The Colour Out of Space
The impact of a meteorite on a remote Massachusetts farm unleashes a strange and disturbing series of events. Before men of science from Miskatonic University can determine what it is, the space rock apparently evaporates. But terrible changes overtake the farm and its inhabitants, propelling them on a horrific course of desolation, madness, and death. The sole surviving witness to the events unwinds a chilling and disturbing tale of cosmic horror.
The Colour Out of Space was Lovecraft's personal favorite of his own stories, and one of which he was justly proud. It is one of the best embodiments of the principles of the weird tale that Lovecraft lays out in his essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature,"for the Colour itself is unknowable and remains almost entirely unexplained. The Colour is a chillingly effective symbol for our perilously limited understanding of the vast cosmos beyond our solar system. The Dark Adventure Radio Theatre adaptation retains this feeling of cosmic menace, and adds a poignant human touch with its dramatization of what happens to the Gardner family and their neighbors, beautifully played by our talented professional cast, and underscored with haunting music by Troy Sterling Nies. It's a great weird tale made even better!
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Track Listing
1. Opening 2:13
2. The Surveyor 9:38
3. The Meteorite 11:58
4. The Farm 13:26
5. The Gardners 19:05
6. The Colour 20:03
7. Closing 1:13
Total Runtime 77:36
Cast and Crew
Leslie Baldwin...Martha Pierce, Merwin Gardner
Aidan Branney...Deputy Laveque
Sean Branney...Abel Cooke, Professor Lamb
Kacey Camp...Edith Green, Abigail Gardner
Mark Colson...Nahum Gardner
Dan Conroy...Erskine Blackwell, Professor Humburg, Doc Marsh, Chas Needham
Andrew Leman...E. Lapham Peabody, Professor Barnes, Doctor Fleming
Barry Lynch...Ammi Pierce
David Pavao...Hughes, Sheriff Clark
Kevin Stidham...Stephen Rice, Mason Stubbs, Deputy Peterman, Barrow
Josh Thoemke...Announcer
Sarah Van der Pol...Ruth
Time Winters...Amos McGregor
Based on the story by H. P. Lovecraft
Radio adaptation by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman
Original music by Troy Sterling Nies
Audio engineering by Chris Horvath
Cover and disc illustrations by Darrell Tutchton
Bonus props by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney
Scenic miniatures by Fred Manchento, Jason Voss & Andrew Leman
Produced by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman
Script, Liner Notes & More
Huan Vu's German-language motion picture adaptation of "The Colour Out of Space" is one we very much enjoy, and one of the very few films we carry that we didn't make ourselves.
For your enjoyment, we present free PDF downloads of the final recording script and liner notes of The Colour Out of Space. Note: this script is only for use for reading along with Dark Adventure Radio Theatre; no performance of the script may be made without written consent of the HPLHS.
