Thursday, May 26, 2011

H.P. Lovecraft’s The Whisperer in Darkness Sets the Horror Film Festivals Ablaze: A Movie Preview

Director: Sean Branney.

Writers: H.P. Lovecraft (story), Sean Branney and Andrew Leman (screenplay).

Stars: Stephen Blackehart, Barry Lynch and Conor Timmis.

The movie The Whisperer in Darkness is complete and touring the film festivals around the world. The filmmakers couldn't be any happier. Now the pressure is on to produce the DVD for the rest of the world to enjoy. With this seminal tale that is part science fiction and part terror, the onus is on how effective the actors are in reaching that creeping revelation.

“There are monsters in them thar hills,” as the hicks in the bayous like to call it.

And the written version, Albert N. Wilmarth, (Matt Foyer) an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University provides the narration. He’s corresponding with Henry Wentworth Akeley (Barry Lynch), a man who lives alone who claims to have made contact with these mysterious creatures. The response from Wilmarth, as well as audiences, will prove to be an interesting shocker. The film expands on all the written elements to provide for some interesting visual chills and perhaps even an appearance of the Mi-Go as well.

At Athens' Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival in Greece, the H.P. Lovecraft Society reported that it was sold-out in the two showings it had. According to the society’s blog, the international response is said to be fantastic. And come June 3 and 5th, it will play at the Seattle International Film Festival. Tickets are now being sold online.

For those unable to attend the film festivals, negotiations are still under way to find a distributor for the DVD release. The H.P. Lovecraft Society is hopeful that a purchasable release will be ready in time for Christmas.

This is a funny film, with characters from Lovecraft's writing:



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