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Lovecraft In Florida: DeLand and the Barlow House

Master of horror H.P. Lovecraft was poor during his life but he managed to travel as often as he could. One of his preferred destinations was Florida where he spent weeks at the DeLand home of his friend Robert H. Barlow during the summers of 1934 and 1935.
In 2025, filmmaker Mike T. Lyddon headed east across Florida to give us a very rare look at the fabled Barlow property, its history, and meaning to H.P. Lovecraft.

  • Mike Lyddon
    Director
  • Mike Lyddon
    Writer
  • Mike Lyddon
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    historical, horror, drama, literature
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 15, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    300 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Mike Lyddon

Mike T. Lyddon is a writer, producer, director and special makeup effects artist known for the films Cut Up (1994), Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras (1999), Horror Anthology Movie Vol. 1 (2013) and Vol. 2 (2014) and First Man on Mars (2016). Short films include The Cordyceps Principle (2013), Thing in the Shed (2013), Footage Found Arabi (2013) and By the Hair of the Head (2014). He also filmed over 100 live indigenous and traditional music videos in South America for HowlingEarth.Com. His last feature film is a horror anthology called Witch Tales aka Cuentos de la Bruja (2020). Lyddon's recent documentary about 1950s pre-code comic books called "Haunted Thrills" (2022) appeared in 21 film festivals worldwide and garnered numerous awards for best short doc.

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Director Statement

I believe that "Lovecraft In Florida" is the first documentary to show the famed Barlow house and property in DeLand, Florida as it is today. Lovecraft made two trips there a few years before his death and Robert Barlow became a pivotal figure in the preservation of Lovecraft's letters and manuscripts after he died.