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The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Returns to Los Angeles!

Get ready Los Angeles, Cthulhu is coming! On September 16 and 17, The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival returns to the historic Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro for its second year. The festival celebrates the works of famed American science-fiction and horror writer H.P. Lovecraft through screenings of cinematic adaptations of his work by professional and amateur filmmakers from around the world.

H.P. Lovecraft’s work wasn’t widely read during his lifetime but his reputation has grown in the 73 years since his death. He’s now regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. Stephen King calls Lovecraft “the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale” and credits Lovecraft as the single biggest influence on his writing.
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This Weekend in California: The Inaugural Film Fest Twain Harte

Look out Sundance, there’s a new film festival in town. This Friday, September 9 marks the opening night of the inaugural Film Fest Twain Harte. Twain Harte is a quaint little mountain town in the heart of California’s gold country. The town is no stranger to cinema. Over three hundred films have been filmed there including High Noon, Little House on the Prairie, The Big Country, The Lone Ranger and Back to the Future 3.

For its inaugural run Film Fest Twain Harte boasts an impressive lineup of films. I’m gonna run down my picks but be sure to check out their Film Guide for information on all the other great films they’re showing.
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