![]() ![]() To appreciate this movie I suspect that the viewer needs to be a fan of Lovecraft's work, but not an acolyte, if you see what I mean. The idea that anybody would make a light-hearted, gently mocking adaptation of his stories would have appalled him. I suspect that Lovecraft would have hated this movie - he seems to have been a relentlessly gloomy, self-interested man, with no sense of humour whatsoever. I get the impression that it was made by people who love Lovecraft's work, but aren't in awe of it. The movie is made by the same folks who gave us the "Scary Solstice" album, containing such Christmas favourites as "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Mi-Go." So we know that the movie isn't going to be too self-important or pompous. Mostly, I think, it works because it's presentation - 1930s writing and acting, but made with modern cinematography - is so unusual. It is, however, amusing and engaging, and tells a Lovecraft story with reasonable fidelity. It isn't particularly scary, or even disturbing. Whisperer in the Darkness does not really try to replicate the emotional tenseness and claustrophobia of the stories. ![]() Such things are notoriously difficult to translate into film. On the whole, I don't think that Lovecraft's stories lend themselves well to visual presentation - they rely for their effect on their (often rather overblown) descriptions of characters' mental states and experiences. Judging by the low reviews that most movies based on Lovecraft's writing achieve - on this site and elsewhere - it must be very difficult to make a movie that works. Episode 1 is now available for download.Reviewed by Lars Bear 7 / 10 Charming, amusing, but not really flattering to the source material This has been glorious, bloody chaos so far, in all the right ways. Scott has been running his scenario “Bleak Prospect” from Nameless Horrors for the Pretending to be People podcast. In particular, this issue features a new scenario by our own Paul Fricker, called “Of This Men Shall Know Nothing”, set in the latter days of World War II. It is licensed by Chaosium and contains material for the Call of Cthulhu RPG. This is the print-only ‘zine we put out every year for our Patreon backers. You can still secure your issue 6 of The Blasphemous Tome if you act quickly! We shall send you a copy or two of this exclusive fanzine if you back us by the end of December 2020. News Last Chance for The Blasphemous Tome 6! The Fungi From Yuggoth/ Day of the Beast.The World, The Flesh and The Devil by JD Bernal.Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R Kiernan.“Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley” By Richard A Lupoff.“To Arkham and the Stars” by Fritz Leiber.The Whisperer in Darkness Dark Adventure Radio Theater.“The Whisperer in Darkness” by HP Lovecraft.Things we mention in this episode include: The internet connectivity there is shocking. None of us has had to call in from Yuggoth, mercifully. Once again, the pandemic means we recorded this episode remotely. Now, we cut forward to that night as Wilmarth searches for answers and then wishes he had never found them. The two shared some mind-expanding conversation that quite unnerved Wilmarth. Last episode, Albert Wilmarth travelled to Vermont to visit his eccentric penpal, Henry Akeley. This is the final instalment of our multi-episode investigation of Lovecraft’s classic weird tale, “The Whisperer in Darkness”. We’re sure he’d forget his own head if it weren’t attached… Main Topic: The Whisperer in Darkness part 5 Thinking about it, we should probably do something with these hands too. You never know when Mr Akeley may need it again. OK, it’s not one of our own faces, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep it safe.
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