Using its Mythoscope™ process - a mix of vintage and modern techniques - the H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s like Frankenstein, Dracula and King Kong.
Lovecraft's weird tale of ALIEN HORROR comes to VIVID LIFE. If so, I hope that they opt for less fluff and modernization."H. It has been some time since this release, but there was a long gap between the two that they've done as well, so maybe there is a chance. I like the film, and I'd be interested to see the team produce another Lovecraft tale. I wish I could've enjoyed this quite as much as the team's previous effort, but sadly it just wasn't so.
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It holds itself together enough to remain watchable, but frankly I think this could've been a much stronger (and shorter) movie had it held more true to the source material. It feels drawn out and unnecessarily showy, which honestly robbed the story of some of its fright, despite showcasing some rather dark decisions with the plot. Added characters, added locations and subplots, it all starts to pile up, and a story that ends with a subtle and creepy reveal has turned into a movie that seems to think it's a modern sci-fi action flick. But there were still 45 minutes of film left, so I knew it was going to begin taking a lot of liberties. Being familiar with the story already going in, things were pretty good and faithful and at about the hour mark the movie was on the cusp of ending as its progenitor had.
Ultimately my problem (besides overuse of some of the iffier effects) comes from the pacing. It's an undoubtedly melodramatic, but in the ways that are expected.
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The supporting cast is full of creepy characters and the classic Lovecraftian smart guys we've come to love. He's got some charm and speaks with passion. The performances are good across the board though, with Matt Foyer (also in the previous film) taking on the lead role as a folklore specialist who becomes embroiled in a mystery about possible alien life forms. They're much more forgivable given the budget and style of film, but sometimes I still couldn't help but find them silly. It blends in some CGI and green screen effects however that are pretty easy to pick out. Still, while I wasn't as impressed with the overall production, it's still a good looking movie, with a few nice sets and some solid prop work (one item in particular looked fantastic). A modern film of that length is hard pressed to find an audience being silent (and this movie doesn't seem to have a huge audience anyway). It is also a full hour longer though, which in conjunction with that makes a bit more sense. While it is in black and white, this follow up is a talking picture, as compared to a silent one, which I found a little disappointing. They used some wonderful sets, stop motion effects, and shadow play to make the most of the effort and so I've had my eye on their version of The Whisperer in Darkness for some time, in hope that it would be more of the same. I was very impressed with The Call of Cthulhu, a short but faithful film that utilized a silent, black and white style of film making to capture the spirit of the tale. The Whisperer in Darkness is directed by Sean Branney, who acted in and wrote the adaptation for The Call of Cthulhu in 2005, a film directed by Andrew Leman, the co-writer of the adaptation for this film.
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