The Whisperer in Darkness (film)

The Whisperer in Darkness is a 2011 independent film based on the H. P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, directed and produced by Sean Branney, Andrew Leman, and David Robertson and distributed by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. It was shot using Mythoscope blend of vintage and modern filming techniques intended to produce the look of a 1930sera film. According to the films website, the filmmakers intended to capture the look of classic horror films of the 1930s like Dracula, Frankenstein and King Kong.

According to Sean Branney on the makingof featurette The Whisperer Behind the Scenes, Lovecraft was better at setups than endings. From a dramatic standpoint, Lovecrafts story brought the writers through what would be Act Two of a standard movie structure and felt incomplete. The character of Hannah and opening of gate to Yuggoth were introduced in order to make it a good movie. Branney and Leman intended to make Wilmarths world more emotionally complicated because Hannahs future caused him to be invested in more than just himself. The characters of Wilmarths three friends at Miskatonic University were developed from Call of Cthulhu roleplaying characters created years before by Branney, Leman, and a friend. Regarding the introduction of a biplane, Leman commented If you have monsters that fly, you have to have a dogfight with a biplane.The filmmakers used Mount Holyoke College to represent Miskatonic University. Pasadena City College is used for interior scenes of the school. ........

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