Mike Lyddon’s new documentary “Lovecraft In Florida: DeLand and the Barlow House” won Best Short Documentary at A Night of Horror Film Festival.
LOVECRAFT IN FLORIDA
Lovecraft in Florida takes us on a trip to the remains of the famed Barlow residence where H.P. Lovecraft spent several months over the last years of his life visiting his friend and fellow weird fiction enthusiast, Robert H. Barlow. Barlow would become a key figure after Lovecraft’s death as a preservationist and archivist for some of Lovecraft’s most important stories. These original manuscripts in Barlow’s possession were eventually passed on to August Derleth at Arkham House Publishing and the rest is glorious horror history.
BLU-RAY COMING AUTUMN 2026
Lyddon plans on releasing a blu-ray of the Lovecraft in Florida documentaries along with a short doc on The Creature from the Black Lagoon filming locations in Florida and his 2022 doc HAUNTED THRILLS. Haunted Thrills had tremendous success on the film festival circuit being an official selection in 19 film festivals worldwide and winning six awards for best documentary. The film explores the pre-code science fiction and horror comic book era of the late 1940’s to mid 1950’s. It features commentary by three living pre-code comic book artists – Joe Sinnott, Everett Raymond Kinstler, and Victor Carrabotta, all of whom have sadly passed away.
The Blu-Ray will be a special signed and numbered limited edition release so please bookmark this website as we near the release date, probably in October of 2026.
For additional info, please visit the Horror Anthology Movies website.