This differs from the original story in which Wilmarth flees in the middle of the night and safely returns to Arkham.Īccording to Sean Branney on the making-of featurette "The Whisperer Behind the Scenes," Lovecraft was better at set-ups than endings. His escape is unsuccessful and at the end of the film the audience discovers that Wilmarth has been narrating from a machine attached to the cylinder in which his brain now resides. He foils the plot with the help of Hannah, the child of one of the collaborators. The third act consists of entirely new material in which the Mi-Go are revealed to worship Shub-Niggurath, and the protagonist, Wilmarth, uncovers an attempt by cultists to open a gateway between Yuggoth and Earth. Plot įor the first two acts, the plot largely follows the short story.
According to the film's website, the filmmakers intended to capture the look of "classic horror films of the 1930s like Dracula, Frankenstein and King Kong". Lovecraft short story of the same name, it was shot using Mythoscope, a blend of vintage and modern filming techniques intended to produce the look of a 1930s-era film. A genuinely scary film and a hellishly great time.The Whisperer in Darkness is a 2011 independent horror film directed and produced by Sean Branney, Andrew Leman, and David Robertson and distributed by the H.P. Whisperer arrives like shadows out of time, a discovered relic from another dimension. Lovecraft adaptation ever to lick fear across a screen. You are about to encounter what very well may be the single most successful H.P. this disc features over two and a half hours of additional Lovecraftian funĪs Lovecraft fans span the globe, The Whisperer in Darkness is subtitled in: Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Euskera, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.strange bonus features we cannot even describe.numerous deleted and/or extended scenes.seven documentary featurettes showcasing special effects and filmmaking techniques.a delightful and revealing 47 minute Behind the Scenes documentary.a replica prop newspaper clipping about the Vermont flooding.The Whisperer in Darkness (103 minutes, black and white) with 5.1 surround sound.Shot on location in New England and in Hollywood, The Whisperer in Darkness brings Lovecraft's intense imagination to vivid life in the style of the 1930s. Celebrated television and stage star Barry Lynch plays Henry Akeley, supported by an ensemble of outstanding actors. The studio that brought you The Call of Cthulhu now presents one of Lovecraft's weirdest tales as a feature-length talkie starring Matt Foyer as the intrepid folklorist, Albert Wilmarth. 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. Horror and science fiction collide in 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.
Lovecraft Historical Society expands on Lovecraft's original tale while still bringing you unparalleled authenticity. Using its Mythoscope™ process - a mix of vintage and modern techniques - the H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s like Frankenstein, Dracula and King Kong.
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