Ahh a most glorious rendition of this story. Probably the best currently in existence. Wish I'd found it a lot sooner lol, but I am just glad that I did indeed stumble upon it eventually. Damn but Wilbur and his grandsire's voices are most excellent! And it is nice to know what whippoorwills sound like so I can be suitably freaked out by their presence when I hit old age, or feel relieved about their absence any time I get paranoid about death or worse on my midnight strolls
That's been debated by many, including us, and we liked this sound better. There's no definitive right answer, so either way, someone was going to comment. :)
High points of this episode: well, where to start? Terrific character establishment for Armitage, Morgan and Rice: the latter two get hardly any development in the original. Dave Marshall makes Armitage a man haunted by a terrible duty that he's taken onto himself, and despite his age is determined to see it through. Offloading some of the original Armitage's pomposity onto Rice works well and Glen Hallstrom plays that up very well, as he does in the part of Warren in the Lovecraft 5 series (who is perhaps the only straight import of one of HPL's characters rather than a loose inspiration thereof). Rather than be crippled by that pomposity, the character seems more sympathetic for it, as if he's aware of the flaw and tries -- perhaps not so successfully -- to overcome it. Lothar Tuppan adds a dash of worldliness, near-flippancy, almost-roguishness to his Doctor Francis Morgan. In short, he makes a lot of the entire *one word* of characterisation gives him: 'youngish'. It makes for a nice degree of good-natured friction between the three and helps set this adaptation apart from the others. And of course Danar Hoverson's Wilbur Whateley. Not sure how much in the way of processing was added to his voice, but regardless he's very well acted. A trifle petulant, a bit defensive in the way adolescents tend to be, and as furtive as his counterpart in the original story. In short, faithful to the part in spirit and letter. I've said this elsewhere, of course, but it's worth saying here. Plus he gargles the name 'Yog-Sothoth' in a suitably nasty way.
I figured they were more or less there (Pickman, West, Ward, Derby, etc), although I saw them more as looser imports. By my count Richard went ghoul in the 1890s; Herbert's zombies caught up with him in 1919; Charles was murdered in 1928 at the age of 26 and never outlived his father; while Edward has until 1933 before he pops his clogs. Before we even get started on Auguste Dupin's position! (although in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen he's still alive in 1898 and has enough guts to shoot Hyde in the face) While of course I'm picking nits and all the Lovecraft 5 are more like archetypes based on the characters, I like to think there's something supernatural at play. Perhaps they're ghosts, occupying a kind of netherworld; only the living (conspicuous by their absence) are viewed much like we'd view the dead. A somewhat weird perspective, I'll grant you; one I'll have to play with if ever I review these at greater length.
Or in the Dreamlands, of course. Even Herbert might make it in there somehow. The irony of existing in a land derived from the imagination would of course be enough to kill him again!
Phil Smith I invite all H.P. Lovecraft's Dunwich Horror to go to facebook.com/rickflynnuniversemusic and listen to my musical adaptation of the Dunwich Horror. It is faithful to the story, like this audio book, but has dramatic voice characterization (no singing), musical themes and sound effects. I guarantee any fan of authentic Lovecraft wil find it at least interesting.
Ahh a most glorious rendition of this story. Probably the best currently in existence. Wish I'd found it a lot sooner lol, but I am just glad that I did indeed stumble upon it eventually. Damn but Wilbur and his grandsire's voices are most excellent! And it is nice to know what whippoorwills sound like so I can be suitably freaked out by their presence when I hit old age, or feel relieved about their absence any time I get paranoid about death or worse on my midnight strolls
Kudos, Julie Hoverson! You braved those years against the ungrateful odds. 🤗🤩 Funniest Wilbur Whateley audio ever got!
"Geese? ... GEESE?" Always raises a grin with me.
I read this comment way before that part but when it came I laughed out loud then thought back to this comment like OH that's what they ment
How to inject humour in HPL ... well! :-)
honking feathered shitbags
:D Useful guards, perhaps, but their poo is quite a deterrent. :)
I was looking for this the way its done with life
anyone else think Hostram kinda sounds like Tony Jay? (for a bit of context, Jay was the voice of Frollo in Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Anyone have the sounds or effects of the old ones coming and the movie screen changes color to that of a negative image?
