Via Zoom: Portia Chellelynn for ‘H.P Lovecraft’s Witch House,” on Digital/DVD July 5, 2022

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CHICAGO – The “Scream Queen” is a venerable show business category, and there are few better practitioners of the art than Portia Chellelynn. Her latest scream role is in “H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House” – directed by Bobby Easley – which has just been released (July 5th, 2022) on digital through Video-On-Demand and DVD.

“H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House” – loosely based on the Lovecraft novel – has Chellelynn as an escapee from domestic abuse, who resurrects her graduate thesis on geometrical shapes and their use in the practice of witchcraft. She is also staying in a local haunted house near campus, and her research causes some weird vibrations to begin among the residents and the house itself. Bobby Easley directs a stylish and layered film, full of ominous tones and witchy gore.

Portia Chellelynn of ‘H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House’
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com

Portia Chellelynn AKA Michelle Morris was born in Birmingham, Alabama. After moving to rural Illinois, she took a detour from high school to marry and have children. Her move into acting was accidental, as she liked a Facebook post in 2014 about a new film in preproduction called “Candie’s Harem” and the director asked her to audition. She scored the lead in the film, and from there began a prolific on screen career, in films such as “Leaf Blower Massacre 2,” “Cellar Secret” and “Hematic Web.” “H.P Lovecraft’s Witch House” is her eighth feature film.

In an interview via Zoom with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com from November of 2021, Portia Chellelynn talks about “Witch House” and other topics …

Latest Trailer for “H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House” …

By PATRICK McDONALD Editor, Film Writer HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com