Lurker in the lobby: the Best of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival (1998 anthology)
- Lurker in the lobby: the Best of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Volume I
- Lurker in the lobby: the Best of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Volume II
Summary
A two-volume anthology of "the best of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival" in VHS format.
Details
- Release Date: 1997, 2000
- Country/Language: USA, English (and French and/or Swedish, depending on the short)
- Genres/Technical: Anthology, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comedy, Music, short subject
- Runtime: VHS format in two volumes, ~83-86 min
- Producer/Production Co: Beyond Books
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (none) (generally, "PG", with mild adult content and violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SSS__ (Three Tentacles: Lovecraftian)
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
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Contents
The Lurker in the Lobby: Volume I (86 minutes, ©1998 Beyond Books) is a compilation of selected amateur films from the 1996, 1997 and 1998 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festivals. Films include:
- "The Music of Erich Zann (1980 short)" by John Strysik
- "The Outsider (1994 short)" by Aaron Vanek
- "My Necronomicon (1997 short)" by Aaron Vanek
- "McLaren (1997 short)" by Ted Purvis
- "The Outsider (1993 short)" by Andrew Hooks
- "From Beyond (1997 short)" by Ken Avenoso and Andrew Migliore
- "The Hound (1997 short)" by Anthony Reed
- "Cthulhu Wore Tennis Shoes (1996 short)" by the UCLA Enigma Sci-Fi Club
- "Worship Me Like a God" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
- "Colour Me Green" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
The Lurker in the Lobby: Volume II (©2000 Beyond Books) is a compilation of selected amateur films from the 1999 and 2000 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festivals. This VHS videocassette runs approx 83 minutes with 11 amateur color and black and white film adaptations of various stories by H.P. Lovecraft and/or inspired by Lovecraft:
- "The Old Man and the Goblins (1998 short)" by Mark Cabellero & Seamus Walsh
- "Nyarlathotep (1999 short)" by Marco Dube & Martine Asselin
- "De Vermis Mysteriis (1999 short)" by Marco Dube
- "The Canal (2000 short)" by Richard Corben
- "From Beyond (1999 short, Canadian)" by Bob Fugger
- "To Oblivion (1991 short)" by Robert Cappelletto
- "A Portion of Ka (1999 short)" by Brian Edward Poe
- "From Beyond (1999 short, Swedish)" By Magnus Sörell, Peter Andersson, & Robert Lindberg
- "Dagon (1999 short)" by Richard Corben
- "The Outsider (1998 short)" by John Allen
- Trailer for "The Testimony of Randolph Carter (1987 short)" by Andrew Leman
