The Dunwich Horror, the first audio horror movie...

I'm rather late on this one, but I felt the project deserved a mention...

Producer Colin Edward's adaptation of The Dunwich Horror runs a full 80-minutes, but not a single image graces the darkened screen. Billed as the world's first audio horror movie, The Dunwich Horror debuted at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June and features the vocal talents of Greg Hemphill, Innes Smith, Gavin Mitchell, Charlie Ross, Sandy Nelson, Vivien Grahame, David McGowan, Vivien Taylor and Dave Barr...

"If you have to supply the visuals yourself with your own mind's eye then the more imagination you have the more frightened you're going to be," actor Greg Hemphill, who provides narration for the film, told the Scotland Herald before the premiere...

Colin Edwards, who also wrote Dunwich, told the Herald, "It's always been one of my favorite Lovecraft stories. There's a lot of stuff in The Dunwich Horror that you don't really see. It's very much left to the imagination."

Check out Eye for Film's review here...

"The most interesting part of the production is obviously the lack of any visuals, fortunately it doesn't feel like a large budget audiobook or radio play, it very much lives up to the "audio movie" title which it is sold as."

- Eye for Film

I hope the film will screen again soon (the Toronto Film Festival looks like a possibility), or at least receive a proper CD/DVD release. Only time will tell, but until then, check out the official trailer below...



(Thanks to Colin Edwards, The Scotland Herald, Eye for Film and The Times)