Horrors of the Northwest

Horrors of the Northwest

Decades before the Pacific Northwest had any kind of film industry, a young, self-taught director named Richard Lyford was making silent horror and sci-fi shorts in 1930s Seattle with a 16mm camera. Lyford’s work was forgotten for years before being recovered by Seattle composer and musician Ed Hartman, who’s become something of a steward of Lyford’s legacy. Hartman started restoring and scoring Lyford’s films in 2017 after being shown some old …