The Dunwich Horror

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society

Length: 1 hr and 14 mins

Publisher's Summary

The hills of Western Massachusetts contain dark and terrible secrets. Strange families keep to themselves and practice rites of ancient and unspeakable black magic. These dreadful and unholy rituals give birth to a monstrosity beyond imagination, a monstrosity that threatens mankind itself! Can a brave handful of intrepid scholars hope to confront the otherwordly destruction of “The Dunwich Horror”? 

H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale is dramatized and brought to life in the style of a 1930s radio drama, complete with a large cast of actors, original music, and thrilling sound effects.

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Public Domain (P)2008 HPLHS, Inc.

Dark Adventure's best, imo

I consider Dark Adventure Radio Theater's top 3 to be this, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and The Shadow over Innsmouth, with this one being at the top of the heap (I own all of their stuff). The thing I love about this one (and to a lesser extent, Dexter Ward), is it's sense of humor. The chatter of the townspeople is especially good, along with Wilbur Whately sticking out like a hilarious sore thumb in the town (and everywhere else he goes). If you're on the fence about purchasing any of the Dark Adventure stuff, I can pretty much guarantee you'll enjoy this one.

By the way, it used to be the only way to get these was directly through Lovecraft Society's website, and they were spendy. This stuff being on audible is just a steal. Actually, it really does sort of feel dirty. They deserve more for these quality productions.

Awesome Adaptation

This was a ton of fun with the acting and music quite reminiscent of the Creature Features of the 1950's. Professor Armitage sounds suitably academic; Wilbur Whatley appropriately booming and weird; the Dunwich yokels terrified amusedly out of their wits; and the Horror itself is awesomely squishy. I can't wait to investigate other Lovecraft "radio dramas" done by this group.

A Great Adaptation by the HPLHS

I think this would be a nice way of getting people into Lovecraft. Bit easier to understand for some than how Lovecraft writes.

Love the Radio Drama aspect!

I hope to become a lifetime member myself one day.

Best of them all

I love the HPLHS audio dramas and this one is the best. Performances are great and the narrative adaptation of the story is spot on.

Great Listen

Like the rest of the series this was a wonderful dramatisation of Lovecraft. Listen and enjoy all

Great story

Playing Arkham Horror LCG and about to go into Dunwich Legacy campaign. This was a great rendition of the Lovecraft story, leaving nothing out, with awesome flavour.

it was his twin brother

I've known of Lovecraft for many years but I'm really enjoying the ride of his stories

bad dramatization

awful. non of Lovecraft's prose. just the absolute worst ugh how I hated it. I really really hated it

a very good performance of a timeless horror.

The performance was amazing. I feel like I was listening to an old radio show. I want to listen to more of their stories. thank you so much for this delight!

Dramatic effect!

I enjoy the story telling style of many characters dialoging it up. Reminds me of "It, The Thing from Outer Space"

Ape man and cosmic horror monster

I prefer a story with focus on one person instead of a big group. It makes it easer to follow along with. The Dunwich Horror is quite the opposite on singular focus. Despite not having my prefered setting I still liked the story.
It tells the story of the folks in Dunwich and their experience with a weird family and a lurking cosmic horror.

I loved every second of it!

The story was amazing, the atmosphere was amazing, the acting was amazing, the whole thing was amazing!

Excellent dramatic reading

Excellent version of my 2nd favourite
Hpl story, after the shadow over innsmouth.
Will definitely check out the other dart
Adaptations

One of the best

A great story performed by a great cast. Ideal for a single sitting, preferably at night.

Good adaptation

This version of the story is quite faithful to the original, although by not straying too far it also seems to be a little on the safe side. Other stories, such as The Call of Cthulhu, are more imaginative in this regard.

Great Radio Play

I love how these radio plays have an old-time feel to them. I often listen to these types of books when I'm drifting off to sleep or when I'm working. you're never left wondering what's going on or what the scene is. they're well performed and great to listen to.