Where: Geoffrey Manton Building Lecture Theatre 2, M15 6LL

Tickets: £15 - Details on Grimmfest website

Whilst Lovecraft inspired generations of literary greats with his texts he also inspired some of the greatest horror films of the 80s.

Join us as we celebrate two of the best cinematic adaptations of his works, as summoned by self-professed Lovecraft fan boys: Director Stuart Gordon and Producer Brian Yuzna.

The event will include a Q&A session with Brian Yuzna.

REANIMATOR (1985)

In this H.P. Lovecraft tale, Herbert West is a Swiss scientist who has discovered a fluid which brings dead tissue back to life. After the suspicious death of his professor in Switzerland, West moves to Miskatonic University to continue his research. He involves fellow student Dan Cain and his fiancée Megan Halsey in his research by experimenting on their dead cat. Dan, fascinated by West’s research, agrees to smuggle him into the hospital morgue with predictable results.

FROM BEYOND (1986)

Dr Pretorius and his colleagues are working on a sensational experiment: by means of stimulation of the pineal gland, they want to open the human mind to higher dimensions. When the experiment succeeds, however, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms, which apparently are floating around us all the time. When Dr. Pretorius is killed by one of them, Dr Tillinghast is under suspect and thrown into the mental ward due to his stories. Only the ambitious psychologist Dr McMichaels believes him and wants to continue the experimen