"A Long Weekend at Happy Chambers" by Pete Sillett and Peter Browning / Cthulhu Lives

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 185

  • @tamlandipper29
    @tamlandipper29 Год назад +4

    Really superb building sense of wrongness, and increasing detachment on the part of the narrator.

  • @szabolcsmezei4088
    @szabolcsmezei4088 Год назад +17

    Very well written riff on well known tropes, and a nice touch triggering nostalgia through location to immerse the listener even further.

  • @EricDaMAJ
    @EricDaMAJ Год назад +7

    Warren isn’t dead. But he is living alone in a remote Antarctic science station. Well, he _thinks_ he’s alone. But the distant giggling in the halls and the scratching at the windows seem to indicate otherwise…

  • @johngalvin6352
    @johngalvin6352 Год назад +22

    Wednesday nights are the best, because of Horrorbable.

  • @peculiar
    @peculiar Год назад +4

    This story has some strong Room 1408 vibes with the character slowly but steadily becoming more and more aware of the alien wrongness of his surroundings as the story continues.

  • @odyea9209
    @odyea9209 Год назад +11

    I absolutely love the combination of vibes here. The style is masterfully reminiscent of Lovecraft and co. and it's a fun just picking out the references (not another Delapore!). But you can also very much tell it was written today. There seems to be something very quitessentially Gen-Z/Millennial about the horror trope of returning to a once cozy and welcoming but now creepy and decaying family/childhood setting. But the whole dated English resort angle also gives it some unmistakable local colour. Had me thinking of Fawlty Towers or every vacation episode every in a 70s-80s British sitcom.

    • @BobbyMarcum-nh9lt
      @BobbyMarcum-nh9lt Месяц назад

      Yes it reminds me of the whole "liminal space" things, and the backrooms analog horror

  • @CountingHouse
    @CountingHouse Год назад +9

    These reads are always great when painting miniatures or doing chores. Theyre a real comfort, especially through the winter.

  • @merlapittman5034
    @merlapittman5034 Год назад +23

    Excellent, fantastic story! If all the new stories are on a par with this one, I'm SERIOUSLY looking forward to them!

  • @stevecrane4433
    @stevecrane4433 Год назад +17

    I laughed at "The face painting ritual began". What a fantastic story! Thank you Gordon as always

    • @scottbubb2946
      @scottbubb2946 Год назад +5

      I laughed at:
      "I don't know who their P.R. manager is, but, they should be set on fire."

  • @nitayrafowicz5934
    @nitayrafowicz5934 Год назад +25

    Always excited for a new Cthulhu Mythos story. Thank as awlays Ian. You are a gift.

    • @michaelkottler
      @michaelkottler Год назад

      IKR? "A Long Weekend at Happy Chambers" is amazing and, along w/HB's capable dynamic duo, a wonderful gift indeed for all horror fans and especially readers who deeply appreciate Lovecraft (and pals) various CH works and stories from related genres. HB spoils its listeners and enriches the world by performing this valuable and highly commendable public service: the adaptation and dissemination of culturally relevant long and short-form horror fiction masterpieces for the edification and enjoyment of all. So, yeah. Agreed.

  • @brianagray6940
    @brianagray6940 Год назад +7

    Stunning! A slow burn tour through an aquarium of wrongness as our unreliable narrator attempts dutifully to do his job under increasingly psychotropic conditions. This cranks up the creepiness to unbearable levels. I am SO looking forward to this series. Alarm set for Wednesdays!

  • @willibeaa
    @willibeaa 7 дней назад +1

    Wow for some reason my YT lost this video and had to scroll and scroll but all I could remember was candle man, wax, puppets and a camp! ⛺️ I tried search "HB camp" tags but didn't pop up, so went thru the entire channel video feed to locate this finally!! So whit shout out to HB for investing in proper cover art bc it ended my seemingly-ceaseless quest for this video!! So grateful I was able to track it down to finish the story!
    What a great plot and unique first person perspective storytelling. I can't get over the dirt and mud bed. Only question I have is if he visited as a child, wouldn't had encountered his own candleman or creature ??
    I love how he was vindicated by the end of story that he wasn't in fact crazy amongst all the gaslighting and his brain was truly protecting him. Eek! I hope the characters editor who sent him there was able to avenge his partners death in another life and untold storyline, wishful thinking ofc. Thanks for sharing HB! 👻🩷

