first, Carter is annoyed at being left on the surface, but as he hears his mentor's tales through a military phone, he changes his mind.
- DirectorAnna GawrilowA stop-motion version of the Lovecraft short story of the same name.
- DirectorChristian MatzkeStarsDan HarrodChristian MatzkeMichael KristanIn the early 1920s a traveling show comes to Arkham led by the mysterious Nyarlathotep. Like much of the population of Arkham young Dr Burke goes to see the show - but finds neither the show nor the showman are what they seem.
- DirectorJulien LacombePascal SidStarsRomain ChesnelHenri DebeurmeAxel DrheyAn archaeological excavation uncovers a manuscript written by a Roman commander in Gaul. Most of the local tribes have been pacified but every year terrible hill people ravage the area. The Romans set out to crush them.
- DirectorAaron VanekStarsEzra HubbardLarry CurwenEdgar ReynoldsA young graduate student must decide his own fate when he discovers he is related to a race of monsters. Based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft.
- DirectorKen AvenosoAndrew Migliore
- DirectorLesley MathesonStarsChris ExnerIan FaganGlenn GlazerAt a meeting of a college society a student is lured by the offer of free pizza into becoming a human sacrifice to the Great Old Ones.
- DirectorAaron VanekStarsHerb LichtensteinKathryn GradyDavid David KatzmanA man awakes unaware of who he is. Through a series of flashbacks he gradually begins to remember his life, the woman he loves and a violent confrontation.
- DirectorCathy WelchStarsMac WilliamsMarc MahanNancy GriffithInspired by Lovecraft's short story, Pickman's Model is about a morbid painter named Richard Upton Pickman, who created from his fiendish brush "unbelievable loathsomeness and moral foetor." William Thurber, a student of occult art and author, becomes obsessed with Pickman and pursues him learning more and more about the source of his art until it finally consumes him.
- DirectorJohn StrysikStarsRobert RothmanRobert AlexanderDarryl WarrenThis story revolves around a student of metaphysics, Charles Dexter Ward who befriends Erich Zann an aging violinist who lives on the floor above him. Charles is fascinated and then drawn to Zann's sinister yet wonderful music that he hears late at night drifting down from above. He, of course, discovers more then he bargains for when he peers at what beckons beyond that strange curtained window in Zann's room.
- DirectorMark SteenslandStarsShannon SoloChristine MangoneScott FrisinaAn aspiring horror writer is ordered by his domineering wife to sell his laptop to pay the bills. When he sees H.P. Lovecraft's pillow in the window of the pawnshop he has a better idea. The story was suggested by Stephen King.