H.P. LOVECRAFT WALKING TOUR RETURNS

Popular Annual Tour Returns to Explore Lovecraft???s Favorite Providence Haunts

EVENT DETAILS:

• H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour TImes Three: Saturday, OCtober 20^th, Sunday, October 21^st and Saturday, October 27^th ALL at 12:00 NOON

The life and work of Providence’s best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, provide the backdrop for this walking tour. The tour lasts 90 minutes.

 

The tour departs from the John Brown House at 52 Power Street, Providence.

 

Cost: Tickets are $19 per person, includes a ticket to the Horror Festival and can be purchased online. The Walking Tour can be purchased in advance by calling the RIIFF offices at 401.861.4445 or ordered directly online at

http://www.film-festival.org/HPLovecraft18.php

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ??? For the past 11 years, Providence native and cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft has been the subject of a popular annual walking tour and film series conducted by the RI Historical Society presented as part of the Flickers??? Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy Horror Film Festival (Vortex). This year???s Festival runs October 20-27, 2018 and the Lovecraft Tour returns for three very special days. ??

 

The life and work of Providence’s best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, will provide the backdrop for the tour, which will be led by the Rhode Island Historical Society. Lovecraft’s “Providence stories” (written between 1924 and 1935) are the inspiration behind the walk. Lovecraft wrote eloquently, and in great detail, about such landmarks as Prospect Terrace, the First Baptist Church, and Benefit Street houses.?? Participants will see the site of his former home, as well as locales mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Haunter of the Dark, The Shunned House, and The Call of Cthulhu.

HOWARD PHILLIPS LOVECRAFT

The tours will be offered over three afternoons this year, on Saturday, October 20^th, Sunday, October 21^st and Saturday, October 27^th. All tours will begin at Noon. Following the tour, which lasts for approximately 90 minutes, participants will be treated to a ticket to see premiere films inspired by Lovecraft. The screenings will be held in collaboration with the Brown University Film Forum (BUFF) and screened at the newly renovated Friedman Hall (formerly Wilson Hall) on the University Campus

https://blogs.brown.edu/buff/about-us/

 

• On Saturday, October 20^th, the H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour concludes with a screening of a short film collection inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. The screening will take place at Friedman Hall, Room 102, Brown University, Providence, RI at 2:00 p.m.
• On Sunday, October 21^st, following the conclusion of the walking tour, the screening will take place at Friedman Hall, Room 102, Brown University, Providence, RI.
• On Saturday, October 27^th, the H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour concludes with a screening at Friedman Hall, Room 102, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Tickets for the walking tour are $19 per person, can be purchased online at

http://www.film-festival.org/HPLovecraft17.php??

and includes a ticket to the film screenings. The Walking Tour can also be purchased in advance by calling the RIIFF offices at 401.861.4445.

 

???This walking tour is a wonderful opportunity for fans of H.P. Lovecraft to connect with the man behind the writer, and for others to discover his genius,??? said George T. Marshall, RIIFF Executive Director.

 

?????Lovecraft???s horror writing continues to resonate with audiences today and provides inspiration for some of the most chilling and terrifying stories in the genre,??? commented Shawn Quirk, the Horror Festival Program Director. ???His work has become part of our popular culture and a major source of academic study.???

 

This year???s Festival is sponsored in part by the Rhode Island Film & Television Office.