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H.P. LOVECRAFT WALKING TOUR
Popular Annual Tour Returns to Explore Lovecraft’s Favorite Providence Haunts

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – For the past nine years, Providence native and cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft has been the subject of a popular annual walking tour and film series conducted by the RI Historical Society presented as part of the Flickers’ Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy Horror Film Festival (Vortex). This year’s Festival runs October 17-23, 2016 and the Lovecraft Tour returns for two very special days.

The life and work of Providence’s best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, will provide the backdrop for the tour, which will be led by the Rhode Island Historical Society. Lovecraft’s “Providence stories” (written between 1924 and 1935) are the inspiration behind the walk. Lovecraft wrote eloquently, and in great detail, about such landmarks as Prospect Terrace, the First Baptist Church, and Benefit Street houses. Participants will see the site of his former home, as well as locales mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Haunter of the Dark, The Shunned House, and The Call of Cthulhu.

H.P. Lovecraft

The tour will be offered on Saturday, October 22nd and Sunday, October 23rd, at 12:00 Noon. Following the 90-minute tour, participants will be treated to a ticket to see premiere films inspired by Lovecraft.

Screenings on both days will take place at 2:00 p.m. at the Providence Public Library Theater, 150 Empire Street, Providence.

“Lovecraft’s horror writing continues to resonate with audiences today and provides inspiration for some of the most chilling and terrifying stories in the genre,” commented Shawn Quirk, the Horror Festival Program Director. “His work has become part of our popular culture and a major source of academic study.”

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