The story on a film set in hills of Vermont. Albert Wilmarth is a professor attempts to investigates legends of strange creatures and he uncovers terrible secrets which he never could has imagined.
17 October 1980, Middletown, Connecticut, USA
20 February 1969, El Paso, Texas, USA
1 December 1967, New York City, New York, USA
14 June 1951, USA
25 November 1961, San Jose, California, USA
8 October 1971, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
January 25, 2012
...provides a good reflection of Lovecraft's obsessions while affording contemporary audiences some good old-fashioned midnight movie fun.
August 23, 2015
The filmmakers cared about every moody shadow, every slightly stodgy performance, and (of course) the dark, disturbing imagination of H.P. Lovecraft.
August 22, 2012
The pacing is unbearably slow, and scenes languish for long minutes in dialogue and suspense-free padding. Whale would never have been so wasteful.
April 09, 2015
The effect doesn't quite come off, mainly because the images are too sharp and the editing and camera work too modern. But the movie is endearing anyway for its fanboy ardor.
July 05, 2012
The atmospherics are in place, and the filmmakers catch the essence of Lovecraft's expansive horror with efficiency. The film is entertaining without attaining greatness.
August 02, 2012
"Whisperer in Darkness" has a chiller-diller conclusion and some moments of real terror.
March 12, 2012
Only a playful horror picture, where Call of Cthulhu was actually a great & largely successful experiment; but it still gets to the heart of why Lovecraft works.
