The Whisperer in Darkness

2007
1h 45m

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A hermit living in the 1920's, discovers a race of aliens plot to enslave mankind with a horrible mind control.A hermit living in the 1920's, discovers a race of aliens plot to enslave mankind with a horrible mind control.A hermit living in the 1920's, discovers a race of aliens plot to enslave mankind with a horrible mind control.

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10/10

Authentic Lovecraft movie

True passion beats millions of dollars, every time. Filmed in black and white and deliberately made to look old, set in the times of around the 1920's when Lovecraft wrote, this is one of the most authentic adaptations of one of his mythos stories ever seen. The atmosphere is perfectly spot-on, but it can probably be truly appreciated only by those who have read Lovecraft before and are familiar with his work.

Like so many of his stories, of course this one features the university town of Arkham, MA, home to the famous Miskatonic University which hosts, locked away in its library, the dreaded Necronomicon and other ancient tomes of forbidden lore. Familiarity with this background is not necessarily required for understanding this movie, but it is mainly a movie for Lovecraft fans.

The acting is amazing, especially for the character of Henry Akeley, conveying his brave fight but inevitable descent into terror, despair and madness.

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The professor is suspicious of a handwritten letter he gets and mentions that the last name is misspelled. Later, he gets a typed letter which shows the first name misspelled, from Henry to Henery, but the professor does not take notice (perhaps because he is so frightened of the message in the typed letter?).