Casting Call of Cthulhu (conveniently reffered to as CCoC) has made its way into a festival where the majority of attendees are unlikey to know what a cone-shaped creature is, let alone debate whether its head should be a yellow orb with flowers sprouting from the top. The Indie Memphis Film Festival in Memphis Tennessee, a town immortalized by Paul Simon in his song “Graceland”, runs from October 9 to 16. CCoC screens Friday, October 10 at 10 pm. While you are there check out the tomb of Elvis Presley – scary.
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Spooky Movie 2008 Ain’t Fhtagn Around
The Spooky Movie Film Festival is quite possibly the most misleading fest’ name of the genre. “Spooky” implies a few jumps and gasps. Well we’ve just watched the trailer and we’re talking more churns and craps. Seriously – this thing looks ‘ard core, people. Thankfully, CCoC is on the roster to lighten the mood. The festival runs from October 16 to 20. Our film screens Sunday, October 19 at 12:30 pm. Tickets are $8.00, effect on your psyche – priceless.
Nanni Announces Three New Lovecraftian Films
Bad Advice for Good Times, the most untrusted name in filmmaking, announced today that it will begin preproduction on two features and a short inspired by, expanding on, and celebrating the work of the most influential horror writer of the 20th century, H.P. Lovecraft. The films will be co-written and directed by Joseph Nanni (Casting Call of Cthulhu) and produced by BAGT. “CCoC was like a dry run for us, so we were pleasantly surprised by its success,” says Nanni. The short film was selected by 12 festivals across the globe and was downloaded over 20,000 times from Yog Radio. While Casting Call of Cthulhu is a comedy Joseph assured us that the lines will be blurred in the upcoming productions, “The next three films won’t be comedy but funny things will happen.” None of the films are adapts of Lovecraft’s work but will incorporate characters and themes he dealt with. “I think adapting Lovecraft is a great pitfall of the genre. Fans inevitably compare the film to the text, which is unfair. Lovecraft’s ideas and storytelling are a completely unique experience for readers.” Nanni says his approach to Lovecraft will be similar to Lumely and others who have added to the mythos, “Lovecraft’s work was an open system, he encouraged other writers to take the ideas and expand on them.” The team behind CCoC will once again focus on a minor Lovecraft minion, “The three films will feature Shub-Nigguarth and introduce a secret society dedicated to suppressing evidence of the Old Ones.” The short, entitled Drawing Baphomet, will be released in early 2009 and the films begin shooting next spring.
Fill Up on Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Casting Call of Cthulhu has been surfacing in all sorts of places and for this we thank our unlucky stars. But there is one event that takes particular importance in the pantheon of clicks, hits, downloads, and screenings. This be the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Cthulhucon. It’s the festival CCoC was made for – literally. When we began production in 2007 it was with the intention of completing the film for the October festival and having a damn fine excuse to travel to Portland. Well the festival is here and we will be there. HPLFF&C begins Friday, October 3, at 6 PM and goes until Sunday, October 6, at midnight. Guests include Lovecraft luminaries like S. T. Joshi, Brian Lumley, and Mike Mignola. This truely is the one and only festival for die-hard fans of the Bard from Beyond and we are over what the moon brings to be part of it. CCoC screens Friday, October 3, 10 PM in the Main Theater.
Shockerfest Plays Host to Cthulhu
The Shockerfest International Film Festival, not to be confused with the Shockerfest International Flower Festival, will be held on October 3 to 5 in Riverbank, California. Our favourite film, and yours, will play Saturday, October 4, at 6:30 pm. Now, I understand there is some hesitation around going out to the shows because many of you claim you have already seen the short. Some of you have gone as far as saying, “I made it,” or, even lamer, “I was in it.” That’s no excuse people. If we don’t support horror then there will be no horror in the world and what kind of world would that be? Ask yourself.
Coincidentally Named Film Fest Features CCoC
The Eerie Horror Fest in, wait for it, Erie Pennsylvania will be showing Casting Call of Cthulhu on October 11 at 10:20 AM. Is there a better time to watch a horror film? The answer is “no” because we’re in pole position just before Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown. The festival will feature appearances by Sid Haig, a reunion of the cast from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and many other uplifting experiences. If you love horror and live in Erie then there is good reason for you to attend. The fest starts Thursday and runs until Sunday.
CCoC Takes Second Place “Horror Comedy” Prize at Dragon*Con
CCoC Takes Second Place “Horror Comedy” Prize at Dragon*Con, just like the headline says.
Iä – Hoo! CCOC Nominated for Best Short
Yesterday BFest / SRS announced its official selections and we are happy to say we’re in. We are even happier to say we have been nominated for best short. So if you are in Syracuse, New York on Saturday, October 11 at 11:45 PM then make sure you check out the festival and scream loud for the short that cannot be sunken!
Cthulhu Gets Gangrene
Submitting to film festivals is often like asking for abuse and we’ve seen more self-inflicted punishment than a cenobite. So it is nice when a show comes around that doesn’t take itself too seriously and selects our film, of course. The Gangrene film festival is an outdoor, greek amphitheater type-thingy, with live skits, interviews, and, of course, short films. So if you are in Layton, Utah on Friday and you want laugh with terror the Ed Kenley Amphitheater is the place to be. Tell them Cthulhu commanded you to attend.
P.S. The musical hand-fart guy will be opening for us.
Catch Casting Call of Cthulhu at CON!
If you are in the Atlanta area this weekend and love CONs (the nerd kind not the criminal kind) then why not check out Dragon*Con and your favourite short comedy/horror film CCOC. We know, we know, the chances of someone at a CON being interested in a short film filled with inside jokes that only a deeply devoted fan-base with an intimate understanding of a marginally famous genre writer on the outskirts of public acceptance would understand are pretty slim, but we’re willing to take that chance. Drop in, watch the parade and check out the films. It’s a weekend worth spending inside, in the dark . . . for a change.
Bad Advice For Good Times 