2011 · horror · mystery · sci-fi
The Whisperer in Darkness
Directed by Sean Branney1h 44m2011
Folklore professor Albert Wilmarth investigates legends of strange creatures in the most remote hills of Vermont. His enquiry reveals a terrifying glimpse of the truth that lurks behind the legends.
Our read: The Whisperer in Darkness (2011) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive horror · mystery · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- cold
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