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Of the whole bunch of films slated for the review this summer, I think this one might be the best. From the same group that made 2005's Call of Cthulu, this time the story would be based on 1930's the Whisperer in Darkness, this time as a black and white talky.
Albert Wilmarth (Matt Foyer) is a professor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham, Mass. His life is a fairly lonely and quiet, ever since his wife and daughter passed away during the flu epidemic. The few public debates about aliens he has fill up his time and listening to his friend's tales of adventure.
He gets a surprise when farmer Henry Akeley (Barry Lynch) writes him a letter, begging for his help. He lives up in rural Vermont and he needs someone to listen to his tale.
To sum up, there are beings that exist in the dark shadows of man, and they will walk the Earth soon. They know Akeley knows, and soon the will know Wimarth knows they know. That's why Wilmarth must...
Bring all of his evidence, letters, and photos with him and come to the Akeley farm. Oh, and if Wilmarth could please refrain from telling anyone where he's going, that would be swell.
Wilmarth agrees fully and soon hopes a train to scenic rural Vermont, but things are more sinister than they appear. Akeley seems a bit fuzzy on basic details, plus his face and hands seems oddly distorted; and what's with those metal canisters stacked everywhere?
Wonderful film, and the 30's feel really sells it. The film does stray from the short story a bit, but in this case it only makes the story stronger, with a much stronger climax, and an ending that I suspect Howard Phillip would approve of, or at least curse the writers for having come up with it first.
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