TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - s4story -- Mike T. Lyddon's film LOVECRAFT IN FLORIDA has won the award for BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY at A Night of HORROR International Film Festival 2026.
The prestigious film festival is rated in the top 100 best reviewed film festivals on Film Freeway and listed in the "90 Best Genre Film Festivals on Earth 2025" on Dread Central.
In a statement, director Lyddon said, "I am thrilled to announce that my film LOVECRAFT in FLORIDA  WON for BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY at A Night of Horror International Film Festival 2026! Many thanks to Dean Bertram and crew for giving Lovecraft in Florida its first win of the festival season!"
Lovecraft in Florida: DeLand and the Barlow House is currently in its 2026 film festival run.  The world premiere screening of the film took place at PENSACON in Pensacola, Florida the weekend of February 20th.  A NIGHT OF HORROR FILM FESTIVAL ran for four days from March 5th through the 8th culminating in an award for best short documentary for Mike Lyddon's film. Lovecraft in Florida will be screening at other horror film festivals and conventions over the summer and fall of 2026.

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http://www.horroranthologymovies.com/lovecraft/lovecraft-in-florida-documentary-wins-at-a-night-of-horror-film-festival/
Lyddon's doc is a journey across northern Florida to find the fabled Barlow House in DeLand. Lovecraft spent several months of his life over the course of two trips to DeLand to visit his friend and fellow weird fiction enthusiast, Robert H. Barlow.  Barlow would become pivotal in Lovecraft's life as an archivist.  He maintained a variety of manuscripts and related materials that would be published after the famed cosmic horror author's death.

For more information on Mike Lyddon and his films, please visit -
https://www.youtube.com/@horrormike