We just returned from the HP Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon in Portland, Oregon, where Aaron and I ran Dreamland demos and we watched a lot of cool films. Also, we participated in a “Filming the Dreamlands” panel discussion! Check it out now as we discuss Dreamlands (and Dreamlands-adjacent) films for 50 minutes!
Featuring the following panelists:
- Jason Bradley Thompson (moderator; creator of “Dreamland: Fairytale Portal Fantasy Beyond the Wall of Sleep”)
- Aaron Vanek (writer for “Dreamland: Fairytale Portal Fantasy Beyond the Wall of Sleep”)
- Cody Goodfellow (editor of the Dreamlands fiction anthology “New Maps of Dream”)
- Edward Martin III (director of “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” from Guerrilla Productions)
FILMS DISCUSSED:
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (2003) – the only Dreamlands feature film, directed by Edward Martin III
DREAM SCIENCE FICTION & SF/FANTASY
Inception (2010), The Cell (2000), Dreamscape (1984), The Lathe of Heaven (1980/2022), Strawberry Mansion (2021), The Last Wave (1977)
DREAM HORROR
Nightmare on Elm Street series (1984-), Come True (2020), Dream Scenario (2023)
DREAMY FANTASY
The Neverending Story (1984), Labyrinth (1986), The Holy Mountain (1973), Spirited Away (2001)/The Boy and the Heron (2023), The Fall (2006), Return to Oz (1985), Time Bandits (1981), Alice in Wonderland (many versions), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Dreams (1990, Kurosawa), The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953, Dr. Seuss), Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
SURREAL HORROR
Mad God (2021), John Dies at the End (2012)
BONUS POINTS: Jacobs Ladder, Twin Peaks, What Dreams May Come, Pan’s Labyrinth, Stranger Things, assorted Twilight Zone episodes (An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Perchance to Dream, Where is Everybody?, Midnight Sun, Shadow Play, Twenty-Two)
ALSO MENTIONED: Huan Vu’s “The Dreamlands”; Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe movie