Mike Lyddon Filmography-Bio

Mike T. Lyddon has been making no-budget indie genre films for more than 30 years.
His last feature film, “Witch Tales”  aka Cuentos de la Bruja (2020) is a horror anthology based upon lesser known 1950s pre-code horror comic books in the vein of Tales from the Crypt.  It landed in 13 festivals and garnered 6 awards over the 2019-2020 seasons including Best Feature Film at Something Wicked Film Festival in Atlanta and Best B-Movie at Flicks Film Festival in London.

Lyddon’s 2016 film “First Man on Mars,” was picked up by Summerhill Films/Tomcat Films.
It has received substantial critical praise from many genre critics.  Troma called it “Excellent,” while Morbidly Beautiful said it was “A joy to watch.”  UK Horror Scene said it is a “Hilarious Parody” and Horror Buzz calls it “…a great sci-fi throwback.”
First Man on Mars is available on Blu-ray here.

Short Stories and Ilustrations

In 2018, Lyddon sold his first short story, “Thing in the Shed,” to publisher Deadman’s Tome for use in the new horror anthology collection, MONSTER PARTY.  Interestingly enough, the story is based upon the film he made of the same title and released in the Horror Anthology Movie Vol. 1 DVD in 2013.  “It was odd adapting a short film/script into a short story as this is the reverse of what normally happens, but I was pleased with the results and happy the story finally found a home in print.”

He has an Amazon Authors page that includes Monster Party as well as several issues of Monster! magazine he wrote articles for.
He has since sold several stories to a variety of publishers and a number of illustrations to magazines such as Cosmic Horror Monthly and Lovecraftiana.  He has a few illustrations in the new Halloween 2025 issue of Lovecraftiana with many illustrations coming up for 2026.

Documentaries

You can watch Lyddon’s documentary about pre-code comic books called “Haunted Thrills” (2022) on youtube, rumble, bitchute.  The film was an official selection in 19 film festivals and has won 6 awards for best short documentary.
Lyddon’s new doc series “Lovecraft in Florida” is now in the 2026 film festival cycle.  Part one called “Lovecraft in Florida: DeLand and the Barlow House” will make its world premiere at PENSACON in February, 2026.

Recent books by “Horror Mike” Lyddon include Splash of Horror!  Pre-code Comic book splash pages and Pre-code Horror Comics: Original Art Edition now on sale.