Miskatonic
University has a West Coast campus, and it is the center of an attempt to
awaken the primordial god Dagon from the vast unknown depths of the Pacific
Ocean in “Miskatonic West,” a new webseries set in H.P. Lovecraft’s literary
universe. Professor Sousaku Kaos, head of the Biology department, and his
intrepid students pull back the curtain on a world of monsters, magic, and
mystery as they race against time to stop the Esotoric Cult of Dagon from their
eldritch undertaking. Will Kaos and his students prevail, or will the Esoteric
Cult of Dagon succeed in unleashing unnameable horrors into the world?
Miskatonic
West is the creative spawn of Harry Kakatsakis and Noah James Butler, who are
currently crowd funding to help make the inaugural episode. The creators hope
that their efforts will in turn launch a complete first season.
Kakatsakis
says, “The series is a grounded and suspenseful take on the world of H.P.
Lovecraft as seen through a 21st century, West Coast lens.” Butler concurs, “We
hope to bring the same verisimilitude and pervading sense of doom that
Lovecraft brought to the page. And of course, there will be plenty of close
encounters with the monstrous and supernatural.”
Harry
Kakatsakis is the director of the award winning short, “Admissions,” starring
James Cromwell. Noah James Butler is an actor who may be seen in “Primrose
Lane,” “A.N.T. Farm,” and “How I Met Your Mother.” Miskatonic West stars Ken
Narasaki, veteran of film and television, as Sousaku Kaos. The series is
written by Harry Kakatsakis and Andrew Moore, playwright and co-creator of the
web series, Levon and Otis Picture Show Review.
“The
Southern California setting gives us the opportunity to contribute something
new to the Mythos while honoring Lovecraft’s original work,” says Moore. “After
all, we know who waits dreaming in the Pacific Ocean.”
“Maintaining
Truth, Virtue and Courage in the face of infinite darkness.”
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