Pickman's Model by H. P. Lovecraft. Narrated by Edward E. French

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  • Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024

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  • @JT_Soul
    @JT_Soul 2 года назад +6

    Wonderful reading of one of Lovecraft's best.

  • @familycorvette
    @familycorvette 2 года назад +18

    I was first introduced to this story by the Night Gallery episode.

    • @awnaur0no919
      @awnaur0no919 2 года назад +7

      same lol; iirc tha episode also featured a lil vignette in which lovecraft n his associates was students attending a university lecture on tha elder gods

    • @SentientDMT
      @SentientDMT 8 месяцев назад +2

      Cabinet of curiosity on Netflix is where I first heard about this story. Having seen the film adaptation before the book I can say that they absolutely nailed it. One of the few adaptations that didn't take wild artistic liberties these days.

  • @Crusader-Ramos45
    @Crusader-Ramos45 Год назад +3

    Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities got me into this story.

    • @SentientDMT
      @SentientDMT 8 месяцев назад

      Same here. They adapted it perfectly too without wild artistic liberties taken.

  • @justincase9282
    @justincase9282 2 года назад +11

    One of my top 5 stories from Lovecraft. Thank you.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +3

      I think it's his best story. I feel that with most of H.P's work, he tries a little too hard to create horror. His technique is a little too obvious for my taste- unlike a Shirley Jackson who effortlessly seems to create creeps. Cheers. E.E.F.

  • @robertwalker-smith2739
    @robertwalker-smith2739 2 года назад +8

    Pickman's accent is beautifully rendered. He sounded both gifted and dangerous.

  • @mrc8308
    @mrc8308 2 года назад +3

    Perfect!

  • @mjrchapin
    @mjrchapin 2 года назад +12

    Though almost all of Lovecraft's work is well known, this reading shows that it can be presented so well that you feel you're really hearing it for the first time! Extremely well done!

    • @nschuehly
      @nschuehly 2 года назад

      There’s a German audiobook in a series called "Gruselkabinett" ("Cabinet of Horror" it may be translated) and that’s even (much) better than this one here. It sends shivers down my spine every time. Too bad there are no subtitles for audiobooks…

  • @konstantinoskaragiannis1596
    @konstantinoskaragiannis1596 2 года назад +16

    "Pickman's Model"(1927) is a short horror story masterpiece! This is one of the 30 most scariest short stories of all time for sure!

  • @mwmann
    @mwmann 2 года назад +2

    Great story told by the multi talented Mr French. Thank God for men who can take a story, read it aloud and bring it alive in my imagination. Most can not do this. Mr French isn't one of them. He's among the best narrators I've ever heard. On youtube, audible, Google books, etc.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +2

      Mann54....you're a Mann54 after my own heart. I thank you. E.E.F.

  • @tomleaf5790
    @tomleaf5790 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely brilliant - a wonderfully atmospheric reading of a classic tale. Thank you.

  • @CS-hu5be
    @CS-hu5be 2 года назад +2

    Beutifull narraration!

  • @violetfemme411
    @violetfemme411 2 года назад +10

    This is by far my favorite performance of this story. 💜

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +2

      Awww, thanks, Violet. It's a lot of horrid fun, isn't it? Cheers. E.E.F.

    • @sonnycostello5887
      @sonnycostello5887 Год назад

      Very expressive. Chilling!

  • @ladycthulhu9959
    @ladycthulhu9959 2 года назад +12

    Such a great story, thank you Mr French. I'd like to think you arranged the thunder and lightning that began overhead just as I started listening too!

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +4

      Oh, Good, M'lady. I'm pleased to know my noisy atmospheric hocus-pocus synchronized with your auditory trance! E.E.F.

  • @nancynickerson4341
    @nancynickerson4341 2 года назад +2

    One of my favorites. Thank you Mr. French!

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for listening, Nancy. Tune in again next week! E.E.F.

