''Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness'' is a 2018 Canadian

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film written, directed and produced by Sean Patrick O'Reilly and sequel to 2016 and 2017 films '' Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom'' and ''

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''. The film was

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's final voice acting role before his death in February 2021.

Plot

After the events that occurred in the Frozen Kingdom and the Undersea Kingdom, young Howard finds himself at home. The walls of reality are thinning making the world vulnerable to dangers from beyond. Howard follows his father, Uncle Randolph and Dr. Henry Armitage as they journey to Antarctica, to prevent awaking of the destroyer of worlds, Cthulhu.

Development

Shout! Factory announced their title releases at SDCC '18, which included ''Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness.'' The Howard Lovecraft series is based on the

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written by Bruce Brown. In an interview with WIRED, the author stated his inspiration came from the writings of American horror author H. P. Lovecraft as well as many of the character and setting names. This is the third and last installment of the trilogy. The final film in the series brings out a creature that "has long been foreshadowed" in the previous installments.

Cast

- Dr. Jeffrey West (Final voice role) * Mark Hamill - Dr. Henry Armitage * Kiefer O'Reilly - Howard Lovecraft *

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- Herbert West * Nick Wolfhard - William Dyer * Vijay Vaibhav Saini - Professor Jaswant Atwood *

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- Randolph Lovecraft *

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- Nyarlathotep *

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- Hamish Rice * Sean Patrick O'Reilly - Spot/Cthulhu *

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- Ellen Ellery * Tyler Nicol - Winfield Lovecraft * Allison Wandzura - Mary Lovecraft * Harmony O'Reilly - Innes * Michelle O'Reilly - Sarah Lovecraft * Phoenix O'Reilly - Twi'i * Summer O'Reilly - Gotha

Release

The film was released on December 4, 2018.

Home media

Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness was released on

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and

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on December 4, 2018 by Shout! Factory which is part of their three feature distribution deal with Arcana Studio.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 9055114 2018 computer-animated films Animated films based on comics Arcana Studio titles Canadian animated feature films Canadian sequel films Cthulhu Mythos films Films based on Canadian comics Films directed by Sean Patrick O'Reilly 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films