H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 27, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Microcinema
• ASIN: B001QV7LAO
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,664 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opening

2. Innsmouth

3. Zadok Allen

4. The Escape

5. Legacy

6. Closing

Editorial Reviews

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Over Innsmouth brings Lovecraft's tale to life as it might have been adapted for radio in the 1930s. In the style of The War of the Worlds, The Shadow and the HPLHS' At the Mountains of Madness, The Dunwich Horror, and The Shadow Out of Time, Dark Adventure Radio Theatre dramatizes HPL's story with a huge cast of professional actors, exciting sound effects and thrilling original music by Troy Sterling Nies (composer for The Call of Cthulhu). Discover what fate has in store for you as you delve into this cherished tale of ichthyic horrors. In addition to the full 77 minute radio drama on CD, you'll get these carefully made props from the story to enhance your listening experience: * A clipping from the New York Evening Graphic describing the government raid on Innsmouth * A genuine matchbook from Innsmouth's historic Gilman House Hotel * A souvenir postcard from the Newburyport Historical Society with a picture of their prized Innsmouth tiara. The illustration was created for HPLHS by noted fantasy artist Keith Thompson * A hand-drawn map of Innsmouth on the wrapping paper of the First National grocery chain. And yes, it really is "scratch-n-sniff". Just scratch the oily stain to release the fishy aroma. Ew. And of course it's beautifully produced and packaged with the same deranged attention to detail that you'll find in other HPLHS products. Maybe even a little more than usual.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do you have the Marsh eyes?, February 16, 2009

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Richard P. Marsden - See all my reviews
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This review is from: H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Audio CD)

Dark Adventure Radio has yet another success with 'The Shadow over Innsmouth'.

Too long to be published in Weird Tales and unloved even by its creators, I believe out of all the HP Lovecraft stories, Innsmouth has the most depth to it despite what the publishing world and Lovecraft thought.

I'll not give away the story, but will say that Innsmouth translates very well to the audio format. The voice-acting and sound effects are supurb and the alterations to the story are minor enough. A little adaptation doesn't ruin the tale except for the most ardent purist.

Zadoc Allen, whose monologue is lengthy and done in a strange dialect, is pulled off perfectly. I've listened to other versions, but this one has an edge of true panic to it. Very convincing!

The extras thrown in are charming. A hand drawn map of Innsmouth on the back of a First National Grocery ad. A newspaper clipping explaining the Feds take on the situation, including a hillarious picture of dive-suit rum smugglers. A picture of some horrific and beautiful jewlery and my favorite, a matchbook from the Gillman House, with only one match left.

Well done, reasonably priced given all you get with it, and thus far the best audio rendition of HP Lovecraft I've heard up to date, and I've listened to three versions and subjected myself to the movie Dagon and played the video game Call of Cthuhlu (set in Innsmouth). I even visited the real-life town Innsmouth was (maybe) based on. They even have a Legion hall which I assumed to be the Esoteric Order of Dagon. In short; I'm a fanatic, and if I like this piece, surely it will appeal to all the other Deep Ones I know to be out there!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chilling Drama!, November 10, 2009

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Lesser Knowns (San Mateo, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Audio CD)

Length:: 2:11 Mins

This is another successful, chilling radio drama by H.P. Lovecraft. I not only recommend you listen to it in your dark living room, lit by the fireplace, but I also recommend you take it on a long road trip and listen to it starting at sun down.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good old radio !!!, April 20, 2010

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EdgrrEllenDoe - See all my reviews

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This review is from: H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Audio CD)

Good cast and characterizations. Very authentic period radio, right down to cigarette commercial. Took me back to the nights listening to "The Inner Sanctum" and "Escape". Not like reading Lovecraft, but great fun anyway!