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM1313 Год назад +5

    Seaside Resort in England love those stories.
    Tyvmuch ❤

  • @tishahouse846
    @tishahouse846 Год назад +3

    Listening from the ukwales❤

  • @brendanjoyce645
    @brendanjoyce645 Год назад +11

    My shift just ended so I’ll have to wait till tomorrow :( but thank you for giving me something to look forward to i can already imagine the amazing job you’ve done with the amount of effort you put in thank you Ian!!

  • @ianauck8764
    @ianauck8764 Год назад +2

    A bit of Whisper in the Dark, mixed with some famous Lovecraft candle matches, Carcousa elements, and some Hotel California for flavor! This was a good and very chilling one.

  • @DenWell-SeedsOfChaos
    @DenWell-SeedsOfChaos Год назад +7

    That description of Mrs. Biltmann was so horrible that Cthulhu woke up, shuttered and told me "That one was gross..." And then Mrs. Biltmann collapsed into a thousand crawling monsters and I almost died from the visual my brain created.

    • @GodOfPlague
      @GodOfPlague Год назад +2

      When cthulhu tells you you're messed up, lol... time for a second coat of wax, I guess

    • @DenWell-SeedsOfChaos
      @DenWell-SeedsOfChaos Год назад +1

      @@GodOfPlague Agreed!

    • @dewayneweaver2744
      @dewayneweaver2744 4 месяца назад +1

      Cthulhu: Damn bugs someone fumigate this place or I'm going back to my own dimension. This place stinks!

  • @Reh233
    @Reh233 Год назад +11

    Man, that was a good one. Can't wait for the rest of this series!

  • @Cthulhuismyhero
    @Cthulhuismyhero Год назад +3

    You guys just KILL it every time. I usually bemoan the infiltration of technology into all aspects of life. You can't even use the bathroom without artificial help in some places. But without that same technology none of us would be able to enjoy your labor of love. Love it!❤️🦄

    • @lisamariehennessey4532
      @lisamariehennessey4532 Год назад

      How very true 👍🙀

    • @michaelkottler
      @michaelkottler Год назад

      I take it, then, that 1325 was the year of your birth. But in all seriousness, while automation and AI represent significant problems for many human beings, you're most saliently correct in noting that technology provide essential benefits.

  • @guapodesperado2822
    @guapodesperado2822 Год назад +4

    The man, the myth, the legend....that is Horrorbabble.

  • @anthonybarnwell767
    @anthonybarnwell767 Год назад +11

    You never cease to amaze me bro 👍😁

  • @SlimeBlueMS
    @SlimeBlueMS Год назад +8

    Grinding in DQ11 while listening to HorrorBabble. That's how I'm spending my night! Thanks Ian~

  • @garrettelgin4742
    @garrettelgin4742 Год назад +4

    It’s really fascinating to see the changes in the weird fiction/cosmic horror genre over the past century

    • @Kropothead
      @Kropothead Год назад +2

      I’d say it’s largely changed for the better. Lost a lot of the embarrassingly antiquated sensibilities. We’ve gotten richer stories as a result.

    • @davidwhite7294
      @davidwhite7294 Год назад

      ⁠@@KropotheadYes, l absolutely agree. Over the last few years I,ve got tired of the same old Oxbridge mafia authors and their stories all set in Cathedrals, Oxford Colleges, Graveyards etc. You might have said hypocritical sensibilities. It was such a delight to come across Uncle Tuggs by Michael Shea,a horror story of revenge from the grave but involving a cast of weed growing, womanising, red-neck hillbillies. It was a corker. Another is No 88 where a bag lady going about on a bus is actually the arbiter of fate to all that encounter her. Great stories and not a”drawing-room” in sight.

  • @andreasfilis9001
    @andreasfilis9001 Год назад +5

    Excellent story. It reminded me the Case Of Charles Dexter Ward where the creatures were also incomplete. Also the Festival. The Lovecraftian element is present I think.

