We are giving away a pair of festival passes to the HP Lovecraft Film Festival @ Hollywood Theater October 2-4. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed September 30.
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October 2, 2026 @ 7PM
October 3-4, 2026 @ 1PM
$27-85 | All Ages
Purchase Tickets + Full Schedule: hplfilmfestival.com
Hollywood Theater
4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97212
The 31st Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® kicks off Spooky Season Oct 2-4, 2026 on all 3 screens at the Hollywood Theatre!
Festival Highlights include:
- US Premiere of ODDITIES, starring Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), with director Tyler Savage
- PNW Premiere of Hammer Films’ ITHAQUA, starring Luke Hemsworth (Westworld), Kevin Durand (Clown in a Cornfield), Leenah Robinson (Taylor Sheridan’s 1923), with director Casey Walker
- Creature Double Feature of FROGMAN (2023) AND FROGMAN RETURNS (2026) with director Anthony Cousins
VALLEY OF THE HORNTAK, starring Kathleen Kinmont (Bride of Re-Animator), Vernon Wells (The Road Warrior), with director Maxwell Morro - US Premiere of WARHEAD: THE WORLD IS NO LONGER OURS (Brazil) by Cadu Rosenfeld
- THINGS GREATER THAN US, by John Juodis
- Lovecraft Under the Gun 72 Hour Film Contest screening
- Over 45 Short Films from 18 countries, Q&As with visiting filmmakers
- The Shorts of Madness
- Literary events at the library, open gaming at Black Water
- Local Artisans and Publishers in the Mall of Cthulhu!
Our Guest of Honor is celebrated horror novelist Philip Fracassi, known for acclaimed works like A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic, and Boys in the Valley. Don’t miss his reading, book signing, and keynote!
Schedule, Films, Guests, and more info on the festival website.
This year’s short films are an expansive lineup of original Weird tales and Cosmic Horror from around the world, including adaptations of stories by Lovecraft and his influences and contemporaries like Robert W. Chambers and Edgar Allan Poe, representing the wide diversity of filmmakers creating cosmic horror cinema today.