  • @3452te
    @3452te 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic job Mr. French. Love when you read from Lovecraftian horrors.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +2

      Thanks, David. You sound like an H.P.L. fan. Best regards, E.E.F.

    • @3452te
      @3452te 2 года назад +1

      @@FrenchEdward06 a fan of all horror. :D

  • @stoicprepper7171
    @stoicprepper7171 2 года назад +1

    My God! Mr. French’s narration is equal in art to Pickman’s paintings!

  • @walterfechter8080
    @walterfechter8080 2 года назад +4

    This story terrified me when I saw the altered and cropped version on, "The Night Gallery." The artwork which accompanied that episode gave me a few chills. I lived in a house which was built shortly after the American Civil War. Even as a teenager, the basement seemed very creepy. I imagined all kinds of "things" down there. I remember TV Guide ran a short story about this story on "The Night Gallery." The story was accompanied by a few photos of Janos Prohaska and his son putting together the creature suit used in that particular episode of "The Night Gallery." Janos also donned a bear costume of his creation for the Andy Williams Show (on NBC TV). This is a terrific reading of a truly terrifying tale! Many thanks, Mr. Edward French!

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +3

      Night Gallery was where I first discovered P.M. Perhaps most people discovered it on TV 70 years after it was written. Thanks for listening! E.E.F.

    • @walterfechter8080
      @walterfechter8080 2 года назад +3

      @@FrenchEdward06 -- You're welcome, Mr. French. To my mind, "Pickman's Model" was the scariest of all the episodes on "The Night Gallery." The monster wasn't shown full-on at first -- just its dissimilar eyes (Lovecraft's "Lurking Fear" anyone?) in the darkness. Mr. French, you have the perfect voice for storytelling. Your reading of the story, "Slime," keeps milling through my mind. Once, back in the 1970s, I spoke briefly with Steve McQueen. When I asked about his first big breakout role in "The Blob," Steve smiled and said, "Well, you gotta start somewhere." Thanks, Mr. French, for the readings/videos.

  • @rosiemcnaughton9933
    @rosiemcnaughton9933 2 года назад +3

    One of my favorites, wonderfully read. Thank you again. Excellent as always!

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +1

      THANKS for listening and commenting Rosie. Appreciate it. E.E.F.

  • @chandlercleveland-cooke4438
    @chandlercleveland-cooke4438 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic fictional fright! I am not disappointed with this being my first proper Lovecraft experience, and I look forward to hearing more soon as I browse through your recordings Mr. French. Good health to you, and God bless.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад

      Thanks, Chandler.....There' s a plethora to mow through. E.E.F.

  • @stewart88
    @stewart88 9 месяцев назад +1

    I greatly appreciate listening to Mr French reading. Helps to "escape" for a little while.

  • @Composition_B
    @Composition_B 2 года назад +1

    Superb reading. Such a great, nuanced voice with a perfect cadence that's easy to listen to yet has the underlying dread required for reading Lovecraft. Good stuff.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +2

      You give me the courage to continue, Bobby. Cheers. E.E.F.

  • @jeffreese1828
    @jeffreese1828 2 года назад +3

    It was the technique , Elliot ! The cursed , the impious , the unnatural technique ! As I am a living being , I never elsewhere heard the actual breath of life so fused onto a spoken canvas ! The storyteller was there ! He glared and gnawed , and gnawed and glared and gnashed his teeth , and I knew that only a suspension of Nature's Laws could ever let a man narrate like that ... without some glimpse of The Netherworld that no RUclipsr , unsold to The Fiend , has ever had !
    💀🎱💀Bravo , Edward ! Bravo ! Now , where's that damn decanter ?💀🎱💀

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +1

      The "spoken canvas." I like that, Jeff. Every week I learn a little more about how limitless that medium of audio can be. Thank you for listening and permit me to pour you a virtual drink. Cheers. E.E.F.

  • @Totalhometour
    @Totalhometour 2 года назад +1

    Wonderful narration!

