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'''Whispers in the Dark''' (Corummese: 墙耳语) is a 2002 [[Corumm]]ese film written and directed by horror film director Konshu Meng and starring Glup Shito and Mei Lon. Set in the depths of south [[Xisheng]], the movie revolves around a mysterious pyramid in the jungle and the many disappearances in its vicinity. After his wife disappears, the protagonist ventures into the structure to find her. | '''Whispers in the Dark''' (Corummese: 墙耳语) is a 2002 [[Corumm]]ese film written and directed by horror film director Konshu Meng and starring Glup Shito and Mei Lon. Set in the depths of south [[Xisheng]], the movie revolves around a mysterious pyramid in the jungle and the many mysterious disappearances in its vicinity. After his wife disappears, the protagonist ventures into the structure to find her. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
A couple of Corummese tourists, Gong and his wife Shumei are on vacation in the jungles of southern [[Xisheng]] with a larger tour group. Setting out early on their second day, the tour group travels in two minibuses to a well known temple ruin fifteen miles away from the small village that is hosting them. On the way there, Gong and his wife converse with another tourist, a foreign man named Timon. Timon tells them he overheard that three tourists vanished in the jungle only a few weeks prior. Gong comments that they were probably drunk and got lost. The visit to the ruins is uneventful but as the group starts loading into the buses, they realize one of them has a flat tire. Gong tells his wife to go on ahead on the other bus, he stays to help change the flat tire. Finishing up just as the sun begins to set, the second bus gets on the way. But just after two miles from the ruins they discover the other bus lying on its side by the road, with no trace of the other passengers. Some broken plants seem to point north of the road as the direction everyone went. | A couple of Corummese tourists, Gong and his wife Shumei are on vacation in the jungles of southern [[Xisheng]] with a larger tour group. Setting out early on their second day, the tour group travels in two minibuses to a well known temple ruin fifteen miles away from the small village that is hosting them. On the way there, Gong and his wife converse with another tourist, a foreign man named Timon. Timon tells them he overheard that three tourists vanished in the jungle only a few weeks prior. Gong comments that they were probably drunk and got lost. The visit to the ruins is uneventful but as the group starts loading into the buses, they realize one of them has a flat tire. Gong tells his wife to go on ahead on the other bus, he stays to help change the flat tire. Finishing up just as the sun begins to set, the second bus gets on the way. But just after two miles from the ruins they discover the other bus lying on its side by the road, with no trace of the other passengers. Some broken plants seem to point north of the road as the direction everyone went. | ||
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==Production== | ==Production== | ||
===Conception=== | ===Conception=== | ||
Director Konshu Meng has said in interviews that he got the idea for the movie while vacationing at the pyramids of Ixa'Taka. He remembered the abandoned structures to be very eerie, quiet and claustrophobic. He scrapped initial plans to make humans be the main foes of the movie, instead expanding on the idea of a creature capable of manipulating the ever present jungle greenery, basically turning something as inescapable as the enviroment around oneself into a pervasive foe. | Director Konshu Meng has said in interviews that he got the idea for the movie while vacationing at the pyramids of Ixa'Taka. He remembered the abandoned structures to be very eerie, quiet and claustrophobic. He scrapped initial plans to make humans be the main foes of the movie, instead expanding on the idea of a creature capable of manipulating the ever present jungle greenery, basically turning something as inescapable as the enviroment around oneself into a terrifying and pervasive foe that cannot be fought off. | ||
===Filming=== | ===Filming=== | ||
The movie was actually filmed inside a site in [[Varshan]] known as Comala as it was cheaper than sites in Corummese territory and had a standalone pyramidal structure as Meng wanted. As relations with Varshan were in much better terms at the time the production had no obstruction from local officials. It also helped that Gongon Studios secured the transfer of two Corummese death row prisoners to be 'used' by the Varshani for their purposes. | The movie was actually filmed inside a site in [[Varshan]] known as Comala as it was cheaper than sites in Corummese territory and had a standalone pyramidal structure as Meng wanted. As relations with Varshan were in much better terms at the time the production had no obstruction from local officials. It also helped that Gongon Studios secured the transfer of two Corummese death row prisoners to be 'used' by the Varshani for their religious purposes. | ||
==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
===Theatrical release=== | ===Theatrical release=== | ||
The theatrical release of the film took place on September 12th 2002 in [[Corumm]] followed by release on [[Canpei]] and [[Tanhai]] on September 15th. The movie had modest success at the box office and was well received by the public given that the horror film genre was still in its relative infancy in the Corummese movie industry. | The theatrical release of the film took place on September 12th 2002 in [[Corumm]] in 300 locations, followed by release on [[Canpei]] and [[Tanhai]] on September 15th. The movie had modest success at the box office and was well received by the public given that the horror film genre was still in its relative infancy in the Corummese movie industry. | ||
[[Category: IXWB]] | [[Category: IXWB]] | ||
[[Category: Corumm]] | [[Category: Corumm]] | ||