A few years before directing Dracula and Freaks, Tod Browning made a silent horror film titled London After Midnight. Starring Lon Chaney as “The Hypnotist,” the 65-minute film was distributed by MGM in December of 1927; though audiences saw it upon release, it’s likely that everyone who did is no longer with us. Sadly, the last known copy was destroyed in the infamous MGM vault fire of 1967, which tragically resulted in the loss of many classic films.
We may never lay eyes on Tod Browning’s London After Midnight, but those who’ve been salivating to experience it may be excited to hear that a full-cast audio drama is on the way.
Scripted Audio Drama producers LANCE ROGER AXT (Audible’s THE X-FILES, EC COMICS PRESENTS… THE VAULT OF HORROR), JACK BOWMAN (Audible’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, the forthcoming UNSINKABLE) and KENTON HALL (A DOZEN SUMMERS, GETTING BETTER: THE FIGHT FOR THE NHS) have meticulously adapted the original screenplay by Waldemar Young and Tod Browning as an immersive Dolby Atmos aural experience, with the recording taking place over two days at London’s iconic The Soundhouse.
Acclaimed international Film and TV actor ART MALIK, last seen in cinemas in Disney’s remake of THE LITTLE MERMAID, takes on the iconic role of DETECTIVE EDWARD BURKE, originated by movie legend LON CHANEY, in the audio movie reimagining of silent horror classic London After Midnight.
London After Midnight is part murder mystery, part vampire thriller and part gothic ghost story as businessman Sir James Hamlin seeks to uncover the identities of the tenants living in the Balfour mansion, long neglected since the suicide of Roger Balfour five years earlier. But when all indications point to the tenants being vampires connected with that horrible night, family friend and Scotland Yard detective Edward Burke arrives to uncover the truth… which leads to a mystery of a very different kind…
For an exclusive period, a double-gatefold vinyl edition with the original soundtrack score, along with a digital download of the Dolby Atmos audio movie, will be available, strictly limited to 301 copies worldwide. This package will be accompanied by contributions from JED SHEPHERD (HOST, DASHCAM, and a forthcoming feature with SAM RAIMI), alongside one of the BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE’s leading missing media experts, and another A-List Hollywood horror creative, to be announced.
It will also premiere in episodic form on the FABLE & FOLLY network in Fall 2023 in podcast stereo, as part of the audio anthology series MIDNIGHT MATINEES.
London After Midnight also stars DAN STARKEY (Doctor Who) as Sir James, BETH EYRE (Wooden Overcoats, Circles) as Lucy Balfour, KENTON HALL (A Dozen Summers, Les Miserables) as Hibbs, DAVID BICKERSTAFF (Lost At Christmas) as Roger Balfour with DAVID K. BARNES (showrunner of Wooden Overcoats, Cry Havoc: Ask Questions Later), SARAH DORSETT, KARIM KRONFLI, ABI MCLOUGHLIN (Audible’s THE SANDMAN), CLIFF CHAPMAN and JACK BOWMAN.
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