The 2008 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival: Preliminary Reports

This year's H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival kicked off yesterday, and will remain in full swing throughout the rest of the weekend. Early reports from this year's Festival and Cthulhu Convention are already appearing on the web. So, for those of us who couldn't make it out to bleak, chilly Portland, here are a few early summaries of the marvels and terrors currently unfolding in Oregon:

• "Above the Aether: H.P. Lovecraft Filmfest 2008:" A nice glimpse at some of yesterday's movies and short films that played at the historic Hollywood Theater. This entry includes some nice photographs and a slideshow as well.
• "David's PDX Post: Lovecraft Film Fest Night 1:" This blogger meditates on the "Hellboy" production that showed yesterday at the HPL Film Festival, complete with its creator, Mike Mignola.
• "Victorian Vices: Geeking Out:" An informal view from a personal blog of the atmosphere in Portland and the author's sense of the films showed.
• "Rollick: Portland and Lovecraft Fest, Day One:" More in-depth descriptions of feature films and shorts shown on the Film Festival's first day.
  

Look for more reports to surface later today, and explode on Sunday and Monday as the event winds to a close. "Grim Reviews" will be cataloging the best here for easy navigation.

-Grim Blogger