Dark Adventure Radio Theatre® - The Horror at Red Hook

The point of view of the street detective gave this a new life. The performances were great all around. Great pacing and music along with everything else that make these great.

This is a great production the the Horror at Red Hook. The acting is great and the music is amazing! This is a good one to put in your collection!

When I first read Lovecraft’s “The Horror at Red Hook”, I thought I must have missed a couple of key paragraphs, since parts of the tale require some extrapolation based on others of his stories, to help this one work better. Even re-reading it after listening to the DART production, I’m still unsure if Lovecraft’s “naked, tittering, phosphorescent thing” was really meant to be female, and a physical representation of Lilith, or not, an uncertainty that seems to have been shared by at least one of the original pulp illustrators. That is a fascinating interpretation, however, given Lovecraft’s own circumstances when the tale was penned. This DART version assuredly works far better as a coherent narrative, reflecting attitudes of the period, including, with great care, aspects of society’s casual racism, without making that the “horror” apparent in Lovecraft’s own writings. The set of props adds nicely to the full DART radio experience, covering elements of the cult members - a particular highlight being part of Suydam’s published researches featuring Lilith - and the leading investigator/protagonist in the story, plus a newspaper report regarding the cult’s activities that includes a useful period map of the Red Hook area. A very fine addition to the DART collection.

I have purchased these in the past, always .mp3 with props. I really love the ephemera that is included with these Radio plays and highly recommend them to anyone who enjoys this type of media. Get one on a CD if that's how you roll too!

First rate! It was like stepping back in time. A great cast, wonderful production values, and an adaptation that deftly uplifted the rollicking gumshoe notes of the source material without whitewashing the icky stuff. Loved the props too!!!