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Thanks 😃👌
I like the penguins in Mountains of Madness. I am always nervous then suddenly theres those dark penguins🙂
Lovecraft would probably have pronounced it Dun-ich, British like Greenwich.
That's been debated by many, including us, and we liked this sound better. There's no definitive right answer, so either way, someone was going to comment. :)
David Smith I can't speak for Lovecraft, but New Englanders would definitely say "Dun-wich".
@@vestibulate He spoke with Traditional New English dialect, a little higher pitched that one would expect too (apparently).
Glen Hallstrom sounds like Tony Jay.
I don't know Tony Jay, but I hope that's a good thing! :)
19NocturneBoulevard He played Judge Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of of Notre-Dame
High points of this episode: well, where to start? Terrific character establishment for Armitage, Morgan and Rice: the latter two get hardly any development in the original. Dave Marshall makes Armitage a man haunted by a terrible duty that he's taken onto himself, and despite his age is determined to see it through. Offloading some of the original Armitage's pomposity onto Rice works well and Glen Hallstrom plays that up very well, as he does in the part of Warren in the Lovecraft 5 series (who is perhaps the only straight import of one of HPL's characters rather than a loose inspiration thereof). Rather than be crippled by that pomposity, the character seems more sympathetic for it, as if he's aware of the flaw and tries -- perhaps not so successfully -- to overcome it. Lothar Tuppan adds a dash of worldliness, near-flippancy, almost-roguishness to his Doctor Francis Morgan. In short, he makes a lot of the entire *one word* of characterisation gives him: 'youngish'. It makes for a nice degree of good-natured friction between the three and helps set this adaptation apart from the others.
And of course Danar Hoverson's Wilbur Whateley. Not sure how much in the way of processing was added to his voice, but regardless he's very well acted. A trifle petulant, a bit defensive in the way adolescents tend to be, and as furtive as his counterpart in the original story. In short, faithful to the part in spirit and letter. I've said this elsewhere, of course, but it's worth saying here. Plus he gargles the name 'Yog-Sothoth' in a suitably nasty way.
Phil Smith High praise!!! Thanx so much! I'll definitely pass that along to my wonderful actors!
19NocturneBoulevard Oh, but I should point out that Richard (Upton Pickman) and Herbert (West) are about as "imported" as Warren. ;)
I figured they were more or less there (Pickman, West, Ward, Derby, etc), although I saw them more as looser imports. By my count Richard went ghoul in the 1890s; Herbert's zombies caught up with him in 1919; Charles was murdered in 1928 at the age of 26 and never outlived his father; while Edward has until 1933 before he pops his clogs. Before we even get started on Auguste Dupin's position! (although in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen he's still alive in 1898 and has enough guts to shoot Hyde in the face)
While of course I'm picking nits and all the Lovecraft 5 are more like archetypes based on the characters, I like to think there's something supernatural at play. Perhaps they're ghosts, occupying a kind of netherworld; only the living (conspicuous by their absence) are viewed much like we'd view the dead. A somewhat weird perspective, I'll grant you; one I'll have to play with if ever I review these at greater length.
Or in the Dreamlands, of course. Even Herbert might make it in there somehow. The irony of existing in a land derived from the imagination would of course be enough to kill him again!
Phil Smith I invite all H.P. Lovecraft's Dunwich Horror to go to facebook.com/rickflynnuniversemusic and listen to my musical adaptation of the Dunwich Horror. It is faithful to the story, like this audio book, but has dramatic voice characterization (no singing), musical themes and sound effects. I guarantee any fan of authentic Lovecraft wil find it at least interesting.
SHOGOTHS
Marshall sounds a bit like Jeffery Combs
Funny! That was totally by accident! :) Combs is always cool.
Geese do-do
Marshall sounds a bit like Jeffery Combs
Or Matt Frewer.