Albert Wilmarth (Matt Foyer) is a local academic called to debate the provenance of these sightings, taking up arms for science against Charles Fort, a well-known spokesperson for theories advancing the existence of the fantastical or bizarre. The Whisperer opens with dread portents - torrential rain falling in the backwoods of Vermont circa 1928 and strange, inhuman corpses washed up in pieces by the rivers thereabouts. This is a film that deserves more than internet sales and convention play, but still one that bears some reservations. At the same time, while The Whisperer definitely has that matinee spirit, all stiff upper lips and trembling spitcurls up against unimaginable evil, there are plenty of times it trips up - be it a shaky effect, comical art design or a performance dashing madly over the top, it still falls flat.
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Lovecraft Historical Society, after their debut short The Call of Cthulhu, The Whisperer is definitely more than 'just' for the fans, but its origins are too often frustratingly obvious.Īs well as the obvious love for their idol's work propelling things along, there are some surprisingly clever attempts at stretching out a limited budget and playing to the strengths of the material, which give the movie a far more professional air than your average YouTube demo reel. The first full-length feature from the H.P. It's also a hokey, ragtag mess prone to amateur hamming it up and held together in places by shoestring production values. The Whisperer in Darkness is a fan film through and through - an enthusiastic celebration of a subject a core group of believers think is just awesome (classic, literary-minded horror fiction from one of the fathers of the genre).
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