I could do without the pretentious intro, but it’s quite short. THEN, the story:
SPOILERS! Then again, I never warn about spoilers, so be constantly on guard in future.
Nice, long in-story intro to Dunwich itself.
The decidedly unusual Whateley family is then introduced: newborn Wilbur; a “dark, goat-ish looking infant”, his “somewhat deformed… albino” mother Lavinia, and his “half-insane” grandfather.
It’s inferred that Wilbur’s father might be quite unusual, though it’s not known exactly who (or what?) he is.
Wilbur grows unnaturally quickly, both physically and mentally, and is made to seem more and more odd in description.
The Whateley farmhouse likewise goes through periods of addition/”repair”.
References to “Yog-Sothoth” recur as the elder Whateley gets close to death, and he advises his grandson on how to control something he doesn’t name before he dies…something that is implied is connected to Yog-Sothoth, the ‘Necronomicon’, and a large sealed-off part of the Whateley farmhouse.
Eventually, Lavinia Whateley disappears, and there are even more “changes” made to the Whateley house, apparently clearing out more and more space.
Wilbur becomes desperate to get hold of a full, undamaged version of the ‘Necronomicon’. What he seeks from it is revealed as (quite probably, given past references and what is described) a summoning spell for Yog-Sothoth or one of its minions, as the Miskatonic librarian (Doctor Armitage) peeks over Wilbur’s really big shoulders as he reads from it (from the specific numbered passage spoken of by his grandfather before his death).
His readings arouse the suspicions of the librarian, and eventually something that apparently is/was Wilbur is found half-dead by the librarian and others on the Miskatonic college campus.
Wilbur’s body is described in extreme detail as parts dinosaur/crocodile/human/alien, with extra mouths/extra eyes/etc…and when he dies, he slowly seems to shrink and then turn into nothing but a sticky whitish mass.
The actual “Dunwich Horror” itself, according to the book, begins to be described around 55:09.
It’s basically just a monster story for part VII.
Then, it references the Whateley library and the attempts to translate a rather large, unknown book from it by Doctor Armitage.
Armitage spends lots of time and different methods, and eventually translates the book, which turns out to be a lifelong diary by Wilbur Whateley (starting around age three and a half), in which he talks casually about his otherworldly origins/being and unsettling plans for the Earth and all of its natural inhabitants.
Armitage, firmly set then as the (hopeful) hero, is shocked and horrified by his discovery, and spends quite a bit of time trying to come up with a way to combat the inhuman thing that he believes Wilbur Whateley had been taking care of, and which is causing rampant destruction.
1:32:25 – Oh puh-leeze. I am not impressed.
The VERY ending is ok.
The voice acting is somewhat painful.
Grade: D