Happy Belated Halloween

Hello!

We figured that since we haven't posted in a while we just might throw something together for you to look at. I can tell you that Richard Svensson has started on the sculpt for one of the Hyperspace creatures, and so far it looks amazing. But you'll have to wait and see...

What is this, exactly? A while ago I put together a DeviantART journal of all Witch House-inspired artwork. I think its a fine selection. It took me a while...everytime I found something cool, I found another thing, and I eventually had to stop myself. Yes, there are KingOvRats, Jason McKittrick, and Lone Animator pieces in there, but still.

I also wish you a happy belated Halloween. In celebration, watch this Vinyl Geek Halloween special with Dreams in the Witch House - a Lovecraftian Rock Opera in the foreground. Alaine Kashian (the Witch), Douglas Blair Lucek (himself), and Mike Dalager (Brown Jenkin) appear in it. Its an interactive video where you navigate the Vinyl Geek through the Witch House, so you'll wanna try to watch it on YouTube, but I'll post it here anyhow.

Now, the list of concept artists in-waiting are:

• Jason B. Thompson
• Devon Devereaux
• ...and maybe Kory Merrit. He does the fabulous webcomic Lost Side of Suburbia which features some pretty Lovecraftian beasties (though he has only a passing knowledge of H.P.) but he is currently too busy to help us. He might do so in the future, though.

I am also pleased to announce that Gregg Stockdale will be drawing the scene where Gilman sees Keziah on the witch-cult island (y'know, the one on the Miskatonic River with the standing stones) in the fog.

Some of the actors will come for Christmas and we'll do some shooting. Goodbye for now!

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre - "The Dreams in the Witch House" Teaser

The trailer for the AMAZING new Dark Adventure Radio Theatre from the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society...The Dreams in the Witch House! I pre-ordered mine. It looks GREAT!

See below for credits - but go here for the full package,.

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre - The Dreams in the Witch House performed live at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon this year at Portland.

CAST

Sean Branney...Frank Elwood

Dan Conroy...Erskine Blackwell, Dombrowski, Polish Neighbor Man, Cook, Dean Bell

Mike Dalager...Brown Jenkin

Chad Fifer...Robertson

Alaine Kashian...Keziah Mason, Mrs. Krupski, Polish Neighbor Woman, Waitress

Andrew Leman...Walter Gilman

Jacob Lyle...Angry Neighbor

Barry Lynch...Mazurewicz, Prof. Armitage

David Pavao...Prof. Upham, Desrochers

Josh Thoemke...Announcer

Time Winters...Fr. Ivanicki, Prof. Ward

David H. Brown, Leigh Carr, Kimmy Hale, Tamara Hembree, Ruth Horne, Tristan Jusola-Sanders, Tobias Nilsson...Neighbors, Diner Patrons, Students, Cultists

Based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft

Radio adaptation by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman

Original music by Troy Sterling Nies

Theme from "The Sleepwalker" by Mike Dalager and Anders Ringman,

from Dreams in the Witch House: A Lovecraftian Rock Opera

"Bub-L-Pep Jingle" written by Andrew Leman

arranged and performed by Harald Lindell and Kathleen Demarest

Additional music cues by Reber Clark

Audio engineering by Chris Horvath

Cover and disc illustrations by Darrell Tutchton

Bonus props by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney

Scenic Miniature by Fred Manchento, Jason Voss, and Andrew Leman

Stone Circle Sketch by Martin Schlierkamp

Produced by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman

Behind-the-Scenes of the "No Turning Back" Music Video

The modified HPLHS Motion Pictures logo, made for the music video. Loving that disco ball!

Alright! I just read a fascinating interview on From Beyond which offered some enlightening info on the "No Turning Back" music video in the form of an interview with Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.

Andrew Leman in black-and-white. What a MythoScope photo.

A lot of people in the comments (not on the Witch House Rocks channel - the HPLHS channel) were complaining about the inaccurate part of the video where Keziah actually DOES the sacrifice. I find that annoying. But Andrew Leman says...

We used some actual clips from "Häxan" itself, and we also recreated one of the scenes from that classic film so that we could include our Witch and the Black Man. The scenes that play over the intertitle cards, where the witches are flying past the camera and the demons are waving to them, are actually scenes from "Häxan" itself. Because that film is Scandinavian and from the early 1920s, it seemed an absolutely perfect fit for the video. There’s a scene in that movie where a witch sacrifices an infant, and since there’s a similar scene in the story, we thought it would be great to recreate that scene but use the characters from Lovecraft’s tale, played by the actors in our cast.

One of the intertitles from the video, featuring a clip from the silent film Häxan.

There!

We also got some pictures of the distorted Witch House model being built. Turns out it was started back in June, 2013. That's hard work!

It started out like that.

Actual wooden shingles!

The Witch House stands atop a hill. Silhouetted Arkham is in the background, while plastic clouds appear to rain - though it is just a piece of cloth.

When it's put all together, we get a perfect place for Keziah Mason to haunt Walter Gilman!

It turns out Gilman's room was, rather unsurprisingly, inspired by the fantastic Expressionist silent film, The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. The fabulously distorted and tilting angles show it!

Whoever did that set is a bloody genius!

Finally, Mr. Leman was asked about the words "THIS IS NOT THE END" on the closing title card.

They're right at the top, in case you didn't notice.

Mr. Leman cryptically replied...

What I can tell you is that we know that this video will not be the final chapter in the life of Dreams in the Witch House - A Lovecraftian Rock Opera. It may go on to concert performances, a fully-realized stage show, more videos, or any number of other things. Mike and his team are highly talented, and Mike is an ambitious and visionary producer.

Inspiring words.

All credit goes to the amazing From Beyond. Check out the interview for more info (click here for it in English), and check out their site for much more!

The music video is fantastic. Everybody looks like they're having fun.

You've got to give a hand to Alaine Kashian.

Another thing I wanted to tell you about is the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's new Dark Adventure Radio Theatre! Can you guess what it is? That's right - it's...

Art by Darrell Tutchton. Now he can draw Brown Jenkin!

So, let us close off on this note with the amazing "No Turning Back" music video, which we now know a little more about.

Ohhhhhh yeah.