On February 27th, Erie Isle, the leading Second Life® roleplay community, will host a unique screening event for the award winning documentary, Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown. Plans for this special evening include a screening of the movie, a live Q&A session with the filmmakers, a Lovecraft themed costume contest, and more. The public is invited as the filmmakers, Wyrd Studios creative partners Frank H. Woodward, James B. Myers, and William Janczewski join the Erie Isle characters and their guests in-world for the evening.
Lovecraft Screening Schedule for February 27th:
3:30PM – Pre-screening cocktail reception hosted by the Muircastle Trust
4:00PM – Screening of Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
5:30PM – Q&A session with filmmakers Frank H. Woodward, James B. Myers, and William Janczewski.
Immediately following Q&A- Street party and Lovecraft costume contest co-hosted by Erie’s Twilight & Dreadshift. Prizes provided by Vanilla C Designs, Wyrd Studios, Cinevolve Studios and Erie Isle.
*all times reflect Second Life time (PST)
The event is free for everyone to attend. Those wishing to attend that are not currently Second Life users may sign up and go to the in-world location directly by using the “Sign Up” button on http://www.erie-isle.com
While screenings in Second Life aren’t unheard of, the Lovecraft screening will go beyond the normal leveraging of the SL platform. Wyrd Studios is actively engaging a popular existing community that is not only excited to have them, but has the resources and experience to make their screening resonate in SL as a whole.
The Erie Isle backstory begins with the isle as a vacation playground during Lovecraft’s era but its charm faded as it succumbed to dark supernatural forces. Roleplay is set in current day as the town’s population struggle with forces and fears that are not always known. Erie Isle has been an innovator in SL roleplay by offering events that can be enjoyed both by out-of-character guest, and by the community of in-character players that reside there. Mixed reality events spin-off roleplays that then become part of Erie Isle’s ongoing storyline.
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown is a chronicle of the life, work and mind of author H.P. Lovecraft, the man who created the Cthulhu mythos. Director Frank H. Woodward tells Lovecraft’s story, helped by appearances from modern horror and weird tales luminaries such as John Carpenter, Neil Gaiman , Guillermo del Toro, S.T. Joshi, Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Andrew Migliore, Robert M. Price, Peter Straub, and Stuart Gordon. This film won Best Documentary at the 2008 Comic Con International and represents extensive research into this controversial and often misunderstood pioneer of horror fiction.
