Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness
Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness is a 2018 Canadian animated film written, directed and produced by Sean Patrick O'Reilly. It is the sequel to 2016 and 2017 films Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom and Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom, while the trilogy is based on the work of American horror author H. P. Lovecraft.
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| Directed by | Sean Patrick O'Reilly |
| Written by | Sean Patrick O'Reilly |
| Produced by | Sean Patrick O'Reilly Michelle O'Reilly |
| Starring | Christopher Plummer Mark Hamill Scott McNeil Jeffrey Combs Finn Wolfhard Doug Bradley |
| Edited by | Chris Trinh |
| Music by | George Streicher |
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| Distributed by | Shout! Factory |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Plot
editAfter the events that occurred in the Frozen Kingdom and the Undersea Kingdom, young Howard finds himself at home. The walls of reality are thinning making the world vulnerable to dangers from beyond. Howard follows his father, Uncle Randolph and Dr. Henry Armitage as they journey to Antarctica, to prevent the awakening of the destroyer of worlds, Cthulhu.
Development
editShout! Factory announced their title releases at SDCC '18, which included Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness.[1] The Howard Lovecraft series is based on the graphic novel written by Bruce Brown.[2] In an interview with WIRED, the author stated his inspiration came from the writings of American horror author H. P. Lovecraft as well as many of the character and setting names.[3] This is the third and last installment of the trilogy. The final film in the series brings out Cthulhu, as foreshadowed in the previous installments.[4]
Voice cast
edit- Christopher Plummer - Dr. Jeffrey West
- Mark Hamill - Dr. Henry Armitage
- Kiefer O'Reilly - Howard Lovecraft
- Finn Wolfhard - Herbert West
- Nick Wolfhard - William Dyer
- Vijay Vaibhav Saini - Professor Jaswant Atwood
- Jeffrey Combs - Randolph Lovecraft
- Doug Bradley - Nyarlathotep
- Scott McNeil - Hamish Rice
- Sean Patrick O'Reilly - Spot/Cthulhu
- Ashleigh Ball - Ellen Ellery
- Tyler Nicol - Winfield Lovecraft
- Allison Wandzura - Mary Lovecraft
- Harmony O'Reilly - Innes
- Michelle O'Reilly - Sarah Lovecraft
- Phoenix O'Reilly - Twi'i
- Summer O'Reilly - Gotha
Release
editThe film was released on December 4, 2018.
Home media
editHoward Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 4, 2018[5] by Shout! Factory which is part of their three feature distribution deal with Arcana Studio.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Shout! Factory Prepping New 'Legally Blonde,' 'Used Cars,' 'When Harry Met Sally' Blu-rays; Scream Factory Doing 'Critters' – Media Play News". www.mediaplaynews.com. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ Bruce., Brown (2013). Howard Lovecraft and the kingdom of madness. Boatwright, Thomas. Rockford, Ill.: Arcana Studio. ISBN 9781771352000. OCLC 879662813.
- ^ "Interview with Bruce Brown, Author of the Howard Lovecraft Graphic Novel Series". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ "Review: Evil is where you least expect it in this week's releases (Includes first-hand account)". www.digitaljournal.com. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Howard Lovecraft And The Kingdom Of Madness - Shout! Factory". www.shoutfactory.com. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
- ^ "Arcana, Shout! Factory extend deal for HP Lovecraft trilogy". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ^ Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Blu-ray, retrieved 2019-03-29
- ^ McLevy, Alex (28 January 2019). "Maybe don't turn real-life racist H.P. Lovecraft into the cuddly star of an animated kids' movie?". Film. Retrieved 2019-03-29.