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Arkham County

An Audible Original Drama

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Welcome to Arkham County. Population: 749,824. But that number’s dropping all of the time....

Lying northeast of Massachusetts, just south of Hell, Arkham County is somewhere you find yourself, not somewhere you ever mean to go. Once you do find it though, you'd better get used to living there, as you may be there for however long you have left to live.

From within the walls of Arkham’s asylum, reclusive writer Randolph Carter tells the story of orphan Violet Flintock, who arrives in Arkham County in search of her own history only to be instantly greeted by the bloody realities of this small town, whose foundations are built from the lore and mythology of HP Lovecraft.

In this Audible Original production, Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada, Fortitude) leads a cast to introduce you to the horrific, bizarre and just plain weird world of Arkham County. This HP Lovecraft-inspired tale will delight fans and those unfamiliar with his wild, surreal and terrifying horror stories.

Starring;

Stanley Tucci as Randolph Carter

With:

David Annen as Vincent Matravers

Emily Barber as Violet Flintlock

Dakota Blue Richards as Morrigan

Burn Gorman as Wilbur

John Heffernan as Walter Gilman

Alex Kingston as Henrietta

Laurel Lefkow as Keziah Mason

Stuart Milligan as Marsh

Carlyss Peer as Chloe

Blake Ritson as Herbert West

Dan Starkey as Dean Halsey

Shane Taylor as Detective Lewis

Becky Wright as Lavinia

Directed by Simon Barnard

©2020 Guy Adams & AK Benedict (P)2020 Audible, Ltd
Fantasy Horror Scary Horror Fiction
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The over the top hammed up performances turned the potentially scary and disturbing story into a pantomime. The director should have known better.

Amateur dramatics

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Lovecraft seems to be all the rage as of late, as is evident by shows like Lovecraft Country, and the popping up of everyone's favourite tentacle face, Cthulhu, everywhere. That there'd be an audio adaptation of his works seemed inevitable - in fact, they've been around for years already, in the shape of the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre shows produced by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.

This is something quite different though. While the DART shows set out to adapt the stories of the old gent, this is taking the main characters from several of his stories and throwing them into our time and giving them a whole new adventure to traverse.
Some updates, like the Dunwich line and Keziah Mason, I very much enjoyed, while others, like Randolph Carter and Herbert West, seem a bit more... Odd.

Arkham County swings from being highly entertaining and gripping at points, to disorienting and seeming like a pastiche at others. Overall, I liked the result, but there were some missteps on the way.
This one ended on a cliffhanger, and I wonder when and if we'll get a second installment.

Updated Arkham

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This is the first review I’ve written for Audible. I’ve done it to counter some of the negative reviews posted earlier.
I really enjoyed this audio dramatisation. It’s a bit challenging in places and if you don’t pay attention then you could lose your spot but it’s by far the best Audible original dramatisation I’ve listened to so far.
It helps if you have some familiarity with Lovecraft’s fictional universe, but the sense of impending inescapable doom is there and builds throughout the book. The monsters are convincing enough without being hackneyed and the plot lines tie up fairly neatly in the end. Certainly it is good value for the two pounds I spent on it!

21st century Lovecraft

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Absolutely loved all the performances, would love a sequel or follow up to Violet's adventures.

Fantastic Audio Theatre

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meh it was fine for an afternoon read. i would never pay full price for it though

pretty good

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