    • @szabolcsmezei4088
      @szabolcsmezei4088 Год назад +1

      and a stiff dose of Innsmouth, and a little dose of The Colour out of Space...

    • @andreasfilis9001
      @andreasfilis9001 Год назад

      @@szabolcsmezei4088 Indeed!

  • @michaelkottler
    @michaelkottler Год назад

    Lovecraft fans will immediately recognize "A Long Weekend at Happy Chambers" as a pastiche of (SPOILER:) a certain well-known HPL story (or two), but this reworking of familiar material is quite effectively well-executed, establishing itself as a CH masterwork & must-listen. Excellent again, Horrorbabble, & VERY much appreciated.

  • @beitodesstrafe
    @beitodesstrafe Год назад +4

    That was creepy fun! Thank you for the reading. And loved the spooky intro/outro music!

  • @matthewpilarski4857
    @matthewpilarski4857 Год назад +6

    Brilliant story

  • @colemarie9262
    @colemarie9262 Год назад +2

    New mythos!! I couldn’t be happier to read that in the title 👌

  • @th0m_vi0lence3
    @th0m_vi0lence3 Год назад +1

    Hey Ian! My girl and I absolutely LOVE your channel and spend (much of 😹) our time in bed listening to your narration. MORE IMPORTANTLY, this message is to wish you an incredible belated birthday 🎉 Your channel is an oasis in a desert of mediocrity

  • @Boogie_the_cat
    @Boogie_the_cat Год назад +4

    I enjoyed the extra little electronic flourish at the end of your intro.
    And I am excited about this new series.
    I liked this story.
    My cat is pleased with this latest offering.
    Pray that she doesn't change her mind.... muahahaha. (Don't worry, she is too lazy to fly to England to go Brown Jenkin on you good folks)
    Best wishes to you and your family, Ian and Jennifer (and the little one too).

  • @williamfawkes8379
    @williamfawkes8379 Год назад +4

    My goodness! I hesitate to say this, but it's completely accurate. That story made my skin crawl. 🕷 🪱 🐛 🐍 🦎 🦒 🪲 🪰

  • @Soma-dr4jm
    @Soma-dr4jm Год назад

    GREAT story. Sort of Ligotti-esque with the theme of something sinister lurking underneath something seemingly innocuous. Very unsettling. I will not soon forget this one...

  • @VictorReynolds
    @VictorReynolds Год назад +1

    Great new entry that was freaky AF! I listened to this wondering “What’s next?” for our narrator. Looking forward to new stories to come!

  • @CharlesMarlow1898
    @CharlesMarlow1898 Год назад +1

    A fantastic story; well written; interesting, enjoyable, horrific!

  • @bluegreenglue6565
    @bluegreenglue6565 Год назад

    Wow! A most skin-crawlingly enjoyable story! Not at all what I expected at each turn. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

  • @williamdistefano5698
    @williamdistefano5698 Год назад +3

    Good stuff ❤

  • @torenielsen9993
    @torenielsen9993 Год назад +1

    Absolutely brilliant story and narration. Thank you.

  • @marymurray4566
    @marymurray4566 Год назад +2

    Thanks!

  • @kevinfogle7929
    @kevinfogle7929 Год назад +3

    I'm always excited for more Cthulhu mythos!

  • @MsMtheory
    @MsMtheory Год назад +1

    Im wo excited for Wednesdays now ahahaha wooo! Love all the mythos stuff ❤🐙

  • @joestuttard1495
    @joestuttard1495 Год назад +2

    Tremendous story. Well narrated as always

  • @Devon_maloy
    @Devon_maloy Год назад +1

    This is super start to midway and probably to the end!!!

  • @zacetto
    @zacetto 5 месяцев назад +1

    I have my suspicions this is Pont1ns in Camber Sands. Each time I visited, I was struck by the lack of basic hygiene and many times, shared my chalet with many other creatures, who whilst unseen, plagued me for some time after.
    Most eerily, a good friend wrote her name on the dirty chalet window.
    When she rented the same chalet the next year, terrifyingly the name reappeared in the same place, same window. It was almost as if no one had bothered to clean them in a year.

