- Adams stanley hp lovecraft the whisperer in darkness movie#
- Adams stanley hp lovecraft the whisperer in darkness series#
The poor farmer's son, who has to deal with his mother who's now a Madwoman in the Attic, after being driven insane by the infection.At least the animals and plants died quickly, but HUMANS infected by it are, understandably, turned into ravening madmen. The fate of the poor bastards infected by The Colour.They were twitching morbidly and spasmodically, clawing in convulsive and epileptic madness at the moonlit clouds scratching impotently in the noxious air as if jerked by some alien and bodiless line of linkage with subterrene horrors writhing and struggling below the black roots. And yet amidst that tense, godless calm the high bare boughs of all the trees in the yard were moving. Also, the single scariest use of italics, ever. " Unusual for Lovecraft, as it does not involve Cosmic Horror Story tropes or even the supernatural, and it actually has fairly effective dialogue.
Was it All Just a Dream? Or somewhere out there, is there some spatial anomaly just waiting to draw in another victim to some bizarre, crumbling neighborhood, where otherwordly music echoes through the air?
Adams stanley hp lovecraft the whisperer in darkness series#
Dreams of technology were still running along the old Pulp adventure storyline we see in old series like "Tales of Tomorrow". In HPL's world, WWII had not happened yet. And underneath it all, the imagined alien technology was well researched. Creepily NOT-human and NOT-of-this-earth. The sights of the Alien/MiGo are carefully and sparingly dispensed- and even when fully revealed are exceedingly well done. The story picks up speed and becomes more adventurous and action-oriented towards the end.
Adams stanley hp lovecraft the whisperer in darkness movie#
The movie took liberties with the story- as other reviewers have noted- but HPL would have approved, I think. Or as another example- even in color, the scariest monster moments occur in the semi-Dark. This is why so many of us still prize the Old Outer Limits over its newer color cousin. It doesn't fill the eye- instead B&W subconsciously invites the imagination to fill in the blanks- to populate the shadows, to imagine the colors, to wonder what it would REALLY look like. Black & White, however, is the true suitor to Horror & Suspense. The viewer just sits back and enjoys the ride. The Movie will do all the Imagination for you. Color is wonderful in its own way: It explodes across the screen and fills the eye. The producers chose good actors, made judicious use of current tech FX and CGI and wedded it to the true strengths of Black & White Media. I've seen the other Mythoscope offerings and while I found them 'entertaining', I didn't have too high a bar of expectation.