World Fantastic Cinema

The Whisperer in Darkness

Sean BRANNEY|USA|2011 |103min |Asian Premiere |BW |Feature/Fiction |12+ |No Eng-Subtitle

Code Time Theater Rate GV
235 7/16  20:20 - 22:03 CGV Bucheon 1 12  E
623 7/20  17:17 - 19:00 Primus Sopoooong 9 12  E
1001 7/24  11:11 - 12:54 Lotte Cinema 1 12  E
235 7/16  20:20 - 22:03CGV Bucheon 1
12  E
623 7/20  17:17 - 19:00Primus Sopoooong 9
12  E
1001 7/24  11:11 - 12:54Lotte Cinema 1
12  E

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Program Note

Wilmarth, a folklore professor, as he investigates legends of strange creatures rumored to dwell in the most remote mountains of Vermont. Wilmarth’s investigation leads him to a discovery of horrors quite beyond anything he ever imagined, and ends in a desperate attempt to escape the remote New England hills with his life and sanity intact.

 

Director

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Sean BRANNEY

Sean writes, produces and directs for screen, audio and theatre. In 1985 with collaborator Andrew Leman, he co-founded the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. Sean wrote the adaptation of Lovecraft’s celebrated short-story The Call of Cthulhu as a silent film and co-produced it for the HPLHS. The Call of Cthulhu has screened at more than seventy film festivals worldwide and has won numerous awards including: Les Prix Tournage (Grand Prize) — Avignon Film Festival; Audience Choice Award — Århus Festival of Independent Arts, Denmark; Best Feature — Eerie Horror Film Festival; and many others. Sean’s co-written, produced and performed in many audio projects, including the HPLHS’ very popular Dark Adventure Radio Theatre CDs, a series of 1930s-style radio plays. Sean co-founded and is currently an artistic director of Theatre Banshee, a small professional theatre in Los Angeles. He has directed twenty critically acclaimed and award-winning plays for Theatre Banshee and was recently honored with an Best Performance award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle for his performance in Banshee’s Of Mice and Men. Sean was born in Englewood, Colorado and lives in Southern California with his wife Leslie, son Aidan and four chinchillas. He enjoys travel and playing ice hockey. Sean received his MFA degree from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and a BFA in theatre from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Whisperer in the Darkness is the first feature film Sean has directed.