  • @nataliep501
    @nataliep501 Год назад +2

    Woo-hoo! Another Horror Babble upload 🎉

  • @richardferguson6893
    @richardferguson6893 Год назад

    This is a winner. If the following stories then we're in for a treat. Long Live The 'Babble!

  • @demillebrandon1185
    @demillebrandon1185 8 месяцев назад +2

    I hope u guys keep this going, love it

  • @DocZ82
    @DocZ82 Год назад +1

    Love Horrorbabble! Been listening for a few years now and will continue for many more..

  • @jw5994
    @jw5994 Год назад

    So excited for this series! I always loved the mythos, but would sometimes find the older language and style harder to relate in many stories. Plus its always fun to see what new things authors can add or put in a new perspective

  • @h0li3day
    @h0li3day Год назад +2

    Really good!

  • @adamscrivner30
    @adamscrivner30 Год назад +2

    Hugely entertaining!

  • @Stroikabot
    @Stroikabot Год назад +1

    Fantastic story!!

  • @mortefleur
    @mortefleur Год назад +1

    Simply exquisite. Bravo!

  • @rosiemcnaughton9933
    @rosiemcnaughton9933 Год назад +1

    Very imaginative story. Leaves some unsettling food for thought. Thank you!

  • @jessisage4708
    @jessisage4708 Год назад +1

    What a treat! Thanks HB!

  • @1701EarlGrey
    @1701EarlGrey Год назад +2

    It remind me of "Shadow over Innsmouth" only events take place in modernity and they are set in GB...

  • @Nerodrgn
    @Nerodrgn Год назад +1

    excited to see how all this pans out

  • @kelbyreed
    @kelbyreed Год назад +1

    Thank you so much

  • @soulreaver1983
    @soulreaver1983 Год назад +2

    Many thanks as always Ian!😎👍🏻👍🏻

  • @SueCooke
    @SueCooke Год назад +2

    WHOA! That was GOOD 👍 🫣

  • @willmistretta
    @willmistretta Год назад +1

    Like a bad salvia trip spent listening to Squeeze's "Pulling Mussels." ;)

  • @gusto224
    @gusto224 Год назад +1

    Absolutely excellent.

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 Год назад +2

    Great story and narration! Thanks!
    This story reminds me of the Chaurus in Skyrim.
    Delapore....an awesome nod to a great Lovecraft story!

  • @listerjne
    @listerjne Год назад +1

    woohoooo a lovely treat for me!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @listerjne
      @listerjne Год назад

      what song is this i love her is it nuzzle???? im terrible i mmust buy the album

    • @listerjne
      @listerjne Год назад

      i bought it its okay now

  • @ScullyPop
    @ScullyPop Год назад +1

    Love the HORROR on this channel.

  • @manuelplatino1926
    @manuelplatino1926 Год назад

    Amazing story, the disgusting atmosphere is so well crafted and transmitted

  • @gavcoombs9173
    @gavcoombs9173 Год назад +1

    Always happy to see new material x

  • @BlackGateMedia55
    @BlackGateMedia55 3 часа назад

    Really great story this. Chills!

  • @lastofthe4horsemen279
    @lastofthe4horsemen279 Год назад

    Took me awhile but l finally made it to the end .Great tale of otherworldly terror

  • @BeautifulEarthJa
    @BeautifulEarthJa Год назад +1

    Loved it

  • @daniellez.2462
    @daniellez.2462 Год назад +1

    Love this. Love everything about it! Keep ‘em coming!

  • @Lacoleccionistamisterios
    @Lacoleccionistamisterios Год назад

    Splendid story told by a splendid interpreter

  • @michaelgreaves2375
    @michaelgreaves2375 Год назад +2

    More Cthulhu Mythos? Just in time for the SPOOKY Season? The chill of the sweet and sour winds of Autumn are creeping upon us as the days slowly become shorter. The OLD ONES are unquiet in their slumber. Is it time that we will see the yellow sign?

  • @laurahenriksen19
    @laurahenriksen19 Год назад +1

    This was epic x

  • @bholdr----0
    @bholdr----0 11 месяцев назад

    Yet another good selection and a great reading. (And a +1 of course!)
    Cheers!