  • @christopherdaniel5919
    @christopherdaniel5919 2 года назад +2

    I'm new to this site.
    Excellent delivery. 🤘
    I hope you have more.
    I've loved HPL since the 80's.
    Please keep it up.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +1

      Thanks, christopher. There a few more short stories by H.P.L. on the Fiction Fantastique Channel. Herbert West: Reanimator is also here in the PLAYLIST section. Cheers. E.E.F.

  • @Zoso881
    @Zoso881 2 года назад +2

    Please do more Lovecraft

  • @grahamturner1290
    @grahamturner1290 2 года назад +3

    Excellent as always! 😊

  • @christosgiannopoulos828
    @christosgiannopoulos828 2 года назад +1

    This feels like a feature length bioshock audio log

  • @archiesinclair6252
    @archiesinclair6252 2 года назад +4

    Probably the best reading of this on RUclips. Does this mean we're going on a dream quest?

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +5

      Every week, Archie. Until they have to
      pry the microphone from my cold, dead hands. Cheers. E.E.F.

    • @archiesinclair6252
      @archiesinclair6252 2 года назад +2

      @@FrenchEdward06 looking forward to it Mr French

  • @angrymarie7755
    @angrymarie7755 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic as always, Mr.French! I hold your work in the highest regard.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +1

      Thanks, Amymarie. Well, my work can only soar as high as writer's skill takes me. Be safe and well. E.E.F.

  • @adamsinger123
    @adamsinger123 2 года назад +3

    That is *BEYOND* uncanny. 😳 I have literally been writing a story which now is incorporating/alluding to “Pickman’s Model”, for the past four days. 🤯
    This audio (as I circle back, looking at the latest Edward E. French 🗣 gems:) dropped _nine hours ago._
    I can’t even say😮how serendipitously perfect this is.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +2

      WATCH OUT Adam. Perhaps it's sinister serendipity! (LOL) Best wishes for your fiendish fiction. E.E.F.

    • @adamsinger123
      @adamsinger123 2 года назад +1

      @@FrenchEdward06 thanks for the well-wishes 😊 - the story is growing nicely, and my sketches …. well, I’d be happy to share some of those, if you’re curious, but I’ve sworn not 🤫 to show a few of my source-images to anyone.
      (As per the punchline which made me recall this particular tale earlier in the week … some of ‘em are [allegedly🤨😧] live models.)

  • @Sensorium19
    @Sensorium19 Год назад

    Fabulous reading. Very appreciated.

  • @lasendaopuesta
    @lasendaopuesta 2 года назад

    OMG! that's an amazing tale, thanks a lot, terrific video, good job

  • @DavidFrancis24824
    @DavidFrancis24824 Год назад

    Excellent voice acting! That was some of the best I've heard and I listen to a ton of audio books on Scribd and Audible.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  Год назад

      Thanks DavidFrancis24824. Most of the time, I'm not a fan of ol' H.P. He generally tries too hard for horror effects. But here he's created some 3-dimensional people and a genuinely creepy atmosphere with the memorable wack job Pickman himself. E.E.F.

  • @TheBlackDogChronicles
    @TheBlackDogChronicles 2 года назад

    What a great tone to your voice! You have a lovely timbre. I came a long to have a listen, as I am releasing a version of the story later today. I worked on it for two weeks (as it has a lot of art, sound effects and music) so it is resounding in my head like a trapped bell. For that reason, it is very relaxing to listen to yours, as it is so different. I think I am definitely going to come and listen to more of yours. * Presses the 'Thumbs Up'! *

  • @ooklathemok
    @ooklathemok Год назад

    the internet is replete with people who read stories but your readings sir have that engaging quality, coupled with a fine reading voice, that draws me in well done and thanks

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  Год назад +1

      Compliment accepted. Thank you for listening.

  • @jackal27
    @jackal27 2 года назад +4

    Great stuff as always! You should really package these into a podcast form because I would listen to it every single day!

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +4

      Thanks, Jackal 27. Maybe someday......E.E.F.

