Tag: whisperer in darkness

So, I watched The Whisperer in Darkness last night.

Short version: I liked it, and it provided more scary moments than the HPLHS’s previous movie The Call of Cthulhu.  This is not the fault of the CoC movie itself, or the producers: I simply have a harder time getting into a mood where I find silent movies scary.  The production values were pretty tight – possibly the special effects were a little too good in a couple of places; it’s supposed to be a Thirties movie – and the acting was generally good, solid work.  I think that the directors were tweaking the audience a little by having one of the actors take the role of “more well known actor with a cameo in this movie,” but I’m not sure.  Overall, a nice horror flick that visibly misses the old black and white melodramas of the Thirties.  Check it out.

And thanks to everybody who hit the tip jar recently, thus allowing me to buy it.

MoeLane.com Interview: Sandy Petersen (CoC).

As it happens, one of my readers knows Sandy Petersen, who is one of the executive producers for the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society‘s The Whisperer in Darkness movie (and for the RPG buffs out there: yes, that Sandy Petersen). Sandy was happy to answer some of my questions about the movie.  The interview’s after the fold: we conducted it by email, so at least you won’t have to listen to me for once.

I have to say: it’s not the primary focus of my online activities these days, more’s the pity – but it’s nice to just have some unambiguously game-related material for a change.  Especially since it involves the chance to talk to somebody who created the game which currently takes up half a shelf of my gaming bookshelf.  The movie is currently being shown abroad; hopefully, they’ll be showing it in the States this summer/fall somewhere that’s close to DC.

Continue reading MoeLane.com Interview: Sandy Petersen (CoC).

The Whisperer in Darkness movie taunts me.

They are ever so slooooooooooooowly getting it finished: the blog claims that the production wrap-up date was last week, but I have my doubts. I have a vague hope of a DVD before summer, but I probably will have to wait until winter…  although if it’s being shown in theaters locally – not likely – I’ll probably go and see it on the big screen.

I’m hoping for The Shadow Over Innsmouth next.

Moe Lane

PS: Here’s the second trailer again.