The first block of short films contains shorts from the US, UK, Kenya, and Uruguay, followed by a Q&amp;A with participating filmmakers! NOTE: Q&amp;As can not be streamed in the Eventive app. To watch, please log in on a web browser. If you have questions for filmmakers, post them in the HPLFF Discord server: <a href="https://discord.gg/32EMFkydR">https://discord.gg/32EMFkydR</a>

A traveler is snatched away on a monstrous voyage. Based on the poem by H. P. Lovecraft.

Night-Gaunts

After his deranged father’s belongings land on his doorstep, Cosmic Archeologist Henry Lucas must follow the clues to uncover the truth ofnthe ancient cult that destroyed his life.

Blackwater

Two Kenyan college students travel to an old hunting lodge in search of work, when they are plunged into a colonial past.

English

Grogan's Lodge

Guillermo travels to the countryside to take care of Héctor, his sick father for three nights. Upon his arrival, Guillermo finds that Héctor's condition changes at night, in which, in turn, something coming from the sky seems to approach.

Unknown

In this sci-fi retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," a pair of astronauts work on a small space station orbiting a distant planet. As the mysterious narrator attempts to convince himself of his sanity while describing his brutal act of murder, he becomes haunted by a thunderous heartbeat that could only come from the far reaches of space.

Hideous Heart

The sole survivor of a mountain climb struggles to come to terms with a supernatural incident.

Terror

A disaffected, young gas-station clerk on the midnight shift must learn to give a damn about something after malevolent mind-controlling bugs are set loose by irresponsible oil drillers.

Dead Enders

Q&amp;As must be watched in a web browser (they will not stream in the app)If you have questions for filmmakers, post them in the HPLFF Discord server: <a href="https://discord.gg/32EMFkydR" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/32EMFkydR</a>

Short Films 1 - Q&A with Filmmakers

Q&As must be watched in a web browser (they will not stream in the app)

Short Films block 1

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Over 60 films inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft, his literary forebears and contemporaries like Edgar Allan Poe, and original works of Cosmic Horror and the Weird Tale (with a few funny ones for good measure) from 12 countries.

More than just films, here are a selection of panels, author readings, and presentations that are free to unlock with a pass.