  • @KeithDec25
    @KeithDec25 2 года назад +1

    You made the l listener feel the terror Job well done

  • @anthonyheller6038
    @anthonyheller6038 8 месяцев назад

    great reading!
    immaculate story

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you @anthonyheller6038. E.E.F.

  • @anthonyochocki6535
    @anthonyochocki6535 2 года назад

    Listening to these enjoyable masters of the macabre; one is struck---more dumfounded that just a mere 100 years back to a time when what is to us, in the 21st Century just reads as arcane, and rather haughty terms of 'Boston superiority' as a yardstick of Morals and manners et al. To many a Sr. or even a Jr. School reader or a casual College Lit. student as a chagrinned example of: ''Did people or Society actually buy into such literature as 'shockable' examples of this Storm tossed term---'Madness'. At times, though enjoyable, have to pause in my listening cycle of these remarkable tales; to 're-focus' into a mind-set, of that distant time and place to connect, so-to-speak---into the brain waves of just what did constitute 'horror' to the average person or reader in Victorian/Edwardian times.

  • @JohnSmith-ek8rj
    @JohnSmith-ek8rj Год назад

    Just saw a really cool papier-mâché version of Pickman's model created by Chris Walas. Worth a look.

  • @thomasswafford250
    @thomasswafford250 2 года назад +1

    Barry Nelson appeared in an episode of Monsters entitled Far Below that I think was inspired by this story.

  • @rogercroft3218
    @rogercroft3218 Год назад

    An excellent reading.

  • @TheRealNormanBates
    @TheRealNormanBates 2 года назад +1

    What happened to *Who Goes There?* I don't see it anymore.

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  2 года назад +2

      @@TheRealNormanBates email me at edwardfrench06@hotmail.com.

  • @Fakan
    @Fakan Год назад

    It is so difficult to find a good narrator for audio books, but you, sir, have a new subscriber. I am looking forward to perusing the rest of your content.

  • @ottopippenger1590
    @ottopippenger1590 Год назад

    You really bring an authenticity to this! Have you done The Rats in the Walls yet, or Dunwhich Horror? Would love to hear your reading!

    • @FrenchEdward06
      @FrenchEdward06  Год назад +1

      I have a couple of "Rat" stories on the channel but not H.P.L.'s. Nor Dunwich Horror -YET. Thank you for listening! E.E.F.

    • @ottopippenger1590
      @ottopippenger1590 Год назад

      @@FrenchEdward06 Thanks so much for taking the time to write back Mr. French! Huge fan for years now, excited for whatever you put out next!
      By the way, I don't know if you'd seen or heard, but the very popular horror channel "Dead Meat" did a video on Sleepaway Camp which spends a few minutes in particular on your excellent makeup work on the film (unless I'm much mistaken about a different Emmy winning makeup artist of the same name) you might get a kick out of.
      In any case, thank you again for your efforts, as a daily listener of Victorian-Midcentury horror and weird readings (small world needless to say!) I'm infinitely grateful for your tremendous selection/curation, performance, and presentation, don't know what we'd do without you!

  • @HadrianGuardiola
    @HadrianGuardiola Год назад

    You rock!

  • @robertloe9017
    @robertloe9017 8 месяцев назад

    I love how you read the stories. I bet you are wonderful at a camp fire.

  • @romuloromero2268
    @romuloromero2268 2 года назад +1

    Who’s here because of Guillermo del Toro?

    • @kathodehay
      @kathodehay Год назад

      Ha! I enjoyed his version, but I have never laughed so hard.
      Not scary, unfortunately.
      Love this story (as written, and as read by Mr. French) and the Night Gallery version.

  • @AmicableCharbray
    @AmicableCharbray 6 месяцев назад

    Hi everybody.

  • @Crusader-Ramos45
    @Crusader-Ramos45 Год назад

    Why do I feel like Pickman’s artwork is like dark magic?

  • @buckfaststradler4629
    @buckfaststradler4629 Год назад

    Brilliant narrator - makes a horror story even more horrible.