Color Out of Space

Color Out of Space

Credits
Title:	Color Out of Space
Directed by:	Richard Stanley
Written by:	Richard Stanley; Scarlett Amaris
Produced by:	Timur Bekbosunov; Simao Cayatte; Brett W. Bachman; Annie Chang; Johnny Chang; Calvin Choong; David Gregory; Stacy Jorgensen; Emma Lee; Elisa Lleras; Michael M. McGuire; Daniel Noah; Mario Patrocinio; Josh C. Waller; Lisa Whalen; Peter Wong; Elijah Wood
Music by:	Colin Stetson
Cinematography:	Steve Annis
Edited by:	Brett W. Bachman
Production
Distributors:	XYZ Films RLJE Films ACE Pictures Entertainment SpectreVision BRO Cinema
Released:	September 7th, 2019 (CAN) September 20th, 2019 (USA)
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	111 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$6,000,000 ^[1]
Gross:	$1,023,510 ^[1]
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Color Out of Space is an American independent horror film of the science fiction and body horror genres. It is based on the 1927 short story The Colour Out of Space by author Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The film was written and directed by Richard Stanley and co-written by Scarlett Amaris. It was produced by XYZ Films, ACE Pictures Entertainment, and SpectreVision in association with BRO Cinema. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7th, 2019. It was first screened in the United States at Fantastic Fest on September 20th, 2019.

Cast[]

Human Cast[]

Actor

Role

Nathan Gardner

Theresa Gardner

Lavinia Gardner

Ward Phillips

Ezra

Benny Gardner

Jack Gardner

Sheriff Pierce

Mayor Tooma

Reporter

Secretary

Hunter Jake

Animal Cast[]

Actor

Role

Xibanga

Comet the Horse

Ulisses

Comet the Horse

Laia

Sam the Dog

Mina

Sam the Dog

Afro

Sam the Dog

Lucifer

G-Spot the Cat

Bruno

Alpaca

Oscar

Alpaca

Rowan

Alpaca

Tor

Alpaca

Notes & Trivia[]

No Alpacas were fused into a single horrific entity then shot to death during the making of this film.
There are a total of twenty-two credited cast members in this film. Of those twenty-two, 12 of the cast members are human, with ten animal cast members that are given end-title credits. Of the humans, 7 of them are male cast members, and 5 of them are female.
Production on Color Out of Space began on January 27th, 2019. Principal filming concluded on March 8th, 2019. The movie was shot in parts of Sintra and Lisbon, Portugal. ^[2]
Associate producer and film editor Brett W. Bachman also makes an uncredited appearance in the film as a reporter.
A documentary feature, "Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space", was produced with second unit director Jonas Govaerts interviewing writer and director Richard Stanley as well as the principal cast of the film. The documentary has a running time of twenty minutes and was released on February 25th, 2020.
A German adaptation of The Colour Out of Space was released in October, 2010 and was written and directed by Huan Vu.
An Argentinian adaptation of The Colour Out of Space, filmed in documentary style was produced in 2014 under the international title El Color que cayo del Cielo, and was written & directed by Sergio Wolf.
Color Out of Space grossed $765,561 during its initial theatrical/festival release run and $257,949 internationally for a combined cumulative worldwide gross of $1,023,510. ^[1]
The setting of this film is the city of Arkham in Massachusetts in the modern era. The majority of the scenes actually take place in the surrounding environs, west of Arkham, though the Gardner farm as well as Ezra's shack are within the boundaries of the municipality.
Ward Phillips' name may be derived from two possible sources. Charles Dexter Ward is the eponymous character featured in H.P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, written in 1927 and published in 1941. Phillips is H.P. Lovecraft's middle name.
Ward Phillips can be seen wearing a Miskatonic University sweater in two different scenes in this film. This fictional college first appeared in the short story, "Herbert West - Reanimator" in 1922. The location has also been featured in other Lovecraft works as well as the 1985 film adaptation, Re-Animator by director Stuart Gordon.
The weather report that Lavinia Gardner listens to mentions several nearby cities including Dunwich, Innsmouth, and Kingsport; all of which are fictional locations featured in stories written by H.P. Lovecraft.
Lavinia Gardner finds a store-bought paperback copy of the Necronomicon, which is a fictional grimoire that has appeared in several Lovecraft horror stories, beginning with the 1924 story "The Hound". The Necronomicon also plays a major role in the Evil Dead film series.
Dunwich is a fictional Massachussetts town, though it shares a name with an actual English city. It is located in north central Massachusetts, and is the setting of the 1929 short story The Dunwich Horror. The story was adapted into a feature film in 1970 by director Daniel Haller, a television movie in 2008, directed by Leigh Scott, and a British film in 2010, which was written and directed by Colin Edwards.
Innsmouth first appeared in the 1922 fantasy story Celephaïs, though it is more popularily known as the primary setting of the 1936 story The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Kingsport is another fictional Massachusetts town possibly located near, or bordering notable Lovecraft locales such as Dunwich, Innsmouth, and Arkham. It first appeared in The Terrible Old Man, published in Tryout in July, 1921.
Benny makes reference to having a female friend who lives in Aylesbury. Aylesbury is referenced in the Lovecraft poem Fungi from Yuggoth.
Elijah Wood and SpectreVision also produced the 2014 horror/comedy Cooties.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Color Out of Space (2019); All Releases: Domestic, International, Worldwide.
↑ IMDB; Color Out of Space (2019); Filming & Production.

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This article relates to the works of H. P. Lovecraft.

[BOM-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Color Out of Space (2019); All Releases: Domestic, International, Worldwide.

[2] IMDB; Color Out of Space (2019); Filming & Production.

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