Here’s an in-depth interview with Mars… Lovecraft’s composer, master of indie horror soundtracks and all around cool kat.  He also contributed music to Wyrd’s upcoming doc The Spat Pack… but FOTU’s score is really where you can hear his heart.

MARS… The Bearded Weirdo Interview

In which writer/director Frank H. Woodward, producers Jim Myers and William Janczewski, narrator Robin Atkin Downes & artists Adam Byrne and John Cherevka sign DVDs at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA.

With Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown finally released as of today, the documentary received a nice send off from Sir Harold Knowles of Ain’t It Cool News.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42863

“A very well made Documentary… for those lovers of Lovecraft this is something to educate your friends with.”

Let is know what you think once you’ve seen the film. We’ll be launching on official comments page soon.

As many of you know LOVECRAFT: FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN will be released on DVD this October 13th. Even though the documentary is complete and we have a release date. there is one remaining challenge… spreading the word.

There are three things you can do to help:

1) There is a wonderful site called Boing-Boing and it reaches 5 million people each month. Their contributors are already staunch fans of all things Lovecraft as evidenced by THIS and THIS

Boing Boing posts articles at reader’s suggestions. There’s a little on line form where you can suggest links to the Boing Boing editorial staff.  Something along the lines of “Hey, I’ve heard about this Lovecraft documentary. Here’s a link to the trailer!” should do the trick.

Here are some of the links you can suggest to Boing Boing:

Lovecraft’s official site

FOTU’s trailer

Clips from the doc:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ukR64lVcC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNsvKnWoXe0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMdl5n_utjc

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A review by Cinema Suicide’s Bryan White…

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown isn’t a particularly remarkable documentary, as there are many on the topic, but it stands out because of a killer line-up of authors, biographers and filmmakers that not only know what they’re talking about, but can speak on the topic of Lovecraft at length and in an engaging manner while providing insight into Lovecraft’s own influence on them. It adds context that most other Lovecraftian documentaries lack…. Fear of the Unknown is also a great introduction to those who may be unfamiliar with H.P. Lovecraft. It’s definitely one of the better docs out there, a solid biography of one of horror’s finest most important minds.”