The Whisperer in Darkness

2011 • 103 minut

O tomto filmu

From the producers of "Call of Cthulhu"! In 1931 H.P. Lovecraft wrote his classic tale of alien horror, "The Whisperer in Darkness". Lovecraft is now considered one of America's foremost writers of horror fiction, standing alongside the likes of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe. His story, which blends horror and science fiction, relates the adventure of Albert Wilmarth, a folklore professor at Miskatonic University, as he investigates legends of strange creatures rumored to dwell in the most remote mountains of Vermont. Wilmarth's investigation leads him to a discovery of horrors quite beyond anything he ever imagined, and ends in a desperate attempt to escape the remote New England hills with his life and sanity intact. The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society adapted Lovecraft's story as a feature-length motion picture, shooting it in the style of the classic horror films of the early '30s such as Dracula, King Kong and Frankenstein. As with their previous silent movie adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu", the HPLHS used their Mythoscope technique to evoke the look and feel of early cinema. This production shot on location in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts to authentically capture the actual locations depicted in the story. A cast of Los Angeles actors, including Matt Foyer and Barry Lynch, bring the sweeping period tale to dramatic life. The result is a motion picture (a talkie, no less) that expands Lovecraft's short story into the kind of thrilling cinematic experience that Lovecraft himself might have enjoyed in 1931.

Hodnocení a recenze

HPLHS does it again with a great film based on H.P. Lovecraft's fiction. The acting is well done and the atmosphere is perfectly reminiscent of early horror films like Tod Browning's "Dracula." Unlike "Call of Cthulhu," "Whisperer in Darkness" is a talkie and the film takes some liberties with the source material. New characters and plot elements are added, giving the movie a feeling similar to a session of the "Call of Cthulhu" RPG (which I mean in the best way.) Definitely worth watching!

Loved it. Hope the HPLHS makes more movies like this.

Great!