“Michael saw CANDYMAN when he was 17, and the film left a huge impression on him and remains one of his favorites to this day. “Working with Tony was a real treat,” they continue. We also incorporated elements from Lovecraft’s other work, including some deep Easter eggs for fellow Lovecraft and Dream-Cycle fans, and have kept all details under strict secrecy, because we want audiences to experience them for the first time when they see the film. We are huge Lovecraft fans, and have adapted CELEPHAÏS as accurately as possible. There simply isn’t enough in the source material to fill a feature CELEPHAÏS is simple, and we wanted to keep it that way. We felt it was important to honor the story and make it as long as it needed to be, so we decided not to embellish it to feature length. In a statement to RM, Neel and Lemieux tell us, “The story is seven pages, and the film is 34 minutes. CELEPHAÏS belongs to Lovecraft’s lesser-known Dream-Cycle stories, which take place in the Dreamlands: a magical place of dark fantasy that is more whimsical and free-flowing than Lovecraft’s other world, but still has the horror and mythology that he’s known for.” According to the official synopsis, the movie “is about a boy who has the most wonderful dream when he is 7, and then spends 66 miserable years desperately trying to find it again, to escape his mundane and depressing life. Directed by Michael Neel (DRIVE-IN HORRORSHOW) and produced by Joe Lemieux from a script by the two of them, it stars Chuck Schwager, Silvia Graziano, Jasper Neel, Jude Kalaora, Kris Salvi, Cieara O’Brien and Tony Todd (pictured below with, left to right, sound engineer Uri Gelman, Neel and Lemieux). A lesser-known work by the eldritch author has now been brought to the screen.ĭream Apex Pictures gave RUE MORGUE the scoop that fright veteran Tony Todd is part of the cast of CELEPHAÏS, based on H.P.
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