The Dunwich Horror - Adaptations

Adaptations

• A film version, The Dunwich Horror, appeared in 1970. It starred Dean Stockwell as Wilbur Whateley, and also starred Ed Begley and Sandra Dee with a soundtrack by Les Baxter. While the script borrowed some elements from Lovecraft, the final film bears little resemblance to the short story. It was also the final film for Begley, who died in April of that year.
• Another film version of the tale starring Jeffrey Combs as Wilbur Whately and directed by Leigh Scott was first broadcast in October 2009 on SyFy. Dean Stockwell stars in this version as well, this time as Dr. Henry Armitage. Early on in production it was titled The Darkest Evil.
• The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society has adapted the story into an audio drama titled Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Dunwich Horror; similar to their earlier adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness.
• The radio drama Suspense adapted "The Dunwich Horror". It stars Academy Award winner Ronald Colman as Henry Armitage, and aired originally on November 1, 1945.
• Director Richard Griffin made a modern update of the The Dunwich Horror. Called Beyond the Dunwich Horror, it premiered May 23, 2008 at the Columbus Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island.
• The Dunwich Horror, along with The Picture in the House and The Festival, were adapted into short claymation films, and released by Toei Animation as a DVD compilation called H. P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories (H・P・ラヴクラフトのダニッチ・ホラー　その他の物語, Ecchi Pī Ravukurafuto no Danicchi Horā Sonota no Monogatari?) in August 2007.
• The story was adapted into an "audio horror movie" in 2010 by Colin Edwards and sound company Savalas. The recording is essentially an audio drama recorded in 5.1 surround sound to create a movie without pictures. It premiered at the Filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh on 23 June 2010 as part of the 64th Edinburgh International Film festival. The "film's" director/writer Colin Edwards was in attendance along with cast members Greg Hemphill, Innes Smith and Vivien Taylor and sound Designer Kahl Henderson.
• In 2011, IDW Publishing began publishing a four-issue limited adaptation of The Dunwich Horror by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Joe R. Lansdale and artist Peter Bergting.
• In 2011 the story was adapted by David Dawkins of Ororo Productions as a play for the inaugural London Horror Festival. The production retained a great deal of the language from the original story and was both praised and criticised for this, though reviews were generally positive. The company is working on expanding and remounting the production in 2012.
• In October 2011, Julie Hoverson through her audio production company 19 Nocturne Boulevard. released an adaptation of The Dunwich Horror in a 4-part miniseries. each episode was roughly 30 minutes.