  • @beverlyamarantes9775
    @beverlyamarantes9775 4 месяца назад

    That was the creepiest tale I've heard yet. Absolutely amazing. LOL

  • @dennisthornton4434
    @dennisthornton4434 Год назад +1

    Like the new music

  • @th0m_vi0lence3
    @th0m_vi0lence3 Год назад

    Excellent story. I love the deliberately narrated format. And the. The paragraph about the swingset made of bones?!! Also, im quite curious about the make-up of these "pills" hes clearly binging on

  • @davidaldridge9341
    @davidaldridge9341 Год назад

    A great story... perhaps with tinges of Ligotti? Many thanks for making it available.

  • @JimJohnston-oh1vs
    @JimJohnston-oh1vs Год назад

    A very unsettling and effective story I noted shades of Quartermass 2 Bleak and dispirited and very very English Well Done

  • @clareelliott8348
    @clareelliott8348 Год назад

    That was sooo good! Thank you

  • @geargrinder7714
    @geargrinder7714 Год назад +1

    Got DAYUM that was good!

  • @TheGoodCrusader
    @TheGoodCrusader Год назад +10

    On a scale of 1 to 10 just how dead is this Warren guy?

    • @Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq.
      @Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq. Год назад +7

      So dead you couldn't revive him with eldritch ritual and essential salts.

    • @rheinhartsilvento2576
      @rheinhartsilvento2576 Год назад +3

      ​@@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq.That's what he WANTS you to believe, my fine friend.
      Beware☠️

    • @Shacthulhu
      @Shacthulhu Год назад +3

      Warren fthagn.

    • @GodOfPlague
      @GodOfPlague Год назад +1

      We must resssurect Warren in a story

  • @sarahmiller1849
    @sarahmiller1849 Год назад +1

    *Magnificent*

  • @sorrysirmygunisoneba
    @sorrysirmygunisoneba Год назад

    This was a great listen, thanks.

  • @CruisingA1A
    @CruisingA1A Год назад

    An exquisitely dark story!

  • @joannewatts9892
    @joannewatts9892 Год назад

    Absolutely Loved this scary but cool story 🤎🧡🖤❣️

  • @Rubychan1000
    @Rubychan1000 Год назад

    That was excellent thank you

  • @MichaelB-jw5po
    @MichaelB-jw5po Год назад

    I was expecting this to be some lame "mascot horror" thing when I first started it, and I was very glad to see that the story is actually much more interesting and nuanced than that. Very cool modern take on the Lovecraft mythos.

  • @MmMm-qe2zo
    @MmMm-qe2zo Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤ thank u!

  • @thefisherking78
    @thefisherking78 Год назад +2

    I guess now we know where Tim Burton came up with Oogy Boogy 😅

  • @MmMm-qe2zo
    @MmMm-qe2zo Год назад

    Wonderful

  • @rheinhartsilvento2576
    @rheinhartsilvento2576 Год назад +1

    Wow🌺⭐️ Really great, disquieting, uncomfortable story...gets under your skin😮....or is it your wax👽😱💀

  • @lurkmoar3926
    @lurkmoar3926 Год назад

    Superb!

  • @libertycowboy2495
    @libertycowboy2495 Год назад +1

    New mythos stories? Next hour is listening time!

  • @RogertheGS
    @RogertheGS Год назад

    I like these ones ... where they don't *have* to be Mythos related ... but it's a nice little easter egg that they are.

  • @Devon_maloy
    @Devon_maloy Год назад +1

    Hi G, Do you sell the cassettes? Do a limited 10 piece kickstarter for each, that might pay

  • @DrinkWater713
    @DrinkWater713 Год назад +1

    That was very "Silent Hilly"

  • @TheGoodCrusader
    @TheGoodCrusader Год назад +1

    This story is pretty crazy 👍

  • @GottaSmoke.
    @GottaSmoke. Год назад

    A great story 👏 👌

  • @MarktheCrawler
    @MarktheCrawler Год назад

    Something strikes me as hilarious about, "there was an inane puppet show- *strikethrough* there was an INSANE puppet show playing in the auditorium."